Gracefield Arts Centre
Exhibitions, Events and Workshops
March - September 2014
ADMISSION FREE
START DATE
15-MAR
15-MAR
22-MAR
END DATE
03-MAY
03-MAY
22-MAR
TYPE OF EVENT
Exhibition
Exhibition
Kids' Art Club
29-MAR
29-MAR
Workshop (all ages)
05-APR
05-APR
Workshop (adult/age 16+)
05-APR
05-APR
05-APR
05-APR
Kids' Art Club
Baby & Toddlers' Club
09-APR
09-APR
Kids' workshop
12-APR
16-APR
12-APR
16-APR
Kids' workshop
Kids' workshop
19-APR
19-APR
Workshop (age 8+/adults)
19-APR
19-APR
Kids' workshop
19-APR
22-APR
26-APR
26-APR
03-MAY
03-MAY
03-MAY
10-MAY
10-MAY
10-MAY
17-MAY
24-MAY
19-APR
31-MAY
26-APR
26-APR
03-MAY
03-MAY
03-MAY
05-JUL
10-MAY
10-MAY
17-MAY
26-MAY
Free family activity
Café Gallery exhibition
Workshop (age 16+)
Kids' Art Club
Workshop (age 16+)
Kids' Art Club
Baby & Toddlers' Club
Exhibition
Adult workshop
Kids' Art Club
Kids' Art Club
Artists open studios
31-MAY
31-MAY
Adult workshop
31-MAY
03-JUN
31-MAY
12-JUL
Kids' Art Club
Café Gallery exhibition
07-JUN
07-JUN
Adult workshop
07-JUN
07-JUN
14-JUN
14-JUN
21-JUN
28-JUN
28-JUN
09-JUL
07-JUN
07-JUN
14-JUN
14-JUN
21-JUN
28-JUN
28-JUN
09-JUL
Kids' Art Club
Baby & Toddlers' Club
Adult workshop
Kids' Art Club
Kids' Art Club
Kids' Art Club
Baby & Toddlers' Club
Kids' Art Club
12-JUL
09-AUG
Exhibition
12-JUL
15-JUL
09-AUG
23-AUG
Exhibition
Café Gallery exhibition
16-JUL
16-JUL
Kids' Art Club
23-JUL
30-JUL
16-AUG
26-AUG
23-JUL
30-JUL
15-NOV
04-OCT
Kids' Art Club
Kids' Art Club
Exhibition
Café Gallery exhibition
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Spring Fling @ Home
Sparkle and Spin: by Paola McClure
Secret Keepsake Box With Linda Slater
Family Creative Art Play with Joanne
Garner
Collograph Printmaking with Jenny Smith
McOnie
It’s a Bugs Life With Linda Slater
Easter baskets and cards
Decorate a canvas bag with Danielle
Annerel
Easter Art
Easter Art
Lisa Rothwell Young Jewellery for young
people and adults (age 8+)
Make a basket of flowers with Linda
Slater
Easter Saturday Egg Hunt!
Sue Thomas - “A New Way of Seeing”
Lino cut with Clare Melinsky
3D paper Animals With Pamela Grace
Abstract Art with Amy Winstanley
The Secret Garden With Cate Ross
Make musical instruments
GENERATION South by South West 25
Etching Refresher with Silvana Mclean
Felt Faces With Linda Slater
Moving Images With Cate Ross
Spring Fling Open Studios at Gracefield
One-day Basket-making for beginners
with Geoff Forest
Paper Weaving With Linda Slater
Artworks in Kirkton Village Playground
Half-day willow workshop with Geoff
Forrest
Funny Faces With Cate Ross
Vegetable printing
Solar Print Refresher with Pamela Grace
Summer jewellery With Danielle Annerel
Stylish Selfies With Pamela Grace
Party Masks and Tiaras With Linda Slater
Clay tiles
Funky Birds With Linda Slater
Dumfries and Galloway Fine Art Society
Annual Exhibition
Denise Zygadlo ‘Wrap’
Doreen Meek
Create your own summer holiday scene
With Pamela Grace
Totem Pole With Linda Slater
Wrap Yourself With Cate Ross
Dan Flavin – ARTIST ROOMS
Ross Fulton
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GRACEFIELD
ARTS CENTRE
28 Edinburgh Road, Dumfries DG1 1JQ
01387 262084
[email protected]
www.dumgal.gov.uk/gracefield
Explore art and craft at Gracefield Arts Centre in
Dumfries. A packed programme of collection exhibitions
and contemporary exhibitions featuring regional,
national and international artists and craft makers, along
with art and craft workshops for adults, children and
families ensures a lively atmosphere. The Arts Centre also
has a craft shop, café and an active print studio.
