Year
Show

Keeping Creative at Home: How to travel the world from your sofa

17-07-20
Missing out on a summer holiday this year? Why not take a virtual trip and travel the world from your living room! Programmes Officer Marina Lewis-King shares ideas based on her own adventures during lockdown

Keeping Creative at Home: How to create an immersive art adventure

09-07-20
Artist and arts researcher Sarah B. Davies shares some activities which use artwork as inspiration for learning, exploring and collaborating with your children during home education

Keeping Creative at Home: How to play with time

07-07-20
Stretch time, catch time, and take your time with these fun creative activities from Nimble Fish’s Greg Klerkx

Keeping Creative at Home: Let’s take some photos

29-06-20
Filmmaker & cross-arts facilitator Justin Allder specialises in working with at-risk and vulnerable young people, as well as those with special educational needs. Here he shares some accessible photography activities to try at home

Keeping Creative at Home: How to sail away using storybooks

23-06-20
Pop Up Projects works with children’s authors & illustrators to inspire children's creativity in school. In this blog, they provide some simple ways to bring literature to life at home, alongside some reading recommendations

Keeping Creative at Home: How to reimagine a map of your local area

16-06-20
Elisabeth Del Prete from UP Projects shares some activities to help your children or students discover and map the unusual places in their own neighbourhood

Keeping Creative at Home: How to explore inner & outer space

09-06-20
Shermaine Slocombe and Maria da Luz Ghoumrassi share activities which use objects and places in your home to invent movement and ignite imagination

Keeping Creative at Home: How to create your own clown show

02-06-20
Sam Holdsworth and Halima Habil from Clowns Without Borders share their steps on how to get clowning at home

Keeping Creative at Home: How to get crafty using household materials

26-05-20
Want to get your children or students involved in more making & less screen time? The Craft Council’s Zoe Dennington and Rebecca Goozee share some ideas for crafting at home

Keeping Creative at Home: How to turn your kitchen into a castle

19-05-20
Writer and performer Amy Gwilliam has long sought unusual spaces in which to perform theatre. Here she explores how to create a show in your own home

Keeping Creative at Home: How to get creative with sound

12-05-20
Musician and sound artist Lucy Claire shares a range of creative arts activities which use soundscapes and listening to engage and inspire

Keeping Creative at Home: How to turn your living room into a stage

05-05-20
Simon Batchelor and Paul Andrew, aka The Drama Geezers, share a variety of fun drama activities and games that families can play together at home

Keeping Creative at Home: How to research & make your own art project

27-04-20
Photographer & facilitator Jessica McDermott explores how research can be used to create an original art project and challenge perceptions of what art can be

Keeping Creative at Home: Creative collaboration from a distance

21-04-20
Artist, educator and creative producer Chloe Osborne, and creative learning specialist and teacher Maggie Delwiche have explored new ways to stay creatively connected in this uncertain time. A New Direction have compiled their top picks in a list of easily accessible activities for you to try out

Keeping Creative at Home: Five easy ways into poetry

14-04-20
Alice Watson & Helen Bowell from The Poetry Society share tips for getting young people into reading and writing poetry

Keeping Creative at Home: How to get moving with dance

06-04-20
Choreographer and artist Shermaine Slocombe offers this easy and fun way to create an original dance performance for the whole family using your home or garden and a few simple materials

Keeping Creative at Home: How to transform your home into a museum

31-03-20
Arts researcher and practitioner Sarah B Davies outlines ideas for creating and displaying historically interesting artefacts all about you

Keeping Creative at Home: Rediscover your home as a creative space

23-03-20
Experienced artist-educator Greg Klerkx looks at how you can use a space common to all of us – our home – as inspiration for creative activities