The Golden Hare | Read Along & Illustration for 7-11yrs
Monday 21 September | 10–11.30am
Free but booking is essential | Tutor Paddy Donnelly
Join award-winning author and illustrator Paddy Donnelly for a magical reading of The Golden Hare. Discover the story behind the book before creating your own imaginative illustrations inspired by its enchanting characters and landscapes
Giant Taste of Causeway Coast & Glens | Chocolate Make & Take Session 1
Saturday 17 October
Session 1: 11–11.30am
Cost £5 per child | Tutor Geri Martin of Chocolate Manor
Calling all mini chocolatiers! Join award-winning chocolatier Geri Martin from Chocolate Manor for a delicious hands-on workshop. Learn how to pipe and decorate two chocolate creations before taking your handmade treats home to enjoy. A fun-filled introduction to the art of chocolate making.
Giant Taste of Causeway Coast & Glens | Chocolate Make & Take Session 2
Saturday 17 October
Session 2: 12.15–12.45pm
Cost £5 per child | Tutor Geri Martin of Chocolate Manor
Calling all mini chocolatiers! Join award-winning chocolatier Geri Martin from Chocolate Manor for a delicious hands-on workshop. Learn how to pipe and decorate two chocolate creations before taking your handmade treats home to enjoy. A fun-filled introduction to the art of chocolate making
Kids Spooky Glass Suncatchers for 8+yrs | Ballymoney
Saturday 17 October | 10am-12noon
Cost £15 | Tutor Natasha Duddy
Ballymoney Town Hall
Children will design and make two Halloween-themed sun catchers to brighten up their windows. Using colourful glass, kids will create their own spooktastic scenes featuring pumpkins, bats, ghosts, spiders, witches and haunted houses. They’ll learn how to safely layer glass, explore colour and composition, and discover how their artwork is transformed in the kiln. Artwork will be professionally kiln-fired and ready for collection at a later date (approx. 7-10 days).
Spooky Gingerbread House for 7–11yrs
Monday 26 October | 11am–1pm
Cost £20 | Tutor Erin Bunting
Get into the Halloween spirit by decorating your very own spooky gingerbread house. With icing, sweets and plenty of creative flair, design an edible masterpiece that's almost too good to eat.
Leaf Printing Laboratory for 7-11yrs
Thursday 29 October | 11am–1pm
Cost £15 | Tutor Linda Mulholland
Explore the colours, textures and patterns of autumn through botanical printmaking. Using real leaves, rollers and vibrant inks, create a collection of striking nature-inspired prints to take home and display.
Enchanted Forest Dioramas for 7-11yrs
Thursday 29 October | 1.30–3.30pm
Cost £15 | Tutor Linda Mulholland
Build a magical miniature woodland filled with moss, bark, stones and natural treasures. Design winding pathways, secret hideaways and tiny creatures as you create your own enchanted forest to treasure.
Not-So-Scary Halloween Art Club for 7-10yrs | Ballycastle
Thursday 29 & Friday 30 October | 11am-1pm
Cost £20
Sheskburn Recreation Centre, Ballycastle
Sign your little ghostie and monsters up for some Halloween magic in these workshops where they’ll make masks, goodie bags and more in time for a spooktastic weekend trick or treating.
Not-So-Scary Halloween Art Club for 7-10yrs | Feeny Community Centre
Thursday 29 & Friday 30 October | 11am-1pm
Cost £20
Feeny Community Centre, Feeny
Sign your little ghostie and monsters up for some Halloween magic in these workshops where they’ll make masks, goodie bags and more in time for a spooktastic weekend trick or treating.
Guardian Owl Ceramic Lanterns for 7-11yrs
Saturday 7 November | 11-1pm
Cost £20 | Tutor Fiona Shannon
Sculpt a beautiful ceramic owl lantern complete with feather textures and glowing cut-out details. Once fired, your handmade owl becomes a magical lantern illuminated with a battery tea light.
Artist Workshops for Schools | Drawing as Research
Wednesday 11 & Thursday 12 November
Morning or afternoon sessions available (90 mins) | Free | Tutor Mhairi Sutherland
Schools: please call 028 7776 0310 to enquire and reserve your preferred session.
Begin with a guided tour of the Echoes exhibition at Roe Valley Arts Centre before exploring drawing as a creative research tool. Through techniques including frottage, continuous line, observational drawing and rapid sketching, students will develop new ways of seeing and recording, taking home their own finished artwork at the end of the session.
Suitable for Secondary Schools. Bookable on a first come basis.
Artist Workshops for Schools | Mapping Minerals: From Sediments to Sculpture Through Ecosomatics
Wed 11-Fri 13 November
Morning or afternoon sessions available (2 hrs) | Free | Tutor: Gail Mahon | Schools: please call 028 7776 0310 to enquire and reserve your preferred session.
Explore the Echoes exhibition at Roe Valley Arts Centre through movement, clay and mineral pigments in this immersive workshop with artist Gail Mahon. Students will investigate the connections between geology, place and creative practice using embodied research, sensory exploration and hands-on making, contributing to a collective archive inspired by the exhibition.
Suitable for Secondary Schools (Key Stage 5), Further & Higher Education. Bookable on a first come basis.
The Moon Keeper’s Workshop for 7-11yrs
Saturday 28 November | 11am–1pm
Cost £15 | Tutor Linda Mulholland
Inspired by moonlight and star-filled skies, create shimmering moons, constellation art, lanterns and magical keepsakes using metallic finishes and beautiful mixed media techniques.
Fused Glass Christmas Decorations for 7-11yrs
Saturday 19 December | 11am–1pm
Cost £20 | Tutor Natasha Duddy
Guided by glass artist Natasha Duddy, children will design and create festive hanging decorations to brighten the Christmas tree or give as a handmade gift.
Northern Skies Studio | A Winter Art Adventure for 7-11yrs
Monday 21 December | 11am–1pm
Cost £15 | Tutor Linda Mulholland
Take inspiration from snowy landscapes, glowing skies and frosty winter evenings to create an atmospheric artwork using pastels, paint and mixed media.