Gracefield Arts Centre is home to a collection of over
600 paintings and drawings by Scottish artists, most
with links to Dumfries and Galloway. To preview the collection visit the web site www.exploreart.co.uk.
Open throughout the year
Exhibitions: Tues-Sat 10am-5pm
Craft Shop:
Tues-Fri 10.30am-3.30pm, Sat 10am-5pm
Café Hubbub:Tues-Sat 10am-4pm (hot food served 11am-3pm)
Spring Fling: Sunday 25 and Monday 26 May - Exhibitions 10am-5pm Cafe 11am-3pm
Admission Free
Access: We are committed to making our programme and facilities accessible. For more
information on physical access please call on 01387 262084.
Group visits: Schools, other groups and clubs are welcome to visit Gracefield. Staff can
offer informal guided tours if arranged in advance. Workshop space for school group art
activities on request.
Room Hire: Three studio rooms available for hire from £6.85 per hour.
This information is available in a large print format - call or email for details.
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Cover image: Graham Fagen, Natural Anarchy, 2013 (detail)
Welcome
Welcome to the spring/summer programme of venues, special exhibitions and events for
Dumfries and Galloway Council’s museums and art gallery in the east of the region. In this
half of the brochure you’ll find information about Gracefield Arts Centre’s lively programme
of temporary exhibitions, events and workshops, If you turn the brochure over, you will find
details about Annan Museum, Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura, Robert Burns House,
the Robert Burns Centre and Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum.
We have lots planned for the coming season including Generation 2014 and our second
Artist Rooms exhibition on loan from the Tate and National Gallaries of Scotland.
While admission to our venues and special exhibitions is free, places for some events are
limited and can book up quickly. To make sure you do not miss out, join our mailing list by
filling in a form at one of our venues or online at www.dumgal.gov.uk/artsandmuseums. We
look forward to welcoming you at our museums.
Best wishes, Rebecca Coggins, Principal Officer Arts and Museums
A PDF of this programme is available to download from
www.dumgal.gov.uk/artsandmuseums Facebook and Twitter updates
available @Dumfries Museum
Gracefield Facebook page coming soon! watch this space!
at Gracefield Arts Centre
Upstairs at the Robert Burns Centre
Cafe Restaurant
Cafe
Day times
Monday to Saturday 11am - 4pm
Lunch 12noon - 3pm
Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 4pm
Lunches 12noon - 3pm
From 31st March Sunday Lunch 12noon - 3pm
RESTAURANT
Evening (for evenings booking is advisable)
Tuesday to Saturday from 6pm
Mill Rd, Dumfries DG2 7BE
Tel 01387 259679
Light lunches • Home baking
Kids Menu • illy coffee & teas
Take-away service
28 Edinburgh Rd, Dumfries DG1 1JQ
CAFE
Tel 01387 262084 ext 23
www.hullabaloorestaurant.co.uk
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15 March – 3 May Gallery 1
@ Home
Spring Fling is the annual open studios event taking place across
Dumfries & Galloway and this year runs from Saturday 24 - Monday
26 May. 95 professional visual artists, designers and makers, have
been specially selected for the high quality of their work and
each has been invited to submit a piece of work to the Gracefield
exhibition, which this year explores art and craft in a domestic
setting. All the work is available to buy and
offers viewers a sneak preview of the wide
range of artist’s work before the main Spring
Fling event.
