Using the animals that inspired EcologyNOW as a starting point, children will focus on creating their very own fridge magnet to take home.
Templates will be provided as visual aids along with readymade salt dough in varied colours for the children to make their fridge magnets.
Using caterpillars as inspiration, children will focus on creating their very own caterpillar sculpture to take home.
A template will be provided as a visual aid along with instruction sheets. A mix of recycled/everyday materials will be provided for them to construct and embellish their wriggly caterpillars.
Animal Magic - Sci/Art drop-in children’s workshop exploring animal conservation. Using animals as inspiration, children will focus on creating their very own fridge magnet to take home. Ready made salt dough in varied colours will be provided for them to make their fridge magnets.
Visitors to the town centre can look forward to a host of exciting spectacles on Saturday and Sunday, 29 and 30 July, including the return by popular demand of eco-friendly sea giant Eko, who will be greeting the crowds, and the chance to see a life-sized 50ft inflatable sperm whale where an ‘aquabatic’ diver, a shipwrecked pirate and a mermaid will have stories to tell.
There will also be a parade, culminating in an en masse dance in Time Square where everyone can join in, and an aerial performance by Tuckshop Dance Theatre in Palmyra Square.
Meanwhile, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery will be tying into the environmental themes with the launch of ‘Wake Me Up Before You Dodo’ with new art by Warrington’s ‘Mini David Attenborough’, Britain’s Got Talent finalist Aneeshwar Kunchala, and sculptor Val Hunt.
This weekend of events has been made possible thanks to funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and help from our partners at Warrington Borough Council, Warrington Market and the Warrington Business Improvement District (BID).
29 July – Street Games
29 July – Many Hands parade
29 July Wake Me Up Before You Dodo exhibition continues till 5 November
29 July EcologyNOW exhibition continues till 24 September
29 and 30 July – Out of the Deep Blue
30 July – The Whale: Plastic Ocean at Palmyra Square
30 July – Sunflowers performance at Palmyra Square
30 July – Be Kind to Our Planet family workshops at the Parr Hall
Children will learn about renewable energy in this STEM Art workshop. Using everyday and recycled materials children will create their own wind turbines to take home.
Suitable Ages 8-11
Children's drop-in workshop exploring portraiture with artist Pamela Schilderman. Using stained glass as inspiration, children will create portraits of family, friends or of themselves.
Suitable for children up to 12 years.
Session £3 a child
Children's workshop making boxes for someone special inspired by Christmas.
Free: Places allocated on a first come, first serve basis
Children's workshop doing tree decorations inspired by stained glass.
Free: Places allocated on a first come, first serve basis
Using memento mori as inspiration, participants will be shown how to make brooches from horse hair. Two templates will be provided as visual aids and Pamela Schilderman will give a demonstration. Participants will be able to take away their handmade brooches at the end of the day.
Cost: £20 Please call 01926 742700 to book or visit us online.
Family friendly workshop exploring identity. Using Caricature/Surrealism as inspiration, children will focus on features they feel important to them. Suitable for children up to 12 years.
FREE Places are allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
Children's workshop exploring portraiture. Using stained glass as inspiration, children will create portraits of family, friends or of themselves. Suitable for children up to 12 years.
Free family friendly workshop with contemporary artist Pamela Schilderman exploring identity. Using Surrealism as inspiration, children will focus on features they feel important to them. For children aged 2 - 11. Please note all children should be accompanied by an adult.
Call 0116 225 4900 to book your free place.
Stay and Play art workshop with artist Pamela Schilderman exploring identity. Using Surrealism as inspiration, children will focus on features they feel important to them.
Free drop-in at Claremont Children Centre Tel: 01788 579488
Taking inspiration from Lewis Carroll and the Museum's collections to create new fantasy species in experimental drawings.
A fun educational art workshop suitable for children aged 4 - 12. Done at the following venues: Rugby Christian Fellowship Church and Warrington Museum & Art Gallery. (2013 - 2014)
Art and Science workshop for GCSE students.
