Learning Events

Banner for the Planet

1300-1500

Sainsbury Centre Dialogue Space (East End Gallery)

Join Parents for Future and the Sainsbury Centre Learning team for collaborative mindful craft-making and discussion. How can we turn climate anxiety into climate action, creating a hopeful world for our children? 

This FREE event is aimed at parents, grandparents and carers, but children are welcome. Let us know you are coming by signing up here.

Dates:

Saturday 14 June

Saturday 12 July

Saturday 13 September

Saturday 18 October

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 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

Join us for a special Sculpture Park tour planned especially for a younger audience. This guided tour will lead you on an outdoor journey where you will meet a few of the works most popular with our young visitors. There will be activities and stories along the way.

Places are limited and booking is essential. Please reserve one free space for each child who will be taking part.

All ages are welcome, but this tour is particularly suitable for 7 to 11 year-olds. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Please come dressed for the weather and for walking on uneven ground.

11am to 12pm 

Location: Sainsbury Centre Sculpture Park, meet at gallery reception.

Dates:                 

Saturday 21 June, Chris Jones

Saturday 19 July, Carol Hinds

Friday 8 August, Carol Hinds

Thursday 21 August, Polly Gould

Term-time workshops for parents, carers, and preschool children of all ages. Take part in relaxed guided exploration followed by multisensory play with a Sainsbury Centre artist. Book from the beginning of each month on our website. Suitable for 0-5 years old, accompanied by an adult. 

Babies with an older sibling do not require a ticket.

Bursary places are available for families on a low income. Email Rach:  Rachel.Anstey@uea.ac.uk 

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. Young Associates is open to all aged 16-25 who would like to try out new ideas and join a network of new collaborators.

Term-time workshops for parents, carers, and preschool children of all ages. Take part in relaxed guided exploration followed by multisensory play with a Sainsbury Centre artist. Book from the beginning of each month on our website. Suitable for 0-5 years old, accompanied by an adult. 

Babies with an older sibling do not require a ticket.

Bursary places are available for families on a low income. Email Rach:  Rachel.Anstey@uea.ac.uk 

Term-time workshops for parents, carers, and preschool children of all ages. Take part in relaxed guided exploration followed by multisensory play with a Sainsbury Centre artist. Book from the beginning of each month on our website. Suitable for 0-5 years old, accompanied by an adult. 

Babies with an older sibling do not require a ticket.

Bursary places are available for families on a low income. Email Rach:  Rachel.Anstey@uea.ac.uk 

Term-time workshops for parents, carers, and preschool children of all ages. Take part in relaxed guided exploration followed by multisensory play with a Sainsbury Centre artist. Book from the beginning of each month on our website. Suitable for 0-5 years old, accompanied by an adult. 

Babies with an older sibling do not require a ticket.

Bursary places are available for families on a low income. Email Rach:  Rachel.Anstey@uea.ac.uk 

Young Artists' Studio (7-11)

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