Curious Families Day

Saturday 2 July, 10.30-15.00

Free, no booking required.

A day of colourful, creative workshops in partnership with Curious Arts as part of Curious Festival 2022.

Curious Festival is an award-winning annual celebration of LGBTQIA+ culture across the North East. 

Family Portraits 10.30-12.30

Free Drop-in

Create your own family portrait in bunting form with artist Amy Langdown. Decorate your family members and connect them up together where they belong.

Hadrian & Antinous: Sculpture Workshop11.00-15.00Free Drop-in

Celebrate LGBTQIA+ love through sculpture. Inspired by the love story of Emperor Hadrian and Antinous, artists Richard Bliss and Bethany Stead will lead a drop-in sculpture workshop, where everyone can create their own representation of contemporary queer love with clay. All of the sculptures created will form a community co-created exhibition at BALTIC for the day.

Part of Hadrian & Antinous: A Gay Love Story supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Zine Making 13.00-15.00

Free Drop-in

Join artist Melody Sproates for a fun session of zine making activities. From creative writing, to collage and illustration, explore the key elements of expressing yourself through the art of Zine-making. Create your own to take away or contribute to our collective Zine celebrating everything that is great about family.