Apt Creations
Apt (Artists Producing Together) has grown into a thriving social enterprise based on a fusion of individual creativity and group projects. The art and design studio, craft workshops, Apt Creations Gallery and Café Apt offer a range of activities which people can experience as part of a varied weekly timetable or by concentrating on one activity for a longer period.
In the studio and workshops people can explore their own creativity in partnership with others, learning and developing skills and having the satisfaction of seeing 
their work sold in our shops. The art studio produces unique hand-made greetings cards for every occasion which are especially popular with customers. Ceramic work ranges from simple shapes and plaques for use in jewellery design to casting with liquid clay, sculpted figures for seasonal decorations and the challenge of creating a form on the potter's wheel. Glasswork involves composing segments of beautifully coloured glass into striking abstract designs and natural forms, such as birds and butterflies, and soldering them into place to form exquisite hanging decorations.
Our Gallery and Cafe are thriving enterprises with the income helping to support the services offered by Camphill St Albans. They sell high quality art and craft gifts and provide work opportunities for people to meet and interact with the general public, learning retail and social skills with opportunities to train for NVQ qualifications. Café Apt opened in the Gallery in June 2009, providing additional work and training opportunities serving customers from a fully organic menu.
Social and Cultural Life
Residents enjoy a varied social and cultural life with festivals, birthdays and other anniversaries being focal points for common celebration. People are supported to participate in activities of their choice and the vibrant city of St Albans and its close proximity to London provides ample scope for this. For example, one resident recently attended a photography course with the assistance of a volunteer and another has a weekly drum lesson.
There are visits to theatres, concerts, cinemas, galleries and museums. The simpler pleasures of visits to shops, cafés and pubs, cycling in the surrounding countryside or a walk in the park are all close at hand. At a weekly meeting, all residents are able to take part in planning evening and weekend activities and deciding which concerts, performances and other advertised events they would like to attend. Life can include auditions with a local theatre group and being given a part in a play, singing in a local choir, playing cello in an orchestra, being a member of a social club or gym, dancing lessons, swimming, sports clubs, classes at the local college and being a member of a church congregation.
Contact
Camphill St Albans, 76 Sandridge Road, St Albans, Herts AL1 4AR
Telephone: 01727 811228 Fax: 01727 811909
mail@camphillstalbans.org.uk