Summer in the Studio
Paper Cities
- Tuesday, 18 August 2026
- Thursday, 20 August 2026
- 11 am - 1 pm (drop-in)
- 2 - 4 pm (drop-in)
Free
Places are limited and allocated on a first come, first served basis. You may be asked to wait at busy times.
This is a family workshop for adults and children to take part in together. No lone adults will be permitted.
The Clore Art Studio is located in the Roden Centre for Creative Learning which can be accessed from Orange Street and Room 18.
About
Join us for a fun creative workshop in the Clore Art Studio and build your own paper city!
Inspired by the canals and winding streets of Canaletto's painting, ‘A Regatta on the Grand Canal’, and the children's artwork in the Take One Picture exhibition. You are invited to learn simple folding and twisting techniques – as well as to invent your own – and design a table-top cityscape full of bustling streets, bridges and waterways.
Our unique and beautiful papers are sourced and reclaimed with sustainable intentions, adding to a city which is entirely your own.
Your Artists
Kevin Christensen is an artist and one of our Gallery Educators. He uses drawing to interpret people, places and history through mark making, gesture and the movement of pen over paper. He translates these drawings into zines and comics to tell new stories, often focused on queer lives and experiences. As an educator, Kevin has encouraged audiences to interpret art and tell their own stories at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, the Farrell Centre, the Laing and Shipley Art Galleries, and the National Gallery.
William Goldsmith is a Gallery Educator at the National Gallery, as well as an author, artist and illustrator. He creates artworks that combine a love of colour and pattern with a playful sense of humour. He has worked with The Royal Opera House, The World of Interiors, Penguin Random House, and The New York Times, and recently as an artist-in-residence at the Archivio Luigi Pericle, in Switzerland.