FAMILY EVENTS THIS SUMMER AT WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO BOOK, VISIT WWW.WOLVERHAMPTONART.ORG.UK/FAMILY-FRIENDLY-ACTIVITIES REWILD WOLVERHAMPTON DROP IN ACTIVITY FROM MONDAY 17 TO SUNDAY 30 JULY BOOKABLE WORKSHOP FRIDAY 28 JULY Help us create a collaborative artwork built by artist Jane Plowright that rewilds our city! Imagine city centre traffic replaced with leafy woodland. The perfume of wildflowers instead of traffic fumes. Butterflies, birdsong, fruit trees and herb gardens in the Mander Centre. Tree houses, swings, zip wires - a solar powered Ferris wheel in Dudley Street?! Visitors are invited to pick up a palette and paintbrush and step into the 3D projected reality booth to add their own version of nature to Wolverhampton’s streets. Free, suitable for all ages MICROWORLD WOLVES: A DIGITAL ADVENTURE 22 JULY TO 28 AUGUST 2023 Microworlds are immersive spaces filled with digital creatures. The creatures respond to each other and you! Microworlds are digital ecosystems with cascades of actions and reactions. Each Microworld is a celebration of a new type of living art that encourages experimentation and collaborative play. Tickets cost £3, under 3’s free WEDNESDAY ART DROP-INS 10.30AM-1.30PM EVERY WEDNESDAY DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS. Get creative with fun materials and imaginative activities, inspired by Microworld Wolves exhibition. £4 per child, suitable for ages 5 to 16 SECRET LIGHT BOX MICRO-WORLD WEDNESDAY 26 JULY Join artist Rob Conway to create your own hidden micro-world in a box full of colourful patterns and sparkly shapes. Light it up and take a peek at the imaginary space. MIND BENDING OPTICAL TOYS WEDNESDAY 2 AUGUST Explore your imagination making clever retro toys that play tricks on your eyes with artist Benny Semp. Twist your senses by making a colourful spinning top, thrill everyone with a magical thaumatrope, and boggle your mind with an impossible flexagon. SILURIAN CLAY CREATURES WEDNESDAY 9 AUGUST Join artist Kate Tilley for some pre-historic clay play and learn how to model ancient minicreatures to take home with you. MICROBE TEXTILE SCULPTURE WEDNESDAY 16 AUGUST Explore fluorescent textile materials with artist Ruth Turnbull to create some neon microbiology soft sculptures using simple textile techniques such as wrapping, tying, pompom & tassel making, holing and pulling, stuffing and attaching. UNDERWATER ALIENS WEDNESDAY 23 AUGUST Try out a variety of acrylic paint techniques and ink blowing art with artist Kathleen Fabre to design your own deep sea alien creatures and create a colourful painting using fluorescent paints. CREATE YOUR OWN ANIMAL FOREST WEDNESDAY 30 AUGUST Have fun making your own animal forest with artist Kom Achall, using bright materials, colourful paper, sequins, buttons and ribbons to create magical woodlands for animals to enjoy all year round. OCTOBER HALF TERM ACTIVITIES AT WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY ALL SESSIONS SUITABLE FOR AGE 5 TO 12 YEARS OLD UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED PLEASE VISIT WOLVERHAMPTONART.ORG.UK/FAMILY-FRIENDLY-ACTIVITIES/ CHARACTERFUL CREATURES MONDAY 24 OCTOBER, 10.30AM TO 1.30PM, DROP IN Learn to make fuzzy pompoms and transform them into wonderful wildlife! We’ll have plenty of wool and lots of colourful crafty materials on hand to help you create some characterful creatures. £3 per child, book online or pay on the day AMAZING ANIMAL MASKS TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER, 10.30AM TO 1.30PM, DROP IN Create your own collaged animal mask using a variety of materials and techniques. Do you want to prowl, flap or hop in your animal disguise? £3 per child, book online or pay on the day WOLVERHAMPTON ARTS & CULTURE www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk WILD FROGS WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER, 10.30AM TO 1.30PM, DROP IN Go wild and make your own colourful, fun, tree-frog. Use all things decorative, we’ll use split-pins to make its arms and legs moveable. Help that frog strike a pose! £3 per child, book online or pay on the day CLAY CRITTERS THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER, 10.30AM TO 1.30PM, DROP IN Use clay and natural materials to model your favourite woodland wildlife. Foxes, squirrels, hedgehogs, badgers or even a tiny mouse! £3 per child, book online or pay on the day WOOLLY WILDLIFE FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER, 10.30AM TO 1.30PM, DROP IN Using pipe-cleaners and