What's On

Creative Professional Development

Saturday, 4th July, 2026

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

October Gallery

Holding Space An Experiential CPD: Gesture, Pace and Care in Practice

Tickets: £10

Join artist Alison Lam for an experiential CPD workshop exploring gesture, silence, masking and care through Hanji paper layering and fusing. This reflective, material-led session considers how neurodivergent communication can be present but misread in family, education and gallery contexts.

Refreshments will be provided and no art experience is needed for the session.

Book tickets via Eventbrite HERE.

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Youth Collective

Monday, 6th July, 2026

4:30 PM - 7:00 PM

October Gallery

Free youth sessions

Join OG Youth Collective for a hands-on workshop responding to Xanthe Somers and Yacout Hamdouch's exhibition Poetic Threads.

No experience is needed — just bring curiosity and a willingness to experiment with materials and ideas!

You can sign up to join the OG Youth Collective via the form available here or you can just drop-in on the session day.

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Family Art Day

Saturday, 25th July, 2026

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

October Gallery

Xanthe Somers: Poetic Threads

Exhibition Walk Through & Family Art Day

Free and open to families of all ages.

Please note: this event is first come first served and when we are at capacity, we have a one in one out policy.

Family Art Day offers the opportunity to explore the October Gallery with your family when the Gallery is usually closed to the public.

Suitable for all ages, join us for a special opportunity to explore the exhibition Poetic Threads with exhibiting artist Xanthe Somers and curator Eleri Fanshawe.

Little listeners can get busy with some art exploration, while you tour the Gallery together. Following the walkthrough, families will have the opportunity to sit and make together, creating your own artwork inspired by Somers’ bright ceramic vessels.

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