Event Categories: Arts & Craft

Bransholme Community Art

Hosted by Jon Keen, a visual artist who has been teaching art and running art workshops in Hull for nearly twenty years, Jon works with colour as a main theme in his workshops, but utilises many or most mediums, from paint to pencils, clay to cardboard.

Jon works around the principle of creativity. He encourages and supports learning basic skills and then using them to create fantastic pieces of art.

If you want to have fun, learn something new and be creative come join us for a session. No experience necessary, and all materials are provided, all that’s needed is a willingness to get involved.

Microworld- Relaxed (SEND) Healthy Holidays Activity- Clay Creatures

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 is essential. Please only book for each child or young person taking part. Accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket. This activity is funded by Hull City Council and Department for Education through the Holiday Activities and Food programme.

Free healthy snacks and a drink will be available to all children that take part in the session.

Relaxed (SEND) Healthy Holidays Family craft activity- Tv character puppets, compasses and jewellery

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 can learn about navigation and make your own compass, make your own puppet inspired by famous children’s tv characters from the 1970s up to the present day, and make your own Viking and Bronze Age inspired jewellery.

Booking is essential. This activity is funded by Hull City Council and Department for Education through the Holiday Activities and Food programme. Free healthy snacks and a drink will be available to all children that take part in the session.

Please only book for each child or young person taking part. Accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket.

Pride of Lions- Relaxed (SEND) Family Crafts for Hull Pride

This is a relaxed, family craft session with limited numbers designed for children and young people who have a disability, are neurodivergent or experience anxiety. In the session, families can have a go at an exciting range of colourful lion themed crafts to help us celebrate Hull Pride.

Booking for this session is essential. Please only book a ticket for each child participating in the session.

Accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket. Takes place: 10am-11am

Sci-Fi Fun- Healthy Holidays

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

TV Puppet Fun Family Craft Activity

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

Maritime Explorers Family Craft Activity

Find out about how sailors have navigated and explored throughout history. Design your own map, learn about how mariners navigated using stars and
constellations, make a compass and get hands on with our museum handling collections.

Takes place: 1pm – 3pm

Mini Maritime Merchants Family Craft Activity

Follow our maritime trail around Streetlife Museum and explore the rich heritage of Hull. Collect treasures along the way and exchange them for riches at our trading post.

Takes place: 1pm – 3pm

Creatures of the Deep Family Craft Activity

Make your own hanging mobile of prehistoric sea creatures inspired by the Hull and East Riding Museum collections. From Ichthyosaurs to ammonites, what will you include?

Takes place: 1pm – 3pm

Cannons! Family Craft Activity

Make your own cannon inspired by Henry’s Gun on display in the Hull and East Riding Museum which was discovered in the South Blockhouse archaeological digs.

Takes place: 1pm-3pm

Arty Bods: Summer School

Arty Bods: Summer School is an exciting set of art workshops designed for kids aged 5-11 years old.

Each workshop will be led by artist and Lauren Saunders. Together as a group, your child will get to grips with a range of art materials and techniques, and explore creativity in an art gallery setting.

Using the current exhibitions at Humber Street Gallery as inspiration, young artists will be able to develop their artistic skills from week-to-week. Or if you’re not sure, simply drop in to a session or two to see if it’s for them.

Expect lots of fun, colour and mess (and no cleaning up)!

Young artists must be accompanied by an adult, who can relax during sessions with coffee and cake from our café bar.

 

Activity schedule:

14 June – PAPER PLATES with Faith Foster

Do you love a roast dinner? Are picnics more your thing?

Let’s chat about our favourite foods together and make a plate collage. We’ll be using paper and drawings to make our food creations.

 

21 June – BANANARCHY BODS! with Lauren Saunders

Let’s go bananas! We’ll spend the morning exploring the gallery and using paper to make individual artworks in response to Pippa Hale’s colourful and playful new exhibition.

 

28 June – FRUITY BUNTING with Lauren Saunders

Back by popular request, we’re doing momigami again… But this time we’ll be making colourful, fruity bunting to brighten up our homes and welcome in the summer!

 

5 July – BERRY SILLY MONSTERS with Lauren Saunders

Come and help make a community of weird and wonderful fruit-monster puppets and costumes as we use a range of paper cutting, drawing and fastening techniques.

 

12 July – ARTY BODS FRUIT MARKET with Lauren Saunders

Roll up, roll up! Come buy yer snoozleberries and glimmerpeaches ‘ere! Five gloopafruits for only a pound! Let’s create a collaborative and bustling fruit market scene, featuring faraway fruit, signs, price tags and country origin flags through collage, drawing and installation.

 

19 July – CHILDREN’S CHOICE with Lauren Saunders

We’ll be using this last week in the block to revisit or share our own paper-based techniques with others, and explore some of the ideas suggested by Arty Bods participants in previous weeks.

Please purchase one ticket per child attending.

An Autumn Art Workshop with award winning artist Gail Hurst

Immerse yourself into all the natural warm colours of Autumn using mixed-media collage, inks, charcoal and paint.

You will be greeted with a wonderful array of pumpkins, candles and autumn cuttings collected from the grounds of Burton Constable all created into a beautiful still life for you to work with for the day. Starting with loose sketches and finding your composition encouraged by demonstrations by Gail in finding ways of seeing and interpretation.

Event Details

Saturday 18th October 2025 10am to 4pm

A break for lunch at 12pm

The Carriage House

All materials will be provided

Tea and Coffee throughout the day

The Stables Kitchen will be open if you wish to purchase your lunch, alternatively you can bring a packed lunch with you