The learning programme at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts includes artist-led gallery tours, studio workshops, and opportunities for online participation.

Norwich, UK
Joined November 2012
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This was a year ago tomorrow! Wonderful day at Sailors' Reading Room in Southworld teaching #WGSebald workshop for @SainsburyCentre @scvaLearning. I value these experiences even more in retrospect #SaveTheArts
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Free, online jam sessions with people with disabilities starts this Tuesday 7 July with Ipswich based @artslaolam #betweenspaces #eastofengland
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Amazing & persuasive research by Abigail Hackett , Maggie MacLure & Sarah McMahon questioning 'the language gap' and the whole model of language that underpins early years policy and pedagogy. tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1… #earlyyears #languagegap #materialityoflanguage
Rach Anstey-Sanders (artist, teacher, Learning Programme Manager) writes on UEA Community Blog about creative play enabling us to adapt to 'the challenges in changing times. And ... to create a space to breathe in times that can seem suffocating' uea.ac.uk/about/media-room/u…
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In the film, Stephanie Davis, Assistant Community Curator, Lotherton Hall, says 'Any quality work ... always comes from commitment and a willingness to befriend and to be patient with people. People are what make objects valuable, what people think of objects.' Wise words.
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Can't wait to welcome student visits back as soon as we can. In the meantime, we've made teacher's packs of looking, drawing and thinking tasks in response to the collection. Three packs: KS1-2, KS3-4 & KS5. Email [email protected] and we'll send one over! #MuseumFromHome
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The Case Studies is available to read online, & you can buy the Journal from gem.org.uk/our-work/publicat… Hope that it’s useful for you!
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Latest version of #EngageJournal, Engage 44: Biennials and beyond, now online! Includes article by Learning Programme Manager Lawrence Bradby and artist Judith Stewart on British Art Show 8 in Norwich, looking at the nature of participation. #biennials #participation #publicart
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Our latest issue of the #EngageJournal, Engage 44: Biennials and beyond, is now online! Edited by @sarahperks Individuals can enjoy free access to the Journal until 31 July 2020. To take advantage of this offer, register here: bit.ly/2KaCEFC
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This afternoon's #EdSkillsShare will be hosted by @thinkingmuseum from 15:00-17:00. Learn more about 'Visible Thinking' and how it can improve tours and programmes at your museum. Read up and join in! bit.ly/3a4wuRF
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We worked with @rach_artsstudio in an exhibition of contemp. ceramics by Magdalene Odundo. Handling collection of small ceramics really helped. Also @rach_artsstudio 's ability to find comparisons for young children - she talked of yoghurt pots, plant pots & more #museumhour
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Pre-pandemic there was a on-going growth in economic inequality and rise in number of children living in poverty. The economic barriers to visiting museums are real, even when museum entry is free. #musemsforall #inworkpoverty @jrf_uk
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At @SainsburyCentre we work with a great team of artists on child-centred activities and family drop-in workshops. One of our challenges is making these sessions available to everyone. #museumsforall #earlyyears
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Just starting out with an early years programme? Curious about what’s happening in other museums & galleries? GEM’s latest Case Studies is full of interesting examples from practitioners. bit.ly/2X0fn0J Read & join us for our #MuseumHour tonight with @engagevisualarts
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A big thank you to artists Ian Brownlie and Sophie Bennett for delivering an INSET day on Sensory Engagement earlier this term, and the teachers who attended. We explored going beyond purely visual engagement in galleries and beyond. Photo by Ian.
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Looking forward to this. A way to stay in contact with others while our movement is restricted. #EarlyYears #MuseumHour #Stayintouch #outwardlooking #fourwalls
GEM is excited to announce that we'll be hosting an upcoming @museumhour with @engagevisualart on the topic of #EarlyYears to coincide with our new Case Studies and Journal both highlighting under 5s practice. Join us at 20:00 GMT on 30/3/20 @MuseumHour #MuseumHour
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Year 2 students from Gislingham CE Primary School were very busy today with artist Ian Brownlie gathering research from the collection and making masks in the studio flickr.com/photos/sainsburyc…