For Families
Delve into a world of creativity at home with these family friendly resources to inspire your next masterpiece.
Family Quest
Spend some creative time with family and find out more about contemporary art in an informal and imaginative way. Play games and enjoy fun creative activities all linked to our exhibitions.
Family Quest: Earth
Explore the world beneath your feet! Find some soft earth, dig in the soil and look under rocks. What can you find? Write down, draw or record them in some way
Family Quest - Nature
What animal architecture can you spot whilst out walking, in your garden or from your window? Write down, draw or record them in some way
Family Quest - Yellow
What yellow things can you spot whilst out walking, in your garden or from your window? Write down, draw or record them in some way.
Family Quest - Green
What green things can you spot whilst out walking, in your garden or from your window? Write down, draw or record them in some way.
Family Quest - Red
What red things can you spot on your daily walk, in your garden or from your window? Write down, draw or record them in some way.
ArtLab
Art Lab is an ongoing holiday programme offering daily artist-led activities, weekly trips and lunch throughout the school holidays. The offer is developed with and for families living in Birtley and particularly families who usually access free school meals during term time.
Art Lab Recipe Cards
At Art Lab we usually eat together, we love to try new things and get creative with food. Here are some of the recipes we would have shared together for you to make at home.
Art Lab Experiments in Creativity - Spring 2021
Caring for ourselves, each other and our world is really important. Be inspired by biodiversity in the world around you and get creative at home with these activities from artist Isabella Carerras.
Art Lab 2020
Here’s 10 quick-fire activities designed especially for you and your family to try at home or whilst you’re out walking. Do the activities in order, or use the template on the last page to make a 10-sided dice and let the dice decide where you start and which activity you should try next. Explore the environment, get recycling, use your imagination, make gifts for others and be playful.
Art Lab May 2021
Caring for ourselves, each other and our world is really important. These activities from artist Isabella Carerras offer creative ideas to turn something that might normally have ended up in the bin into something wonderful. This is called upcycling.
Art Lab - Habitat
Caring for ourselves, each other and our world is really important. Get creative at home with these habitat inspired activities by artist Isabella Carreras.
Art Lab Experiments in Creativity - Winter 2020
Spend a bit of time thinking about how you can show you care even more about the spaces, places and people that surround you. These activities use recycled or foraged materials and help us explore more about the environment, particularly climate change
