Create a personalised portrait pot with ceramicist Catherine Claasen. Join us for a hands-on ceramics workshop where you’ll design and craft a unique clay cylinder, bringing it to life with expressive facial features inspired by portraiture. Under the expert guidance of ceramicist Catherine Claasen, you’ll learn essential pottery techniques and explore the use of colourful […]
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 […]
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 […]
Join us for creative workshops suitable for all the family. Take part in a creative and relaxed workshop session inspired by art from our collections and exhibitions. Whether it is block printing or creating a collage, these activities are suitable for all ages and abilities and make a wonderful addition to a family day out! […]
Join us for an engaging workshop focused on the expressive possibilities of pastel portraiture, led by award-winning artist Wendy Barratt. You’ll work from a life model and receive expert guidance on drawing techniques when making a portrait in pastel, as well as embracing the expressive nature and textures the medium can bring to your work. […]
Creative Conversations is an opportunity to look at and discuss selected art works at Pallant House Gallery. Share your thoughts and enjoy hearing other people’s responses. There are no right answers; all thoughts and ideas make a valuable contribution to the discussion. Creative Conversations is open to all and is dementia friendly. Sessions are organised […]
You will use Lucian Freud’s Wanted Poster (2001) as inspiration to design your own fabulous ‘Wanted’ pet portrait! In this Summer Art Club workshop, you will join artist Louise Dennis where you will learn how to create a printed ‘Wanted’ poster, using etching tools, recycled Tetra Pak cartons and lots of imagination! Maybe your pet will be […]
Join author Peter Parker, in conversation with Gallery Director Simon Martin, as they discuss Peter’s book Some Men in London. This two-volume anthology chronicles the history and reality of life for queer men in the capital between the end of the Second World War in 1945 and the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. Several artists […]
Inspired by Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists, artists in the Gallery’s Community Programme have reimagined their own self-portraits. Now in its 23rd year, Pallant House Gallery’s Community Programme continues to thrive. This season, visitors are able to discover more about the people who are part of this pioneering initiative through Hand-Made, a collection of 120 photographic portraits. […]
Creative Conversations is an opportunity to look at and discuss selected art works at Pallant House Gallery. Share your thoughts and enjoy hearing other people’s responses. There are no right answers; all thoughts and ideas make a valuable contribution to the discussion. Creative Conversations is open to all and is dementia friendly. Sessions are organised […]
Discover the relationships that shaped the last 120 years of British Art in this remarkable portrait exhibition. This major exhibition brings together over 150 works that explore artistic relationships, identity, and mutual influence in modern and contemporary British art. Spanning 125 years, it showcases paintings, prints, drawings, photography, sculpture, and installations that capture the distinctive gaze between creative peers. Featuring over 80 artists including Lucian Freud, Lubaina Himid, David Hockney, Lee Miller, Eric Ravilious, Paula Rego and many more, the exhibition unveils friendships and emulation, as well as homages to earlier artists, through intimate portrayals. From rare portraits of celebrated figures to new commissions, discover connections that have shaped British art and new perspectives on artistic circles, from the Bloomsbury Group to the Young […]
Creative Conversations is an opportunity to look at and discuss selected art works at Pallant House Gallery. Share your thoughts and enjoy hearing other people’s responses. There are no right answers; all thoughts and ideas make a valuable contribution to the discussion. Creative Conversations is open to all and is dementia friendly. Sessions are organised […]