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SALA Family Day at JamFactory

 

SALA Family Day
Saturday 13 August
11am – 4pm
 
JamFactory is holding a FREE Family Fun Day during this year’s SALA Festival. The event is jam-packed with exciting hands on activities, artists talks, face painting, demonstrations, exhibitions, performances and much more!
 
JamFactory’s SALA Family Day provides a behind the scenes look at our studios and galleries, providing visitors with the chance to get hands on with exciting activities, view artists in action and find out more about contemporary craft and design.
 
Check out what’s on offer…
 
Visit JamFactory at the Lion Arts Centre in the heart of the West End,  soak up theatmosphere and enjoy the fun!
 
Tours
FREE guided tours of our studios, galleries and shops.
 
Artists Talks
Artists Peta Kruger and Ilona Glastonbury talk about their current work and practice.
 
Demonstrations
View live glass blowing, watch ceramic wheel throwing, discover the techniques of wood turningand steam bending in our Furniture Studio and meet our jewellery makers in the Metal Studio.
 
Hands On
Join the Glass Studio's Drawing Competition for a chance to have your 2-dimensional drawing
made into a 3-dimensional glass object! Or decorate your very own mug in the Ceramics Studio.
 
Exhibitions
Check out our four SALA exhibitions. Plus, our GalleryOne exhibition, Good Job Team, will come alive with a one-off Format “bake sale” featuring hot soup, hand-made kimchi pancakes and the debut performance of Choir in a Box, presented by Format’s own amateur choir, Choral Grief as well as a performance of Snippet by Laura Haigh, creating sewn portraits of her audience.
 
PLUS! Enjoy face painting in the Atrium and a Sausage Sizzle in the Courtyard plus much more!
 
 

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