An exciting creative opportunity for older children and teenagers (ages 10+) to work with their parents, grandparents or aunts and uncles and make a very short Shadow Puppet film:

Construct a simple shadow puppet film scene and learn to devise an action sequence using block cut-outs as your characters, props and scenery.

Work with artist and illustrator Imogen Harvey-Lewis to experiment with shape, outline, movement and character to create an atmospheric black and white reel of your own. The simplicity of this art form allows for maximum inventiveness and effect.

Construction; drawing; paper-cutting; lighting; practice; voice over; action and fun. All together all the time. Simple idea = clear thinking = big possibilities!

Bring your own lamp or torch.

For ages 10+, for parents/guardians and young people to work and enjoy together.

Booking required, cost £10 per family group (up to 4 people including one adult/parent or guardian). Book online or call 01453 763394.

Devise and create a 2D layered film set model using drawing and illustration skills, with local artist Imogen Harvey-Lewis. Learn to make simple flat scenery to construct a multi layered paper environment for a film of your choice – made up or borrowed. Introduce your own drawn characters and shoot a short action sequence using a mobile or camera, bringing in simple lighting and sound effects should you wish.

Big fun. Lots of drawing. Experimental and flat pack. Perfect!

A drop in workshop for families with children aged 5+, parents/adults and children working together.

£1 per child to help pay for materials, pay on the door, donations welcome.

This half term we’ll be joined by the Green Pledge Project from Gloucestershire Archives.  We’ll be exploring how the local landscape has changed over the last few centuries and imagining how it might look in the future.  We’ll be making our own Landscape in a Box.

We’ll start by looking at maps, photos and other material from Gloucestershire Archives as well as visiting the museum’s landscape change gallery for inspiration.  We’ll talk about how and why the Stroud area has changed and share ideas for how it might look in the future. Then we’ll choose whether to create a historic or future landscape in our box.  We’ll then use scrap and recycled materials to build our landscape and include a message about the changes of the past or the hopes for the future inside the lid.

For children aged 7-11 and their parents/grandparents to enjoy together. All materials supplied, just bring your imagination!

Free but booking required – book online or call 01453 763394

Join Artist-Gardener Ruth Illingworth for an introduction to ecoprinting on paper. Using flowers from the Museum’s Walled Garden and leaves from Stratford Park you will create and come away with an A4 ecoprint. You will also learn about which leaves and flowers produce the best prints. Ruth will supply a handout of how to repeat the process at home and useful references.

This special workshop is for adults and is linked to the Growing Places exhibition showing in the Art Gallery. This kind of workshop usually costs from £40 or so, so if you wish to make a additional donation please feel welcome! Ticket fees and donations help support the Museum’s events and exhibitions programme and Walled Garden.

Cost £10, booking required - book online here or call 01453 763394

For adults, all art abilities welcome.

Are you fascinated by the magic of pop-up books and the ingenious art of paper sculpture? Want to learn some fun and fabulous paper engineering techniques?  If the answer if yes, then this day course is for you!

As part of Stroud Book Festival, we are delighted to present another opportunity to join Pop Up Book making expert Duncan Birmingham for a creative day workshop.

We’ll explore the enchanting art of paper pop-ups and aim to:
1. Make a comprehensive set of useful pop-up mechanisms
2. Play with the building techniques that can be used to enhance and develop them
3. Look at the simple underlying theory and explore the design potential

We’ll also look at and analyse a range of delightful and astounding pop-up books which Duncan will bring for you to enjoy. And fear not … beginners welcome, no maths or measuring involved!

Cost: £45
For adults and ages 18+, booking required.
Book online or call the Museum in the Park on 01453 763394

Please bring: a packed lunch, scissors, craft knife, ruler, pencil.
Card and glue will be provided, and a complimentary hot drink.