Family Friday: Write a Limerick
A limerick is a special kind of poem that follows a set pattern of rhyming and timing that creates a rhythm. You’ve probably heard limericks already but you might not […]
From Pen to Paper, to Stories from Beyond the Door
Wednesday 18 November sees the start of our new fully-online creative writing course in lockdown: Stories From Beyond the Door. It has grown from Friends of Kirkby Gallery & Prescot […]
Kirkbiography – can you help tell Kirkby’s story?
As with all biographies, they are an account of someone’s life written by someone else. Our project, Kirkbiography, is a community project offering local people the opportunity to share their […]
Family Friday – Make a lucky horseshoe!
We’re not superstitious, but while it’s Friday 13th, perhaps we could show you how to make a lucky horseshoe to hang in your home just in case! You could even […]
Knowsley’s Mining Heritage
The weather’s getting colder and it’s time to put the central heating on or light the fire, so we thought it would be the perfect cue to talk about Knowsley’s […]
Family Friday – Aspire
For this week’s Family Friday activity, we thought it would be good to be inspired by the exhibition we’ve been looking at – Aspire, from 2015. The exhibition was all […]
Aspire – Knowsley Community College Art & Design Foundation Diploma Show
This week, we’re looking back on 2015’s Knowsley Aspire exhibition at Huyton Gallery.The exhibition featured the final project work of Art Foundation Diploma students at Knowsley Community College. The artists […]
Family Friday – Make a Halloween Pumpkin
Carving pumpkins can be messy and difficult, so here’s an easy alternative!
Kirkby Gallery Autumn Art School
Following on from the incredible success of Kirkby Gallery Summer Art School which looked at Impressionist artists and their techniques, we are now launching an Autumn Art School, this time […]
Phantom Photographs from Prescot Museum’s collection
As Halloween approaches, here are some mysterious images from Prescot Museum’s collection… Look closely, does this atmospheric photograph on the left show a ghost in Prescot Church, sitting quietly in […]
