Take inspiration from the city’s amazing animation installations this Halloween and call into Void Art Centre anytime between 12 and 4pm on Tuesday 31st October to make your own Halloween inspired stop-motion animation with illustrator and animator, Grace Fairley!
No booking required, just call in!
Aimed at children and families. Suitable for all ages, 6+.
Please note, parents/guardians are required to stay at Void Art Centre throughout the time their child is engaging in this workshop.
Bookable slots 10-11am, 11:30-12:30am, 2-3pm and 3:30-4:30pm
Awaken the Walled City and make your own spooky Halloween Willow Lantern to take with you to the Halloween parade and/or decorate your home with, on Saturday 28th October at Void Art Centre with Sinead Crumlish!
Throughout the day there will be four bookable workshops at Void Art Centre which are suitable for anyone aged 8+. Children aged 8-14 must be accompanied by and have the support of their parent/guardian during these workshops (one ticket is enough for a parent and child – tickets are sold per participant). Young people between the ages of 14 and 16, can attend this workshop alone but a permission form must be filled out by a parent/guardian upon arrival/ahead of the workshop and emergency contact details should be left at the front desk. This workshop is also suitable for individual adults.
Bookable slots include: 10-11am, 11:30-12:30am, 2-3pm and 3:30-4:30pm. Each workshop will have limited spaces.
Tickets cost £3 per participant.
Please note, you are only required to book 1 ticket per participant. If you are supporting your child, you do not need to book a ticket for yourself. You only need to book an additional ticket if you plan to engage in the workshop on a personal level aswell.
Void Tots are relaxed and fun messy play sessions with artist Sinead Crumlish for children aged 1-3 years old at Void Art Centre.
Our next Void Tots sessions will be on Saturday 30th September. Book a spot by visiting our website at www.derryvoid.com to come along and get messy with your little ones!
* Please note that, due to space restrictions, one parent per child is advised. Parents or guardians are welcome to take other children along but they will be asked to remain seated in the gallery foyer or they can visit the exhibition. We also have our popular Drawing Booklets which older children can sit and engage with – just ask one of our staff.
* We also ask that the attending parent please ensure both adult and child are wearing old clothes! We provide large shirts for parents to put over their clothes and we also have a large bathroom with changing facilities if you need to change clothes for baby and parent afterwards.
As part of our Void Explorers programme; a series of bookable workshops at Void Gallery aimed at children and young people aged 4-14 years old.
Children aged 4-8 and young people 9-14, join Grace Fairley, this April, to explore the process of animation!
Saturday 22 April 2-4pm (aimed at ages 4-8 years old)
To celebrate Earth Day we will be making stop-motion animations of nature inspired characters. Create the craziest flower, the tallest tree, or the longest worm and then bring them to life through the basics of stop motion animation!
Saturday 29 April 2-4:30pm (aimed at ages 9-14 years old)
During this workshop, we will be learning 2-D animation! Using Void’s current exhibition Re_sett_ing_s to gain inspiration, we will create a short 2-D animation by using the digital illustration app, Procreate!
Grace Fairley is a Belfast based illustrator with a passion for everything weird, wonderful, and colourful.
Courtesy of Grace Fairley.
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.
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).
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.
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Derry City and Strabane District Council, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation, Art Fund, Halifax Foundation, The Arts Society.
Part of our Void Explorers programme of bookable workshops aimed at children and young people aged 4-14 years old.
Join Tori McNeill on Saturday 3rd December from 2-3pm for a sunset painting demonstration and workshop. During this session participants will have the opportunity to work alongside Tori to create their own canvas sunset masterpiece to take home!
Tori McNeill is a 23 year old artist based in Derry whose work focuses on the use of bright colours and strong bold shapes. Tori has exhibited throughout Derry over the last couple of years and has facilitated workshops with a number of different groups. She was born with Down syndrome and diagnosed with Autism when she was 18 (the same week as her first exhibition!) – Tori’s Autism has aided her art and helped her develop her unique style, seeing the world through a spectrum of colours. She is very keen to inspire other people with disabilities not to be held back by them but to move forward, be positive and reach for their dreams.
Presented as part of Disability Awareness Week 2022.
Acknowledgements
Image courtesy of Tori McNeill.
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Derry City and Strabane District Council, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation, Art Fund, Halifax Foundation, The Arts Society.
Void Tots are relaxed and fun messy play sessions with artist Sinead Crumlish for children aged 1-3 years old.
Upcoming sessions include:
Saturday 10th December 10:30-11:15am & 11:30am-12:15pm Friday 13th January 10:30 & 11:30am Saturday 11th February 10:30 & 11:30am
Book a spot via the link here to come along and get messy with your little ones!
Please note that, due to space restrictions, one parent per child is advised. Parents or guardians are welcome to take other children along but they will be asked to remain seated in the gallery foyer or they can visit the exhibition.
The family drop in day is coming over all Pride to celebrate the Foyle Pride Festival on the 28th August! Join artist Zoe McSparron in Pride inspired activities and create something special to bring along to Foyle Pride!
Acknowledgements
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Derry City and Strabane District Council, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation, Art Fund, Halifax Foundation, The Arts Society.
Join us at Void on Culture Night 2022 from 6-8pm for a family drop-in workshop inspired by Luke Fowler’s exhibition, Being in a Place – A Portrait of Margaret Tait, led by artists, Zoe McSparron and Anna Barclay.
The entire gallery will be transformed, with the gallery floor becoming a giant collaborative sketchpad for everyone to explore the exhibition through drawing exercises, and Void’s education space becoming a creative eco-laboratory where you can conduct experiments, making your own natural inks and paint brushes! Personal drawing boards will also be available for participants to conduct independent drawing experiments. These activities will encourage us to explore the exhibition through various different mediums as we think about relevant themes, sounds and memories.
Acknowledgements
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Derry City and Strabane District Council, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation, Art Fund, Halifax Foundation, The Arts Society.
The family drop in day is coming over all Pride to celebrate the Foyle Pride festival on the 28th August! Join artist Zoe McSparron in Pride inspired activities and create something special to bring along to Foyle Pride!
Please note:
If you or the child/children you are attending with has any allergies or special needs requirements please do let us know in advance by emailing learning@derryvoid.com.
Acknowledgements
Void Gallery is supported by Arts Council Northern Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Halifax Foundation, The Ragdoll Foundation, The Ireland Funds, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, and Arnold Clarke Foundation.
£10 per child for the full week. All 4 days must be attended.
Location: TBC – see website for details
Void is delighted to hold an in-person bootcamp for children once again. The first art bootcamp was held in 2019 and was an overwhelming success. Paused for the last two years because of COVID-19, we are excited to welcome children back this year for a range of creative activities inspired by Alan Phelan’s sculpture The RGB Hyacinth, currently installed in Brooke Park. Participants will have the opportunity to explore their wildest imaginations as they come up with and create their own crazy house plant papier-mâché sculptures.
Please note:
If you or the child/children you will be attending with has any allergies or special needs requirements please do let us know in advance by emailing learning@derryvoid.com.
The image displaying children with handmade face masks does not reflect the activities which will be undertaken. If you would like to know more about what’s in store please email learning@derryvoid.com.
Acknowledgements
Void Gallery is supported by Arts Council Northern Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Halifax Foundation, The Ragdoll Foundation, The Ireland Funds, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, and Arnold Clarke Foundation.
