Craft Club: Slime! at Jam Cafe
2025-07-28 13:30 - 15:30 UTC | JAM Cafe, 33 Southgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DP
Come get crafty and make a series of different slimes!

Tickets cost £6.50. Book your space here.

Summer Art Club: Make a Life-Sized Cutout at Pallant House Gallery
2025-07-31 11:00 - 14:00 | Pallant House Gallery, 9 North Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1TJ
Follow in the footsteps of artist Lubaina Himid, creating a fabulous life-sized figure of your own.
In this Summer Art Club workshop, Artist Educator Louise Dennis will help you create your very own, life-sized, stand up, decorated figure from card. We will gain inspiration by visiting Lubaina Himid’s figures on display in our exhibition, Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists, before returning to the studio to start our own masterpieces. There will be an opportunity to decorate your figure with a range of collaged materials and paint to bring your character to life!
What is Summer Art Club?
This is a series of studio workshops for children, exploring a range of media in a fun and friendly environment. These workshops are led by experienced artist educators who specialise in working with children and young people. They are designed for children aged 7+ with a selection of dates across the summer holidays.
Parents or carers are not required to stay for these workshops, although you are welcome to do so should you prefer.
Please provide a packed lunch for your child.
There are six sessions to choose from. Pay £22 per session or mix and match any three for £60. Just add your selected workshops to the basket and the discount will be applied at checkout.
See the full range of Summer Art Club workshops here

Summer Art Club: Modroc Masterpiece at Pallant House Gallery
2025-08-01 11:00 - 14:00 | Pallant House Gallery, 9 North Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1TJ
Design and build your own 3D relief painting inspired by Mary Fedden’s Still Life with Artichoke (1972).
Artist Educator Louise Dennis will lead this Summer Art Club workshop, using one of the Gallery’s most popular paintings, Mary Fedden’s Still Life with Artichoke (1972), as inspiration for crafting your own relief painting using recycled materials and Modroc modelling materials. Modroc is bandage infused with plaster- it dries quickly, can be moulded in many ways and is a brilliant material to use for creating artworks with a 3-D effect. After construction we will use paints and collage materials to add colour and really bring our artwork to life!
What is Summer Art Club?
This is a series of studio workshops for children, exploring a range of media in a fun and friendly environment. These workshops are led by experienced artist educators who specialise in working with children and young people. They are designed for children aged 7+ with a selection of dates across the summer holidays.
Parents or carers are not required to stay for these workshops, although you are welcome to do so should you prefer.
Please provide a packed lunch for your child.
There are six sessions to choose from. Pay £22 per session or mix and match any three for £60. Just add your selected workshops to the basket and the discount will be applied at checkout.
See the full range of Summer Art Club workshops here

Make your own Shippam's Sandwich Hanging Mobile at The Novium Museum
2025-08-06 10:30 - 14:00 | Novium Musuem, 1 Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1QH, United Kingdom
What would you put in your perfect sandwich?
Shippam’s was once known as the “Ace of Pastes” – now it’s your turn to create a colourful hanging mobile filled with your dream ingredients!
10.30am – 2pm | Free | Drop In

Children’s Wheel Throwing Workshop at Biscuit Pottery
2025-08-08 10:30 - 16:00 | Biscuit Pottery, 16 The Hornet, Drapers Yard, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7JG
Half an hour wheel throwing workshop for 8 – 14 year olds.
During this workshop your child will learn the very basics of wheel throwing to make a cylinder or bowl.
At the end of the workshop they will get to choose their favourite pot and it will be taken away to be fired, dipped in a clear glaze and fired again ready to collect in approximately 4 – 6 weeks from our studio. Additional pots can be purchased at £6 each.
There will be a maximum of 4 children attending this workshop, each with their own dedicated potters wheel.
Available in 30 minute slots from 10.30am-3:30pm. Cost – £15. Book your space here.

Craft Club: Tie Dye Party! at Jam Cafe
2025-08-11 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-08-11 13:00 - 15:00 | JAM Cafe, 33 Southgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DP
Tie Dye Party! Bring your own t-shirt or tie dye your own tote bag!
£6.00 if you bring your own or £8.00 if you use one of ours.
Book your ticket here.

Family Geology Day at The Novium Museum
2025-08-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Novium Musuem, 1 Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1QH, United Kingdom
Have you got any fossils, rocks or minerals that you want identified?
Do you want to hear about where these can be found? Where can you collect fossils around Chichester?
Join members of the West Sussex Geological Society at The Novium Museum on Saturday, 16 August to learn more. With incredible specimens to see, expert knowledge and advice, craft activities, and books and specimens also available to buy, this day is ideal for the whole family.
10am – 4pm, free of charge, no need to book

Canopy on Crane Street | Creative Beatz / Jam Cafe Take Over
2025-08-16 11:00 - 15:00 | Crane Street, Crane Street, Chichester
Join Creative Beatz/Jam Cafe as they take over the Canopy on Crane Street on Saturday 16th August 11am to 3pm.

Come and join us with live music from their Young Performers ahead of their performances at Victorious and also a chance to take part in crafting activities!

