Families and Young People

Freefall is a youth arts group for young people aged between 13-16 years run by Exeter Phoenix. The group aims to create a space to socialize, share ideas and opinions and develop creative projects together. 

In this workshop you will be introduced to Chemigram printing. This involves using light sensitive paper with various resists such as vaseline and experimenting with printmaking techniques to create unique prints using hands and feet, amongst other things!

Based on the best-selling children’s graphic novels Dog Man comes to the big screen. He’s half dog and half man, he is sworn to protect and serve as he doggedly pursues the feline supervillain Petey the Cat.

Use stop motion animation techniques to design, plan and shoot a short film using your favourite Lego from home.

Work in pairs with a family member or friend and use fun techniques to create portraits of each other.

Imagine going to the cinema and becoming part of a pop-up orchestra who create sound FX and a musical soundtrack! After a fun warm up, you’ll use instruments or your voice to help create the magical soundtrack.

Learn the basics of sculpting in clay and create a clay model of your own face in this fun workshop.

Get up close to a replica skeleton and develop your observational drawing skills by sketching the bare bones of the human body.

A new addition to our All Ages workshops, be inspired by the plants
we come across in our everyday lives and learn how to draw them to
create a personal record of your favourites.

This half day course is an introduction to 2D cut-out animation, giving adults and children a chance to work together to create their very own animated character.

This popular Saturday morning group for 8-13 year olds provides fun and detailed exploration of both digital and stop motion animation.

This animation course, designed for autistic young people, with smaller class sizes, explores digital and stop motion animation.

Star in your own Superhero Movie in this hands-on filmmaking workshop!

It’s the year 2225, and the people of Mars have risen up to claim their freedom. Now is a time for heroes: you. As leaders of the Martian Revolution, the decisions you make will shape your world for generations to come. No pressure…

Suitable for adults and children who are supervised. Using light sensitive darkroom paper with a developer made using ash and used coffee grounds, participants will be shown how to make the ‘mud’. We will then explore how this changes the paper by throwing the mud at it and applying it to foliage and making relief prints.