April – June 2019

New spring courses and workshops

The new season of adult learning events and family activities is here. Create organic candles and recycled plastic objects or inspire the whole family in workshops ranging from cinematic storytelling to printed patterns.

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Members priority booking opens 10am, Tueday 12 March
General on sale opens 10am, Monday 18 March

Explore what's coming up:

Courses & Workshops

Friday Night Sketch

Friday Night Sketch: Mapping Memory

A free evening of drawing throughout the museum, led by illustrator Soofiya,

Friday Night Sketch

Friday Night Sketch: Drawing with Shapes

This month’s sketch will focus on the theme of Drawing with Shapes, led by illustrator and animator Steven Wilson,

Workshop

Data Visualisation with Mona Chalabi

Join journalist and illustrator Mona Chalabi for a hands-on introduction to data visualisation.

Workshop

Organic Candle Making

Create your own scented candles with natural botanical materials sourced from London with designers Lola Lely and Yesenia Thibault.

Friday Night Sketch

Friday Night Sketch | Sketching Place

This month’s sketch will focus on the theme of Mapping Memory, led by illustrator Olivia Twist

Course

Start-Up Essentials: Business Planning Basics

How do you create an effective business plan for your creative start-up? Discover the basics in this three-week course with Creative Entrepreneurs.

Live Performance

Foreign Agents: Music and Migration

Join Migrant Journal for a series of performances, discussions and talks that explore the relationship between music and migration.

Workshop

Making with Recycled Plastic

Create a series of domestic objects and architectural models using re-cycled plastic with architecture collective BFA.

Family events

Get into design

Shadow Cinema

Explore moving images using a technique that predates film. Participants will learn the art of storyboarding and bring their ideas to life with light projection, shadow and storytelling.

Get into design

Printed Patterns

Create a hand printed design that represents you and your family inspired by the David Adjaye: Making Memory exhibition and the stories weaved into Ghanaian adinkra printed cloth.

Get into design

Illuminating Connections

Make and take home your own original lamp structure using everyday bolts and hinges.

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