Supported by Liverpool One Foundation. Grounded is a series of FREE workshops and activities during 2024 and 2025 supporting teenage mental health and wellbeing in nature.
During the summer holidays, the programme will launch with a series of spoken world workshops supporting teenage mental health and wellbeing in nature. The sessions will take place during the summer holidays at Sudley Walled Garden on 22, 23, 24 August 1-3pm (students should be to attend all 3 workshops before booking) and will be led by writer and performer Helen Jeffery
This workshop invites members of the public to help shape future displays at the International Slavery Museum.
It concentrates on artefacts connected to the history of medicine and transatlantic slavery and explores how these should be represented at the museum. The workshop contemplates some of the ways that contemporary health inequalities experienced by Black communities are legacies of transatlantic slavery.
Illustration by Tinuke Fagborun.
Slavery Remembrance Day 2024 Events Programme
SRD 2024: CSIS Symposium Space and Place – Building on the Past Panel (21 August)
SRD 2024: Dorothy Kuya Memorial Lecture – Fiona Compton
SRD 2024: A Walk of Remembrance (23 August)
Join Nat for a workshop exploring some of the techniques and approaches she used making her new solo show, co-created with Jamie Wood.
The workshop will be an opportunity to play, share and experiment, in a supportive environment, with new, old or yet to be conceived ideas.
They’ll move, write and hopefully do some stuff they can’t even imagine at this point.
As they get ready to celebrate 100 years since the Bluecoat became an arts centre, be inspired by a century of creativity and create your own unique artwork using Drypoint Etching.
In this taster session, you’ll be shown how to create a drypoint plate, how to etch your own design into the plastic surface, ink it up and print a small edition of unique artworks on their 90 year old etching press.
The Bluecoat became an arts centre in 1927, the first in the UK. Find out more here.
Sat 7 Sep, 11am – 12pm & 1pm – 2pm
Free, booking required
Suitable for young people aged 14-18.
Future Walls is delighted to host @lauraferrieswriter for a creative writing workshop responding to their current exhibition, ‘Pastry and Shame’ by @elliehosk.
You’ll get a chance to flex your literary muscles, as well as catching the exhibition before it closes on the 18th!
Accessibility info: This workshop will take place at Future Yard, 75 Argyle Street, in the Yellow Room. This space is wheelchair accessible.
Head along to the museum’s Sky Garden and have a go at willow weaving in this free event!
There are two sessions to choose from:
Session 1: 11am-12.45pm
OR
Session 2: 1.15pm-3pm
Booking essential, limited spaces are available.
Suitable for age 7 years and above (and adults!) with adult assistance as required by parents / carers.
To book, email Amanda Moore: amoore@culturewarrington.org or call 01925 361 730
Passionate about drama?
Join Arts Groupie’s FREE play reading group at Liverpool Central Library. In a session they will all read one play out aloud and discuss.
Join the conversation on social media too: #EmergingVoicesPlayReading
A great way to discover new pieces, study form, structure and theatre history.
Their club will initially run till December with the aspiration that they will continue in 2025. Part of the Emerging Voices project kindly supported by Arts Council England
All welcome but spaces are limited so please email artgroupie@outlook.com to reserve a place.
Join Bluecoat for a fun and hands-on wreath-making workshop led by artist and professional upcycler, Gemma Longworth. Learn how to create a stunning autumnal wreath using seasonal foliage and decorations—a perfect way to celebrate the start of autumn.
Sun 29 Sep, 1pm – 3pm
This workshop is suitable for beginners, as Gemma will guide you through the process step by step. So whether you’re a crafting newbie or have some experience, don’t miss out – reserve your spot today!
Tickets: £45 (all materials included)
Loop Me In
Thurs 19 Sept, 6pm
Join Bluecoat to knit, crochet, and connect with others. Whether you’re a seasoned stitcher or just starting out, this workshop is for you. Share tips, swap patterns, and be inspired by the creativity of their community. Materials are not provided, so please remember to bring your own.
Bluecoat is closed to the public from 5pm. Please ring the doorbell on the right-hand side of the main entrance, and a member of staff will welcome you in.
Free, booking essential
Ever wondered why museums have so many items in their collections and what’s it all for? Find out from the members of the team who look after their natural history collections.
Join the museum’s in-house team of curators and experts as we show you some of the work that goes on behind the scenes. They will explain how the make the museum work for the visiting public while also feeding into exciting research with acedemics from around the world.
This event is free and you can drop in at anytime during the day.
