https://www.creativesacrosssussex.com/listings/events/?archive=1&user=69&view=rss Sun, 20 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/the-big-easter-egg-hunt/ Join us this special Sunday to find Easter Eggs hidden all over Torre Abbey Gardens and run around to your heart’s content! Activities will take place between 12.00 midday and 5.00pm (last entry 4.00pm). No need to book... Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/easter-bonnets-creative-children-s-workshop/ 1.00pm - 3.30pm in Torre Abbey's LearningLab. Get Creative this Easter! Work with artist, Dee Martin, in Torre Abbey’s LearningLab to create your own beautiful Easter Bonnets to take away! Suitable for all aged 7 ... Fri, 11 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/the-teddy-bears-easter-picnic/ Join us in Torre Abbey gardens for a magical Easter Picnic with fun and games and stories – especially for younger visitors. Don’t forget your teddies! Time: 12.30 - 2.30 pm £7 per child, £10 per adult £10 - inc... Wed, 09 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/easter-cards-creative-children-s-workshop/ 1.00pm - 3.30pm in Torre Abbey's LearningLab. Get Creative this Easter! Work with artist, Dee Martin, in Torre Abbey’s LearningLab to explore collage, resist and brusho techniques and create your own beautiful Easter... Sat, 05 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/events-month-2014-07/ Artists of Welsh National Opera: The Chamber Ensembles From 2.30pm Saturday 5 July 2014 The elegant halls, rooms and atmospheric cloisters and surroundings of historic Torre Abbey will resound to music performed by th... Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/events-month-2014-06/ From Common Players, in association with Exeter Northcott Theatre, a new production of Jez Butterworth’s critically acclaimed play, Jerusalem, will be performing on the lawn in front of Torre Abbey Historic House on Satu... Wed, 28 May 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/a-prehistoric-art-adventure-holiday-workshops/ A Prehistoric Art Adventure at both Torquay Museum and Torre Abbey. The Adventure starts at Torquay Museum between 10am and 12pm. Here you will handle real animal skulls and find out about our prehistoric ancestors.... Fri, 30 May 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/building-on-nature-sculpture-and-painting-activities/ Follow in the footsteps of Andy Goldsworthy to create your own artworks from natural materials- from soil painting to green sculptures, we'll be building art all over Torre Abbey Gardens. From 10am onwards. Activity incl... Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/http-www-torre-abbey-org-uk-events/ This stunning attraction will be sparkling and during the two weekends leading up to Christmas you can attend craft workshops for the adult house entry price only of £7.50 - all children go FREE. Pick up a Herald Expr... Sat, 20 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/light-up-your-christmas-at-torre-abbey/ Rekindle the spirit of Christmas this weekend with some inspirational activities for everyone - young and old. What could be better than leaving behind the hustle and bustle to enjoy the fabulous displays of history a... Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/light-up-your-christmas-at-torre-abbey-lantern-parade/ Join us for a magical lantern parade to brighten up the shortest day of the year. Startin at 4pm by the Spanish Barn we will be making our way through the Abbey ruins and gardens before gathering for a tree decorating c... Wed, 01 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/easter-family-craft-workshop/ Easter Fun - Craft Workshop Wed 1, Wed 8 and Fri 10 April 11:00 am - 4:30 pm each day Workshop and entrance to the Abbey Children 5 - 15 yrs £3.60 Adults 16 - 100 yrs £5.00 Please pay at admissions fi... Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/schoolart-2015/ Do come and see Torre Abbey’s annual exhibition of school art. It is a wonderful opportunity for schools to showcase the best of their students’ work, both two and three dimensional, an exuberant celebration of Torbay’... Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/medieval-madness-at-torre-abbey-kids-rule/ Kids make the rules, like in the Magna Carta: Celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, the first set of rules that gave people freedom from the tyranny of Kings. Children are invited to create and illustrat... Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/monster-masks-creepy-crafts/ Time: 1.30 - 4.00pm Join us for more family fun for Halloween in Torre Abbey's Learning Lab. Make a Monster Mask to take away and scare your friends and family, and a whole host of other creepy crafts! Suitable for ev... Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/monster-masks-creepy-crafts2/ Time: 1.30 - 4.00pm Join us for more family fun for Halloween in Torre Abbey's Learning Lab. Make a Monster Mask to take away and scare your friends and family, and a whole host of other creepy crafts! Suitable for ev... Wed, 04 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/abbey-art-club-ceramics/ After-school creative course for children ages 7-16 with Lisa Richards. Wednesdays from 4.00 – 5.30pm in Torre Abbey's LearningLab This term, we will be designing and making our own ceramics on a Christmas theme. Le... Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/christmas-family-fun-wreaths-decorations/ Join us in Torre Abbey's LearningLab for a whole host of creative Christmas activities. Craft your own beautiful wreaths, make salt dough tree decorations, and creative christmas cards. A great way to create your own spe... Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/christmas-family-fun-wreaths-decorations20/ Join us in Torre Abbey's LearningLab for a whole host of creative Christmas activities. Craft your own beautiful wreaths, make salt dough tree decorations, and creative christmas cards. A great way to create your own spe... Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/christmas-family-fun/ Sat 19 AND Sun 20 Dec 1:00 - 4:00 pm in the LearningLab Make this Christmas special, make it home-made! Craft your own front door wreath. Make your own one-off Christmas card for someone special and create tradit... Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/create-crazy-creatures-at-torre-abbey/ CREATE CRAZY CREATURES AT TORRE ABBEY Tuesday 16 AND Friday 19 February (between 1:00 - 4:00 pm) What? Crazy Creatures are hatching at Torre Abbey this Half Term? Go funky chicken mad and make some of your own!... Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/http-www-torre-abbey-org-uk-events-details-95-what-crazy-creat/ CREATE CRAZY CREATURES AT TORRE ABBEY Tuesday 16 AND Friday 19 February (between 1:00 - 4:00 pm) What? Crazy Creatures are hatching at Torre Abbey this Half Term? Go funky chicken mad and make some of your own!... Sat, 02 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/coming-home-paintings-by-richard-thorn/ Torre Abbey welcomes Richard Thorn back to the town of his birth and is delighted to show a new set of seascape and landscape watercolours of the coastline of Torbay and South Devon. “The sea has been a prominent feat... Sun, 01 May 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/van-go-yourself/ A chance to take a different kind of 'selfie' and recreate one of Torre Abbey's paintings! Throughout the month of May we will have costumes, accessories and props available so you can VanGoYourself - take a photogra... Fri, 13 May 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/camping-in-torre-abbey-gardens/ Bring your tents! Especially for Museums at Night, our Head Gardener Ali Marshall is opening up the Torre Abbey Gardens for a night under canvas! Expect an evening of fun and games, with storytelling round the firepit... Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/twelfth-night-open-air-theatre/ Join us in the Cloister Garth for an Open Air performance of Twelfth Night - in a celebration of Shakespeare, 400 hundred years after his death. Theatre Hub proudly present The Inn Theatre Company in one of Shakespeare m... Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/school-art-showcasing-torbay-s-young-artists/ Torre Abbey's annual exhibition of artwork from students across Torbay's schools and colleges. A wonderful opportunity to see two and three dimensional work by Torbay's young talent, on show in the Spanish Barn. Open ... Thu, 12 May 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/drawing-at-dusk/ Free entry for all this evening, with an opportunity to try sketching and painting undisturbed as evening settles on Torre Abbey. Drawing stations will set up in the ruins and gardens, inside the palm house, in the galle... Thu, 12 May 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/before-bedtime-adventures-with-isabella-necessity/ The wonderful Isabella Necessity will be arriving on her Story Bicycle to take you on an adventure through Torre Abbey gardens and into the dark, dark house! Isabella is a botanist and adventurist who loves to share s... Sat, 28 May 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/street-art-fossils-free-family-fun/ Have you ever heard of a Megasockasaurus? No? That's because its make believe! Come along and create your own imaginary creatures and wonder at the weirdness of real fossils! Throughout the weekend, artist David Harb... Tue, 31 May 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/clay-creations-holiday-activity/ Create your own beautiful fossil using clay and plaster, exploring different textures, shapes and patterns to imagine the inprint of past life, of animals and plants in our English Riviera Global Geopark. Use brusho colo... Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/printmaking-for-earthlings/ In celebration of our amazing English Riviera Global Geopark we will be exploring the earth beneath our feet .... An opportunity for children to join artists from Double Elephant Print Workshop to create amazing monop... Fri, 03 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/geo-painting-holiday-activity/ Explore painting with egg-tempera and discover the different rocks and natural materials that make so many of the colours we use every day. In celebration of our amazing English Riviera Global Geopark, you'll be mixing u... Sun, 05 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/chin-up/ For one day only! The Chin Up project will transport us back in time to explore war-time entertainment with performers from Promenade Productions and Doorstep Theatre. Explore the exhibition in their immersive performanc... Sat, 10 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/sublime-symmetry-exhibition-william-de-morgan/ Date: 10 September 2016 - 4 December 2016 The mathematics behind William De Morgan's ceramic designs A new national touring exhibition for 2016 The Sublime Symmetry exhibition showcases the work of William De ... Sat, 10 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/heritage-open-days/ Torre Abbey throws opens it's doors for two days, with free entry across the site! As part of Heritage Open Days, we invite everyone to discover the richness of local history, architecture and culture on your doorstep an... Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/takeover-day/ Takeover Day is a celebration of children and young people’s contributions to museums, galleries, arts organisations, archives and heritage sites. It’s a day on which children and young people take on meaningful roles, w... Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/fossil-fossicking-talk-and-tour/ Join Dee Martin for a tour around Torre Abbey's buildings and ruins with a particular theme in mind ... seeking out fossils and geology in unexpected places. Learn about the fabric of the building and the local geologica... Tue, 21 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/exploring-form-colour-creative-course-for-adults/ A relaxed and informal course over five sessions exploring drawing & painting for adults. Whether you are a beginner or improver, you can work at your own pace and our experienced tutor will help to you explore drawing a... Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/they-shall-not-grow-old-ww1-exhibition/ What happened in 1916 that changed the lives of the Cary family forever? How did the great war affect every family in the country who had loved ones fighting at the front? What horrors did our soldiers face in the ... Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/stick-insects-free-drop-in-activities/ Meet the Stick Insects living in our palm house and let them walk over your hands ... gently now ... We'll also be making our own little stick insect models and finding out about the adventures of Stick Man! FREE.... Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/beehive-builder/ Help us build our own beehive display with artist Jackie Bufton and Torre Abbey's brilliant volunteers. Paint two little bees, one to take home and one to add to our beehive as it grows with children's contributions over... Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/sculpture-challenge-creative-family-workshops/ Join our Sculpture challenge, working together with artist Gaby Lovatt to create giant sculptural creatures insects! Have fun working in teams using simple materials from our Mystery Materials boxes to build three-dimens... Tue, 26 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/book-making-creative-family-workshops/ Create your own beautiful books to take home, using imaginative, decorative covers and simple sewn bindings inspired by Japanese book-binding. Take inspiration from patterns and objects in Torre Abbey's collections and e... Tue, 26 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/mini-beast-hotels-creative-family-activities/ Join our garden team to create a new mini-beast hotel to encourage even more insects and little visitors to live in Torre Abbey gardens! Learn about which habitats different creatures perfer and why. Make your own little... Wed, 27 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/make-a-wiggly-wormery/ Join us for mucky activities in the garden, making wormeries with soil, gravel and compost. Then add your own worms and watch them wriggle! Throughout the day in the garden. Then join our Bug Hunt Bingo trail and Snai... Wed, 27 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/portraits-and-paintings-creative-family-workshops/ Take inspiration from portraits in Torre Abbey's art collection and see what the painting tells you about the person. The draw yourselves or each other, learning tricks about how to proportion the head and our facial fea... Thu, 28 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/garden-creations/ Use materials from the great outdoors to create magical woodland creatures to guard over your garden! Build characters out of clay, wood, feathers and other natural materials, and create scenes for them in our Woodland W... Thu, 28 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/slimey-snails-mucky-garden-fun/ Join us for mucky activities in the garden, finding out about snails and their special slime! Lots of mucky fun to be had in our outdoor mud kitchen with activities for younger kids. Throughout the day in the garden.... Fri, 29 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativetorbay.com/torreabbey/young-archaeologists-creative-family-workshops/ Discover facsinating histories about Torre Abbey's archaeology and the English Riviera Geopark. Then create your own clay tile to take away inspired by our medieval ceramics. Most suitable for ages 5 and over, but all ag...