Creative workshops for adults

Saturday Life Drawing

Saturday 28 September / City Art Gallery Education Room / 11am – 4pm / £30 / Call 023 8083 4536 to book

This workshop is suitable for people of all artistic abilities, except absolute beginners.

Creative Cushion Covers

Saturday 5 October / Tudor House and Garden / 11am – 4pm / £25 / Call 023 8083 4536 to book

This creative workshop will offer an introduction to cushion making and will allow you to exercise your craft-making skills. Learn more about using your machine attachments, inserting buttonholes and zips, and try out free-machine embroidery. Please bring your own machine with all attachments (your will need to be able to do a zig-zag stitch) and basic sewing tools; scissors, threads, needles, pins and tape. Some fabric will be provided but please bring any fabric you want to work with and a cushion.

Selina Snow art exhibition

Saturday 28 September - Saturday 16 November / Southampton City Art Gallery / Civic Centre Foyer Space 

Come and see the exciting new exhibition by established, contemporary artist, Selina Snow. This collection explores the cross-cultural influences at play in South Indian society, and focuses on the country’s obsession with male offspring. 

Foyer and gallery opening times: Monday - Friday 10am - 3pm, Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday closed.

Meet the artist

Saturday 12 October / 2pm / City Art Gallery / FREE

Come and meet Selina and listen to her discuss the new exhibition.

LEATHER HANDSHAKE

Saturday 28 September / 7pm / Tudor House and Garden, Bugle Street / £4 / Call 023 8083 4536 for more information.

Splendid Fred Theatre Company presents its brand new show, LEATHER HANDSHAKE - a collection of five original plays inspired by the house.

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Music In The City

Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October / Various locations in the city centre / FREE 

This free music festival will celebrate the wealth of musical talent in the Solent area. The sound of rock, beebop, classical, folk, jazz and blues will emanate from some of Southampton's most quirky venues. Come and get involved, on or off the stage! Find out more here. 

Meet The Ancestors

Saturday 28 September / 11am - 6pm / God's House Tower, Winkle Street / FREE

Step back in time to Tudor Southampton at this popular FREE event part of the Tudor Revels Project. There will be Tudor dancing, re-enactments and dramatic interludes, talks from history experts, book stalls, art exhibitions and guided walks taking place in and around God's House Tower and Gate. Find out more here.

Fayre In The Square

Saturday 28 September / 11am - 2pm / St Michael's Square, Bugle Street

There will be an eclectic mix of stalls out in the square as part of the Tudor Revels celebration. Come and pick up some bric-a-brac, plants, books and homemade cakes. You can also take part in the “silent auction” of photographs. 

St Michael's Church, the oldest building within the Old Walls, will be open to visitors. Find out more here.

Southampton Settlements

Saturday 12 October / SeaCity Museum, Learning Deck / 11am – 3.30pm / £22 (£20 concessions) / Call 023 8083 4536

Southampton’s archaeological past will be explored during this informative tour of the Gateway exhibition at SeaCity Museum. The tour will be followed by a practical workshop. Using microscopes, inspect artifacts and discover the skills that early settlers brought with them, how they lived, worked and why they arrived in the area. The focus will be on Romans, Saxons and Medieval Southampton.