Tag: Ferens Art Gallery

Microworld is a free family exhibition that will open on Saturday 24 May. Visitors will be invited to enter a world filled with digital life-forms, bright colours and ambient sounds. They will explore a range of creatures and see how they respond to their movements and each other. These ambitious colourful artworks are created by […]

Pop by the exhibition and enjoy fun and interactive performances by dancers Tamar and Jo inspired by the artworks. Tamar and Jo are Hull based dancers known for their joyous creative and colourful performances. Takes place: 1pm-1.20pm and 2.30pm-2.50pm

Join us for fun ocean creature and marine ecosystem themed arts and craft activities and stories designed for children under 7 and their families, inspired by the new Microworld exhibition at Ferens Art Gallery. Older siblings are welcome to join in the fun too. Takes place: 10am-12noon

Join Donna from Humber Drum Circles for a fun-filled, interactive music session for children aged 5 and under featuring guitar, singing, and violin! Children will play, explore, and engage in exciting action songs inspired by nature and animals. Through playful melodies and musical games, they’ll discover a variety of instruments, responding creatively to the Microworld […]

Learn the art of appliqué by layering fabric shapes and enhancing them with decorative embroidery stitches, creating a beautiful, textured textile piece. If you would like to upcycle you can bring in your own garments to applique onto. Otherwise, all resources are provided

Join Square Peg artists for a creative workshop responding to the Microworlds exhibition. Taking inspiration from light, sound and colour – let’s see what we can make together! This is a drop in session open to disabled and neurodivergent adults looking for opportunities to get creative. Takes place: 12.30pm – 2:30pm

Join artists Lucy and Wendy from ‘What if We Create’ for a unique children’s art workshop inspired by the new Microworld exhibition at Ferens Art Gallery. In this workshop, children will create their own 3D felt light up micro-creature. They will learn how to stitch circuits and develop their sewing skills as they are guided […]

This is a relaxed family activity session with limited numbers designed for children who have a disability, are neurodivergent, or experience anxiety that would find it difficult to attend our busier drop-in workshops. In the session, children can have a go at a selection of art, technology and science activities inspired by our Microworld exhibition. […]

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

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

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 […]