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Family Fun

FREE DROP IN ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES

 


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

If you would like more information please call
0191 561 8452