Summer Holidays: Sculpture in Urban Space

Short-Courses for Children Aged 6 – 11

Warwick Preparatory School, Banbury Road, Warwick, CV34 6PL

Date TBC
Paid, free and half-price places available depending on your circumstance.

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''Make something that feels soft to sit on'' was a prompt taken from our tray. The response led to discussion between two children who collaborated together to find all things soft to attach to a stool. Using their sense of touch they took turns to sit on the stool to test out each stage of their making, adding extra sponges until both were telling their art educator ''this is the softest seat you will ever sit on". This activity provoked ideas of comfortability in relation to the body, using different forms, materials and colour.

Summer Holidays: Sculpture in Urban Space
Dates TBC

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 will reimagine ready-made materials to create and construct sustainable sculptures, transforming materials, giving them new life and value and connecting us to place.

Activities Include: 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.

“Having not wanted to do any summer clubs for the last year and a half, my little guy is a bit upset it’s over, upset it was only three days, loved being able to do whatever he wanted and moaning that he’s just discovered the best summer club ever and he’ll be too old by next year… I think he enjoyed himself!” – Phillipa Skipp, parent

Children will need to bring: a packed lunch, snacks, water bottle and clothes they can get messy in. Strictly no nuts please. (Well in the food, in the children it is actively encouraged!)

Book – Email us to book on the link above. Include the following details:
Your Name
Emergency Contact Number
Child’s Name
D.O.B
Any additional access needs or requirements – ESSENTIAL

N.B. A sibling discount is available on additional tickets if parents/carers buy one full price ticket at the same time. Please enquire.

Maximum 16 children with two artist-educator members of staff.