Art [1]: Half term fun at Turner Contemporary in Margate [2]
Posted by editor on Feb 08, 2012 - 03:20 AM
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Drawing
with a difference using the power of the elements and minerals such as
iron filings instead of a traditional pencil is just one of the
activities held at The Turner Contemporary in Margate over the half term
holiday
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Photo Benedict Johnson
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Bookworms story time
Wed 15 Feb 11am - 12 midday
Free
Join the Turner Contemporary
bookworms for a special story time,
where we read aloud children’s books
related to our current exhibitions.
These sessions are aimed at children
under 5 yearsand their parents.
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Image Family Workshops at Turner
Contemporary.
Photo Benedict Johnson
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Easy Holidays: Paint the Elements
Wed 15 / Thurs 16 Feb 1 - 4pm
£2 per child (adults and under 3s
free)
Every Wednesday and Thursday during
the school holidays, you can enjoy
creative activities together at our
family dedicated workshops. This
February half term, try painting
your own elemental scene with
watercolour and acrylic paints.
No need to book, just turn up on the
day and pay at our Information
Desk.
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Image Family Workshops at Turner
Contemporary.
Photo Benedict Johnson
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Saturday Studio
1 - 4pm £2 adults, children free
Designed for everyone to take part
in, our Saturday Studio workshops
alternate between two fun
activities.
Colour Lab
Sat 11 Feb
Mix your own paints with pigments
inspired by Turner's palette, then
paint your own elemental scene.
Explorer's Journal
Sat 18 Feb
Make your own expedition keepsake to
draw, write and scribble onto in and
out of this session.
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Image Easy Sundays. Photo Ady Kerry
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Easy Sundays
1 - 4pm £2
per child (adults and under 3s
free)
Every Sunday you can discover
exciting new ways to experience
and make art together inspired
by the exhibitions at our family
workshops.
Sonic Play
Sun 12 Feb
Create your own elemental scene
whilst listening to mystical
tunes composed by students from
Canterbury Christ Church
University.
Natural Wonders
Sun 19 Feb
Draw with a difference using the
power of the elements and
minerals such as iron filings
instead of a traditional pencil.
Just turn up on the day and pay
at our Information Desk.
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Discover more about our current
exhibitions with our Explorer Packs!
£1 per use
Become explorers with our incredible
resource packs! Make your visit to
the gallery full of fun, with our
engaging activities and tools
devised by the Generate artists and
their children.
Make your own different scenes with
the fantastic Turnerama contraption,
see out to sea with a monocular, add
your family's unique identity page
to JMW Turner's passport, match the
colours in the exhibition with our
colour swatch and more...
Pick up your pack at our Information
Desk.
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Image Ming Tang-Evans
Image Smeaton
at Speed. Photo London Array
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Free drinks for kids
at our Café
We will be serving
complimentary Babycinos or
Rock’s Organic Squash with
any order from our
Children’s Menu in
the Turner Contemporary Café [4]
from 11 - 19
February.
Win an overnight
VIP trip and £500 for your
school with London Array
The challenge is to come up with
a name for the third and final
crew transfer vessel, supplied
by Gardline, to service London
Array from the wind farm's base
at Ramsgate Port. Students can
be as creative as they like, to
enter visit londonarray.com [5].
Save 15% on accommodation
with Shepherd Neame
Enjoy an overnight stay at
the Royal Albion Broadstairs, Fayreness
Broadstairs or Bell Hotel
Sandwich between 28 January and
13 May
and save money. Visit shepherdneame.co.uk [6]
for details.
Redeemable on telephone bookings
only.
Turner Contemporary is grateful
to its exhibition sponsors for
Turner and the Elements, London
Array and Shepherd Neame.
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