Summer Holidays: Sculpture in Urban Space

Adventures in Material & Space is a programme of short-courses for Children taking place at Warwick Prep on a regular basis during the holidays. Every short-course is different with new activities, materials and process introduced each time. Open to all.

Focusing on urban mining – the process of reusing waste materials from the built urban environment – we reimagined ready-made materials to create and construct sustainable sculptures, transforming materials, giving them new life and value and connecting us to place.

Activities Included: Five-minute assemblage sculptures (small) using readymade objects; imagining & creating tools that could extract valuable materials from landfill; collective assemblage sculpture (large) exploring our venue, gathering objects and transforming their function through placement, orientation and juxtaposition; tying, binding and other connection techniques; imaginative world/scenario-play in environments built using found materials.

Three-day course 10 am – 4 pm = £135
Option for additional wraparound care at additional charge 9 – 10 am and 4 – 5 pm @ £7.50 per hour.

A number of free and half-price places are available to those on low income, thanks to support by Friends of the Arts Warwickshire. If the cost is stopping you signing your child up drop us an email summarising your personal circumstance and let’s see if we can help.

We are happy to accept children with additional needs. However it is essential that if your child has additional needs you get in touch with us to discuss the details of these in advance. This is to ensure a safe, productive and creative experience for all, given our staffing capacity. Failure to do this may mean we are unable to accept your child on the day.