A busy programme of Spring Fling artist-led workshops
will accompany the show each weekend for adults and
families – the diary of workshops is listed below.
29 March Family Creative Art Play with Joanne Garner (all ages)
5 April
Collograph Print with Jenny Smith McOnie (age 16+)
19 April
Lisa Rothwell Young Jewellery for young people and
adults (age 8+)
26 April
Lino cut with Clare Melinsky (age 16+)
3 May
Abstract Art with Amy Winstanley (age 16+)
See pages 10 and 14 for details and how to book.
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15 March – 3 May Gallery 2
Sparkle and Spin: by Paola McClure
Dundee based artist Paola McClure is well known for her strange
alien-like creatures, handmade from vintage fabrics and secondhand clothing. She is interested in fabrics, pattern and colour, and
her influences range from the primitive to the kitsch.
Although some of the work may have a dark edge, it is
impossible to escape the sense of fun, and the joy of making,
which is in evidence throughout her work.
Taking its name from a popular children’s book by Ann and
Paul Rand, Sparkle and Spin features new ‘soft sculpture’
characters and large-scale installation pieces in an
exhibition that includes plenty to enthral and inspire
visitors, young and old alike.
Spring Fling Artists at
Gracefield
24– 26 May
Gracefield is delighted to be
hosting Studios 62, Andrew Adair,
63 Ceri Allen, 64, Steven Higginson
and 65 Caroline Dalton. Alongside
our usual hours, we’ll be open
additional hours in Gallery 1 and
2 on Sunday 25 and Monday 26
May for the exhibition and the
Spring Fling studios and the Café
will be open from 11am-3pm on
the Sunday and Monday too.
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THE MAKING OF US
Robert Burns Centre
Film Theatre
10 May – 5 July Gallery 1 & 2
South by South West 25
The exhibition is presented as part of ‘GENERATION’ – a national
project reflecting 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland to
celebrate the Commonwealth Games cultural programme in 2014.
Curated in collaboration with the South by South West partner
venues; Dick Institute, Kilmarnock and Rozelle Galleries, Ayr, the
selected artists are: Graham Fagen, Christine Borland and Dalziel &
Scullion. All three artists will be represented at each venue during
the exhibition programme this summer. At Gracefield the exhibition
reflects an interest in the natural environment, and explores themes
as diverse as botanical plant archives, art in the land and cultural
identity. The artists have individually worked closely with each venue
and the exhibitions will include major works from their archives.
GENERATION is being delivered through a partnership between the
National Galleries of Scotland and Glasgow Life, and is supported
by Creative Scotland. The programme aims to shine a spotlight on
the past 25 years - a period which has seen Scotland develop an
international reputation as a distinguished centre for contemporary
art, produce a disproportionate amount of award-winning artists,
host a number of ground-breaking exhibitions and foster an
infrastructure which has helped allow contemporary art to flourish.
Dalziel + Scullion,
Wolf, 2012 (film still)
Also in Gallery 1, see a selection of works from the Gracefield
Permanent Collection reflecting the last 25 years in Scottish Fine Art.
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Saturday 10th May
(11am)
Commissioned by the
Glasgow International
Festival of Visual Art 2012
at Tramway in Glasgow,
Graham Fagen and Graham
Eatough’s intriguing film
blurs the boundaries
between theatre, art and
cinema.
The Film Theatre is delighted
to welcome Graham Fagen
and Graham Eatough to
introduce the screening
on Saturday 10 May at
11am, followed by drinks
reception.
All welcome, book your
tickets at the RBC box office
now - 01387 264808
Tickets: £5
There will be a series of
workshops and extensive
learning programme
for young adults and
families in connection the
GENERATION exhibition,
please contact Gracefield
for further details.
