Stanley Picker Gallery is excited to continue running our popular Saturday Art Clubs for children and young people of the local community who are enthusiastic about art and design. Workshops are FREE for all and run each weekend, 11am-12.30pm (ages 7-11) and 2-3.30pm (ages 14-18).
The sessions are led by a team of Kingston School of Art students and alumni, and complement the gallery’s current exhibition, Under Construction, by Takeshi Hayatsu and Partners, an evolving collaborative architecture project, under construction at the Stanley Picker Gallery throughout September – December 2024.
Under Construction surveys more than a decade of ambitious live-build projects led by architect Takeshi Hayatsu with a growing cohort of participants and community partners. Since 2011, these projects have provided imaginative and highly resourceful responses to their chosen locations in collaboration with diverse communities around Kingston, Surbiton, Tolworth and beyond. The exhibition presents a selection of these past projects through tactile materials, highlighting different craft techniques, scale models, and re-constructed structures. Throughout the exhibition an entirely new live build will take place at the Stanley Picker Gallery, developed with the 2024-25 cohort of Unit 5 MArch students from the Department of Architecture and Landscape at Kingston School of Art, Kingston University. This will include a temporary rammed earth Shrine outside the entrance and a Sauna on the Gallery’s riverside terrace.
Young artists will delve into the themes of the exhibition in fun and engaging ways – combining interactive games, making, drawing, discussion , and building! – as they explore the practice and processes of contemporary artists and learn new techniques.
Parents are encouraged to drop their young people off and return at the end of the session, to see what has been going on and visit the exhibition together.
Key information
Dates Saturdays 11am – 12.30pm (ages 7-11) and 2-3.30pm (ages 14-18); 21, 28 September, 5, 19, 26 October, 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 November, 7 and 14 December 2024
Additional Date A drop-in activity will run during October half-term.
SEND Drop-in (parents/carers accompany children) Saturday 12 October 10am-1pm & Thursday 31 October 10-11am, with activities running until 1pm
All materials are included
Clothing Occasionally, activities can be messy. We do our best with cover ups and water-based resources, but please ensure your child is dressed appropriately.
Gallery Location & Accessibility Stanley Picker Gallery is an accessible venue, situated on a small island on the Hogsmill River, behind Kingston School of Art. We have free onsite parking via Portland Road. For directions, please see our visit page. We welcome those with differences. Please feel get in touch should you wish to discuss particular access needs. Sensory bags and visual stories are available upon request. Staff are DBS checked and a First Aider is onsite at all times.
Warning Please note the film in the exhibition contains some flashing images, and structures contain barley straw
Booking Tickets are released fortnightly and booking is essential via Eventbrite. We welcome one-off or block bookings.
For further information, please contact Natalie Kay