Explore Week
Please see the Explore Week timetable below.
As well as the fabulous workshops below, Ludus Dance will be offering sessions on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings in their space on the ground floor.
Monday 27 Oct | Just drop in between the times below! | ||
The Gallery | Preston Mela: The Cultural Craft Collective – dive into a diverse range of cultural arts and crafts. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
The Music Room | imitating the dog: Fleeting Glimmers – create a fleeting collage of light using foraged fabrics and rescued rubbish. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
The Reading Room | Nick Greenall from Windermere Science Festival: What Is Light? – make your own Kaleidoscope and learn about light in a new way. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
The Auditorium | Lancaster and Morecambe Makers: Sense-ational Shadow Explorers – explore haunting sounds, mysterious shadows and meet the glowing jelly. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
Tuesday 28 Oct | Just drop in between the times below! | ||
The Gallery | Sarah Galloway: Out-Of-The-Box – create an imaginary world using convex and concave mirrors | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
The Music Room | Three Left Feet: Shadow Puppetry – design, make and perform with your very own shadow puppet. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
The Reading Room | Lancaster RSPB Local Group: Swifts: Fast & Feathery – make your own origami swift and add to the swirling artwork in flight. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
The Auditorium | Lancaster and Morecambe Makers: Sense-ational Shadow Explorers – explore haunting sounds, mysterious shadows and meet the glowing jelly. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
Wednesday 29 Oct | Just drop in between the times below! | ||
The Gallery |
LESS with Ref/Use Lab and Molly Bland: Fragments of the Future – create a giant collective collage imagining a regenerative future.
Lancaster University: Robots in Action – meet two real-life robots in this playful building challenge.
Plus artwork by Sarah Galloway: Out-Of-The-Box. |
10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
The Music Room | Three Left Feet: Shadow Puppetry – design, make and perform with your very own shadow puppet. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
The Reading Room | Lancaster RSPB Local Group: Swifts: Fast & Feathery – Make your own origami swift and add to the swirling artwork in flight. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
The Auditorium | Alan Morris: Pixel Perfect – explore the fun-damentals of photography and help create a fabulous photo sculpture. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
Thursday 30 Oct | Most sessions (except talks) – just drop in between the times below! | ||
The Gallery |
Jess Levine: Eco Echoes – get hands on with nature in this geli-plate printing workshop.
Lancaster University: Robots in Action – meet two real-life robots in this playful building challenge.
Plus artworks: |
10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
The Music Room | Simon Chapman: The Speed of Light – explore Einstein’s theory of relativity in this activity-packed, interactive talk. |
Talk times: 10am – 10:45am |
All ages |
The Reading Room | Jo Thompson from Wagtail Studios: Willow Lantern Weaving – make a willow and paper lantern to light your way at Light Up Lancaster. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
The Auditorium | James Hooton Media: Calving Futures – step inside a glacier where every movement shapes the ocean. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
Friday 31 Oct | Most sessions (except talks) – just drop in between the times below! | ||
The Gallery |
Lancaster University Confucius Institute: Chinese Calligraphy: A Lego Game – Play a game with Lego and calligraphy to create words in Chinese.
Lancaster University: Robots in Action – meet two real-life robots in this playful building challenge.
Plus artworks: |
10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
The Music Room | Simon Chapman: The Speed of Light – explore Einstein’s theory of relativity in this activity-packed, interactive talk. |
Talk times: 10am – 10:45am |
All ages |
The Reading Room | Jo Thompson from Wagtail Studios: Willow Lantern Weaving – make a willow and paper lantern to light your way at Light Up Lancaster. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |
The Auditorium | Escape2Make: UV Portrait Painting – make a spooky and surreal ultraviolet portrait painting. | 10am – 12pm 2pm – 4pm |
All ages |