How To Spend Your Summer At Pitzhanger Manor

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Packed events line up from June to August

A major new video installation, discovering your home’s past, and an array of activities to keep the kids amused and you relieved...

The Perfect City

Keith Piper

At: PM Gallery

Date: Friday 29 June – Sunday 12 August

Opening Times: Tue-Fri & Sun 1pm-5pm and Sat 11-5pm

Email: Zoë Archer at: ZArcher@ealing.gov.uk

A major new video installation by internationally renowned multi-media artist Keith Piper. Funded by Film London.

Displayed as a large-scale diptych, the installation is a series of densely constructed video montages capturing the obsessive fabrication of a model city which its maker describes as a ‘Perfect City…which embodies the memory of all cities before it’. Free entry.

Summer Children’s Workshops at PM Gallery & House

This year’s Summer Workshops encourage children to create artworks in response to their visit to PM Gallery & House. Experienced tutor, Gina Martin, who has been creating fun workshops at PM Gallery & House for several years, will lead the workshops. Everyone will complete a unique piece of work to take home and children are encouraged to dress for mess. Call (020) 8567 1227 to book all tickets.

10 - 11.30am Wednesday 1 August
‘Creating Magical Maps’ for 5 - 8 yr olds
Using lots of colourful materials, make your own mini city map to take home. Tickets £4

2 - 4pm Wednesday 1 August
‘What's Your Perfect City?’ for 9 -11 yr olds
Invent your own Perfect City map using 3D materials. Where will your imagination take you? Tickets £5

10-11.30am Wednesday 8 August
‘Creative Collages’ for 5 - 8 yr olds
Have fun as Gina helps you make fabulous collages from colourful fabrics, cards and papers. Tickets £4

2-4pm Wednesday 8 August
‘Creative Collages’ for 9 -11 yr olds
Use your creative skills to make large artworks from found objects and materials, based on collages by the artist, Keith Piper. Tickets £5

10-11.30am Wednesday 15 August
‘Dream Homes’ for 5 - 8 yr olds
Gina will help you design your own magical dream home with lots of colourful materials. Tickets £4

2-4pm Wednesday 15 August
‘Fantastic Architecture’ for 9 -11 yr olds
3D architecture workshop inspired by Pitzhanger Manor-House. Design your own masterpiece from a variety of materials. Tickets £5

10-11.30am Wednesday 22 August
‘Is It A Dragon, A Bird, A Beetle?’ for 5 - 8 yr olds
Collect twigs, leaves, cones and other material from Walpole Park and make a collection of animals, monsters, mini beasts and more! Tickets £4

2-4pm Wednesday 22 Aug
‘From Nature to Art’ for 9 -11 yr olds
Using material gathered from Walpole Park, create a unique collage and an imaginary 3D mini beast. Tickets £5

 

July 19, 2007