Activity Day at BCA
Enjoy the summer holidays at BCA with a day of fun and learning, with workshops, performances and more! This day of activity is suitable for children of all ages.
FREE to attend, workshops are ticketed and run on a pay-what-you-can donation basis.
Activities
Games station (including Giant Connect 4, Giant Jenga, and BCA's Jigsaw)
Arts and Crafts station
Colouring in station
Activity Day is FREE to attend. Workshops are ticketed and run on a pay-what-you-can donation basis.
Workshops
“A Lightbulb Idea: the inventions of Lewis Latimer” workshop
Join our exciting workshop on the life of the famous African American inventor reenacted, with demonstrations of lightbulb experiments for all to try! Themed books for a variety of ages will be on sale.
Times:
Workshop session 1: 11.30am – 12.30pm
Workshop session 2: 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Please note you can only book for one session. Please arrive on time for your workshop.
Maximum of 10 children per session.
Suitable for children aged 5 - 11 years
Zine-Making workshop
Drawing inspiration from Black Cultural Archives’ collections we invite you to a collaborative making session. We will be making individual pieces in response to archival material that will form a zine.
Times:
1pm – 2.30pm
Suitable for children aged 11 - 16 years
Carnival Paper Garment-Making workshop
Join multi-disciplinary artist, Favour Jonathan, for a Carnival-themed design and writing workshop, inspired by Claudia Jones.
This workshop will include making paper garments for dancing at Carnival, and writing exercises where we explore what culture means to us and our favourite memories.
By choosing words that represent you, your passions or interests, we will experiment with how best to bring this to life with found materials. At the end of the workshop you’ll have produced some colourful garments made out of paper-like collages.
Times:
2pm – 3.30pm
Suitable for all ages