Convenience Gallery host a monthly life drawing session on the third Tuesday of each month.
This takes place in the bar/ coffeeshop at Bloom Building, so you can get a drink whilst you work on your drawings. (At Bloom bar & Coffee 100% of the £’s you spend go to support the work of the Open Door Charity. How boss is that?!).
This is a session for people of all levels. It is untaught so that means bringing along whatever materials you want to work with and have fun with it. There will be a mixture of poses; both short and long. There will be a 20 minute break at the halfway point to.
Poses will start at 6:45pm, so please arrive in good time.
They will have some materials available if you forget yours, but please bring along whatever you wish to work with. Whether that’s pens, pencils, paint, canvas, carcoal, paper, or something completely different bring it along.
They use Life Drawing to help fundraise to continue to do their work with the community around them. As a not for profit, your support at events like this helps them massively.
Please let them know at least 7 days in advance for cancellation where possible, this is a popular class and they will look to reallocate your place if you are unable to attend.
If you have any questions please get in touch conveniencegallery@outlook.com
There are 29 species of earthworm living freely in soils in the UK. They are vital to the economic health of our country, as they are crucial for soil health, food production, waste decomposition and even flood mitigation.
This weekend course will provide an introduction to earthworms as a group, their natural history, how to collect them and how to identify them to species level using microscopes.
The course will be a mixture of classroom sessions and lab practicals (World Museum) and fieldwork (Chester Zoo Nature Reserve). The course is suitable for those with an interest in earthworms, and no experience of microscopes or earthworm identification is necessary.
By the end of the weekend participants will:
• Have learnt about the natural history and different ecological roles of earthworms
• Have had experience of field methods for collecting earthworms
• Be able to use keys and microscopes to confirm earthworm species identification
• Know how to record earthworms to the standards of the national recording scheme.
Please note that this course will involve collecting, preserving and killing earthworm specimens to identify in the lab and generate a site species list.
Tutor
Keiron Derek Brown first became interested in invertebrates during a field-based entomology module at university and went on to volunteer on soil biodiversity research projects at the Natural History Museum (London). This included sorting samples of invertebrates to order level and sampling invertebrates across the New Forest in Hampshire and the Malaysian rainforests of Borneo.
Keiron developed and manages the FSC BioLinks project, with the aim of inspiring amateur naturalists to take up the identification and recording of invertebrate groups that are often forgotten and rarely recorded. In his spare time he is the Chair of the Ecology & Entomology Section of the London Natural History Society and is the national recorder for earthworms (running the National Earthworm Recording Scheme on behalf of the ESB).
Location
Sat 19 Mar – Chester Zoo Nature Reserve
Sun 20 Mar – World Museum
Access
World Museum – There are lifts between each of the floors and assistance dogs are permitted.
Chester Zoo Nature Reserve – There are good (grassy) footpaths suitable for wheelchairs around much of the reserve.
Join the World Museum team who will be out and about in the Ancient Egypt gallery.
For the Up Close with Ancient Egypt workshops, the team will have their trolley full of incredible stories and objects for you to enjoy and explore.
Family stories aimed at younger visitors to celebrate LGBT+ History month with the fabulous Mama G.
Join in the fun at Museum of Liverpool with singing and actions with stories about love, identity, acceptance and celebration.
There will be three sessions held, starting 11am, 1pm and 3pm.
The team are working hard behind the scenes to find out how National Museums Liverpool can help look after the environment and reduce our waste.
Head along to their Reduce, Reuse, Recyle family workshops to create art with artists using recycled materials. Join in the conversation and share your thoughts on what we can do to fight climate change and protect the world around us.
Join World Museum every Thursday morning (excluding school holidays) in the Aquarium for Tiddlers: Seaside Explorers.
Enjoy a range of fun activities and games linked to underwater animals. No booking necessary, suitable for 0-36 months.
Additional dates held 5, 10, 17 February, 10-11am.
This February half-term The Reader would like to give you the chance to experience Books and Brambles – their unique family offering for children and grown-up’s.
Books and Brambles is usually a six-week programme, running on Saturdays and Sundays, but over half-term they’ll be offering Storybarn visitors a number of 1.5 hour stand-alone taster sessions.
Based in their wonderfully warm and cosy Storybarn, you can expect stories exploring nature, imaginative play, and arts and crafts.
If you’ve already joined them on a Books and Brambles course before, you’re very welcome again, along with curious and adventurous newcomers!
Books and Brambles is perfect for 4-9 year olds (or thereabouts!). Tickets are £4, infants under-1 go free but still require a ticket.
Sessions run on Saturdays and Sundays at 10am, Tuesday – Thursday at 12pm and 2.30pm, and Friday at 2.30pm. There are no sessions on Monday 21 February.
If you book a Books and Brambles Taster Session you can get 10% off your next Books and Brambles course.
Join in at The GPO where AmazeLab are running an exciting new children’s event where your child can come along to this potion making workshop which is complete with a dry ice demo plus lots of potion making fun and learning!
The workshop is aimed at 5-11 year olds but why not use the hour of ‘me time’ for parents/grandparents/older children to have a relax with some of the incredible food and delicious drinks that they offer at The GPO?!
For any queries please contact either AmazeLab at info@amazelab.co.uk or at The GPO at hello@the-gpo.co.uk.
Join in at The GPO where AmazeLab are running an exciting new children’s event where your child can design and build a rocket before we test which will fly the furthest!
The workshop is aimed at 5-11 year olds but why not use the hour of ‘me time’ for parents/grandparents/older children to have a relax with some of the incredible food and delicious drinks that they offer at The GPO?!
For any queries please contact either AmazeLab at info@amazelab.co.uk or at The GPO at hello@the-gpo.co.uk.
Join in at The GPO where AmazeLab are running an exciting new children’s event where your child can create their very own jumping bunny to learn all about elasticity and forces!
The workshop is aimed at 5-11 year olds but why not use the hour of ‘me time’ for parents/grandparents/older children to have a relax with some of the incredible food and delicious drinks that they offer at The GPO?!
For any queries please contact either AmazeLab at info@amazelab.co.uk or at The GPO at hello@the-gpo.co.uk.
