YOUNG PEOPLE
CreateLive: Events for 11-19s
CreateLive 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
Young people's workshop
Create... Fashion
Create... Comics
Beneath the Surface, Black Heritage Season
Create... Digital
Create... Fashion
July-September 2009
A packed season of fashion workshops, courses and free events organised with the
British Fashion Council.
Fashion event at the V&A (click image for larger version)
Events
Big Create does…Fashion
Saturday 26 September (14-19s)
Throughout the Sackler Centre
11.00-17.00
Find out more about the fashion industry at this packed day of events.
Free, drop-in
In association with the British Fashion Council
Read more
T-shirt, Mao in Pigtails with Aids Ribbon, Vivienne Tarn, Hong Kong, 1998 (click image for larger version)
Workshops
Digital Print Design
Wednesday 19 August (11-13s)
Thursday 20 August (14-16s)
Digital & Design Studios, Sackler Centre
11.00-16.00
Take digital photos of objects from the V&A's collections, learn how to manipulate the images in Photoshop into a graphic design, and then print your design on to a T-shirt or bag.
£9.50, no concessions
Book online or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Fashion workshop at the V&A (click image for larger version)
Courses
Design and Make Your Own Garment
Tuesday 18 - Thursday 20 August (16-19s)
Art Studio, Sackler Centre
11.00-16.00
Over the three days you will design your garment inspired by the V&A's collections, draw and cut a pattern, then make up your garment. Visit the flickr link above to see photos from the previous workshop.
£25, no concessions
To book, call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Create... Comics
October-December 2009
An exciting season of workshops, courses and free events including our annual portfolio advisory day as well as a chance to work with resident comic illustrator karen Rubins and other porfessionals in the industry.
Japanese Manga; from the comic Ran,Tokyo, 1999 (click image for larger version)
Events
V&A Screen
Saturday 3 October (14-19s)
Seminar Room 1, Sackler Centre
11.30-16.00
See examples of manga, comics and graphic novels that have been adapted for film.
Free, drop-in
Big Create does the Future, 2008 (click image for larger version)
Manga Day
Saturday 10 October
Sackler Centre
11.00-17.00
Run in conjunction with Sweatdrop Manga Studios, manga atists will be running mass managa drawing workshops. Come along to find out about their work and bring your manga drawing for informal advice.
Read more
Big Create Does the Future, 2008 (click image for larger version)
Workshops
Portfolio Advice
Saturday 3 October (14-19s)
Art Studio, Design Studio
Sackler Centre
11.00-13.00 & 14.00-17.00
Get advice from experts about developing your portfolio for post-14 courses including foundation and degree courses or ask them for suggestions on how to develop your art work and ideas.
Book online or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Japanese Manga; from the comic Ran,Tokyo, 1999 (click image for larger version)
Manga
Saturday 17 October (14-16 years)
11.00-16.00
Use the principles of manga to create your own manga character and story
£9.50, no concessions
Book online or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Adventure Comics,no332,USA, May 1965 (click image for larger version)
Illustrate
Saturday 7 November (11-13 years)
Saturday 14 November (14-16 years)
11.00-16.00
Look at comice books for inspiration, with resident comics artist Karen Rubins to discover how they are made and then create your own comic book character using hand drawn and digital techniques.
£9.50, no concessions
Book online or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
From Andy Roberts Memorial Collection of Comics & Fanzines, UK, 1988-2004 (click image for larger version)
Courses
Make a Comic Book
Saturdays 3 & 17 October (14-16 years)
Digital Studio, Sackler Centre
11.00-16.00
In this two-day course, work with digital artists to create your own unique comic book using hand-drawn and digital techniques including Photoshop and Comic Life.
£18, no concessions, booking essential
To book, call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Beneath the Surface
Black Heritage Season
August- November
Join us at the V&A for Beneath the Surface as we celebrate intriguing objects from the African Continent and discover amazing and vibrant events and workshops for you to participate in such as the Carnival Helmet Mask.
Mask, probably Sierra Leone, 1900–1940 (click image for larger version)
Events
Please click here for the Beneath the Surface programme
Workshop
Carnival Helmet Mask
Sunday 22 November (11-15s)
Art Studio, Sackler Centre
11.00-16.30
Design impressive carnival headwear inspired by the Sowo Mask and worn by the Mende people of Sierra Leone, with artist Ray Mahabir of Sunshine International Arts. You will learn more about this wooden helmet mask, Carnival today and African festivals and ceremonies of the past. The workshop includes a visit to the Theatre and Performance galleries to look at costumes and headdresses, made for theatre but using carnival art techniques.
£9.50, no concessions
Book online or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Create…Digital
January - March 2010
Visit the V&A for an amazing season of digital workshops, courses and free events programmed alongside the exhibition Decode: Digital Design Sensations which showcases the latest developments in digital and interactive design, from small screen based graphics to large-scale installations. Full programme coming soon.