Art
Introduction To Animation: Let’s Make A Moving Picture! (6-12 yrs)
Monday 27th October, 09.30 - 16.30 (£78)
This workshop is designed to introduce the concepts of animation and sequencing images. We will look at some experimental films of the 1920s, from the Dada and Bauhaus movements, where colours and shapes dance around on the screen. Everyone’s drawings on ‘mini cels’ will make an equal contribution to a collective film. By the end of the workshop, children will gain firsthand experience of storyboarding, keyframing, and voice recording. The resulting film will be screened in the Studio at the end, and you will be sent the finished video file and a link to watch it online.
Tutor: Cate Chapman
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Night At The Museum – Create Your Own Mummy & Sarcophagus (3-5 yrs)
Monday 27th October, 09.30 - 11.30 (£27)
The film is set in the Museum of Natural History when it’s closed, where characters from the museum come to life. One of the most memorable is a Pharaoh. Ancient Egyptian pharaohs and queens were buried in tombs called sarcophagi, which were beautifully painted on the outside to resemble them. We will create our own mummy and a box tomb to resemble a sarcophagus.
Tutor: Sue Harris
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The Secret Life of Pets – Moonlit Cats! (3-5 yrs)
Monday 27th October, 12.30 - 14.30 (£27)
Cats love to come out at night and have a secret life and as the nights draw in and winter approaches, we see more of the darkness than the daylight. We will paint a glorious, tranquil nighttime scene, using inks, pastels, and watercolours and make a black cat puppet with a sparkly front so you can see it through the darkness.
Tutor: Sue Harris
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How To 'Create' Your Dragon! (4-7 yrs)
Monday 27th October, 15.00 - 17.00 (£27)
Did you enjoy the recent film ‘How to train your Dragon’? We will make a painting of a dragon using wax resist and watercolours and then make a magical dragon model to fly home on.
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Make A Mask with Mr & Mrs Twit and Roald Dahl Friends (5-11 yrs)
Tuesday 28th October, 09.30 - 16.30 (£78)
Inspired by the Netflix film 'The Twits', released this autumn and based on Roald Dahl's classic, we will transform ourselves into the magical and strange characters found in Roald Dahl’s many stories that we’ve seen on screen. Who will you choose? Mr Twit with his tangly beard? The Grand High Witch, Willy Wonka or James and his friends from the Giant Peach? Using papier mache, tissue paper and paint we will leave the studios disguised as our favourite character.
Tutor: Fiona Berry
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That Hat is Wicked! (5-11 yrs)
Tuesday 28th October, 09.30 - 16.30 (£78)
To celebrate the upcoming release of the blockbuster 'Wicked: For Good', based on the hit musical, it's time to get witchy! We will create our very own witch hats from scratch, inspired by Elphaba's very own. We'll use all sorts of materials like card, tissue paper, paint, and fabrics like satin, net, and felt. You'll finish the day with your own extraordinary creation which you can wear later this week for any Halloween celebrations (although you should probably watch out for rain... and flying monkeys!)
Tutor: Lilly Walker
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Teen Clay Club (12-15 yrs)
Tuesday 28th October, 17.00 - 20.00 (£54)
Join us for Clay Club! Suitable for both beginners to clay and those who want to develop their skills. In this evening workshop you will be free to create your own ceramic ideas under the guidance of an experienced ceramics tutor. Students will create one or two pieces using pinch pots and coiling, decorating with texture and coloured slips. Pieces will then be glazed and fired and ready to collect approximately a month after the workshop.
Tutor: Ellie Osborne
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Plasticine People with Wallace & Gromit (5-11 yrs)
Wednesday 29th October, 09.30 - 16.30 (£78)
This all-day art class is inspired by 'Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out', the very first of Nick Park's award-winning claymations, released in 1989. A classic tale where the famous duo run out of cheese and build a rocket to take them to the moon! Participants will use plasticine to create their own characters inspired by Aardman Animations, and build colourful rockets using a range of recycled materials to take them to their chosen destination. Will you go to the cheesy moon too?! Those who complete their characters will put together a sequence of drawings using their props to create a storyboard, forming the basis of their very own stop-motion creation!"
