Learning Events

Norwich 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 [email protected] 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.

Venue: Sainsbury Centre Modern Life Café, UEA, Norfolk Road, Norwich NR4 7TJ

Mini Studio: Term-time workshops for parents, carers, and preschool children. 

Take part in relaxed guided exploration followed by multisensory play.

This month, have a dreamy time with artist Ian Brownlie.

NEW buy one family ticket which includes gallery entry, Mini Studio activities and a snack for everyone.

Please pay what you can. Our suggested donation is £10 per under-five year old attending, up to a maximum of £25 per family.

 Free family ticket
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Young Artists' Studio for 7-11 year olds

What do you Make of That? 

Kaitlin Ferguson will lead us on a playful investigation of unusual materials!  See how artists featured in the Sainsbury Centre collection have used the resources they had to hand, and create your own experimental works using biomaterials.

1030am -1530pm

Purchase ONE family ticket which includes gallery entry, studio activities and materials and a snack for your young person / people.  Please fill in details for all attendees on the same online form.

Our suggested donation is £15 per person attending, up to a maximum of £40 per family.

Free family ticket
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Family Studio: For 5-11 year olds and their families

Pushing Paper

Join James Metsoja for a day of pushing this common material to its limits! Explore how artists use paper and respond to artworks in the Sainsbury Centre Collection with your own family artworks.

1030am -1400pm

Buy one family ticket which includes gallery entry, studio activities and materials and a snack for everyone.

Our suggested donation is £10 per family member attending, up to a maximum of £40 per family.

Free family ticket
£10 family ticket
£15 family ticket
£20 family ticket
£25 family ticket
£30 family ticket
£35 family ticket
£40 family ticket