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FAMILY ART FUN DAY: Massive Sculpture-Making and Storytelling

Build up a story with other participants, one line at a time. Huge paper rolls on walls of the gallery will be a giant notepad for families to see their ideas grow.

SATURDAY 1 OCTOBER 12-2pm // At Turf Gallery, Keeley Road, Croydon

£FREE

 

In this free family workshop, explore hands-on how Turf’s current exhibition, ‘And so it was, and so it is’, was made.

Children and their adults are invited to work together to build up a story with other participants, one line at a time. Huge paper rolls on walls of the gallery will be a giant notepad for families to see their ideas grow.

We’ll also be using dough, plastic and other exciting objects to build an enormous group sculpture. Our sculpture will keep growing over the course of the workshop, and at the end we’ll reveal what we’ve created and share our story together!

This workshop is completely free to attend and all materials are provided. Most suitable for ages 5+ but all are welcome to come and have a go.

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KEY ACCESS INFO​

  • To help us support you best, please let us know if you have any access needs when booking.
  • For access info about getting to Turf and the Turf space, click here.
  • Our unit in the Whitgift Centre is 4 minutes walk (0.2 miles) from Wellesley Road Tram stop via the underpass, and 7 minutes walk (0.3 miles) from West Croydon Station and 8 minutes walk (0.4 miles) from East Croydon station.

 

WORKSHOP CODE:

Turf aims to be a space where all are welcomed & respected. We ask all attendees to align with this spirit when booking and support us in creating a welcoming & collaborative atmosphere together. We ask that everyone is;

  • Kind and respectful in our language and behaviour towards others. Turf is a space which is anti racism, sexism, homophobia and ableism.
  • Considerate of others’ time; allowing others room to speak & engage.
  • Respectful of the space itself as belonging to many people, treating the space & objects with care.
  • Attend wherever possible: In 2023, around 30% of people booking free tickets didn’t turn up! Our free tickets are limited and in high demand. Every person who doesn’t turn up means someone else can’t attend, so please let us know if you can’t make it to free up a space. If you don’t attend twice or more without letting us know, you may be restricted from booking again.

Part of:

A bunch of string hangs from the roof in the foreground, on the right side a red flag hangs out the wall, illustrations hang on the back. towards the right is a table with a sculpture display of musical instruments. in the middle there is a bench sculpture with a towel hanging off it
With Florent Dubois, Graeme Durant, Jemma Egan, Lindsey Mendick, Suzanne Posthumus and Josh Whitaker
( Sep 2016 )

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