The Public offers a unique setting for learners to be involved in pioneering projects. Focusing on participation and communication skills we provide the opportunity for young people to develop skills and become creatively involved in traditional and digital art forms.

Light Drawing
Learning
Light Drawing
Throughout the year we hold a variety of digital Light Drawing workshops
 

Past Projects

  • A For Animation workshop
    A for Animation workshop
    Fri, 15 Oct
    Inspiring animations.
  • The Public's Portraits
    The Public's Portraits
    Fri, 15 Oct
    What one word describes you?
  • Haunted Art House
    October half term
    Wed, 5 Jan
    Half term creativity!
  • Digital Diwali 2010
    Digital Diwali 2010
    Wed, 5 Jan
    Celebrating the Festival of Light.
  • Winter Grotto
    Winter Grotto
    Mon, 10 Jan
    From 1 December to 9 January a spectacular Winter Grotto was built in the Lower Gallery of The Public.
  • Clay head modelling workshop
    Clay head modelling
    Mon, 28 Feb
    On Wednesday 23 February 2011 a group of aspiring artists took part in a fine art modelling workshop. 
  • Robot Drawing Workshops
    Robot Drawing
    Thu, 5 May
    To celebrate our Art of Invention exhibition over the 2011 Easter holidays we held a number of Robot Drawing Workshops. 
  • Kinetic Corner
    Kinetic Corner
    Fri, 13 May
    During the Easter holidays, visitors to The Public joined us for one of our most ambitious projects to date, helping us make a giant mechanical sculpture that used sticks, pulleys, pipes and power, to create a fantastic spectacle within the gallery.
  • CYBER DESIGNERS
    Cyber Designers
    Wed, 1 Jun
    As part of the May Half Term our young visitors became cyber designers for the day. Working induividually each of our creators designed , drafted and digitally manipulated a collection of robots that both scared us and made us laugh. Taking inspiration from our Out of this Universe exhibition we saw designs of recycled dog-botz through to beserk cyborgs from distant lands. Have a look at our collection above to inspire your own cyber design.
  • Play and Paint Botz
    Play and Paint Botz
    Wed, 1 Jun
    Over the May Half Term our younger audience have had the chance to play and create in our fun filled workshops. In Play and Paint Botz this holiday our visitors made fantastic alien puppets and super sci-fi paintings. During the workshop we help an open photo shoot for people to record their special creations in a cool and creative way. Have a look for your picture in our project gallery above. 
  • Puppet videos
    Puppet video
    Wed, 10 Aug
    On 8 and 9 August we held a special Puppet Video workshop, inviting children of all ages to come and create their owns puppets and film them as they came to life.
  • Squashed kids!
    Tue, 6 Sep
    Over the August Bank Holiday weekend we hosted a number of family friendly workshops as part of the regional Home of Metal Weekender - celebrating Birmingham and the Black Country as the birthplace of Heavy Metal.  The 'Interactive Metal Special' on 1 and 2 Septembed involved kids from across the region coming together to create a special Heavy Metal interactive sculpture using lights, sounds and digital surprises. The 'Squashed Kids' collection formed part of the overall sculpture using traditional and digital arts.