Tutor: Paula Sanders
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Studio Ghibli Character Mask Making (6-12 yrs)
Wednesday 29th October, 09.30 - 13.30 (£54)
Come and explore the many characters from classic Studio Ghibli animations such as 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle'. Will you become gentle spirit, Totoro? Wild Princess Mononoke or mysterious wanderer, No-Face? Learn new skills, and craft with a range of materials to create your transformational masks!
Tutor: Clare Kendall
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Mixed Media: Making Totoro (6-12 yrs)
Wednesday 29th October, 14.30 - 18.30 (£54)
This art class is inspired by the enormous fantasy forest creature, Totoro, in the classic animation film 'My Neighbour Totoro' by Studio Ghibli. We will imagine our own friendly woodland spirit and bring it to life on canvas! We'll be using acrylic pens and materials gathered from nature - leaves, moss and bark - to create a mixed media piece inspired by the bold animation style of Studio Ghibli. Come and join us!
Tutor: Clare Kendall
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Follow the Yellow Brick Road... (5-11 yrs)
Thursday 30th October, 09.30 - 16.30 (£78)
It's time to head somewhere over the rainbow in this sell-out returning class! Inspired by the upcoming release of the Jon M. Chu film 'Wicked: For Good', under the guidance of your tutor Lilly you will create a beautiful 3D model using card, paint, and plaster of paris, making your very own version of the famous Yellow Brick Road! You will add each of the famous characters who have travelled on it on their way to the Emerald City... will they get to meet the wizard?
Tutor: Lilly Walker
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Celebrate Day Of The Dead Taking Inspiration from Pixar's 'Coco' (3-5 yrs)
Thursday 30th October, 09.30 - 11.30 (£27)
We will make skeletons with different personalities- the musician can have a guitar, the artist a paintbrush: What will your skeleton have? We will also look at the beautiful decorations on the Mexican Day of the Dead skulls and design and print our own.
Tutor: Sue Harris
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‘Wicked’ Arts & Crafts (3-5 yrs)
Thursday 30th October, 12.30 - 14.30 (£27)
Come and have a wicked workshop, exploring dark and light colours. We’ll make a witches' brew and an outfit for Glinda and Elpheba. We will use clay, leaves and pinecones to make bats, spiders and a magic wand for a naturally wicked Halloween.
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' (4-7 yrs)
Thursday 30th October, 15.00 - 17.00 (£27)
Craft characters from Tim Burton's classic, ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas' to decorate your house for Halloween. We’ll also make a Halloween wreath featuring Jack Skellington. Welcome Trick or Treaters to your home in a creepy, but creative manner!
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Autumn Crafts: Make A Trick-Or-Treat Bag (5-11 yrs)
Friday 31st October, 09.30 - 16.30 (£78)
Come along to the Conservatoire to prepare for Halloween! Make an original trick-or-treat bag using cut out recycled fabric and fabric pens. Create a picture of an amazing autumnal outdoor feast using collage materials, drawing, painting and recycled card. Design a poster to welcome people to your autumnal feast using pictures, drawing, painting and found words.
Tutor: Nicola Corrigan
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Dotty Pumpkins (4-7 yrs)
Friday 31st October, 09.30 - 12.30 (£39)
Today is the day of the pumpkin! Together we will look in detail at this famous orange vegetable, and draw and paint our own. We’ll then make our own pumpkins out of clay and paint them with dots based on the work of the artist Yayoi Kusama. There’ll be plenty of items to decorate and put in our window to celebrate Halloween!
Tutor: Sue Harris
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Halloween House Hangings (4-7 yrs)
Friday 31st October, 14.00 - 17.00 (£39)
We need to prepare the house for Halloween... it's tonight! We will be making some paintings of pumpkin faces, some ghostly models to hang and other Halloween decorations of pumpkins, cats, skeletons, witches, bats and spiders. Time for tricks and treats!
Tutor: Sue Harris
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