Families February - May 2018 Leaflet

The New Art Gallery Walsall

FAMILIES At The New Art Gallery Walsall

February — May 2018

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The Family Gallery is a safe space to explore art as a family. Showing work from our collections on a particular theme, it is an introduction to using the Gallery and provides a relaxed space for you to get creative together. Practical activities are provided, but you can always use your own imagination too.

For Winter/Spring The Family Gallery will feature:

The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour 2018 Until 22 April We are privileged to be the first venue of 2018 to exhibit Hans Holbein’s A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling, as the centrepiece in our Family Gallery. Shown alongside are complementary works from our Permanent Collection encompassing key collections themes Portraits and Animals and Birds.

Audio Description Saturday 10 March, 11am Free, All Welcome, Contact the Gallery to book

Hans Holbein the Younger, A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling (Anne Lovell?) Š The National Gallery, London. Bought with contributions from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and The Art Fund and Mr J. Paul Getty Jnr (through the American Friends of the National Gallery, London), 1992

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Pop Up Curator talks (15 mins) Wednesday 28 February, 11am Friday 23 March, 12pm & Thursday 12 April, 2pm Free, All Welcome, Drop In Autism Friendly Early Opening Sunday 25 March, 11am Come and explore the exhibition in a relaxed environment before the wider Gallery opens.

Check out what we are making at www.pinterest.com/NAGEducation

Exhibitions Don’t forget to check out our exhibitions when you next visit:

People’s Choice

The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour 2018

Until 25 February

12 January — 22 April

Wilderness

Mike Nelson Lionheart

2 February — 6 May

2 February — 3 June

ARTIST ROOMS Vija Celmins 2 February — 6 May

University of Wolverhampton Inspiring Teachers

Artists in Focus

Mahtab Hussain Going back home to where I came from

Andrew Tift immortalise

March 17 — December 2019

24 March — 27 April

25 May — 2 September

25 May — 2 September

NEW:

Free Activity Bags

Borrow one of our NEW free activity bags, available from reception. Each bag is filled with fun activities to help you explore our Collections and Temporary Exhibitions.

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School Holiday Workshops All of the school holiday workshops are inspired by the current exhibitions. Take the time to explore the galleries before you go to the workshops, so you take some inspiration with you.

Check out our different workshops:

Regular family activities

TUESDAY TOTS

Baby Palace*

• For toddlers up to 4 years old with their carer.

• 11am – 12noon.

Three sessions on each date: 10.30am-11.30am, 12noon-1pm, 2-3pm

£

Please pre book £1.50 per child

WEDNESDAYS FOR ALL • All ages, everyone can join in together.

• 12noon-3pm

Free and drop-in subject to space.

THURSDAY SKILLS

• Families with children 4 years and older • 11-12.30pm and 1.30-3pm

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Please pre book £2.50 per child Pre book on 01922 654400 or at reception.

Collect your ticket when you’ve paid.

Any bookings made for paid workshops will be held for seven days without payment.

SATURDAY PLAYDATES • Suitable for all ages

• 11am–4pm

Free and drop-in subject to space.

Join us every Saturday during the school holidays for practical sessions inspired by the current exhibitions. These are informal sessions, open to all ages, adults welcome too.

New mums, dads and carers join us in our multi-sensory environment.

Relax, explore sights, senses, smells and meet other new parents.

Art Start* Sessions for pre-school children 1 year old and upwards with carers.

Explore artwork in the Gallery and support your child to be creative. *Sessions are £1.50 per toddler/baby.

Book in advance on 01922 654400.

Collect your ticket from reception when you have paid.

CHILDREN’S BIRTHDAY PARTIES We are now taking bookings for Children’s birthday parties.

For info / prices contact Catherine James: 01922 654411 or catherine.james@walsall.gov.uk

FAMILY EVENT CALENDAR FEBRUARY

Tuesday: 13 February ART START Monthly sessions to explore and make artwork, for 1 year olds and up.

HALF TERM In February Half Term all of our workshops will be inspired by the exhibition on Floor 4, Mike Nelson, Lionheart on display 2 February – 6 May 2018.

24 February SATURDAY PLAYDATES

Lion’s Den

Drop in to build and decorate a play den using an assortment of scrap materials.

Tuesday: 27 February BABY PALACE Monthly multi-sensory environment for new-borns to toddlers.

17 February SATURDAY PLAYDATES

Holey Boxes

Create your own box in the style of the Artist Mike Nelson.