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12 July – 9 August Gallery2
Denise Zygadlo
Wrap
Our emotional response to cloth, our second skin, is explored in
‘Wrap’. The intimacy of a photocopied image, where the subject
matter is pressed against the glass, capturing the raw detail of
skin and fabric, is the focus of Denise Zygadlo’s work – “We are
surrounded by cloth from the moment we are born. We make
choices about its qualities; texture weight, colour, smell for the
countless ways we employ cloth in our everyday lives.”
The central focus of ‘Wrap’ is an installation of life-size wrapped
figures on silk hangings incorporating video footage in collaboration
with filmmaker John Wallace. In contrast to the hangings, large scale
charcoal drawings and works on canvas are mounted on the walls.
The opening on Saturday 12 July (1pm & 2pm) will present a new
collaborative performance by the artist with Florencia Garcia
Chafuen and Tara Hodgson accompanied by a string quartet to
music composed by Rudi Zygadlo.
ALBA | CHRUTHACHAIL
Tickets £4 available in advance from Gracefield , or last minute
on the door if space permitting. 1pm, first performance, duration:
15-mins , 2pm. second performance. Access to the gallery will be
unavailable during the performance and visitors will be directed in
and out of the gallery from the side door.
In addition to the exhibition, Denise will be
investigating personal cloth related memories. You are
invited to share reflections of significant associations
you have with cloth and bring your stories, photos
or objects to create a display for the duration of the
show. There will be opportunities to join informal
group discussion about ‘Wrap’ with Denise in the
gallery. For further information please contact
Gracefield Arts Centre.
www.denisezygadlo.co.uk
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12 July – 9 August Gallery 1
Dumfries and Galloway Fine Art Society
Annual Exhibition.
The Fine Arts Society presents a wide selection of work by professional
and amateur members.
With most works available to purchase it’s the ideal opportunity to
extend or start your own art collection, and there is a huge variety of
media, art themes to enjoy with prices to suit all pockets. If you’d like
information on how to become a member of the Fine Arts Society, visit
their website at www.dumfriesandgallowayfineartsociety.org.uk
16 August – 15 November
Gallery 1 (lower floor) & Gallery 2
Dan Flavin
ARTIST ROOMS
Sculptor Dan Flavin (1933–1996) was born in New York City. He lived and worked in New York
City and Long Island, NY and was one of the main artists associated with Minimalism. Alongside
a major new ARTIST ROOMS work “untitled (to Don Judd, colorist) 1‑5” 1987, Gracefield is also
presenting works on loan from the Tate and the National Gallery of Scotland collections.
These are some of the most iconic works of Minimalism and show the key aspects of Flavin’s
practice: his decision to restrict his materials to commercially available fluorescent tubes in
different sizes, his dedication to working in series and to a serial arrangements of tubes, and
finally his interest in dedicating his works through their titles to other artists.
The sculpture installations will transform the Gracefield gallery spaces and offer audiences the
first chance to engage with this challenging and fascinating body of work, some of which has
never been seen in Scotland before. To explore the art and the ideas a range of gallery talks and
activities will accompany the exhibition – the full programme for public and schools and will be
available in late June.
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Café exhibitions
22 April –
Sat 31 May
Dalbeattie-based
artist Sue Thomas
presents “A New Way
of Seeing”- a series
of photomontage
works hand-printed
and cut showing
familiar places and
situations in a new
way.
Image: Solway
beaches’
3 June – Sat 12July
15 July – 23 August
A photo montage
exhibition
showcasing artworks
in Kirkton Village
Playground by 4
local artisans - Jane
Madden, Peter
Bowsher, David Little
and Ruth Jones. The
playground project
was devised in
memory of Sam Leask
who died in 2012
aged 9.
Doreen Meek – a
self-taught artist,
Doreen is based in
Hertfordshire and
following retirement
from teaching has
return to her passion
for painting. She’s
shown locally and
more recently at
Verdant works
Museum and
Discovery Point in
Dundee.
26 August –
Sat 4 October
Ross Fulton’s recent
work in painting has
focused on derelict
buildings that often
go un-noticed until
they are gone: subtly
capturing a ‘moment’
that would otherwise
seem unremarkable.
