Family Friday – Create a Portrait!
This week, artist Gary McGillivray has suggested the activity for Family Friday! “Create a portrait of someone (it could be of someone in your house, a self portrait or a […]
Gill’s Wednesday Art Challenge – Urban Sketching
For this week’s challenge, be inspired by the streets around you. The above image is Decay no.6 by Mike Kirby, which featured in Kirkby Gallery’s 2018 FIVE exhibition. If you […]
Gary McGillivray: Deconstruction
This week we are celebrating local artist Gary McGillivray’s exhibition Deconstruction, at Kirkby Gallery earlier this year. Gary has been kind enough to answer a few questions for us… Who […]
Family Friday – Stories in the Landscape
Anthony Ratcliffe’s artwork is inspired by the views from the places he visits. He lives in the countryside, and likes to explore Britain using maps. He also enjoys looking for […]
Gill’s Wednesday Art Challenge – Design a Pattern
This week’s challenge is to create a pattern based on an object. There are a number of ways you can do this: Sketch an item – it can be absolutely […]
Anthony Ratcliffe: Shoreline and Watershed
This week we are celebrating Anthony Ratcliffe’s 2013 exhibition, Shoreline and Watershed. We had woodcut prints, watercolours, drawings, sketchbooks, alongside maps of the areas and poetry that inspired him. We […]
Family Friday – Favourite Toys
Be inspired by the toys and games in our Toys Through Time display, and talk to your family about what they played with when they were your age. Do they […]
Knowsley Borough of Culture 2022
Extended deadline: Monday 22 June 2020 Knowsley Borough of Culture 2022 – Call out for creative ideas and expressions of interest Knowsley will be the Liverpool City Region’s Borough of […]
Wednesday Art Challenge – Toys and Games
Inspired by our exhibition of the week, create a piece of art representing a favourite toy or game, or even your family and friends playing. What do you remember playing […]
Toys Through Time
This week, we’re looking at our Toys Through Time display at Prescot Museum – the toys range in date from the 1890s through to the 1990s. They help demonstrate how […]