Online Studio: Adults

Creative activities to encourage positive wellbeing inspired by the Sainsbury Centre collections.

Take part in rituals for the home with Rachel Kurdynowska, see the extraordinary in the everyday with Paul Patrick Fenner and join Rach Anstey-Sanders for mindful making for new parents.

Share your thoughts and creations with us on social media using #SCOnline

Supported by Art Fund and the Norwich Freemen’s Charity.

Unearth your home anew

A Cosmic Space: Enter another space (even for just a few moments) through rituals, found text and works from the Sainsbury Centre Collection, collated by artist Rachel Kurdynowska

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Unearth your home anew

A Body of Parts: Rituals for the Home to inspire and calm by artist Rachel Kurdynowska

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Unearth your home anew

The Comfort of Cloth: Find Comfort in Cloth with Rituals for the Home inspired by the Sainsbury Centre Collection, collated by artist Rachel Kurdynowska

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Adventures of the Mundane

Drawing and Poetry: When compelled to spend almost all our time at home, our first impulse might well be one of escape: the internet! novels! films! But what if we turn our full attention to what is closest to us?

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Adventures of the Mundane

The Overlooked Object: Drawing is a way of deepening our understanding of the world; by drawing something, our relationship to it is transformed…

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Adventures of the Mundane

The Door: This drawing activity considers how we can radically refresh our sense of space. Inspired by Francis Ponge’s poem, The Delights of the Door, the apparently simple process of opening and closing a door is revealed as an intimate dance, a small drama…

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Fill Your Cup for New Parents

Taking the popular saying you can’t pour from an empty cup as inspiration, this audio resource by associate artist Rach Anstey-Sanders aims to help new parents eke out moments of peace and connectedness amongst the loving chaos.

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Art at Home

We have teamed up with ArtatWork, a Norwich based organisation that deliver art projects to promote wellbeing and good mental health. The activities help to promote creativity, relaxation and inspiration and include some words of encouragement from the people at ArtatWork.

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Campus with Hannelore Smith

As part of the creative project Campus, artist Hannelore Smith created a series of creative prompts to help university students tune in and take notice, enjoy the moment and the campus environment around them.

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Campus with James Metsoja

As part of the creative project Campus, artist James Metsoja created an activity for university students during the lockdown which transformed windows into places of communication, sites for campaigning, storytelling, communicating.

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Campus with Rachel Kurdynowska

Part 1: Inspired by Janus objects in the Sainsbury Centre that face both ways, we take a moment to reflect on the past and look to the future with artist Rachel Kurdynowska.

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Campus with Rachel Kurdynowska

Part 2: Find moments of clarity and calm with activities inspired by the Divination Cup from the Sainsbury Centre collection, with artist Rachel Kurdynowska.

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Campus with James Metsoja

As part of the creative project Campus, artist James Metsoja created an activity for university students during the lockdown which transformed windows into places of communication.

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Campus with Ali Hewson

As part of the creative project Campus, artist Ali Hewson created a guide to show students how to design and make a hand-built ceramic cup. Follow Ali’s step by step video and download the accompanying resource.

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Campus: Rachel Kurdynowska (Part 1)

Inspired by Janus objects in the Sainsbury Centre that face both ways, we take a moment to reflect on the past and look to the future with artist Rachel Kurdynowska.

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