Image: untitled
Image: five pears
Forthcoming Exhibitions:
22 November – 17January 2015 Gallery 2 & 1 GENERATION Toby Paterson. New and recent work by the internationally
recognised Scottish artist in a new installation designed for
the Scottish Touring Exhibition Consortium and the second
GENERATION exhibition at Gracefield in 2014.
22 Nov –17 January 2015 Gallery 1 25 years of Contemporary
Printmaking from Scotland selected from the Gracefield Collection.
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ART AND CRAFT WORKSHOP FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS.
29 March - Joanne Garner
Family creative art workshop
10-12 noon ages 1-5 years
1-3pm age 5-12 years.
This is a creative play workshop where
children and adults - either a parent, Granny
or Grandad, aunties or uncles, get to explore
materials and colour and create something
beautiful together. Playing with interesting
tactile fabrics and mark making techniques
participants will create art inspired by
memories of local beauty spots or landscapes.
Joanne Garner graduated in 2007 and has
been working as a jewellery designer and
freelance artist making and exhibiting her
own work, leading workshops and curating
jewellery exhibitions.
Cost £4.50 per place booked – all children
must be accompanied by a paying adult, with
(1 grown-up can bring up to 4 kids). Up to 20
places in each class, includes all materials.
5 April - Jenny Smith McOnie
Collograph Printing
11am-5pm
This exciting workshop will introduce
participants to the dynamic and unpredictable
method of collograph printing – a technique
that explores texture prints on paper. Jenny
will show you how to make the collograph
plate, how to use different techniques to apply
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the coloured inks
to the plate and
how to use the
printing press.
Jenny attended
Leeds College of Art and Design before
achieving a first class degree in Fashion Design
from the University of East London in 2006.
Cost £55 (adult) £45.00 conc. (up to 8 places
available for age 14+)
19 April (Easter Saturday)
Jewellery with Lisa Rothwell-Young.
10am-4pm
Suitable for boys and girls from age 8, ladies
and men of all ages, Lisa invites you to explore
the word of possibilities offered by copper
wire, creating jewellery and chains to your
design ideas. She’ll help you to learn about
tools and making work without soldering, that
you can try at home yourself. It’s an ideal allday workshop for parents and older children
to make something lasting and special.
Lisa Rothwell Young is a practising jewellery
based in Langholm – where she ran this
very successful workshop for locals in 2013.
Cost £30 per adult, £15 per child place age
8-16 includes all materials used. Up to 10
places available (aged 8 and over children
can attend unaccompanied, but a emergency
contact number should be left).
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26 April - Clare Melinsky
Lino cut Printmaking
you have them). A quality canvas and paper
will be provided as part of the workshop fee.
10am-4pm
Amy Winstanley is a graduate of Edinburgh
College of Art and is currently based at the
WASPS Artists Studios in Kirkcudbright,
Scotland. Her paintings are based on
her experience of place using a blend of
intuitive gestures and conscious forms from
observations and memory.
Linocut is one
of the best
and most
effective relief
printing methods, and Clare Melinsky is one
of the best proponents of this skill, with
her illustrative work appearing in leading
magazines like Country Living and her bold
and colourful images seen on book covers,
packaging and in newspapers. Don’t miss
this opportunity to join her and find out more
about her work and techniques, and have a
go yourself!
Cost £55, £45conc. includes basic material to
make your own lino plate to take away. Age
16 and over, up to 8 places available).
Saturday 3 May - Amy Winstanley
The Abstracting Process
10am – 4pm
In this one day
workshop Amy
will be looking at
her own work and
other artists to
explore the idea of
abstract art – the
ideas, experiences
and creative processes. Ideal for those with
some basic drawing skills, or those with other
art experience, you will need to bring a basic
selection of drawing and painting media,
some of your own sketchbooks or artworks (if
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Cost £55 full price, £45 Conc. (aged 16+ up
to 8 places available)
10 May - Silvana Mclean
Etching Refresher
10am-4pm
This workshop is designed for people who
wish to refresh their skills, for people who
have completed an introductory course and
are interested in learning how to etch with
copper and also suitable for those with some
drawing ability who are interested in finding
new methods of expression.
