Join us every Saturday for sessions to draw, make and build together. Activities are inspired by our exhibitions.

FREE. Suitable for all aged 4 and over. Under 16’s must be accompanied at all times by an adult.

Drop-in times: 11am to 1pm

Saturday 8 February

Inspired by Kathy Prendergast’s maps in Gallery 1, create your own colourful map, thinking about how maps and colours have human connections to land, borders, and the histories they carry!

Saturday 15 February

Emma Critchley explores the deep sea in her exhibition Soundings, and asks us think about how you imagine and see the deep sea. Join us this week to imagine what creatures you may find in the depths and make your creation out of clay! The deep sea is a mythical place with not much discovered yet, what do you think is down there?

Saturday 22 February

Kathy Prendergast uses natural materials and chalk in her exhibitions Stasis Field in Gallery 1. Join us this week to explore how you can use chalk to create beautiful sculptures, patterns and colours!

Saturday 1 March

Maps play a key role in both Emma Critchley and Kathy Prendergast’s exhibitions, currently on show. Explore different ways of map folding and think about how maps can form identity, placemaking and exploration!

Saturday 8 March

Artist Else Bostelmann and cartographer Marie Tharp explored the deep sea through drawings, found in Barker-Mill gallery. Join us this week to use drawing as a means to communicate how you think the deep sea landscape looks. What creatures live down there? What plants grow? Add your ideas to the collaborative drawing!

For more information, or any accessibility questions, please contact [email protected].

Supported by New Place Hotel and Persimmon Homes South Coast