• Menu
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

"Glynn Vivian" logo typed in black text

Swansea’s City Gallery - A vibrant and inspiring art space for everyone

Header Left

Header Right

  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo
  • YouTube

Header Left

Header Right

  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • What’s on
    • Glynn Vivian at Home
      • Glynn Vivian Learning
    • Exhibitions
    • Collections
    • Learning
    • Events
  • Exhibitions
    • Past
    • Current
    • Future
  • Collections
    • Collection displays
    • Richard Glynn Vivian
    • Conservation
    • Collection highlights
    • Photographic services
    • Swansea’s Three Night Blitz
  • Learning
    • Families
    • Schools + colleges
    • Young people
    • Adults
    • Community
    • Artist in residence
  • Hire
  • Visit
    • Book your free visit
    • Plan your visit
    • Take a virtual tour
    • Getting here
    • Café
    • Shop
    • Access
    • Visit Swansea Bay
  • About
    • History of the Gallery
    • Black Lives Matter
    • Coronavirus
    • Glynn Vivian News
    • Contact Us
    • Email sign-up
    • FAQs
  • Support us
    • Join the Friends of the Glynn Vivian
    • Ways to make a donation
    • Our supporters and networks
  • English
    • Cymraeg
  • Home
  • What’s on
    • Glynn Vivian at Home
      • Glynn Vivian Learning
    • Exhibitions
    • Collections
    • Learning
    • Events
  • Exhibitions
    • Past
    • Current
    • Future
  • Collections
    • Collection displays
    • Richard Glynn Vivian
    • Conservation
    • Collection highlights
    • Photographic services
    • Swansea’s Three Night Blitz
  • Learning
    • Families
    • Schools + colleges
    • Young people
    • Adults
    • Community
    • Artist in residence
  • Hire
  • Visit
    • Book your free visit
    • Plan your visit
    • Take a virtual tour
    • Getting here
    • Café
    • Shop
    • Access
    • Visit Swansea Bay
  • About
    • History of the Gallery
    • Black Lives Matter
    • Coronavirus
    • Glynn Vivian News
    • Contact Us
    • Email sign-up
    • FAQs
  • Support us
    • Join the Friends of the Glynn Vivian
    • Ways to make a donation
    • Our supporters and networks
  • English
    • Cymraeg
You are here: Home / Learning / Schools + colleges / Create: artist-led workshops

Create: artist-led workshops

Our artist-led workshops are themed around our Collection displays and our contemporary Exhibitions programme.

Each workshop is structured with a guided tour followed by a practical activity.

The workshop begins with an observational walk around the Gallery, where we explain how to navigate and use galleries, focusing on the artworks through drawing and discussion. 

The workshop then continues in our dedicated Learning Room, where an experienced artist educator leads a series of creative exercises. The practical element will explore materials and techniques relating to what the group observed during their investigation of the Gallery and the displays. 

Beginning with a guided tour of the Gallery, pupils will be encouraged to explore and to make preparatory sketches before returning to our dedicated Learning Studio (Room 2) to develop their work.

For Secondary schools and FE collages we can offer a bespoke experience to fit in with your chosen theme or topic, our Learning team is open to discussion in order to create a unique experience for your class.

Sessions last approximately 2 hours between 10:00-12:00, and are available for a maximum of 30 pupils. Secondary schools with limited term opportunities for visits should contact us to discuss us making a visit to your school.


Themes

Choose from:

Explorers

Become an Explorer and learn about the Gallery and its founder Richard Glynn Vivian.

Take a tour of our exhibition Journeys between Art and Life: Richard Glynn Vivian(1835-1910), and discover the wealth of fascinating objects he collected while travelling the world. Be inspired by Glynn’s story and collection and record your own journeys through drawing and painting.

Nature and Landscapes

Explore the Gallery’s collection and learn about flower decoration through observational drawing. Take inspiration from artists such as David Evans and Thomas Pardoe and create your own botanical designs.

Portraits

Taking inspiration from the Gallery’s exhibitions and displays, discover the Gallery’s portraits and paintings before creating your own portrait in a medium of your choice.

Gallery

Join our artist educators and learn about life in a Gallery, the roles of the people, the choice of artworks and the way an exhibition has been put together, before creating your own artwork, inspired by the exhibitions and displays, or curate your own mini exhibition.

 Please choose following list of materials:

  • Drawing (mixed-media including the use of Pencil, Pastels & Charcoal)
  • Painting (including Watercolour, & Acrylic)
Educational visit booking form

Footer

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Alexandra Road
Swansea, SA1 5DZ

+44 (0)1792 516900
glynn.vivian.gallery@swansea.gov.uk

Sign up to our email

Opening times
Wednesday – Sunday
11:00am – 3:30pm
Last entry 2:40pm

Free admission

Arts Council of Wales logo
Sponsored by Welsh Government logo
Tate Plus logo
Heritage lottery funded logo
Friends of the Glynn Vivian logo
Sponsored by Accredited Museum logo

Return to top of page

Copyright © · Glynn Vivian | Privacy and cookies| Website accessibility

Cookie notice
This website uses cookies to improve your experience but you can opt-out if you wish. Find out how we use cookies here Cookie settingsAccept
Cookies

Cookies overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website.

Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorised as necessary are stored on your browser, as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website.

We also use third-party cookies that help us analyse and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies, but opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Non-necessary

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.