So You Want to be an Artist?
So You Want to be an Artist?
Sat 26 July – Sun 2 November 2008
Youngsters will have the chance to create their own artwork in The Lowry Galleries as part of a new hands-on family exhibition, So You Want to be an Artist?
Exploring how LS Lowry and other artists created their artwork, the exhibition, aimed at four to twelve-year-olds and their families, will take children on an informal and enjoyable journey as they decide what materials and colours to use, what their inspiration will be and how they might frame their work.
Michael Simpson, Head of Galleries, commented: “This is The Lowry’s first exhibition aimed primarily at families. Galleries are usually nervous about painting activities because of the inevitable mess but we have turned this upside down and gone completely hands on. Alongside all our other everyday family activities and all the family productions in the theatres, we want to make The Lowry the ideal place to come over the summer holidays.”
After fun relaxation exercises, young visitors to the exhibition, can sit on pencil top stools and start scribbling alongside LS Lowry’s own early jottings.They can also sit astride the donkey easels and take part in ‘Life drawing’ with a mannequin or sometimes even a real life model. There will also be the chance to learn from the renowned North West artists Liam Spencer and Ghislaine Howard who share some of their secrets on screen. Visitors can see all the places which inspired Lowry and decide what they want to paint – from landscapes to dreamscapes. Budding artists will find out about colour and how it can bring their drawings to life. In the ‘danger zone’ painting area they can paint in the galleries all day long. Towards the end of the exhibition kids can find out about framing, relax with some children’s art books and then exhibit their work for everyone to see.
Posted on Monday, 07 July 2008 under Press Galleries Press