Cartwright Hall Education Programme
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery has been closed to the public to allow work to take place.
The Art Gallery in Bradford's Lister Park is closed to the public to allow maintenance to be carried out on the plasterwork inside the building. All activities scheduled to take place inside Cartwright Hall have been cancelled. Events scheduled to take place in Lister Park will go ahead as normal.
This closure does not affect any of the family workshops or exhibitions at our six other Bradford Council Museums, which will continue to be open to the public as normal.
Tim Hirst, Bradford Council's Director Commercial and Support Services ,said "It is unfortunate that we have had to close but the work is essential and the safety of the public is our number one priority."
Our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused, this message will be updated.
September 2009
Cartwright 'On Tour'
Whilst the gallery is undergoing essential repair work the education programme will still be on offer with our popular workshops for schools, using original works from our collections in alternative locations. These workshops will have the essence of the ones you are used to but are relevant to the new location, nurturing a sense of the place you are in.
Take 2 Portraits This session for KS1 & 2 will take advantage of the magnificent surroundings of the reception rooms at Cliffe Castle to look at the portraits of the wealthy Victorian couple, the Butterfields, who had the mansion built. The wedding portrait of the young Mrs Butterfield will then be compared to a wedding portrait of today; a photograph of a young Asian bride in her finery. The whole class will then have the opportunity of dressing up in Mughal period costume and will learn how to draw a portrait of each other. A comparison between contrasting portraits will encourage debate about the nature of portraiture and its links to the lives we lead.
2 hours £80
What is Sculpture? For Key Stages 1 and 2: Using the sculptures in Lister Park, children will compare two contrasting sculptures and think about how sculpture is made before creating their own 3D piece. Students find out about the social importance of sculpture by comparing classical public art with modern contemporary pieces. Our Summer sculpture workshops can be combined with a range of park based activities to accommodate larger groups. These will be held on Tuesdays from 10am – 12am only through April to July.
2 hours £80
Lister Park A Park Ranger will be offering a range of eco awareness workshops available throughout late spring & during summer term. Activities are suitable for Key Stages 1, 2, 3 include:
- Bugs on Leaves
- Pond Dipping
- Exploration Trail
- Nest Box Workshop
- Raft Building (book well in advance)
To book park based activities please contact Ian Dobson, Park Ranger, Lister Park, BD9 4NA Tel: 01274 437673
Discovering Print at Bradford Industrial Museum. This offer is for secondary schools that links images from the strong local industrial heritage with printed text to produce prints and posters with an issues-based theme personal to the students and related, where possible, to exam questions. Students are tasked with creating work about what is important after looking at examples of how this has been done throughout history. For more information visit www.mylearning.org and search for Discovering Print at Bradford Industrial Museum.
2 hours £80
Bradford 1 Gallery. Our new city centre venue Bradford 1 Gallery is the ideal location for exploring an exciting range of temporary exhibitions, each of which will feature practical workshops linked to the curriculum, talks and events. Local buses stop outside the door! Only a 10-minute walk from Forster Square Station and even less from Bradford Interchange.
Bradford Cityscapes at Bradford 1 Gallery For early years groups come and build your own city with our Lowry inspired building blocks. Play 'I spy' from the studio windows and draw your own matchstick men, cars, buildings and buses as city life unfolds before you!
