Creative Learning Highlights: Spring 2023

Hear from our Head of Creative Learning, Gemma, as she reflects on some of her highlights… 

As part of our weekly Family Sundays, artists Molly Cleaver and Frances Yeung have invited families to make mini-cityscapes and collaborative floor drawings, considering shape, form and space as a way to open up Katrina Palmer’s exhibition ‘What’s Already Going On’. 

Through our early years strand Mini Creatives we continued our partnership with B’Opera welcoming babies and their adults for weekly songs and storytelling with a sensory focus. Plus, our Musical Picnics and Family Singing sessions have activated our foyers through an eclectic mix of musical styles, instruments and musicians. 

Workshops Wednesdays have seen student-led takeovers and 6 local artists open up their practice for students and our community, with free activities for adults to create and connect, through animation, stitch, poetry, music and visual arts. 

Out of Whack, our Elders Dance company for over 60s, has met weekly throughout the season, working towards an upcoming day of dance titled ‘Hold Your Own’ on 3 June. We continued with our offsite Elders Art Club at Willowbrook Residential Village, exploring sculpture and materials.

Our offsite community workshops in our most local neighbourhood of Canley started in January as part of our Playing Out project. We’ve worked across community venues, schools and care homes, and most recently welcomed Canley Pop-Up café and residents to take over Warwick Arts Centre’s Foyer spaces with free food, stalls and activities for all. 

Some words that our visitors have used to describe our workshops are creative, unexpected, communal, inclusive, interesting, happy, learning, interactive, welcoming, inspirational, wonderful, relaxing, enjoyable and fun! 

We hope you can join us next season for more wonderful, creative, fun (to use our visitors’ words!)

Gemma, Head of Creative Learning