Tag: Arts & Craft

Make and take home your own kaleidoscope in this fun family craft activity inspired by the Microworld exhibition at the Ferens Art Gallery. Takes place: 1-3pm

Have a go at making your own puppet inspired by famous children’s tv characters from the 1970s up to the present day. Takes place: 11.30am-3pm

Join us for fun family craft activities inspired by the Ancient Egypt Gallery at the Hands on History Museum. Takes place: 1pm – 3pm

Make your own mini habitat in this fun family craft activity inspired by the Microworld exhibition at Ferens Art Gallery. What creatures will live there? What plants will grow? Let your imagination run wild. Takes place: 1-3pm

Join us for fun light, sound and shadow themed arts, craft and stories  designed for children under 7 , inspired by the new Microworld exhibition at the Ferens Art Gallery and the Spurn Lightship. Older siblings are welcome to join in the fun too. Takes place: 10-12noon

This is a craft session with limited numbers designed for children who have a disability, are neurodivergent or experience anxiety. In the session children can have a go at some of the crafts that have been available as drop-in sessions over the summer, but in a quieter setting with limited numbers. In this session you […]

Have a go at crafting your own bracelet or necklace inspired by the Bronze Age or Viking period. Takes place: 1pm – 3pm

This is the third in a series of relaxed arts and science activities designed for children who have a disability, are neurodivergent or experience anxiety. In the session, children can have a go at crafting their own quirky creatures from clay, create coding masterpieces using our robots and explore natures elements using our microscopes. Booking […]

Have a go at making your own crafts inspired by popular space and science fiction films of the 1970s up to the present day in this fun family craft activity. Takes place: 1pm – 3pm

Come and create an animated creature as part of the Microworlds exhibition. You can spot a creature in the exhibition or dream one up yourself. Then use paper, scissors, glue and imagination to bring it to life. Before animating it in stop motion as part of a creature parade. Award winning animators My Pockets will […]

This is a relaxed (SEND) family activity session with limited numbers designed for children who have a disability, are neurodivergent, or experience anxiety. Come and create an animated creature as part of the Microworlds exhibition. You can spot a creature in the exhibition or dream one up yourself. Then use paper, scissors, glue and imagination […]

Join us to make your own mini creatures from clay in this fun art activity inspired by the Microworld exhibition at Ferens Art Gallery. Takes place: 1-3pm

Starting with a gallery tour, looking at key artworks we’ll explore texture, line and form to inspire our own prints. We’ll then experiment with Carborundum, a versatile technique that creates rich tones and textures with painterly and graphic effects, including an embossing-like impression. We will also explore dry point, a simple, direct intaglio process where […]

On our Advanced Printmaking course we will be exploring Intaglio print through Hard Ground and Aquatint etching in combination with relief printing from the Acid etched plate, using monochrome and coloured inks. We will also be using Tetra-Pack cartons as plates to work into and print from. Both these techniques provide opportunities for experimentation and […]

Drawing is an essential feature of visual art and design and this course sets out to demonstrate its value. The course will run over 8 weeks. You will explore a breadth of drawing media, discuss reasons and strategies for drawing, rise to the challenges of large and small scale drawing, as well as participate in […]

Develop a range of print skills over 8 weeks. Using drawing as a starting point, you will explore many print processes, including monotype, drypoint etchings, lino print and mixed media. Exploring and combining these techniques, you will produce a portfolio of finished prints. This course is open to adults over 18 regardless of experience. Materials […]