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Holiday Activities - Visual Arts
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VISUAL ARTS
HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME 2009-2010
Dates: April 2009 - March 2010
Venues: Chapel Gallery and Rose Theatre at Edge Hill University
Age: 8-16
Time: 10.00am - 3.30pm
EASTER 2010
Wednesday 7th April
Pauline Hughes – Telling Tales
Inspired by the work of contemporary ceramicist Hilke Macintyre you will have the opportunity to design a low relief ceramic panel to illustrate a story or poem.
Cost £9.00
Friday 9th April
Sarah Jane Richards – Cecily the Caterpillar
Make and decorate your own squiggly caterpillar friend Cecily. Use bright spots and striking strips to give your caterpillar a unique personality! A beautiful fun friend that proves a caterpillars for life not just for art activities!!
Cost £9.00
Wednesday 14th April
Pauline Hughes – Mad Hatters Tea Party
Be inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Create your own Mad Hatters Teapot, not to be thrown about!
Cost £9.00
Friday 16th April
Shelly Atton – Crazy Cut Outs
Design an image to represent your favourite TV programme, film, book or computer game. Using the
technique of mosaic bring your design to life with colour and texture.
Cost £9.00
MAY HALF-TERM 2010
Wednesday 2nd June
Matthew Roby – Monster Mash Up
Draw and build your own classic Hammer Horror character, from Freaky Frankenstein, Deadly Dracula and Hideous Hunchback! Use a variety of junk materials and spray paint to bring your spooky sculpture to life!
Cost £9.00
Friday 4th June
Gina Cottam – Fun with Felt
Felt is a most flexible and useful material. This workshops will show you how to make felt using merino wool then create it into something you can keep for yourself or give as a special gift.
Cost £9.00
SUMMER 2010
Wednesday 28th July
Sarah Jane Richards – Speak my language
Create your own visual language based on Hieroglyphs and tell a secret story whilst also making a beautiful picture! Make art out of writing with this fun workshop.
Cost £9.00
Friday 30th July
Pauline Hughes – I want my Mummy
The Egyptians celebrated death in many different ways. Design and make your own sarcophagus including a figure to fit inside.
Cost £9.00
Wednesday 4th August
Sarah Jane Richards – Fantastic Flappers
Create your own fantastic flying flapper! Based on exotic birds with brightly coloured plumage, these hanging moving flappers are bound to brighten up any room.
Cost £9.00
Friday 6th August
Sarah Jane Richards – Big Fish Little Fish
See the little fish shine as they shimmer away from the hungry bigger fish! Magical automatons based on the underwater world, these will really bring your artwork to life!
Cost £9.00
Wednesday 11th August
Charlotte Wardle – Weaving Webs
Using a selection of mixed media and inspired by local artist Michael Brennand Wood come along and become your own spider. What would you collect in your web?
Cost £9.00
Friday 13th August
Lisa Jane Forrester – The Aliens have landed
Have you ever wondered if there is life beyond our universe? What would these alien beings look like?
Create your own then work together to make a large life size alien.
Cost £9.00
Wednesday 18th August
Shelley Atton – Hug a Bug!!
Some people don’t like bug’s, this is your chance to design a bug that people will like to have hanging
around.
Cost £9.00
Friday 20th August
Sarah Jane Richards – Mexican Armadillo
Make a funky Armadillo based on traditional Mexican Folk Art. With a nodding head and bright patterns,
Mexican Armadillos are great fun!
Cost £9.00
Wednesday 25th August
Sarah Jane Richard – New York Cityscape
Bright lights and the exciting hustle and bustle of New York! Create an exciting downtown city with collage and wire.
Cost £9.00
Friday 27th August
Pauline Hughes – House!
What would your dream home be? Would you have a swimming pool or a built in mini cinema or a luxury lounge? Here is the chance to explore buildings and design your own dream home.
Cost £9.00
OCTOBER HALF-TERM 2010
Wednesday 27th October
Pauline Hughes – Me, Mo, Me……
Working with clay and discover how it can be manipulated. Begin your design with a 2D textured portrait then translate your 2D piece into a 3D form.
Cost £9.00
Friday 29th October
Lisa Jane Forrester – The Wizards Workshop
Turn yourself into a Wacky Wizard for the day. Create your own accessories, magic tricks and special box to hide your Wizard’s tricks in.
Cost £9.00
FEBRUARY HALF-TERM 2011
Wednesday 23rd February
Sarah Jane Richards – Chinese Dragon
Learn to make a beautiful Chinese Dragon. His flexible body will move up and down and his bright happy face will charm and delight. He is friendly but will still roar... ROAR!
Cost £9.00
Friday 25th February
Shelly Atton - Chinese Shadow Puppet Theatre
Take this opportunity to create your own shadow puppets with construction paper and movable joints. Make them perform in their own theatre.
Cost £9.00
Youth Open 2010
West Lancashire Youth Open
My House Our Home
Enter your artwork this year to show us your ideas of what your house and your home means to you. Or get really creative and make up your own ideal house that you would call your home. This year we have added a specific photographic category. Application forms available July 2010. Please contact the Chapel Gallery for
further information: jenni.ashcroft@westlancs.gov.uk
Download Holiday Activities 2010-2011 pdf
Booking a place
If you are interested in booking a place please contact:
Chapel Gallery, St Helens Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 4QR
T: 01695 571328
E: chapel.gallery@westlancsdc.gov.uk
