Keith Haring Pop Shop V
Week Start : June 2nd 2025
This week we are celebrating Keith Haring's 'Pop Shop' Series of work, our artists will think about human expressions and the world around them.
Keith Haring was born in America in the 1950's. He moved to New York and loved to visit Museums and draw people, animals and spaceships! He lived in the same neighbourhood as other great artists like Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat.
In New York in the 1980's lots of people drew all over the trains and sometimes Haring got told off for drawing on things that he wasn't supposed to! Haring became very famous and soon his paintings were too expensive for most people to buy. Haring opened an art shop called the 'pop shop' selling his art on things like badges and posters so everyone could have fun enjoying his work.
One time Haring worked with 1000 kids on a project drawing the Statue of Liberty
Keith Haring was a member of the LGBTQ+ community and set up a foundation to help save people from a disease called AIDs before he died in 1988.
Find out more at the Keith Haring Foundation website.
Art Club Explore +
For Keith Haring week we'll be making our own zoetrope cartoons using figures made in the style of Haring's Pop Shop world. Take home your cartoon strips and follow our blog to build your own zoetrope at home.
Built for families! This is our simplest Art Club aimed at the lower primary years, helping our younger children explore materials, textures, colours, shapes, mark making and help them to start understanding how things work. Kids aged 4+ and their adults work together in these sessions. Older children are also welcome and will likely find be engaged. This class is not suitable for pre-schoolers or littles who like to explore with their mouths.
Time 3:45 - 5pm Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. (All sessions the same)
Club price £6 per person *please include an adult ticket with children under 8.
Art Club Creative Kids
For Keith Haring week we'll be making our own zoetrope's and simple cartoons in the style of Haring's Pop Shop world. Take home your zoetrope and wow your family!
Built for families! This Art Club is aimed more towards key stage 2/upper primary years. Kids aged 7+ can be dropped off at this class or accompanied by an adult to work together. Children under 7 are welcome but must come with a paying adult, they are likely to find this class a little more challenging and need a spare pair of hands or help understanding bigger concepts. This class is not suitable for pre-schoolers or littles who like to explore with their mouths.
Time 5pm - 6pm Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. (All sessions the same)
Club price £6 per person *please include an adult ticket with any children under 8.
Pre-school Play with Keith Haring and PRIDE Themes
Arts activities built for our pre-schoolers! These sessions are aimed towards kids who are just getting about and exploring!! They are past the putting everything in their mouth stage, like to move about and are ready to put their fine motor skills to the test! Each child must be supervised by their adult, come and play together, meet other families and have fun getting messy and artsy (without all the prep or clean up!)
We encourage: learning to use scissors, glue, painting, mixing slime, and sorting small pieces into colours, themes and patterns. Age guide 3 - 5.
Tuesday - Box World. Every Tuesday visit our cardboard box land, always themed to our artist of the week. Play and leave your mark in this little world.
Wednesday - Sensory Zone. Every Wednesday tickle your senses by playing and learning in sensory zones themed to our artist of the week. Small parts are part of this experience, children to be supervised by their adults at all times.
Thursday - Mark Making. Every Thursday get messy making marks, this session allows littles to let their hair down and explore texture creation and colour mixing. Activities are always themed to our artist of the week.
Opens 9.30am - 1pm : secure a place by booking ahead or just rock up.
Session price £6 per person. Under 2's free with 2 paid tickets.