FREE
Friday 9 October 2026, 10am-12pm

Wear Your Protest

This workshop has been developed in response to the youth group’s collaborative, protest-themed “Wear Your Protest” project, and accompanying exhibition.

Participants will explore themes of protest, identity, and collective voice through creative textile techniques inspired by historical and contemporary activism. Using lino printing, fabric embellishment, and handmade cockades, participants will create wearable protest-inspired artwork on denim jackets to take home.

The session encourages experimentation with imagery, symbols, slogans, and colour, inspired by museum collections, social history, and traditions of political dress and protest fashion. Participants will be introduced to accessible printmaking and construction techniques in a supportive environment, with opportunities to personalise their work and share ideas with others.

The workshop aims to foster confidence, creativity, and discussion around how clothing and visual symbols can communicate personal experiences, beliefs, and community identity, while celebrating the creativity and themes explored by the youth group exhibition.

About Our Make It Yours Sessions

You’re invited to drop into our Creative Courtyard and make something inspired by the museum collection.

Our creative sessions are free and open to all. Join us to make and create together and contribute to our growing museum! The sessions will be led by artists, makers, and writers, all influenced by this unique museum. Register using the link below.