Learning EventsLearning EventsNorwich Death Café at the Sainsbury Centre (2025-2026)DescriptionNorwich Death Café at Sainsbury Centre Meet in the Modern Life Café at 2pm, and at 3.30pm join us for a special tour of the collection which will highlight one special object related to death each week. Death Café is a worldwide movement that brings people together to drink tea, eat cake and discuss death. Our aim is to normalise these conversations and in so doing help us all to enjoy our (finite) lives. This is a free event and all guests get their first cuppa on the house. To find out more about what to expect at a Death Cafe go to www.deathcafe.com Please Note: Death Cafe events are offered as an informal space for talking about death with a view to normalising these conversations. As such they are not offered with the intention of providing bereavement support. The Norwich Death Cafe team are happy to signpost on to other organisations locally offering this kind of support where needed. Contact norwichdeathcafe@gmail.com for further details. Death Cafés are held throughout the year at the Sainsbury Centre’s Modern Life Café. Tickets are free, but booking is essential. Please make your selection below for the date you wish to attend. Please email Lauren Wilson at lauren.l.wilson@uea.ac.uk if you would like to bring a guest. Venue: Sainsbury Centre, Modern Life Café, UEA, Norfolk Road, Norwich NR4 7TJ
Young Artists' Studio 19 FebruaryDescriptionYoung Artists' Studio (7-11) 10:30 - 15:30 Spend a day at the Sainsbury Centre, making art with one of our associate artists. We will take inspiration from the artworks we find and create our own work in response, concentrating on a different material or skill each time. Book in advance on our website. Bursary places are available for families on a low income. Email Rach: Rachel.Anstey@uea.ac.uk Tickets cost £15 per person attending. The Science of Clay Workshop delivered by Nathalie Hammond Spend a day experimenting with clay! Meet artist Nathalie Hammond and explore ceramic artworks on display at the Sainsbury Centre. Get hands-on in the Studio, trying out different types of clay and slips. Make your own decorative test tiles, which Natalie will fire for you to keep. In Association with Norwich Science Festival 2026
Young Associates Spring 2026DescriptionTuesday 10th February, Tuesday 17th February, Tuesday 24th February, Tuesday 3rd March, Tuesday 10th March, Tuesday 17th March Young Associates is a programme for young people aged 16-25 years old to develop their own creative projects at the Sainsbury Centre. Guided by artists, curators and researchers, Young Associates take part in a series of workshops to make work to present as part of the Sainsbury Centre’s public programme.
Letting the light inDescriptionSaturday 31 January, 2-5pm Join us for an afternoon of listening, making, sharing and being together. Taking place on the eve of Imbolc, the folklore festival marking the returning light at the end of the Celtic winter, this event will foster hope, reflection and renewal. In collaboration with Norfolk and Waveney Mind, the Sainsbury Centre has invited artists Rachel Kurdynowska and Marnie Hardy and writers Lotte L.S. and Gia Mawusi to devise creative workshops and performances that explore ways for us to care for ourselves, each other and the world around us.
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