Families and Children

FAMILIES AND Please visit our website where you can book online: Orleans House Gallery www.richmond.gov.uk/arts or call 020 8831 6000 Riverside, Twickenham TW13DJ

For more information contact [email protected] Stables Gallery Opening Times: Tuesday - Sunday 10am-5pm CHILDREN SEN We strive to create an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone. If you or your child have additional needs please contact Autumn 2016 at Orleans House Gallery us for more information on how we can make your visit suit you. North Stables Café Opening Times: Tuesday - Sunday 10am-5pm Contact us if you would like more information about free places on our families programme for those with additional needs, seeking St Margaret’s (15 minute walk) work or otherwise eligible. Twickenham (25 minute walk)

Richmond Buses from Richmond Station: 33, 490, H22, R68, R70

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Family Explorers at OSO Arts Centre, Barnes 0-5 We offer a year-round programme of exciting creative activities for children Drop-in - Thursday Mornings during term time, 10am-12pm years aged from babies to teens, and their families, both at Orleans House Gallery, £6 per first child and £3 for siblings and at outreach locations around the borough of Richmond. This includes Based on the Early Years National Curriculum these relaxed and varied sessions weekly sessions for families with babies and children under 5, weekend family use arts and crafts activities, songs, stories, drama and imaginative play, collage, workshops, after school art clubs, holiday workshops and annual events. mark making, painting, music, soft play and multisensory toys to allow adults and Our family programme aims to engage all children and their families with the children to have fun exploring a different theme each week! arts in a creative and informal way and we are inclusive to additional needs and disabilities. Free or discounted places are available to families who might need them most. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for more information on this, or any of our family programme.

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SeeSaw at Orleans House Gallery 0-5 Coach House or the Stables Gallery years Drop-in Every Friday Morning, term time and holidays, 10.30am-12.30pm £6 per first child and £3 for siblings Learn, play, and explore together in these multi-sensory art sessions designed to OSO Arts Centre, The Whittaker Ellis Suite at the Old Town Hall, encourage creativity, curiosity and develop communication and social interaction. 49 Station Road, Barnes, SW13 OLF Richmond, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond, TW9 1TP Drop-in and enjoy collage, mark making, painting, and nursery rhymes with exciting parachute games and a story-time.

Sunday Afternoon Art at Orleans House Gallery Age Dad Day at the Old Town Hall, Richmond Coach House, opposite the café 4+ Whitaker Ellis Suite, inside the Old Town Hall under Drop-in First Sunday of every month term, time and holidays, 2pm-3.30pm Drop-in – the Second Saturday of every month, 10am-12pm 10s £4 per first child and £1.50 for siblings £6 per first child and £3 for siblings

Join us at Orleans House Gallery for a series of drop-in, creative art sessions Drop-in for playful artist-led workshops especially for dads and male carers and for all the family on Sunday afternoons. The sessions encourage a relaxed and their babies/children up to ten! Explore different themes and techniques including inspiring environment for everyone to make art together, whilst engaging with animation, sculpture, collage, construction, painting, and more, all inspired by the the exhibition themes. current exhibition next door in the Riverside Gallery. Draw & Explore - Family Art Walks All the at Orleans House Gallery family Coach House, Gallery Grounds and Woods ART CLUB Selected Sundays 10:30am - 1pm FREE (booking is essential) Mondays Art Explorers for 5-10s 3.45pm-5pm 4 week course for ages 6 -11 18th Sept, 25th Sept, 2nd Oct & 9th Oct Wednesdays Art Adventurers for 5-8s 3.45pm-5pm 3.45pm-5pm Young Artists for 8-12s 4 week course for ages 2 - 6 16th Oct, 23rd Oct, 30th Oct & 6th Nov Evening Artists for 5-10s 4.30pm-5.45pm Thursdays This exciting new series of family art walks will set off from Orleans House 4.30pm-5.45pm 10:15s for 10-15s Gallery and adventure to a different local area each week. The whole family will create drawings and artworks inspired by nature and local heritage as we go. After school art clubs run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and Fridays for ages ranging from 5 to 15. Exciting weekly workshops offer budding young artists the opportunity to explore a broad range of artistic media and Week 1: Orleans House Woods & nature practice with our experienced gallery artists. Week 2: The River & York House Gardens Week 3: Marble Hill & Turner’s House Week 4: Orleans House Gallery Transformation OCTAGON CLUB

