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Friday 6 February, 10am-12pm

Writing in Confinement: the…

Explore new ways of writing poetry and prose, combining a queer lens with Oulipo-inspired literary constraints to produce surprising and electric results.

Make It Yours

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Friday 13 February, 10am-12pm

Hats Off: Emblems and Insignia

In this workshop, you will focus on designing an emblem or badge as a focal point of the hat, which will be inspired by emblems and insignias in the collection. You will trim a small felt hat…

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Friday 20 February, 10am-12pm

The Worn Self

Create an adjustable badge or wearable object that tells the world something about you. Drawing on the history of badges as symbols of identity and achievement, and using found or recycled materials,…

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Friday 27 February, 10am-12pm

Bear with Clay

Celebrate International Polar Bear Day with Bear with Clay, a creative workshop where you’ll handbuild your own polar bear sculpture while exploring the importance of protecting this vulnerable…

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Friday 6 March, 10am-12pm

Everyone has a story, that…

Step inside the historic walls of the National Justice Museum (formerly the Galleries of Justice) to uncover the hidden narratives of Victorian women caught in the cycle of crime and punishment.

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Friday 13 March, 10am-12pm

Portraits of Escape: Women…

Taking inspiration from female Surrealists, including Leonora Carrington, Dorothea Tanning, Claude Cahun, and the collage artist Hannah Höch, this workshop uses the museum’s 30 Objects Representing…

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Friday 27 March, 10am-12pm

Face and Jar

Join artist Xin Chen to create your own small clay Bellarmine jar, inspired by 17th-century finds from the museum site. Using coiling and decoration, participants will reimagine the bearded faces of…