Date: Thursday, 7th December, 2023
Time: 4pm – 6pm
Location: The New Art Gallery Walsall
Cost: FREE
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If you are an artist or organisation interested in having a stall, please email Alex Jolly
A popular networking event for teachers, educators, artists, arts professionals & those in the cultural sector, working with children & young people in Early Years, Primary, Secondary, SEN, HE & FE settings.
The evening includes:
- A variety of stalls
- Artist showcases
- CPD craft workshops with artists Kate Tilley & Daya Bhatti
- Funding advice
- Talks on the schools’ offer at The New Art Gallery
- Raffle: win a free school workshop or group tour!
- Tour of the Garman Ryan Collection
- Live music by Walsall Music Hub Jazz Combo
- Festive Refreshments
Stallholders to include:
- Art UK
- Bec Tonks –Author and Illustrator
- Benjamin Parker – Heritage Officer
- Birmingham REP
- Bollywood Dreams Dance
- Creative Cohesion
- Creative factory
- Maze Tuition
- Mettaminds CIC
- Nature Makers
- One Walsall
- Ormiston Academy
- Reflexions
- RicNic
- Rich Franks – Creative Producer
- Tess Radcliffe – Freelance Artist
- The New Art Gallery Walsall
- The Play House
- Urban Hax
- Walsall Leather Museum
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery
- Wolverhampton Grand Theatre and National Theatre
- Walsall Music Education Hub and Service
- West Midlands Police
Programme for the Evening
Teacher CPD workshops – Activity Room on Mezzanine Level, drop-in, 4-6pm
Christmas wreath-making with artist Kate Tilley
CD mandala tea light-making with artist Daya Bhatti
Introduction to The Garman Ryan Collection – Floor 1, 4.15pm
15 minute talks + Q&A – Art Library, from 4.45pm
Learning at The New Art Gallery Walsall with Alex Jolly – 4.45pm
Happy Minds programme with Mettaminds CIC – 5pm
Contemporary Art in the Classroom programme and activity with Arts Connect – 5.15pm
Screening of ‘How to Waste a Life’ film (7 minutes), created as part of the National Theatre’s Speak Up programme in partnership with Wolverhampton Grand Theatre. Followed by collage activity with artist Caris Jackson and students from Shelfied Academy – Activity Room on Floor 1, drop-in, 4-6pm
Live music from Walsall Music Hub Jazz Combo – Mezzanine Level, 4-6pm
Festive refreshments – Mezzanine Level, 4-6pm
Raffle: win a free school workshop or group tour! – Draw takes place in the Foyer, 5.40pm
‘Tell us what you think’, drop-in evaluation activity – Art Library, 4-6pm
