Work with our Associate Artists

We will be adding new workshops to this menu from September 2023. If you would like information about these forthcoming sessions to aid your planning, please contact us for provisional details scvagroupvisits@uea.ac.uk.

Working with Clay

Build ceramic vessels with Nathalie Hammond using a playful production line inspired by Shang Dynasty production line methods.

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Coiled Baskets

Make your own environmentally friendly miniature coiled basket with Rach Anstey Sanders.

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Ways of Listening: Making Records

Create abstract images in response to objects by exploring how they make us feel, and how we imagine they might sound.

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Exploring Mayan Relief Carving

Make patterned reliefs inspired by Mayan glyphs with Marnie Hardy. Try carving materials with different properties.

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This and This and This is Me

An exploration of multiple identities, via portraits of Lisa Sainsbury and objects from Ancient Egypt, led by Rose Feather.

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Connect and Join

Students will develop their practical skills and collaborate to construct sculptural forms from reclaimed materials with Kate Munro.

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Inspired by the Arctic: Repurposing

Kate Munro encourages pupils to adopt the approach of Arctic peoples, to make something from everything, and waste nothing.

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Inspired by the Arctic: Respectful and Resourceful

Have a go at carving with Kate Munro to understand how some of the objects from the Arctic were made.

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Inspired by the Arctic: Collaborative Construction

Work with Kate Munro and our kit of loose parts to build a sculpture which could be reconstructed by others.

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Memory, Identity, Dream

Make your own felt panels with Rach Anstey Sanders, inspired by the Chilkat Robe in our collection.

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Materials, Mess and Mixtures

Experiment with making your own textured paints to create impasto works with Rach Anstey Sanders.

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Paper

Work with Hannelore Smith to explore surface and form by making tactile responses to the objects in our collections.

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Gaia the Sculptor

Celebrate the beauty of the landscape surrounding the Sainsbury Centre with Ian Brownlie.

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Moore and More

Work with Ian Brownlie to take a close look at works by Henry Moore to find out how these relate to their environment.

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Exploring the Mayans

Kaitlin Ferguson shares how the landscape and cultures of Central and South America inspire her sculptural practice.

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Making Connections

During this workshop with Hannelore Smith, students can explore how objects in the Sainsbury Centre’s collections relate to each other, and how they can be relevant to their own personal studies.

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The Stories of Objects

Work with Anna Brass to re-imagine objects in the Sainsbury Collection as characters ready to live in and explore other places.

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Vessels

Experiment with playful, performative ways to respond to the shapes and forms in the galleries with Kate Munro.

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Patterns Across Cultures

In this workshop Marnie Hardy explores how natural forms have long been the inspiration for art objects all around the world.

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The Geometry of Here

Work with Ian Brownlie to explore ideas around brutalism and bimorphism in sculpture, nature, and built environment.

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Japan and Stories

Rose Feather will encourage students to make links between historic Japanese works in the Collection, and contemporary illustration.

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Virtual Tours

Take an active tour of our new virtual galleries with Hannelore Smith. Zoom in closer than ever before on some incredible objects.

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Distortion

Experiment with manipulating images with projection in this photography and installation workshop with Anna Brass.

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The Kingdom of Benin

In this workshop with Ian Brownlie pupils will look closely at and discuss the problematic provenance of some of the Bronzes in our collection.

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Drawing from Sculpture: Rhythm and Repetition

Build confidence drawing from objects with gesture and flow in this workshop with Paul Fenner.

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Aping Bacon

Join Ian Brownlie in this fast-paced painting workshop exploring Francis Bacon’s energetic techniques.

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This is Me

Rose Feather will lead an active, identity-focused exploration of the Visions of Ancient Egypt exhibition, aimed at developing critical thinking skills.

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Mayan Maths and Architecture

Explore how astronomy and patterns from nature have inspired Mayan culture in this workshop with Marnie Hardy.

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Robert’s Toy Box

Think about why people like to collect, and why collections are important in this session with Rach Anstey Sanders.

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Animal Amulets

Learn more about Egyptian symbolism with Rach Anstey Sanders. Make a pocket-sized sculpture using clay and coloured glass beads.

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Art & Writing

Explore the galleries with writer Justine Ashford to create poems in response to the objects.

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Abby Page Dance and Movement Exaggerated Forms photo

Movement & Dance

Help to bring our sculptures to life by moving your own body in response to them with dancer Abby Page.

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Sculptural Costumes

Turn yourself into a Sainsbury Centre sculpture by creating a paper costume to wear.

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A Sensory Tour

Students with SEN or PMLD can to get to know our collection through, touch, sound, and movement.

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Benin Bronzes: Return the objects or keep them?

We develop pupils’ critical thinking skills and empathy as we explore the restitution debate surrounding some of our objects.

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Let’s Talk About Art

Develop your students’ confidence and skills to present their interpretations of art works in the gallery.

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Write the Story

We encourage your pupils’ to let their imaginations run free as we playfully develop their love of creative writing.

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Hannelore Smith Brutalist Block Casting pic

Concrete Blocks: Brutalist Architecture

Construct moulds to create plaster cast blocks inspired by our iconic concrete campus.

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Fold, Construct, Reflect

Develop 3D maquettes and models for a sculpture park or imagined gallery building inspired by Lynn Chadwick and others.

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Hannelore Smith Print Architecture photo

Print, Architecture & Constructivism

Build multi-layered Gelli prints inspired by the forms of the Brutalist buildings on the UEA campus.

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What is Sculpture?

Experiment with adding form to an armature with a variety of unusual materials to create playful dynamic sculptures.

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Life Drawing

Spend the day drawing from a nude model in our studio, with specialist tuition from artist Paul Fenner.

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Tree and Figure

Develop your students’ observational drawing skills with specialist tutor Paul Fenner.

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A family day at the Sainsbury Centre. Photo: Katherine Mager

Partnership Projects

Each year we work on a small number of extended projects with schools and groups, often working off site and across the curriculum.

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Darren Waterston, Filthy Lucre, 2013-14. Photo: Luke Walker. Courtesy: The Artist and DC Moore Gallery, New York

Enquire or Make a Booking

Get in touch with the staff team who run the school and outreach programme.

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