{"id":1167,"date":"2025-11-28T09:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2026-01-29T09:38:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:38:56","slug":"free-workshops-for-children-and-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2025\/11\/28\/free-workshops-for-children-and-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE WORKSHOPS for children and young people"},"content":{"rendered":"

FREE WORKSHOPS for children and young people<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

On Saturday November 29th, we are offering a series of creative workshops for children and young people to explore who they are. This is a special invitation to Kent colleagues to bring their children and young people to the Learning Lab at the\u00a0Beaney<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Canterbury High St) to explore their own creativity, and to see the\u00a0exhibition This is Me!<\/u><\/strong><\/a>, a creative exhibition from the Living Assessments project in association with the National Children\u2019s Bureau and sponsored by the Wellcome Trust.<\/p>\n

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Times are as follows:<\/p>\n

11-12 Poetry and Writing Workshop<\/p>\n

12:15-13:15 Drawing Workshop<\/p>\n

13:30-14:30 Poetry and Writing Workshop<\/p>\n

14:45-15:45 Drawing Workshop<\/p>\n

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Workshop leaders:<\/p>\n

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Lucy McGeown<\/strong>\u00a0is artist and teacher based in Margate, she is a founding member of London\u00a0Drawing Group which teaches online art classes to an international audience. Lucy’s own work is based on drawing and includes painting and sculpture. She creates abstract work that plays with the rhythms and shapes of buildings and urban architecture.<\/p>\n

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Nell Perry<\/strong>\u00a0is a poet, writer and university lecturer whose work explores themes of voice, work, identity, and human interactions with space and place. They have published five books of poetry and have several more forthcoming in 2026.<\/p>\n

NB: A photographer will be present, but they will not photograph any participants, although we may ask for permission to photograph creative work.<\/p>\n

This is ME! Children and Young People\u2019s Creative Voices – Canterbury Museums & Galleries<\/p>\n

A pop-up art exhibition at The Beaney by children and young people who are disabled or have care experience.<\/p>\n

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NB: A photographer will be present, but they will not photograph any participants, although we may ask for permission to photograph creative work.<\/p>\n

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We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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