Learn more about what’s going on in the city for young people and engage in positive activities!

There will even be an option for you to showcase your own talent as they host an open mic at 1pm!

Make a Bug House Workshop at Biscuit Pottery
2025-08-16 13:30 - 16:00 | Biscuit Pottery, 16 The Hornet, Drapers Yard, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7JG
Come and join us for a bug house workshop.
Build your own special house for all the bugs and insects in your garden. You will roll out slabs of clay to build your house and then build in different nooks and crannies ready to pop in your dried leaves, old wood etc to make special hiding places for all the creepy crawlies.
You can make your little bug house really special by adding decorative detail using slips and underglazes and then we will take it away to glaze and fire it for you to make it ready to put in your garden.
Suitable for 8 years and above
This workshop costs £25 and can be booked here.

Listeners Lounge at Jam Cafe
2025-08-16 19:00, 2025-09-20 19:00 | JAM Cafe, 33 Southgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DP
Join Jam Cafe every third Saturday of the month for their listeners lounge where they’ll have 3 talented artists performing.
Doors at 7pm
Tickets-
Adults – £3
Under 18s- Free

Craft Club: Kaleidescopes at Jam Cafe
2025-08-18 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-08-18 13:00 - 15:00 | JAM Cafe, 33 Southgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DP
Come create your own colourful sparkly Kaleidescopes!
Tickets cost £5 and can be purchased here.

Craft Club: Pebble Painting at Jam Cafe
2025-08-20 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-08-20 13:00 - 15:00 | JAM Cafe, 33 Southgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DP
A lovely craft club of rock painting!
Tickets cost £5 and can be purchased here.

Make your own Shippam's Advertising Poster at The Novium Museum
2025-08-20 10:30 - 14:00 | Novium Musuem, 1 Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1QH, United Kingdom
Take inspiration from Shippam’s famous bold and quirky adverts to create your own vintage-style poster.
From flying paste pots to talking sardines, we’ll help you get creative with our archive materials.
10.30am – 2pm | Free | Drop In

Make a Fairy House Workshop at Biscuit Pottery
2025-08-22 10:30 - 13:00 | Biscuit Pottery, 16 The Hornet, Drapers Yard, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7JG
Come and join us for a hand building workshop making your own fairy house for the garden.
Using white Stoneware clay you will build your house using the slab method and it will be both water and frost proof so it can live in the garden all year round.
You will have lots of clay to add detail to your house and we have a wide selection of slips and underglazes for you to decorate so you can make your house really special to you.
This workshop costs £30 and can be booked here.

Board Games for Families at Chichester Library
2025-08-23 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-27 09:00 - 16:00 | Chichester Library, Tower Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO191QJ
Drop in to play board games with other families every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, 9.00am-4.00pm.
Please contact Chichester Library for more details.

Chichester's Emergency Services & Community Day
2025-08-24 10:00 - 16:00 | Oaklands Park
FREE Entry – Donations WelcomeCome and enjoy a fantastic day out for the whole family as we celebrate the amazing work of our emergency services and community partners! Live demonstrations Emergency and military vehicles on display Meet crews from Fire, Police, Ambulance, Coastguard, RNLI, the Armed Forces, Royal Navy, and RAF Family fun zone, food court, stalls, music, stage shows, and local charities Dog training area – bring your well-behaved dogs along to join the fun! Careers & recruitment stands Interactive activities and competitionsThis is your chance to get up close with the services that keep our communities safe while enjoying a day packed with excitement, learning, and entertainment.We would love to see you there!

The Hole in the Wall Street Party!
2025-08-24 12:00 - 20:00 | The Hole in the Wall, 1 St Martins Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1NP
Join us for our legendary street parties featuring live music, 25+ beers & ciders, quality street food, and Chichester’s vibrant music scene and local talent!

Make an Artwork Workshop at Pallant House Gallery
2025-08-25 13:30 - 15:00 | Pallant House Gallery, 9 North Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1TJ
Carve your own mini soap sculpture inspired by Barbara Hepworth’s Single Form, Nocturne (1968).

Adults must accompany their children throughout this workshop. Please note, this workshop is designed to allow enough time for everyone to complete their artwork – some children may not require the full 1.5 hours.
This session is suitable for children aged 5+.
Why not make a day of it and take part in our morning Meet an Artwork too?
This workshop costs £7.50 and can be booked here.

