Throughout October, Blackpool Museum Project, in partnership with Blackpool Libraries and Grundy Art Gallery, are putting on a series of evening classes in creative writing, fashion and design using the Illuminations as the inspiration. Full details are on the attached flyer.
NATIONAL POETRY DAY SPECIAL OFFER: Combined Lisa Wigham and Mark Grist ticket for £5, including tour of Grundy’s Sensory Systems exhibition.
8 October 2015, 17.30-18.45 £3 Central Library
Join Lisa Wigham for a wax casting and poetry writing workshop. Please bring along a small object which could fit inside a match box and holds meaning for you.
8 October 2015, 19.30-21.00 £3 Meet at Grundy, class at Central Library
Work with Spoken Word artist Mark Grist to explore the Grundy’s new light-themed exhibition and create poems inspired by the collections.
12 October 2015, 18.00-20.00 £3 Meet at Grundy, class at Central Library
Join fashion author and tutor at RCA, Emmanuelle Dirix, for an evening of fashion design around the theme of light.
15 October 2015, 18.00-20.30 at the Lightworks Depot Amy Johnson Way Blackpool £10
You can explore neon light with artist Richard Wheater using the Illuminations collections as inspiration. This class is £10.
To book tickets for any of these classes please click here. Places are limited so early booking is advisable. Box office at Central Library. Appropriate for 16+
