YOUNG PEOPLE
CreateLive: Events for 11-19s
Create! Digital (click image for larger version)
Create! is a programme of workshops, courses, and free events for 11–19 year olds. There are four three-month seasons every year, each with a different theme related to the Museum's collectionsand exhibitions such as Fashion, Digital, Performance and Graphics.See below for what's on.
To see images from some of our previous events, look at our Flickr photostream.
To view footage from the Future Fashion Workshop, held over Easter 2009, visit our YouTube Channel .
Booking information
Activities take place on Saturdays and during holidays. Some events are free and you can just drop-in, for others space is limited so you will need to book in advance. You can pay by credit or debit card over the phone or send a cheque made out to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Please bring a packed lunch for the day-long workshops.
One free place is available to a carer accompanying a disabled person.
To book call +44 (0)20 7942 2211, 09.00-17.30, or email
bookings.office@vam.ac.uk
Create...Digital
January - March 2010
This season Create! brings you a packed programme of digital courses, workshops and free events. Come along to develop your digital talents. This Create! season is linked to the V&A's Decode: Digital Design Sensations exhibition - find out more about the exhibition here.
Workshops
Mechanical toy robot, Japan, 1975-79. (click image for larger version)
Toy Hacking
Saturday 13 March (14–19 yrs)
Digital and Design Studio, Sackler Centre
11.00–16.00
During this fun workshop learn about basic electronics and how to hack toys! Reassemble toys with electronic gadgetry to make them move, light up and more.... All hacked toys will remain the property of the V&A after the workshop, but you will get a video of your toy on YouTube.
£9.50 no concessions
Book online or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Experimental Film
Saturday 20 March (17–19yrs)
Saturday 27 March (14–16 yrs)
Digital and Design Studio, Sackler Centre
11.00–16.00
Be inspired by the videos and films in the Decode exhibition, explore different techniques, and apply a variety of effects to piece of film.
£9.50 no concessions
Book online or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Digital Course. (click image for larger version)
Courses
Flash animation
Wednesdays, 24 February, & 3,10 March (14–16yrs)
Digital and Design Studio
16.30–18.30
Over three weeks learn how to use Flash to create your own experimental animation complete with electronic soundtrack.
£18.00, no concessions
To book call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Free Events
The Amber Clock, The 200 Year Continuum by Christian Kerrigan. (click image for larger version)
Open Studios
Friday 12, Saturday 13, Sunday 14,
Wednesday 24 March
Residency Studios, Sackler Centre
13.00–16.00
Meet and experience the work of Digital Designer Christian Kerrigan and Kevin Haley and David Chambers, Abberrant Architecture Designers in Residence, who are using the V&A collections to inspire their work.
The Fountain of Youth, 2007, Aberrant Architecture. (click image for larger version)
The Residency Programme is supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.
The Architecture Residency is funded by the V&A + RIBA Partnership.
Create…Performance
April-June 2010
Visit the V&A for a vibrant programme of practical courses, workshops and free events about theatre and performance. Use digital technology to design posters for your own show, and work with professional make-up artists, set and costume designers to develop your talents. See original items from the V&A Theatre Collections as well as videos of live shows.
Pantomime costume workshop. V&A Lecture Theatre. 2009. (click image for larger version)
Workshops
Selling a Show
15 May (13-15 years)
22 May (16-19 years)
Digital Studio, Sackler Centre
11.00 - 16.00
What makes a brilliant show poster? Learn how to use Photoshop to create your own eye-catching design for a live show or band poster or flyer.
£9.50, no concessions
Make-up Design
1 May (11-15 years)
8 May (16-19 years)
Design Studio, Sackler Centre
11.00 - 16.00
Watch how our professional make-up artist transforms performers into characters from the past and fantasy creatures. Pick up performance make-up tips and techniques and ideas for your own designs.
£9.50, no concessions
Set Design
15 May (11-14 years)
22 May (15-19 years)
Design Studio, Sackler Centre
11.00 - 16.00
Work with a professional theatre designer to make a working 3D model for a set design. Let your imagination go wild in this fast-paced day-long workshop taking inspiration from the V&A's amazing collections.
£9.50, no concessions
Courses
Costume Design
Art Studio, Sackler Centre
7, 8 & 9 April (13-15 years)
12, 13 & 14 April (16-19 years)
11.00 - 16.00
Costumes for the stage need to be bold, hard-wearing and easy to wear. Using the Performing Arts costume collections, develop your design skills in creating a costume from scratch with a professional costume designer. Get ideas for colour and pattern and practical making skills. Show your work to an audience on the final day. Materials will be provided.
£25.00, no concessions
Free Events
V&A Screen
17 & 24 April
Seminar Room 1, Sackler Centre
11.00 - 13.00 & 14.00 - 17.00
Drop in to watch key scenes from live recorded shows including A Midsummer Night's Dream, Our Country's Good, The Crucible, Doctor Faustus and Lady Windermere's Fan. A rare chance to watch these actors doing what they do best: performing in front of a live audience.
Free, drop-in
Music Day
Sunday 20 June
Sackler Centre
11.00 - 17.00
Come along to the Sackler Centre where the V&A will be working with BBC Blast to run an exciting programme of music events for young people as part of Exhibition Road Music Day. Music performances will be taking place in the galleries throughout the day.
Free, drop-in