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The proposed permanent workshop, memberships and HUB are under development.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column verkshop-image-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/verkshop.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-2-on-phone-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verkshop.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-2-on-phone-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/verkshop.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-2-on-phone-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/verkshop.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-2-on-phone-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/verkshop.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-2-on-phone-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/verkshop.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-2-on-phone-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/verkshop.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-2-on-phone-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/verkshop.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/actor-2-on-phone.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-title=\"\" class=\"wp-block-gutsliders-slide swiper-slide\"><div class=\"swiper-container-outer\" style=\"background-color:#efefef\"><div class=\"gutslider-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns verkshop-slide-pair is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column verkshop-text-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 data-no-translation class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">CREATIVE<br>POTENTIAL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group verkshop-text-copy\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 data-no-translation class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-theme-palette-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4\">GOOD WORK SHOULD NOT REQUIRE OWNING EVERYTHING.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Specialist equipment, suitable workspace and technical knowledge can be expensive or hard to access. Sharing resources could make participation easier. 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