Yesterday, Ed, Dan, and Hannah escaped the chaos (and Heather 😢) for a day of inspiration at the @young.vam! Channeling our inner kids, we soaked up all the creative energy, took tons of notes, and brainstormed some exciting ideas to make Sun Pier House even more family-friendly. 🎨✨
We won!!! We are so proud of our now “award winning” BIG DRAW little people! 🏆 Here’s what we said to @thebigdraw team:
“As part of The Big Draw Festival, Sun Pier House, an arts organisation in Chatham, Kent launched BIG DRAW little people, a free interactive drawing exhibition held during the school summer holidays. Children were encouraged to create their own masterpieces through guided how-to-draw prompts (the lizard was very popular), simple creative worksheets or by attending special workshops such as handprint drawings, comic strips and zentangles which was also delivered in BSL. Over 300 children hung their artwork in our Riverside gallery and received a certificate to take home. BIG DRAW little people is now in its 4th year and over 2000 children have been involved, we are looking forward to 2025 and celebrating The Big Draw Festivals 25th Birthday. Thank you to all the artists, big and little and to The Big Draw Festival for the Clubs and Societies Award – we are very proud”
#BigDrawLittlePeople #TheBigDraw2022
We are keeping on top of the dust, hiding the bricks and carrying on!
#SunPierHouseLiftOff #MedwayEventsVenue
⭐️ School’s out for the summer for us too! ⭐️
Thank you to our funders, The Ashley Family Foundation, for a year of enabling 616 students across Medway to access local arts and culture, take part in various art workshops and engage with some of the resident artists here at Sun Pier House.
On average:
- 65% of students left the session feeling they could be an artist if they wanted to as a career.
- 85.7% of teachers had increased confidence regarding delivering creative lessons after attending a visit with their students.
“Session was fantastic, Sun Pier House had a lovely atmosphere and accommodations were made to meet the ages and abilities of all children” - teacher feedback.
“I like getting to see where all the artists work” - primary student feedback.
Watch this space for our future outreach programme workshops!
#SunPierHouse #MedwaySchools #YoungArtists #SunPierHouseOutreach #ArtsmarkPartner
Exhibition open today 11am - 4pm
Theatre Royal Chatham Archive Exhibition
#MOSAF24 #MedwayOpenStudios
Our entrances are looking a bit different at the moment!
If you are visiting, head for the stairs by the anchor/parking hut, or the other side of the car park by Kent Reliance then walk along the balcony to the first floor doors!👷♂️🧱🔨🚧🔧🪚🦺
OPEN ARTS: There are lots of worksheets and activities for little ones to enjoy while listening to live music from @sunpiersounds so pop along and get creative!
Merry Christmas from all of us at Sun Pier House x
We can’t believe it’s been over a week since out Festive Family @sunpiersounds show! We were joined by the amazing @davidjames_rumsey Megan & Marshall and @castlecombedrive
Did you come along? Drop us some feedback below to let us know what you thought!
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