Special project: Typography Challenge
Special challenge to design a typographic letter to be included in a 'Season's Greetings' card to the National Saturday Club network!
Kashmiri crafts
Learn about Kashmiri crafts and how to share a narrative through 3D design
Natural Bundle Dyeing
Learn how to dye fabric naturally and 'upcycle' old garments
Designing a pattern
Explore the patterns and textures that make up fashion
Colour palette creation
Experiment with photographs and create a unique colour palette
Design a Japanese Senjafuda
Make your own senjafuda, personalised with your initials
An Alternative Reality
Have fun reimagining the world as we know it and create an imaginative, visual story
Home Soundscapes
Rediscover the sound of silence and create soundscapes
Boxes of wonder
Inspired by Cabinets of Curiosity, explore the intricacies of the natural world around you
Surrealist Dreamscapes
Landscapes of dreams... imagination, expression and daring are all you need to create a Surrealist dreamscape
Paper Flower Crown
Make a paper flower crown fit for royalty
From Music to Words
Transform music into words by exploring how instrumental sounds can translate into creative writing
Climate Change Typology
Produce a photographic or drawn series of artworks based around the theme of Climate Change
Worldly Weaves
Weave your world into a tapestry
Theatre of the Absurd
Question the nature of reality and illusion and make a 'theatre of the absurd'
What do you see?
Understand your own unique ‘perceptive-markers’ and how to use these to create an artwork
Graft and Grow
Grow plants from foods in your kitchen, then cut and graft one to another
Recycled Fashion
Using single-use plastics and everyday objects found around the home, create a series of innovative garment and costume designs
One-line drawing
A one-line drawing is a drawing made with just one line. For most artists it is a way to simplify the complex world around us
7 Day Photography Challenge
Follow this 7-day photography challenge and capture the world around you
Ventriloquist Dummy
Ever been stuck for words? Now is your chance to create something to do all the talking for you. Problem solved!
Performing Poetry
Five techniques for performing poetry, whether it's your own or someone else's!
Expressive Typography
Pushing the boundaries of type and expressing yourself with limited materials
Fashion and Nature
Create a fashion illustration inspired by the natural world
Bird House Project
This is your chance to give back to nature and design something for the birds that fly past your window
Make Your Mark
Take a moment to let yourself run free with a pencil, charcoal, pastels, whichever you choose
Re-imagine the everyday
Look an object in your home and unleash your imagination, re-imagine it as a creature or animal either real or mythic
Woven Paper Basket
Weaving is used for so many things the world over. In this project, try weaving paper strips to make a basket
Everyday Character
Find hidden people and animals in everything from toys and table tennis paddles, to tape measures and light switches
Iconic Architecture
Imagine that you have been commissioned to design a sculpture to sit alongside one of the most iconic pieces of architecture in the world!
Mini-sketchbook making
Create your own mini-sketchbook in a couple of hours and feel a sense of artistic achievement
Print and Quote
Create your own printed poster with a meaningful quote, lyrics of a song, or a poem that means something to you
Build a four-legged Thing
By the end of this project you will have created... a four-legged thing!
Frottage Collage
Explore your isolation environment in a new and innovative way... through frottage!
Earth Battery Build
Generate an electrical current with soil, screws and salt water
Making Paints out of Food
Make your own pigments! Throughout history, natural materials have been used to create images
Collage Characters
Create a collage self portrait with just one rule – you’re not allowed to use any facial features!
Plot generator
Explore the process of film and broadcast production to generate creative ideas
Surreal Bodies
Create drawings, collages and assembled figures to explore the human figure
Room with a View
What can you see - really see - from out of your windows? This workshop encourages you to record the minutiae of life
‘Selfie’ Moodboards
Who are consumers? Everyone! We all consume food, clothes and experiences. Businesses need to know who is buying and using their products
Familiar Photography
In this home photography project, you'll explore the unfamiliar in the familiar
Portraits and Poems
Art&Design
Writing&Talking
Drawing inspiration from Dada methods, you will create poems, portraits and films
Surrealist Creations
A David Bowie-inspired surrealist art challenge! Using the surrealist cut-up technique to spark creativity
Art of Protest
Focusing on protest and social movements, create your own bold protest poster that expresses your desire for change
Tribal Climate Mask
Create a tribal mask to raise awareness about the consequences of climate change
Cut-up poems
Drawing inspiration from Dada methods and exploring chance, create poems to tell a story
Dada Portraits
Create a cut-up portrait (re)combining images and text to make new surreal creations
Chance animations
Exploring chance and (re)combining images and text, create a stop-motion animation
We are ‘One’
This activity is dedicated to the beauty and majesty of animals and nature as well as their fragility, and our delicate relationship with the natural world
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