FAMILY ACTIVITIES AT WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY, CENTRAL LIBRARY & BILSTON GALLERY WOLVERHAMPTON LITERATURE FESTIVAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL CENTRAL LIBRARYWOLVERHAMPTON SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY 10.15am-10.45am–Mindy’s Journey Storytelling and Craft 10.45am-11.30am– Grandpa Sticks’ Story Adventures 11.30am-12.15pm– BSL Storytelling and Craft Freddie the Fairy 1.15pm-2.15pm - Compose your own Shakespearean insults! Free, drop in on the day Children & Families - Wolves Lit Fest (wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk) SHEMZA.DIGITAL EXHIBITION SATURDAY 14 JANUARY TO SUNDAY 16 APRIL shemza.digital is an immersive, interactive, digital arts exhibition that invites you to create your own digital painting. Visit the website to see how you can get involved. SHEMZA.DIGITAL PAINTING WORKSHOPWITH ARTIST APHRA SHEMZA MONDAY 20 AND TUESDAY 21 FEBRUARY Join Aphra Shemza in our shemza.digital drop in. Create your own digital painting to take home with you, based on the work of Anwar Jalal Shemza. Book a slot between 10.30am-4.00pm. Pay what you can. Suitable for ages 5 to 16. HANDS ON ART ACTIVITIES WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY Play with shapes, patterns and colours to create a fantastic geometric artwork, then fold it tomake a vibrant imaginary 3D space with artist Rob Conway. THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY Take the challenge to create a collaged city using only circles and squares, paint multiple magical moons to light up the sky. Inspired by Anwar Jalal Shemza’s painting ‘City at Morning, Noon and Night’, with artist SamMace. FRIDAY 24 FEBRUARY Join artist Benny Semp and create a collagraph print inspired by the cityscapes of Anwar Shemza. Drop in between 10.30am– 1.30pm. £3 per child, book online or pay on the day. Suitable for ages 5 to 12. SPRINGTIMEWILDESCAPEEVENTS These Wild Escape events are made possible by lead support from Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants, with additional support from Art Fund. WILDLIFE COLLAGEWORKSHOPS SATURDAYS 18, 25MARCH, 1, 8, 15 APRIL Help create a vision for the future where we are protecting biodiversity and living in harmony with animals and plants within our cities. Use recycled materials to make a collage that will be included in an exhibition, opening on Earth Day 2023. 11.00am-12.30pm and 2.00pm-3.30pm Free or pay what you can. Suitable for ages 7 to 11. EARTH DAY CELEBRATION SATURDAY 22 APRIL Join us for the opening of the young people’s art exhibition, with their vision for the future! Take part in interactive performance and craft around the theme of climate activism. Suitable for ages 5 to 12. £3 per child, book online or pay on the day. ART PLAY WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY SUNDAYS 11.00AM-1.00PM 29 JANUARY, 26 FEBRUARY 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. Suitable for ages 0 to 5 (older siblings are also welcome to attend). £3 per child. BILSTON BODDLERS BILSTON GALLERY THURSDAYS, 1.00PM-2.00PM 19, 26 JANUARY, 2, 9, 16 FEBRUARY, 2, 9, 16, 23, 30MARCH Bilston Boddlers are fun sessions for families with young children, which provide babies and toddlers with all kinds of imaginative materials to explore their world and get creative through functional, inventive and messy play. Suitable for ages 0 to 5 (older siblings are welcome to attend). £3 per child. BABIES AND TODDLERS ARTY FUN FOR FAMILIES ATWOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY See the family friendly pages of the website for more details and to book. www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk WOLVERHAMPTON ARTS & CULTURE WOLVERHAMPTON ARTS & CULTURE www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk
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