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Family Welcome Weekend

Opening of the Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Category: Creative sessions

Friday, 28 February - Sunday, 2 March 2025

10 am - 8.30 pm

To celebrate the opening of the Roden Centre for Creative Learning, join us for a weekend of creativity and family fun
Family Welcome Weekend

Find a hat, make a hat!

Category: Creative session | Families | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Saturday, 1 March 2025

10 am - 5.30 pm (drop-in)

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

To celebrate the opening of The Roden Centre for Creative Learning, join us for a weekend of creativity and family fun.
Family Welcome Weekend

Decoding pictures tour

Category: Tour | Families, for all ages | Free

First upcoming
Saturday, 1 March 2025

Session times

11 - 11.45 am
2 - 2.45 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

To celebrate the opening of The Roden Centre for Creative Learning, join us for a weekend of creativity and family fun.
Family Welcome Weekend

Lute tour

Category: Tour | Families, ages 5 - 13 | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Saturday, 1 March 2025

12 - 12.50 pm (drop-in)

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

To celebrate the opening of The Roden Centre for Creative Learning, join us for a weekend of creativity and family fun.
Family Welcome Weekend

Baroque busking with easel drawing

Category: Music | Families | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Saturday, 1 March 2025

12 - 5.30 pm (drop-in)

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

To celebrate the opening of The Roden Centre for Creative Learning, join us for a weekend of creativity and family fun.
Family Welcome Weekend

Storytelling with Preacher the Storyteller

Category: Tour | Families, for all ages | Free

First upcoming
Saturday, 1 March 2025

Session times

1 - 1.40 pm
3 - 3.40 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

To celebrate the opening of The Roden Centre for Creative Learning, join us for a weekend of creativity and family fun.
Home-education art session

A creative connection of art, people and ideas

Category: Creative session | Families | Free

Wednesday, 19 March 2025

10.30 am - 12.30 pm, doors open at 10.20 am

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Join Gallery Educator and artist, Joanna Conybeare to explore the Gallery and enjoy a creative session in the the Clore Art Studio

Book now Home-education art session: A creative connection of art, people and ideas
Early years art session

Category: Creative session | Families, under-5s | Free

Monday, 24 March 2025

10.30 am - 12 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Nurturing creativity with hands-on experiences

Book now Early years art session
Early years story session

An adventure through the Gallery with story and rhyme

Category: Creative session | Families, under-5s | Free

Thursday, 3 April 2025

11 am - 12 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Join Gallery Educator and storyteller, Fiona Alderton bringing out the magic in the Gallery and paintings

Book now Early years story session: An adventure through the Gallery with story and rhyme
Easter holidays

Decoding pictures tour

Category: Tour | Families, ages 5 - 13 | Free

First upcoming
Tuesday, 8 April 2025

Session times

11 - 11.50 am
1 - 1.50 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Ask questions and find the answers as our educators help you explore the Gallery
Easter holidays

Velasco's natural world

Category: Creative session | Families, ages 5 - 13 | Free

First upcoming
Tuesday, 8 April 2025

Session times

11 am - 1 pm
2 - 4 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Take inspiration from Velasco’s paintings to create rich colours of nature with natural materials and pigments
Easter holidays

Immersive landscape

Category: Creative session | Families, for all ages | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Tuesday, 8 April 2025

11 am - 4 pm (drop-in)

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Explore the sensations and sounds of nature as if you were there in our immersive Creative Space
Easter holidays

Still life drawing in Velasco's nature

Category: Creative session | Families, for all ages | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Thursday, 10 April 2025

11 am - 4 pm (drop-in)

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Recreate the colours and shapes of Mexico's nature inspired by José María Velasco
Home-education art session

A creative connection of art, people and ideas

Category: Creative session | Families | Free

Thursday, 8 May 2025

10.30 am - 12.30 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Join Gallery Educator and artist Joanna Conybeare for an explore of the gallery and a creative session in the Art Studio

Book now Home-education art session: A creative connection of art, people and ideas
Early years art session

Category: Creative session | Families, under-5s | Free

Monday, 12 May 2025

1.30 - 3 pm

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Nurturing creativity with hands-on experiences

Book now Early years art session
Early years story session

An adventure through the Gallery with story and rhyme

Category: Creative session | Families | Free

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

10 - 11 am

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Join Gallery Educator and storyteller, Fiona Alderton bringing out the magic in the gallery and paintings

Book now Early years story session: An adventure through the Gallery with story and rhyme
May half-term

Family mindful mark making

Category: Creative session | Families, for all ages | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Wednesday, 28 May 2025

11 am - 1 pm (drop-in)

Room 34

Take inspiration from José María Velasco and join our family friendly mark-making sessions
May half-term

Step into Siena

Category: Creative session | Families, for all ages | Free

Various dates, first upcoming
Wednesday, 28 May 2025

11 am - 4 pm (drop-in)

The Roden Centre for Creative Learning

Explore the colours and gold of the artistic period of Siena 1300-1350 in a digital, immersive space

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The Keeper of Paintings and the Palette of Perception

Step into a hidden world of art and magic at the National Gallery