Tuesdays for 11-17s with additional needs 4pm-6pm Hidden History: The Story of the Lost Library at Orleans House Gallery All the Octagon Club is a weekly creative session for young people with learning family disabilities and additional needs. We offer budding young artists the Coach House, Gallery Grounds and Woods opportunity experiment with exciting materials, work with artists, visit Selected Saturdays 2pm - 4pm exhibitions, develop their creative confidence and communication skills. FREE (booking is essential) 4 week course for ages 6 -11 For more information or to join any of our club please get in touch at [email protected] or call 02088316000. 15th Oct, 22nd Oct, 29th Oct & 5th Nov Booking is essential and there is a waiting list. Families are invited to explore the woodland surrounding Orleans House Gallery to uncover the hidden history of the lost library. A professional writer will encourage you to play with words to create your own stories, poems and artworks inspired by the lost library.

Creative dance classes for under 5s Enjoy your child’s special celebration in a unique location surrounded 1-5 by creativity! at Orleans House Gallery years Coach House, opposite the café For all of our imaginative art parties you and your child can choose Drop-in Saturdays until 3rd Dec, 10am - 11am from five fun themes inspired by the history of Orleans House Gallery £10 per session (sibling discount of 50% off for second child) and the culture of the local area. Join DanceWest at Orleans House Gallery for creative classes suitable for children aged 1 to 5 years. Each class is delivered in a playful environment with Parties are adapted to suit age groups from babies to 12 years. the support of the parent or carer.

Please email Heather Whitt at [email protected] for bookings and information. FRIDAYS SUNDAYS

Sunday Afternoon Art, Seesaw, Drop in for 4 upwards MONDAYS Drop in for under 5s 2pm-3.30pm THURSDAYS 10.30am-12.30pm 2nd October - Big Draw! Family Explorers, 6th November - Autumn Adventure! at OSO Barnes. Drop in for under 5s SATURDAYS 4th December - Festive Fun! After-school Art Club, 10am -12pm Family Explorers weekly themes: Art Explorers for 5-10s Hidden History: The Story of the Lost Draw & Explore - Family Art Walks, 3.45pm-5pm 27th October - Happy Halloween Library, For all the family 3rd November - Fireworks Night For all the family 10.30am-1pm 10th November - Under the Sea 2pm - 4pm Ages 6 -11: 18th, 25th Sept, 2nd, 9th Oct 17th November - Dinosaurs 15th, 22nd, 29th Oct & 5th Nov Ages 2 - 6: 16th, 23rd, 30th Oct, 6th Nov TUESDAYS 24th November - Space Adventure 1st December - Teddy Bear’s Picnic Creative Dance Classes for Under 5s 8th December - Festive Fun Drop in for1 - 5s Octagon Club, Christmas Holidays 10am-11am Holidays! For 11-17s with additional needs Until 3rd Dec 4pm-6pm We have After-school Art Club, workshops during Evening Artists for 5-10s every school holiday. 4.30pm-5.45pm Dad Day, at Richmond Old Town Hall. Pick up a Holiday WEDNESDAYS Drop in for Dads & children under 10 After-school Art Club, Activity brochure 10:15s for 10-15s SECOND SATURDAY of the month 10am-12pm, After-school Art Club, 4.30pm-5.45pm 8th October - Printing Portraits for full details! Art Adventurers for 5-8s 12th November - Special Stories 3.45pm-5pm 10th December - Festive Prints Santa! Ages 4+ After-school Art Club, Save the date! Young Artists for 8-12s 3.45pm-5pm Sunday 11th December

Santa returns for his annual visit to Orleans House Gallery. Join the festive fun, create Christmas activities, and get your gift from Santa in person