This week, millions of families across the world held celebrations to mark the Lunar New Year. On 29 January 2025, Chinese and other Asian communities ushered in the Year of the Snake, the sixth of twelve animals represented in the cycle of symbols from the Chinese zodiac, welcoming in good fortune and prosperity.

In The Art Room this week, we took inspiration from the top ten birds spotted in 2024 during the RSPB’s The Big Garden Bird Watch.

This week at the Art Room we continued our exploration of drawing by focusing on texture.

For our first session back in The Art Room after Christmas, we wanted to take things gently and warmed up our creativity by practicing our drawing skills... 

With Christmas just around the corner, everyone at the Art Room got busy making festive decorations and miniature sculptures from card and clay this week.

Across the globe this week, many small acts of kindness were made to celebrate World Kindness Day.

The Art Room was back with a bang yesterday and plenty of sparkle too!

This week in The Art Room, we took inspiration from the world around us and our art was filled with the beautiful shapes and colours of autumn.

This week in The Art Room we went back in time to learn about a group of artists from 19th century Paris.