OOPS WOW
Upcoming Sessions & Events
As well the events listed below, I run occasional sessions for groups, schools and other organisations. I run an art club at a cool school, I'm one of the regular facilitators at Bridport Community Shed sessions for young people (11-18yr olds) and I pop into Bridport Youth Club about once a month to do a bit of art with the juniors.
If you would like information about public events to arrive in your inbox, email me and I will add you to my mailing list. If you would like me to run a session for you, please get in touch too.
FREEDOM ON THE FORECOURT
Bridport Arts Centre
Saturday 12th July 10.30 - 1.30
Freedom on the Forecourt - Part of the 'Our Freedom': Then and Now project.
This Saturday the BAC forecourt will come alive with opportunities for everyone express their experience of freedom through creative play and a silent drawing disco. Pop along to draw, play, map, weave and build what freedom means to you in a workshop led by local artist Jo Burlington. A free drop-in workshop suitable for all ages. The creativity and ideas emerging from this workshop will be used to inspire and inform a new exhibition in the Allsop Gallery this October/November.
Our Freedom: Then and Now is a new UK-wide arts and creative programme which will produce 60 new pieces of work reflecting on what ‘Our Freedom’ means to local people and their communities, following the 80th anniversary of VE & VJ Day.
Bridport Arts Centre has been selected as one of the 60 arts organisations across the country to respond to this creative brief by working with local communities and artists. We’re interested in looking at what ‘freedom’ means to the people of Bridport and West Dorset, and how we express these emotions through art.
WE CAN PAINT IT ALL ROOM
Bridport Youth Clubs
Friday 18th July 4-8pm
£2 for youth club members
Part of the 'Our Freedom - Then and Now' project with Bridport Arts Centre.
We will create a 'We Can Paint it ALL' Room at youth club on Friday 18th July. This will be a messy session. Wear old clothes, or I will have some spare clothes available. We can paint wherever and however we want (inside the room, that is). What will happen? Will we have to come up with any rules? Will it be freedom? will be be chaos? will it be amazing?
This event is part of youth club, on Fridays the sessions are for school years 3-7 from 4-6pm and then from 6-8pm is for school years 7 & 8. If you would like to come along but you are not yet a member, it is very easy to join; a parent/ carer will need to complete a short form at drop-off. Youth clubs cost just £2 per session. More info on youth clubs is HERE
Picnic Islands & Paper Aeroplanes
Saturday 26th July 10.30 - 1pm
The Sherborne, Newland, Sherborne, DT9 3JG
Tickets £12 per child, adults come free
Inspired by the work of Charlotte Hodes, as part of the current Recurring Intricacies exhibition at The Sherborne, we will create ‘a world’ of picnic islands and invent communication devices to send messages to each other. A playful, creative session for families with Jo Burlington of Oops Wow Messy Art.
This half-day workshop is great for families with children aged 6 and above. Everyone will be encouraged to join in.
To book your place go HERE
Moth Morning with Nature Club
Tuesday 29th July 8am - 12pm
Allington Hill, Bridport
Free, booking required
Hooray, another collaboration with Nature Club and the Allington Hillbillies. This will be in the morning of Tuesday 29th July. They will have set up moth traps the night before.
We will get to look in at the moths, find out all about them, then if you fancy, we can make some art inspired by them.
These events are free but you need to book, usually by commenting on a post in the Hillbillies Facebook group HERE . The post will go up nearer the time. If you don't use facebook, email me here with the number of kids you're bringing, and their ages. It's maximum 4 kids per adult.
Creative Coast Club - Art, Play, Yoga, Seaside Exploring
Every Wednesday of the Summer Holidays
Hive Beach Burton Bradstock, DT6 4RF
Free, drop-in, no booking required.
The National Trust North & West Dorset have come up trumps for the summer holidays again!
Every Wednesday through the summer holidays there will be a range of creative, fun and coastal based activities for children, young people and families (of any shape and size) to enjoy. Sessions are FREE and people are encouraged to just turn up and have fun. No booking required.
Sessions are every Wednesday but please note that start times will differ due to the need to work with the tide !
I'll be there at a few of these sessions - see below; they will all be fantastic. Details of each Creative Coastal Club are below:
30th July 1pm - 4pm - with Oops Wow & Thriving Wild - Art & Nature themed play
6th August 10am - 1pm -with Yoga with Leah and Rowan Beecham - Yoga & Art
13th August 1pm - 4pm - with Pete Margerum - Get creative with found & recycled materials. Under full supervision children will have fun with all kinds of tools and let their imaginations run wild with the things they can create and invent
20th August 10am - 1pm - with Oops Wow & Yoga with Leah - Art & Yoga
27th August 1pm - 4pm - with Yoga with Leah & Thriving Wild - Yoga & Nature play
3rd September 10am - 1pm - with Oops Wow & Thriving Wild - Art & Nature Play
Family Art Club in The Orchard
Winterbourne Stickland Sports Club Community Orchard, Dorset, DT11 0NT
Friday 1st August 10am -12pm
Tickets cost £4 + booking fee
Part of the ArtsReach Summer Programme. A fun filled session for all the family to enjoy together. Inspired by the landscape around you, explore the community orchard before using found objects for a range of creative activities that could include creating mono-prints and cyanotypes, making paint from local clay, drawing with charcoal, painting with leaves and flowers and much more!
This workshop takes place in the community orchard adjacent to Winterborne Stickland Sports Club.
Suitable for families with children aged 3+ (children must be accompanied)
Dress for the weather, and for mess!
Workshop runs 10am-12pm
This is an ArtsReach event, there are limited numbers for this event so booking is advised; you can get your tickets HERE
We Are Painting!
Tuesday 19th August 10am - 12pm
Sandy Hill Arts, Corfe Castle, Dorset BH20 5JF
£5 (+ booking fee) per child
Part of the ArtsReach summer programme. A chance to get really hands on and explore paint together!
We will make our own paint brushes, experiment with lots of objects and materials, paint on different surfaces and textures and make prints! Splatter, drip and have a glorious, colourful riot in this immersive experience of paint, colour, and transformation!
Suitable for ages 2+
Children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian
Workshop runs from 10am-12pm
Dress for mess, bring a spare outfit and a bag for painty clothes!
This is an ArtsReach event, there are limited numbers for this event so booking is advised; you can get your tickets HERE
Imagine A House Made From Cliffs, Fossils & Fish
Thursday 28th August 10 - 3pm
Salt House, West Bay, Bridport DT6 4HB
Free event, no booking required
Kindly sponsored by the Friends of the West Bay Discovery Centre.
We are inviting all children to "Imagine A House Made From Cliffs & Fossils & Fish! Rock bashing, paint mixing, mark making.
Inspired by the brilliant design of the Pier Terrace building in West Bay, which is inspired by the local geology; we will make our own paint from the local cliffs, and discover unusual mark making techniques to build our pictures to take away.
Good for kids age 3 and up.
28th August, 11 am- 3 pm, Salt House, West Bay.
Children and family free drop-in event. No booking required.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Donations are very welcome.