We will explore a variety of hard ground
processes on copper plate to create fine linear
work. If you already have a completed copper
etching plate bring it along and we will touch
on Aquatint processes.
Please bring sketchbooks or inspirational
material, photographs and the usual pencil
case items including scissors, craft knife, a fine
paintbrush and a fine line marker.
Cost £45 (£40 conc.) includes materials to
make one copper plate (additional plates can
be purchased on the day). Up to 8 places.
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31 May Geoff Forrest
One-day Basket-making for beginners.
14 June Pamela Grace
Solar Print Refresher
10am-4.30pm
10am – 4pm
Geoff Forrest is a basket
maker and willow weaver
who runs Sustainable
Designs based at Loch
Doon in South West
Scotland. He designs and provides courses for
both groups and individuals at Loch Doon or other
venues and Gracefield is delighted to welcome
him to Dumfries for these two summer workshops.
As Geoff says “Willow has a variety of uses as the
material for making baskets, living willow structures,
to rustic furniture, river bank stabilisation and waste
management. It is one of the earliest sources of pollen
for bees in the spring and displays a wonderful array
of colours through the seasons”.
This is an ideal workshop for those
who may have already done a
workshop at Gracefield but need to
refresh their training or explore their
ideas further. Pamela will help you
explore the Solar Plate technique
and provide an introduction to
the Gracefield Print Studio. With a
detailed demonstration of the solar
plate etching process followed by
an intensive hands-on “print clinic”
participants can develop their ideas,
drawings and sketchbook images
into finished prints. Materials and
equipment will be provided. Bring
along sketchbooks, drawings or
photographs as suitable creative raw
material for this technique. Two solar
plates per participant are included
with course fee, additional can bought
at usual print studio charges.
Cost £45 / £40conc. Up to 8 places for age 16+
7 June – Geoff Forrest
Half-day willow workshop
12.30-4.30pm
How to make Spanish platters such as the tension tray
and ‘Zarzo’ - a useful addition to any home.
Cost £30 / £25 conc Up to 8 places for age 16+
Cost £48/ £40 conc. up to 10 places
for age 16+
To book a place on any of these workshops, please call Gracefield on 01387
262084 or email our administration assistant [email protected]
Please note that for all these workshops a non refundable 50% deposit is required at the time of
booking, and payment can be made securely over the phone with your debit card, by post with
cheque made payable to DG Council, or by cash/card/credit in person at Gracefield.
The fee includes all the basic materials as listed to complete the class and tea/coffee/
refreshments during the day. Lunch can be bought at the café or please bring a packed lunch to
eat in the workshop room or outside in our picnic area.
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The Gracefield
Craft Shop
Print Studio
A dedicated craft space stocking a wide
selection of different craft specialities
from baskets and jewellery to textiles
and pottery. You can also find cards, artist
postcards, hand-made soap and unique
gifts to suit all pockets.
Gracefield Arts Centre print studio is equipped
for non-toxic printmaking techniques. Artists
wishing to use the facilities can join as
members. Some experience of printmaking is
required. On designated members’ days, use
of the print studio is free for members (just
materials to pay for) and offers an opportunity
to get together and share hints and tips on
techniques. For further details on membership
call Gracefield Arts Centre on 01387 262084.
Members’ Days 2014:
Saturday 7 June, 9 August,
6 Sept, 4 October, 8 November, 6 December.
Gracefield Arts Centre
28 Edinburgh Road, Dumfries | 01387 262084
Craft Shop open:
Tues - Fri 10.30am - 3.30pm, Sat 10am - 5pm.
