Re-discovery: Autumn 2024 programme

Join us on the first Monday of the month during our exhibitions, from 2-4pm, for our creative sessions for those living with dementia and their carers. This is an opportunity to explore materials and themes in the works on display in our current exhibitions through practical making, discussion or just meeting and connecting with other people over a cup of tea in a relaxed creative setting.

Our autumn sessions will be led by artist Alice Blackstock and sessions will take place on:

Monday 7th October 2024

Monday 4th November 2024

Monday 2nd December 2024

You can read more about these sessions here

These sessions will coincide with, and also explore themes in the exhibition Emma McNally: The Earth is Knot Flat

We have space for 16 participants at each session, please book by emailing [email protected]

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.

Alice Blackstock is an artist, educator and caregiver from Belfast. She crafts tangible imagery that captures human experiences and fleeting moments in time. Alice uses drawing, sound and textiles which she sees as a soft, non-aggressive and nostalgic medium. Her most recent work ‘Can you draw a river?’ is a woven cloth piece which has been made in collaboration with those living with dementia and is inspired by a drawn conversation between Alice and her father. This conversation used imagery instead of words as her dad was non-verbal due to dementia. As an educator, Alice is passionate about further and community education. She is inspired by those striving to discover new skills regardless of barriers to learning.