Leicester Gallery Explore & Play
Come along to Leicester Gallery’s play and creative learning sessions at the heart of De Montfort University’s campus. Our sessions are completely FREE, welcoming and fun for all the family.
Open Play
Material and sensory led open play sessions, including our wonderful soft play in the gallery.
Sun 29th January – Sensory Boxes – 10.30am – 12pm
Sun 12th February – Mirroring – 10.30am – 12pm
Sun 26th February – Squishing Clay – 11am – 1pm
Aimed at 0 – 4 year olds.
Family Workshops
Our free family activities are designed to inspire imaginations, engage, challenge and spend some creative time making and exploring contemporary art as a family.
Sun 12th February – Reflections – 1pm – 3pm
Aimed at 3 – 10 year olds.
Children’s Clothes Swap
It’s simple; take an item, leave an item. You don’t have to leave an item immediately to take one, simply drop off something when your little one has outgrown it in the future. Come together as a community to share clothes and the memories they hold, support each other to save money by not buying brand new whilst being more sustainable.
Available at all Open Play and Family Workshop sessions.
Tia Chand-Corey (she/her)
Learning Assistant
Tia is a creative facilitator and illustrator, working in galleries, museums and hospital settings to bring creativity and care to all.
““I loved turning the wonderful moments of families playing, making, connecting and creating in our family photography archive into activity sheets for families to continue playing with us at home over Leicester’s Lockdown.”
She is passionate about making small changes that create big impacts when connecting with children, young people and older people. Especially as an experienced Meaningful Activities Facilitator working with people living with Dementia. Tia is our Dementia Friends Champion, supporting and encouraging inter-generational families to make playful memories together at Leicester Gallery.
Morgan Stockton (she/her)
Learning Officer
Tia is a creative facilitator and illustrator, working in galleries, museums and hospital settings to bring creativity and care to all.
“Insert fave thing you’ve worked on or moment at Leicester Gallery Play”
She is passionate about making small changes that create big impacts when connecting with children, young people and older people. Especially as an experienced Meaningful Activities Facilitator working with people living with Dementia. Tia is our Dementia Friends Champion, supporting and encouraging inter-generational families to make playful memories together at Leicester Gallery.
Follow our journey.
Play with Clay
Free Play with Clay packs for our family community in Leicester/shire. Get your hands messy and play with clay at home! You can squish it, bash it, roll it, flatten it, decorate it and join it to make something new and exciting. It starts off as a lump, but what will it become? If you look after your clay creation while it dries and return it to Leicester Gallery Shop, Morgan will have it fired and glazed for you to keep forever.