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Our Children’s Artist in Residence Rachel Fitzpatrick’s focus is to create a programme that is playful, encourages curiosity and is of course fun!! Workshops are run by highly skilled creative Artist Facilitators who are experts in their artistic field.
Our artists are selected to introduce new skills, teach about exciting materials, and connect these to the themes children can see and explore in our galleries.
The workshops are also selected to promote wellbeing, stimulate creativity, develop skills, and make friends. We host 3 children’s workshops a month, including a free family drop-in in our playroom, where all materials are provided. Our other workshop introduce materials or develop skills. For example: inspired by flowers during our exhibition ‘I See His Blood Upon the Rose,’ we welcomed culinary artist Erin Bunting to show us how to create icing from petals and leaves to decorate cookies.
Our printing artist Ruth Osbourne showed us how to expertly create inks from flowers while musician Joe Loughlin led us to create beats in a drumming circle. We’ve created clay “Worry Monsters” to whisper our troubles to with Ciara Campbell, and Festive Porcelain decorations with Brendan Fitzpatrick to decorate our house at Christmas. We have created crazy sculptures with our bodies in the gallery with Vasiliki Stasinaki and drawn in the dark with Hayley Darbyshire – what will we get up to next!
Rachel Fitzpatrick is a local artist currently undertaking a PhD. Her creative practice pivots on the interfaces between art, design, and creative health. She uses a variety of tactile materials and processes to create playful one-off installations and limited-edition pieces for corporate or private interiors and special events. Her client base is global including commissions from private clients in LA, Peugeot Paris, Bergdorf Goodman & Velcro UK Ltd.