Exhibitions open:
Tues-Sat 10am-5pm
www/dumgal.gov.uk/gracefield
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Family and Children's Activities
Kids Club for children aged 5-12, 10am – 12 noon
Fun art and craft activities in the Gallery Studios on Saturday mornings throughout
term time and other times as advertised. Cost £5.50 per child unless otherwise stated,
includes all materials and tuition. Please book in advance as spaces are limited. To
book and pay for workshops call 01387 262084,terms and conditions apply.
Please wear old clothes – workshops can be messy!
For full details see www.dumgal.gov.uk/gracefield
Sat 29 March
Family Spring Fling
Workshop
With Joanne Garner - see
adult programme section for
full details on page 10 for full
details.
Wed 9 April - Kids’ CLub
Easter Holiday workshop
Make a decorated canvas
bag – either as an Easter egg
sack, or just as a decorated
shopping or kit bag. With
Danielle Annerel.
Sat 19 April - Kids’ CLub
Easter Saturday Basket of
Flowers
Celebrate Easter with a
hand-made basket of flowers
and matching card. With
Linda Slater.
10-12 noon ages 1-5, 1-3pm
age 5-12. Cost: £4.50 per
place booked – all children
must be accompanied by a
paying adult, with (1 grownup can bring up to 4 kids).
Up to 20 places in each class,
includes all materials used.
Sat 12 + Wed 16 April
Easter Holiday Drop-in
Come along to a free
workshop session to ‘play’
with the art materials
on an Easter theme with
Gracefield staff…. Open
to all the family, with 20
places available at one time,
with each session lasting
about 1hour. Free, but book
in the usual way. 10.30am12.30pm.
Easter Saturday Egg Hunt!
Every year at Gracefield we
invite our younger audiences
to an egg hunt with quiz
to win themselves a lovely
chocolate egg! This year is no
‘eggception’ and there will
be a special prize draw at
the end of the day for three
golden chocolate bunnies!
11am-4pm. Free.
Sat 19 April
Spring Fling Special
Family workshop
see adult programme on
page 10 for details of an
all-day special jewellery
workshop with Lisa Rothwell
Young.
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Sat 22 March
Secret Keepsake Box
With Linda Slater
Sat 5 April
It’s a Bugs Life
With Linda Slater
Wed 9 April
Easter Holiday workshop
With Danielle Annerel
Sat 12 April
Easter Holiday FREE Drop-in
With Gracefield Staff
Wed 16 April
Easter Holiday FREE Drop-in
With Gracefield Staff
Sat 19 April
Easter Saturday Basket of Flowers
With Linda Slater
Sat 26 April
3D paper Animals
With Pamela Grace
Sat 3 May
The Secret Garden
With Cate Ross
Sat 10 May
Felt Faces
With Linda Slater
Sat 17 May
Moving Images
With Cate Ross
Sat 31 May
Paper Weaving
With Linda Slater
Sat 7 June
Funny Faces
With Cate Ross
Sat 14 June
Summer jewellery
With Danielle Annerel
Sat 21 June
Stylish Selfies
With Pamela Grace
Sat 28 June
Party Masks and Tiaras
With Linda Slater
Wed 9 July
Funky Birds
With Linda Slater
Wed 16 July
Create your own summer holiday scene
With Pamela Grace
Wed 23 July
Totem Pole
With Linda Slater
Wed 30 July
Wrap Yourself
With Cate Ross
Baby and Toddler Club
with Sarah McAndrew • For under 5s • 10am-11am
A range of arty activities specially for the very young. One Saturday per month.
Cost £3.50 per child, children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Please book in
advance as spaces are limited. To book call 01387 262084, terms and conditions apply. For
full details see www.dumgal.gov.uk/gracefield.
5 April
Recycle junk materials into an Easter basket and/or decorate and Easter card with
little hands and feet on a pre-cut bunny shaped card.
3 May Make musical instruments. Rainbow shakers with streamers for fun.
7 June Vegetable printing and cutter printing to make colourful pictures on colourful card.
28 June Make useful tiles from clay. When they are hardened they can be used for decoration.
Decorated using a variety of objects to make interesting pattern on them.
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