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Utopia Workshops

Explore Utopia by dropping into a free workshop.

Archived Event

DatesJanuary 2017
Times14.00 - 17.00
SpaceUtopia Treasury South Wing
PriceFree

Utopian Photobooth
7, 8, 14 & 15 Jan 2017
Join our gallery of contemporary Utopians. Create your own props and design the jazziest Utopian robe you can imagine, with costume designer John Foley, before posing for a photograph in our photo booth. All materials (including robes) provided.

Utopia workshop 3Utopian Fortune Teller
21 Jan 2017
Use paper to create a giant origami fortune teller. Add in your ideas of what would make the world more utopian, then, with other participants, choose a colour and move the fortune teller back and forth to find your step for the future. Make your own miniature fortune teller to take home with you! All materials provided.

There will be other workshops happening this weekend in the River Rooms, as part of our Utopia Think Tank Weekend.

Utopia workshop 3Utopian Thought Waves
22 Jan 2017
Collaboratively create a utopian thought wave installation. Be inspired by the books in our Utopian library (for both children and adults) and write down the quotes and ideas you like onto paper. Then together create waves with the paper and let the Utopian thoughts fill the room.
There will be other workshops happening this weekend in the River Rooms, as part of our Utopia Think Tank Weekend.