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Barber Home families: an Arty Earthy Easter

An Arty Earthy Easter: Writing Together with Sipho Eric Ndlovu Saturday 10 April, 10 – 11.30am. Free; online via Zoom. Ages 7+ This spring we welcome back spoken word artist and poet, Sipho Eric Ndlovu, for this Arty Earthy Easter online writing workshop designed especially for families. Experience creative writing together and let your imaginations … Read more

Barber Home families: Pop-up Perspectives

Pop-up Perspectives: 3D Landscape Making Thursday 15 April, 10 – 11.30am. Free; online via Zoom. Ages 7+ How does the natural world look from your perspective? Join Rosie, from our Learning and Engagement team, as we reflect on our own unique viewpoints to explore significant places in our memories. In this online family workshop we’ll create … Read more

Memento Mori: Exploring Death & Dying Through Art

Daubigny: Seascape

Memento Mori: Exploring Death & Dying Through Art Friday 14 May, 10am – 12noon. Free; online via Zoom. Artists have always explored death and dying through their art, producing both literal and metaphorical depictions of this universal human theme. Through guided looking, response and group discussion this workshop will use selected works from the Barber’s … Read more

Queering the Collection: Alexander the Great

An evening of film with CineQ & Dr Greg Salter Tuesday 27 July, 7 – 8.30pm Free; online via Zoom We are excited to welcome back CineQ for an evening of queer short film responding to the Barber’s distinctive and characterful Renaissance painting, Alexander the Great by the Master of the Griselda Legend, c.1494, examining … Read more

Drawing Workshop with Hipkiss & Graney

The Lines that Connect Us Wednesday 4 August 2 – 3.30pm (repeated on Sunday 8 August) Free; online via Zoom When we draw, we deconstruct and we contemplate. The act of drawing lets us see how we would like to shape the world… Explore Making a Mark, our summer exhibition of Dutch and Flemish drawings, with … Read more

Drawing Workshop with Hipkiss & Graney

The Lines that Connect Us Sunday 8 August, 2 – 3.30pm (also on Wednesday 4 August) Free; online via Zoom When we draw, we deconstruct and we contemplate. The act of drawing lets us see how we would like to shape the world… Explore Making a Mark, our summer exhibition of Dutch and Flemish drawings, with … Read more

Worm: art +ecology

Worm Art + Ecology logo

Barber Home – online workshop Facilitated by Angela Chan (curator, researcher and artist, also Worm: art + ecology), 7 December 2020. Angela Chan of curatorial project Worm Art +ecology investigated climate and environmental issues throughout art history in the Barber’s own collection. Angela hosted a guided workshop on how we might view and discuss painting, … Read more

The Barber Collective

Barber Home – digital showcase Celebrate the Barber Collective and its collaborators! Find out more about the Barber’s youth programme for 16 – 21 year olds and what they’ve been discovering, thinking about and creating. We showcase two projects with artists Navi Kaur and Hipkiss & Graney which explore far-reaching themes including colonialism, reclaiming histories, … Read more

Create a Camera Obscura

Barber Home – make a camera obscura Did you know you can turn a whole room into a camera obscura? Explore our online exhibition Sights of Wonder by learning more about the Victorian photography of Francis Bedford. Bedford was the first photographer to ever accompany a royal tour. He photographed temples, pyramids, and people along … Read more

Infinite Opera

Barber Home – online resource In March we had the pleasure of hosting an event, Nocturnes: Ethereal Science / Constructing Beauty, exploring Cornwall as Crucible. For this we commissioned Infinite Opera to make a response to the Barber’s recently acquired Constructivist sculpture, Linear Construction in Space No. 1 (1942 – 43), by the Russian artist Naum … Read more

St Ives Scrap Sculptures

Barber Home – family Join artist Benny Semp and become a St Ives sculptor using our downloadable activity pack, inspired by our exhibition Cornwall as Crucible. Learn about the materials and techniques used by artists Barbara Hepworth and Naum Gabo and turn your household scrap materials into amazing Cornish-inspired sculptures! This family activity pack links … Read more

Zine-making with Sarah Taylor Silverwood

Barber Home – make a zine We’re thinking about families… and families come in all shapes and sizes! Inspired by Adriaen van Ostade’s drawing The Child and The Doll, join artist Sarah Taylor Silverwood to make a zine and reflect on time spent with your family, whoever and wherever they may be. Anyone can make a … Read more

Degas Dancers with Becca Randall

Barber Home – Degas dancers Explore movement and learn about ballet poses inspired by artist Edgar Degas. Contemporary dancer Becca Randall has produced three video workshops inspired by the Barber’s bronze ballerina sculptures, Dancer Ready to Dance and Grande Arabesque. The whole family can take part – warm up, try the creative dance game, and … Read more