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
Photo credit: © Head, Mary-Jane Tsang, V&A student at the Lookalike Lens: Photographic Styles and Effects course (click image for larger version)
Digital Photography
Saturday 9 January (11–13yrs)
Saturday 16 January (14–16yrs)
Digital Studio,Sackler Centre
11.00–16.00
Create a portfolio of digital images, using the V&A collections as inspiration. You will learn how to use Photoshop CS4 to enhance and creatively modify your pictures.
£9.50 no concessions
Book online
or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
'Mirror Mirror' application made with openframeworks, 2009. (click image for larger version)
Creative Computer Coding
Saturday 23 January (11–13yrs)
Saturday 30 January (14–16 yrs)
Digital and Design Studio, Sackler Centre
11.00–16.00
Learn how to use open source software such as Open Frameworks to create ditigal artworks.
£9.50 no concessions
Book online or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Arduino board. (click image for larger version)
Interactive Design
6 March (14–19 yrs)
Digital and Design Studio, Sackler Centre
11.00–16.00
An introduction to Arduino a physical computing platform. Learn how to use it to create simple electronic and interactive projects such as using it to hack into other devices or to control objects. All devices will remain the property of the V&A, a video of your work will be put on YouTube.
To find out more about Arduino visit www.arduino.cc
£9.50 no concessions
Book online or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
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
Courses
Performing with Digital Media
Thursday 18& Friday 19 February (14–16yrs)
Lecture Theatre
11.00–16.00
As a group, and working with a professional director, explore the De-Code installations to create a dynamic performance using movement, sound & dialogue.
£18.00, no concessions
To book call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Digital Course. (click image for larger version)
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
Prototypes from the Flowers series, 2009, Daniel Brown. Photograph: Daniel Brown. (click image for larger version)
Digital Festival Weekend
Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 February
Sackler Centre
11.00–17.00
Come and join in this free festival of digital events. Get involved with talks, demonstrations and interactive workshops.
The Amber Clock, The 200 Year Continuum by Christian Kerrigan. (click image for larger version)
Open Studios
Wednesday 20, Friday 29 January
Wednesday 10, Saturday 13, Sunday 14, Friday 19,
Wednesday 24 February
Wednesday 3, 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.
Coming soon
Create…Performance
April-June 2010
Visit the V&A for an amazing season of theatre workshops, courses and free events.