Living Art Sharing Stories
Ian Brownlie invites students to explore the process of creating their own manifestos to reflect on their art practice and future intentions.
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Explore how sound and visual art might inspire or inform one another with writer, musician and theatremaker Jess Morgan.
Imagine and perform the way that animals in our collection might move with dancer and choreographer Abby Page.
Build ceramic vessels with Nathalie Hammond using a playful production line inspired by Shang Dynasty production line methods.
Make your own environmentally friendly miniature coiled basket with Rach Anstey Sanders.
Create abstract images in response to objects by exploring how they make us feel, and how we imagine they might sound.
Make patterned reliefs inspired by Mayan glyphs with Marnie Hardy. Try carving materials with different properties.
An exploration of multiple identities, via portraits of Lisa Sainsbury and objects from Ancient Egypt, led by Rose Feather.
Students will develop their practical skills and collaborate to construct sculptural forms from reclaimed materials with Kate Munro.
Have a go at carving with Kate Munro to understand how some of the objects from the Arctic were made.
Make your own felt panels with Rach Anstey Sanders, inspired by the Chilkat Robe in our collection.
Experiment with making your own textured paints to create impasto works with Rach Anstey Sanders.
Work with Hannelore Smith to explore surface and form by making tactile responses to the objects in our collections.
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Celebrate the beauty of the landscape surrounding the Sainsbury Centre with Ian Brownlie.
Work with Ian Brownlie to take a close look at works by Henry Moore to find out how these relate to their environment.
Work with Anna Brass to re-imagine objects in the Sainsbury Collection as characters ready to live in and explore other places.
Experiment with playful, performative ways to respond to the shapes and forms in the galleries with Kate Munro.
In this workshop Marnie Hardy explores how natural forms have long been the inspiration for art objects all around the world.
Take an active tour of our new virtual galleries with Hannelore Smith. Zoom in closer than ever before on some incredible objects.
Experiment with manipulating images with projection in this photography and installation workshop with Anna Brass.
In this workshop with Ian Brownlie pupils will look closely at and discuss the problematic provenance of some of the Bronzes in our collection.
Build confidence drawing from objects with gesture and flow in this workshop with Paul Fenner.
Join Ian Brownlie in this fast-paced painting workshop exploring Francis Bacon’s energetic techniques.
Rose Feather will encourage students to make links between historic Japanese works in the Collection, and contemporary illustration.
Explore how astronomy and patterns from nature have inspired Mayan culture in this workshop with Marnie Hardy.
Think about why people like to collect, and why collections are important in this session with Rach Anstey Sanders.
Learn more about Egyptian symbolism with Rach Anstey Sanders. Make a pocket-sized sculpture using clay and coloured glass beads.
Explore the galleries with writer Justine Ashford to create poems in response to the objects.
Help to bring our sculptures to life by moving your own body in response to them with dancer Abby Page.
Turn yourself into a Sainsbury Centre sculpture by creating a paper costume to wear.
Students with SEN or PMLD can to get to know our collection through, touch, sound, and movement.
We develop pupils’ critical thinking skills and empathy as we explore the restitution debate surrounding some of our objects.
Develop your students’ confidence and skills to present their interpretations of art works in the gallery.
We encourage your pupils’ to let their imaginations run free as we playfully develop their love of creative writing.
Construct moulds to create plaster cast blocks inspired by our iconic concrete campus.
Develop 3D maquettes and models for a sculpture park or imagined gallery building inspired by Lynn Chadwick and others.
Build multi-layered Gelli prints inspired by the forms of the Brutalist buildings on the UEA campus.
Experiment with adding form to an armature with a variety of unusual materials to create playful dynamic sculptures.
Spend the day drawing from a nude model in our studio, with specialist tuition from artist Paul Fenner.
Develop your students’ observational drawing skills with specialist tutor Paul Fenner.
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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Get in touch with the staff team who run the school and outreach programme.