Parent & Child Pottery Workshop: Making a Mice Family

Join us at Liberation Art Gallery for a delightful parent and child pottery workshop where you’ll create a charming family of handbuilt ceramic mice together. Designed as a shared creative experience, this workshop invites one adult and one child to collaborate, imagine, and bring their own mice characters to life using clay.

Guided by an experienced facilitator, participants will learn simple, accessible handbuilding techniques to shape mice figures, add expressive details, and create personality through ears, tails, textures, and poses. Families can design a complete mice family together, telling a story through their creations.

This workshop is beginner-friendly and focuses on creativity, storytelling, and connection. Children and parents will work side by side in a supportive gallery setting, with plenty of guidance throughout the session.

The ticket price includes two participants (one parent or caregiver and one child). All materials are provided, and kiln firing and glazing are included, so your finished ceramic mice will be professionally glazed and fired after the workshop. Completed pieces will be ready for collection at a later date.

✨ What’s included:

• Creation of a handbuilt ceramic mice family
• Clay, tools, glazing, and kiln firing
• Guidance in a relaxed, family-friendly environment
• 2 workshops - one handbuilding with clay and one mice painting workshop

✨ Who it’s for:

• One parent or caregiver and one child
• No prior pottery experience required

Note two workshops are included for mice creation. The first session will be 1.5 hours of handbuilding your family of mice with clay. Then your mice will get fired, before booking the next workshop for painting and glazing. Both workshops and firing are included in the ticket cost.

Come and enjoy a playful, hands-on pottery session that celebrates imagination, collaboration, and the joy of making together.

Guided by our in-house ceramics artist, the class encourages personal expression, experimentation, and the development of individual style. Whether you are completely new to ceramics or looking to expand your practice, this course provides the time, space, and instruction needed to grow your skills.

Experience the creative heart of Brighton by joining us at Liberation Art Gallery, nestled in the historic and beautifully winding Lanes. Surrounded by centuries-old architecture and vibrant local culture, this workshop invites you to slow down, explore, and truly take in the charm of the area. Inside the gallery, you’ll be immersed in inspiring artworks, a welcoming atmosphere, and the joy of creating amongst fellow art lovers. It’s not just a workshop—it's a moment of connection, creativity, and appreciation for Brighton’s artistic soul.

All materials are provided, just bring yourself and an old t-shirt to dive into this hands-on experience! No prior experience required. At Liberation Art Gallery CIC, we aim to create an inclusive and relaxing environment for all our workshop participants. Feel free to bring your own refreshments and we are BYOB friendly to enjoy during your session, making your experience even more comfortable and sociable. Our gallery also provides toilet and handwashing facilities, ensuring convenience and ease throughout your visit. With all workshop materials and tools provided, this setup allows you to fully enjoy your creative experience without worrying about additional costs, so you can focus entirely on making art and having fun.

If you'd like to fire your ceramic creation, it's just £5. Items must be collected within 30 days.

You can book in for a paint and glaze session (and 2nd firing) with us to bring your creation to life. We also offer a series of taster sessions, exploring handbuilding, wheel throwing and glazing for beginners to hone their skills. See our Eventbrite page for more info: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/liberation-art-gallery-58882541603

Liberation Art Gallery CIC is a not-for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making creativity accessible for everyone. Nestled in the heart of Brighton, our gallery and creative workshop and art therapy space reinvests all profits directly back into our community programmes, ensuring quality exhibition space for artists and individuals, families, and young people, especially those facing barriers to education, mental health support, or inclusion can access high-quality creative and therapeutic experiences. By joining our workshops and events, you’re not only nurturing your own creativity, but actively helping us deliver free and low-cost art therapy, outreach projects, and wellbeing initiatives to those who need it most.

Cancellation Policy:

We understand.that plans can change, and we do our best to be fair whilst protecting the sustainability of our workshops.

• Cancellations or date changes must be made at least 48 hours before the scheduled.workshops
• Cancellations made within 48 hours of the workshop or non attendance on the day are non-refundable

• As a good-will gesture, we are happy to to offer a transfer to a future workshop of equal value subject to availability when at least 48 hours notice is given
• Workshop credits must be used within 3 months of the original workshop date and cannot be exchanged for cash
• We are unable to offer refunds or workshop transfers for same-day cancellations. As materials, artist fees and staffing are already commited.
• In rare and exceptional circumstances please contact us directly. Any discretion offered is at Liberation Art gallery's discretion.
• Booking a workshop at Liberation Art gallery you agree to our cancellations policy

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