Fabric painted blue with blue, pink and green woollen fishes

Female child with long brown hair and a fringe stands in front of a white wall holding a large sheet with a painting on it, in colours black, pink and orange. She smiles at the camera. Paper cut out figures in egg shapes, red, yellow and green markings with orange legs and handsFabric hoops of various colours are held by a hand from the top of the image

 

The Curiosity Club is a self-directed creative space in Void Gallery which is filled with various materials, activity prompts and mediums, inspired by our current exhibition, seasonal holidays and public programming for all ages to use freely, experiment with, and enjoy. It is open at various points throughout our exhibitions.

 

The Curiosity Club is open for families to call in and use from 12-4pm on the following dates throughout Locky Morris and Jaki Irvine’s exhibition Re_sett_ing_s:

Thursday 16 & Friday 17 March (St Patrick’s Day themed)

 

Activities include: leprechaun mask making, pot of gold hanging mobiles, giant rainbows and make your own leprechaun lookers.

 

Saturday 1 April (Krunal Gohil inspired)

 

Activity: Respond to Krunal Gohil’s exhibition through collaborative scroll drawing.

 

Thursday 6 & Friday 7 April (Easter themed)

 

Activities include: DIY Easter egg basket making, hatching Easter chick hanging mobiles, Easter Bunny mask making and pebble painting.

 

Saturday 13 May (Jaki Irvine and Locky Morris inspired)

 

As part of NI Mental Health Arts Festival

Activities include: Expand the image drawing, storyboard creations, large scale imaginary scene painting and imaginative story writing, using the Make it up! card game as a starting point (Make it up! was created by The Playtrail and Kippie productions in collaboration with Void in 2022).

 

Saturday 20 May (Jaki Irvine and Locky Morris inspired)

 

As part of NI Mental Health Arts Festival

Activities include: Expand the image drawing, storyboard creations, large scale imaginary scene painting and imaginative story writing, using the Make it up! card game as a starting point (Make it up! was created by The Playtrail and Kippie productions in collaboration with Void in 2022).

 

No need to book, just pop along to Void – 10 Waterloo Place, Derry, BT48 6BU.

 

Stay tuned to our social media @derryvoid on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for details of what’s in store for each session closer to the time.

 

Acknowledgements

 

Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, All Island Fund, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund, Community Foundation Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Enkalon Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation.