Events & Family Activities
Children's activities
Saturday 19 April
Lots of Love
10.30am-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm
Celebrate the opening of the National Gallery Touring Partnership exhibition, Love and participate in Yoko Ono's Secret Piece III artwork. Bring a photograph or make a drawing of someone you love to add to the artwork, which will be sent to Yoko at the end of the exhibition.
Instructions:
Put a photo of someone you love onto the canvas.
Write a love message to someone you love onto the canvas.
Saturdays 24 & 31 May
Drop-in Activities
10.30am-12.30pm & 12:30-3:30
Come along and join in fun-packed drop-in activities for all the family. Be inspired by the Love exhibition and create something love-ly to take home.
Tuesday 27 - Friday 30 May
All you Need is Love
1.30-3.30pm
Inspired by the National Gallery Touring Partnership exhibition, Love. Every day has family-focused drop-in fun, including exciting art activities and activity trails.
Love free talks
Wednesday lunchtimes
Wed April 23
Love Relationships featuring Vermeer, Wright of Derby, Stanley Spencer, and Marc Quinn
Sarah Richardson, Keeper of Fine Art
12.30 - 1pm. Love exhibition galleries
Wed 30 April
Romantic Love featuring Cranach, Claude, Turner, Chagall, Emin, and Hockney
Sarah Richardson, Keeper of Fine Art
12.30 - 1pm. Love exhibition galleries
Wed 7 May
Pre-Raphaelite Women
Marie-Therese Mayne, Assistant Keeper of Fine Art
12.30 - 1pm. Love exhibition galleries
Wed 14 May
Love: An Artist's Perspective
John Dummett, Artist
12.30 - 1pm. Love exhibition galleries
Wed 21 May
A Public Display of Affection
Manuel Sayez, Artist
12.30 - 1.15pm. Function Room
Wed 28 May
Love Stories
Chris Bostock, Storyteller
12.30 - 1pm. Love exhibition galleries
Wed 4 June
Love is a Mystery
Talk in Sign-Supported English
Serena Cant, Art Historian
12.30 - 1.15pm. Function Room
Wed 11 June
Love in the Giardini: Sophie Calle and Tracey Emin at the Venice Biennale 2007
Peter Quinn, Art Historian
12.30 - 1.15pm. Function Room
Wed 18 June
Are These Pictures About Love?
Paul Usherwood, Art Historian
12.30 - 1.15pm. Function Room
Wed 25 June
Happy Ever After
Talk in Sign-Supported English
Serena Cant, Art Historian
12.30 - 1.15pm. Function Room
Talks in Sign-Supported English
Art Historian Serena Cant will give two lunchtime talks - on Wed 4 June and Wed 25 June. Please see talks list above.
Guided Tours
Saturdays
11am - 12pm
The Friends of the Laing Art Gallery
Laing Friends tours may be available at other times; please ring 0191 261 0962 in advance, giving the size of the group, to request a special tour.