20 February TUESDAY TOTS

Junk Jamboree

Build, play & draw on the floor.

21 February WEDNESDAYS FOR ALL

Wild at Heart

Release your inner lion; create a mask with curly mane.

22 February THURSDAY SKILLS

Print a T-Shirt

Learn to screen print onto fabric by adding your own design to a recycled T-Shirt.

FREE EVENTS FOR EVERYONE Tuesday 27 February, 6pm-8pm

Stargazing Party

Celebrate the Gallery’s 18th birthday in February at a special Stargazing Party.

Open to all but we especially welcome those turning 18 in 2018. View Vija Celmins’s drawings and prints of night skies in her ARTIST ROOMS exhibition before stargazing on our roof terrace.

Street food available. #Wilderness

MARCH

EASTER HOLIDAYS CONT...

Tuesday: 6 March ART START

5 April THURSDAY SKILLS

Tuesday: 27 March BABY PALACE APRIL EASTER HOLIDAYS For the Easter Holidays we will be reflecting on the theme of Wilderness and taking inspiration from the exhibitions on Floor 3 of the gallery: Wilderness and ARTIST ROOMS: Vija Celmins on display 2 February – 6 May 2018.

Etch-a-Sketch

Take inspiration from the natural world and make a beautifully delicate drypoint etching.

7 April SATURDAY PLAYDATES

Wild Landscape

Help to make a large scale landscape mural using a mix of collage, textiles and painting. You can also make your own mini-landscapes to take home.

31 March SATURDAY PLAYDATES

10 April TUESDAY TOTS

Help create a collaborative 3D forest landscape model using mixed media.

Explore animal tracks and make a cast using clay and plaster.

3 April TUESDAY TOTS

11 April WEDNESDAYS FOR ALL

Miniature Forest

Making Tracks

Scrawl of the Wild

Starry Starry Sky

Create a huge collaborative wilderness drawing using all natural materials.

Craft a starry stamp and amaze with a poster full of stars.

4 April WEDNESDAYS FOR ALL

12 April THURSDAY SKILLS

Weave a wild wooly web with sticks and twigs from the forest floor.

Make your own colourful, wool wrapped animal sculpture.

World Wild Webs

Woolly Wildlife

Baby changing facilities are available on the ground floor.

Toilets with disabled access on Ground Floor and Floors 1 & 4

14 April SATURDAY PLAYDATES

Spring into blossom

Help build and bring into blossom a spectacular tree sculpture in the gallery, inspired by the onset of spring.

Tuesday: 24 April ART START Tuesday: 24 April BABY PALACE MAY

The lifts provide access to all floors

Our friendly, trained staff are always available to provide assistance

HALF TERM During May Half Term we will be inspired by Andrew Tift’s exhibition on Floor 3 on display 15 May – 2 September 2018.

26 May SATURDAY PLAYDATES

Tattoo Patterns

Draw around your arms and legs and decorate with colourful patterns.

29 May TUESDAY TOTS

BIG-Head

Make your own version of Andrew Tift’s papier mache heads.

30 May WEDNESDAYS FOR ALL

Locket to your heart

Sketch a black and white portrait of a loved one to place in a handmade locket.

FREE EVENTS FOR EVERYONE Saturday 5 May, 12pm-4pm

Vaisakhi 2018

Join us to celebrate the birth of Khalsa and Harvest time in Punjab.

Tuesday: 8 May ART START Tuesday: 15 May BABY PALACE

31 May THURSDAY SKILLS

Jiggle Figure

Make an Andrew Tift inspired wobble head figure with collage & clay.

JUNE

2 June SATURDAY PLAYDATES

Mixed Portraits

Attempt a realistic likeness & adapt portraits.

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Opening times

Tuesday – Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 12noon – 4pm Closed Mondays and Bank Holidays The New Art Gallery Walsall Gallery Square, Walsall WS2 8LG 01922 654400 Free WiFi available throughout the building.

Join us online Check out our website for any extra workshops that might be going on at weekends thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk Twitter: @newartgallery

Access guides and alternative versions of all printed materials are available on request.

For more information please contact 01922 654400.

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Shop

Our newly refurbished shop stocks a range of gallery souvenirs and children’s gifts.

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Monday – Saturday 8.30am-5pm Sundays 10am-4pm

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The ARTIST ROOMS touring programme is delivered by the National Galleries of Scotland and Tate in a partnership with Ferens Art Gallery until 2019, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, by Art Fund and by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Vija Celmins Night Sky 3 2002 © Vija Celmins