Summer Art Club: Sculpting Clay Faces at Pallant House Gallery
2025-08-27 11:00 - 14:00 | Pallant House Gallery, 9 North Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1TJ
Be inspired by everything from famous portraits to church gargoyles to mould a face in clay, adding lots of features to create a truly unique portrait!
Join Artist Educator Helen Friend for this Summer Art Club workshop exploring clay techniques. You will start by visiting the Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists exhibition at the Gallery. This will inspire us to start drawing faces, thinking about the different shapes of each feature (eyes, nose, mouth) and all of the details on the face, such as eyelashes, eyebrows and even moustaches and beards!
We will be using hand-building techniques and clay modelling tools to help us create our wonderful air dry clay portraits. Adding lots of detail to our faces, such as crazy hairstyles or magnificent hats will make them look even more fabulous!
What is Summer Art Club?
This is a series of studio workshops for children, exploring a range of media in a fun and friendly environment. These workshops are led by experienced artist educators who specialise in working with children and young people. They are designed for children aged 7+ with a selection of dates across the summer holidays.
Parents or carers are not required to stay for these workshops, although you are welcome to do so should you prefer.
Please provide a packed lunch for your child.
There are six sessions to choose from. Pay £22 per session or mix and match any three for £60. Just add your selected workshops to the basket and the discount will be applied at checkout.
Click here for the full range of Summer Art Club workshops

Summer Art Club: Prints and Pieces Collagraph at Pallant House Gallery
2025-08-28 11:00 - 14:00 | Pallant House Gallery, 9 North Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1TJ
Learn how to create a series of beautiful images using a printing technique called collagraph*.
Artist Educator Helen Friend will lead you through this Summer Art Club workshop, exploring patterns, shapes and forms from works in our collection and using them as inspiration to create our own unique design for a collagraph block. We might choose to arrange our patterns and shapes to resemble a face, or a landscape, or we might want to make a wonderful decorative pattern out of them.
Once our collagraph blocks are made, we will then print them onto a range of different papers, using specialist printing inks, to create wonderfully unique works of art.
* A collagraph is a collage of materials of various textures glued on to a printing plate. The plate is often made of thin wood or card.
What is Summer Art Club?
This is a series of studio workshops for children, exploring a range of media in a fun and friendly environment. These workshops are led by experienced artist educators who specialise in working with children and young people. They are designed for children aged 7+ with a selection of dates across the summer holidays.
Parents or carers are not required to stay for these workshops, although you are welcome to do so should you prefer.
Please provide a packed lunch for your child.
There are six sessions to choose from. Pay £22 per session or mix and match any three for £60. Just add your selected workshops to the basket and the discount will be applied at checkout.
Click here for the full range of Summer Art Club workshops

Summer Art Club: Tiny Worlds Photography at Pallant House Gallery
2025-08-29 11:00 - 14:00 | Pallant House Gallery, 9 North Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1TJ
Join us for this Summer Art Club workshop – a photoshoot with a difference!
This Summer Art Club workshop will be led by Artist Educator Helen Friend, who will help you design your own tiny worlds complete with teeny, tiny people whilst learning about how to capture your creations on camera.
Imagine you are a tiny person living in a magical world, where there are broccoli trees and cereal bowl swimming pools full of Cheerio rubber rings!
You can create your own unique world, using everyday objects and favourite foods to build your imaginative landscapes. Then take a photoshoot of your hand-made scenes to show all your friends and family!!
All materials, miniature figures and camera will be provided by the Gallery to capture your images.
What is Summer Art Club?
This is a series of studio workshops for children, exploring a range of media in a fun and friendly environment. These workshops are led by experienced artist educators who specialise in working with children and young people. They are designed for children aged 7+ with a selection of dates across the summer holidays.
Parents or carers are not required to stay for these workshops, although you are welcome to do so should you prefer.
Please provide a packed lunch for your child.
There are six sessions to choose from. Pay £22 per session or mix and match any three for £60. Just add your selected workshops to the basket and the discount will be applied at checkout.
Click here for the full range of Summer Art Club workshops

Craft Club: Summer Scrapbook at Jam Cafe
2025-08-30 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-08-30 13:00 - 15:00 | JAM Cafe, 33 Southgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DP
Bring along any bits and pieces that remind you of your summer holidays and crate into your very own scrapbook!
Tickets cost £5 and can be purchased here.

Open Day at Pallant House Gallery
2025-09-13 10:00 - 17:00 | Pallant House Gallery, 9 North Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1TJ
Visit our exhibitions for FREE
Find out more about our incredible collection of art with our Highlights of the Collection tours
Let our Curatorial team unveil the fascinating stories behind some of our artworks in our Library Show and Tell
Join our Artist Educators for a range of fun, drop-in creative activities suitable for all ages
Discover the story of our Gallery and Historic House with our Secrets of Pallant House Gallery guided tour
Take part in our Portrait Challenge, where we’ll be asking you to draw a portrait with a difference!

Whether you’re a seasoned art lover or just curious, there’s something for everyone. Bring your friends, bring your family, and most importantly—bring your imagination!
No booking required. Just turn up and enjoy!

Shippam's Family Day at The Novium Museum
2025-09-20 11:00 - 15:00 | Novium Musuem, 1 Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1QH, United Kingdom
Celebrate the story of one of Chichester’s most iconic businesses at our Shippam’s Family Day – a fun, hands-on event suitable for all ages.
Children can enjoy themed craft activities inspired by the Shippam’s brand, while grown-ups can explore fascinating stories and share memories of a local company that left a lasting impression on generations.
Handle real objects from the Shippam’s archive, dive into family-friendly heritage trails, and take part in memory-sharing sessions that bring the past to life. No need to book – just drop in and join the fun!
11am – 3pm | Free | Drop In
