Help us to celebrate the summer! The NGCA has free family art activities every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from1pm until 3pm throughout the holidays. The Activities are for children ages 3 to 13, to enjoywith theirmums, dads and carers. There's no need to book, all the activities are free and all thematerials are provided, so come a long and have a try.
What's on when in The Drawing Room Making Faces Tuesday 27 July 1:00 - 3:00pm Create portraits based on photographs in the Gallery. Family Flag Thursday 29 July 1:00 - 3:00pm Design a banner for yourself, your friends or your family. Change Your World Tuesday 3 August 1:00 - 3:00pm Make a banner to campaign for something you care about. My American Dream Thursday 5 August 1:00 - 3:00pm Make a collage based on the photographs of artist Sophie Hellas-Kwo.
Face in the Crowd Tuesday 10 August 1:00 - 3:00pm Make a sculpture of a person out of clay and add to an ever-expanding crowd scene. If I was P.M. Thursday 12 August 1:00 - 3:00pm What would you do if you were the Prime Minister? Help to create a wall drawing packed with ideas to make the world better. Art for the Park Tuesday 17 August 1:00 - 3:00pm Design your own piece of sculpture for a park in Sunderland. Consequences Thursday 19 August 1:00 - 3:00pm Come and join in an artistic version of a game of consequences. Fly Your Flag Tuesday 24 August 1:00 - 3:00pm Design a flag for your country, town or team. Clay Garden Thursday 26 August 1:00 - 3:00pm Make beautiful clay decorations to hang around the walls of The Drawing Room. Rose-Tinted Glasses Tuesday 31 August 1:00 - 3:00pm Make your very own rose-tinted glasses and see the world in a new light. Mini Fiesta Thursday 2 September 1:00 - 3:00pm Come to our grand finale. Help us celebrate all the artwork made in the last 6 weeks at a mini fiesta. As well as the activities on offer The Drawing Room is open Monday to Saturday with free art materials available, so budding artists can drop-in anytime and make their own masterpiece. • Activities are for children ages 3 to 13.
• The activities are free and all the materials are provided.
• There's no need to book, just come a long and have a try.
• All children must be accompanied by an adult. |  'The Big Draw' portrait workshop in The Drawing Room - October 2009
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