wool wrapping, make a soft sculpture of a furry friend to take home. £3 per child, book online or pay on the day COLOUR IN YOUR ART GALLERY SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER, 11AM TO 4PM, DROP IN Join artist Olivier Jamin to create a large-scale illustrated banner. Drop in any time to get creative and relax with some mindful colouring. A BSL interpreter will be present during the event. Free, suitable for all ages WOLVERHAMPTON ARTS & CULTURE Wolverhampton Art Gallery has a packed programme of family-friendly fun during October half term, inspired by the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. See the website for more details – www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/family-friendly-activities OCTOBER HALF TERM ACTIVITIES ALL SESSIONS SUITABLE FOR AGE 5 TO 12 YEARS OLD UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED PLEASE VISIT WOLVERHAMPTONART.ORG.UK/FAMILY-FRIENDLY-ACTIVITIES/ CHARACTERFUL CREATURES MONDAY 24 OCTOBER, 10.30AM TO 1.30PM, DROP IN Learn to make fuzzy pompoms and transform them into wonderful wildlife! We’ll have plenty of wool and lots of colourful crafty materials on hand to help you create some characterful creatures. £3 per child, book online or pay on the day AMAZING ANIMAL MASKS TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER, 10.30AM TO 1.30PM, DROP IN Create your own collaged animal mask using a variety of materials and techniques. Do you want to prowl, flap or hop in your animal disguise? £3 per child, book online or pay on the day WOLVERHAMPTON ARTS & CULTURE www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk WILD FROGS WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER, 10.30AM TO 1.30PM, DROP IN Go wild and make your own colourful, fun, tree-frog. Use all things decorative, we’ll use split-pins to make its arms and legs moveable. Help that frog strike a pose! £3 per child, book online or pay on the day CLAY CRITTERS THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER, 10.30AM TO 1.30PM, DROP IN Use clay and natural materials to model your favourite woodland wildlife. Foxes, squirrels, hedgehogs, badgers or even a tiny mouse! £3 per child, book online or pay on the day WOOLLY WILDLIFE FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER, 10.30AM TO 1.30PM, DROP IN Using pipe-cleaners and wool wrapping, make a soft sculpture of a furry friend to take home. £3 per child, book online or pay on the day COLOUR IN YOUR ART GALLERY SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER, 11AM TO 4PM, DROP IN Join artist Olivier Jamin to create a large-scale illustrated banner. Drop in any time to get creative and relax with some mindful colouring. A BSL interpreter will be present during the event. Free, suitable for all ages WOLVERHAMPTON ARTS & CULTURE Wolverhampton Art Gallery has a packed programme of family-friendly fun during October half term, inspired by the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. See the website for more details – www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/family-friendly-activities DIGITAL CREATURE LAB MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS, 27, 31 JULY, 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28, 31 AUGUST 11.00AM – 1.00PM Drop-in digital arts sessions for families with the opportunity to create your own creature, inspired by the weird and wonderful microbiology in Microworlds Wolves. Free, donations welcome. Suitable for over 5s TATTER BOX SATURDAY 29 JULY 11.00AM-2.00PM To celebrate all things football and the This Is Our Love exhibition about the beautiful game, join artist Tat Vision to create and decorate your own tatter box head – make it your favourite footballer or someone/thing else entirely! £4 per child, suitable for ages 5 to 16 MAD ABOUT ART FOOTBALL EXCLUSIVE SATURDAY 5 AUGUST 11.00AM-2.00PM Design your own football scarf with Mad About Art - painted or coloured any way you like - with a chance for the best scarf to be made into a real knitted football scarf! Work with artist Madeleine Staples and create your own piece of football merchandise. £4 per child, drop in. Suitable for all ages ART PLAY SUNDAYS 23 JULY, 6, 20 AUGUST, 24 SEPTEMBER, 11.00AM-1.00PM Our creative, sensory play sessions for families with babies and toddlers are led by artists and early years’ educators. Take time to relax, imagine and find inspiration together. £3 per child, suitable for age 0 to 5 but older siblings are welcome to attend.
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