Things To Do
We want as many people as possible to be involved with the exhibitions and activities at the museums so here are a few things that you can do from home. Including:
- Like Love Poetry
- Design your own Fantasy Creatures
- Make Your own Spongeware
- Get involved with Digital Art
Like Love Poetry
Alongside the ‘Like-Love’ exhibition showing at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery from 3rd July – 31st October, we would like you to share your poems. For the exhibition artist Sonia Boyce explores care and community and the emotions involved with making works of art.
So if you have any poems along these themes, or if you would like to write one, send it in to us at katie.shipley@stoke.gov.uk and we will put it up here on our website.
If you are short of time why not try writing a Haiku poem. A haiku poem consists of 17 syllables separated in to three lines; the first line is 5 syllables, the second is 7 and the third is 5. Just like below:
I care for my friends,
1 2 3 4 5
I care for my family,
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
they all care for me.
1 2 3 4 5
Fantasy Creatures
Inspired by our ‘…and a five legged donkey’ exhibition, 8th May – 5th Sept, that celebrates the centenary of the Contemporary Art Society, we would like you to share with us your fantasy creatures.
One of the pieces of artwork in the exhibition is Laura Ford’s Donkey which, like most of her work, is a fantasy creature made from her imagination. Donkey is based on a dream that she had when she was five years old. Laura Ford makes these creatures out of everyday objects, like fabric or unwanted objects from her studio.
We would welcome anyone, from artists specialising in creating mysterious creatures to museum visitors that would like to have a go, to send us images of their fantasy creatures. Drawing, sculptures, paintings or found objects all welcome. We will put the images and any information to go with them up here on the museum website.
To send us a picture and some text about your fantasy creature either; attach it to an e-mail and send to katie.shipley@stoke.gov.uk. Or send us a printed version to Katie Shipley, The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Bethesda Street, Cultural Quarter, Stoke on Trent, ST1 3DW. Please include a stamped addressed envelope for the return of your photo.
Share Your Spongeware
Inspired by the Emma Bridgewater exhibition at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, 29th May – 26th Sept, we would like you to share your own spongeware. Send us images of your spongeware along with some information about the pattern you have used and we will put them up here on our website.
If you have never had a go at making spongeware but would like to, why not download the ‘How to make spongeware’ document and have a go, be sure to send us images of your results.
Spongeware is a technique for decorating ceramics that was popular in the 19th century. The technique involves using a shaped piece of sponge to apply paint to a piece of pottery, creating a decorative pattern.
To send us a picture of your spongeware either attach it to an e-mail and send to katie.shipley@stoke.gov.uk. Or send us a printed version to Katie Shipley, The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Bethesda Street, Cultural Quarter, Stoke on Trent, ST1 3DW. Please include a stamped addressed envelope for the return of your photo.
Digital Art Exhibition
Leave No Trace is going to be a new and exciting digital art exhibition at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in 2011. If you are interested in digital art and want to be involved have a look at the Leave No Trace Blog, where you will find interesting discussions on the topic of digital art.
