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Maker{Futures} at Festival of the Mind 2022
From September 15-25 2022 we will be taking part in Festival of the Mind - a celebration of ideas, culture and collaboration from The University of Sheffield.
Based in Event Central (20-26 Fargate, Sheffield) we'll be part of two exciting collaborations:
"WorldBuilders: Videogames & Creative Crafting" and "Broadcasting, Memories & Making"
Event Central, 20-26 Fargate
Join in with the hands-on workshops any time between 11am - 3pm on Saturday 17th September.
Or drop in anytime between 15th and 25th September to see the installation:
Monday–Saturday: 10am–5pm
Sunday: 11am–4pm
Late night opening on Wednesday 21 Sept: 10am–8pm
For more information visit the Festival of the Mind website and follow @FestivalMind.
WorldBuilders: Videogames & Creative Crafting
With Dr Alison Buxton and Dr Becky Parry (School of Education) and the National Videogame Museum
Videogames capture the creative imagination of children as an exciting source of storytelling, character creation and animation. We will be running an interactive, playful workshop on Saturday 17th September to enable children and families to explore world building with making and cardboard crafting. An installation for the duration of the festival will exhibit cardboard creations from the workshop.
Broadcasting, Memories & Making
With Dr Yinka Olusoga (School of Education) and The National Science and Media Museum
The interactive exhibit will celebrate 100 years of BBC Broadcasting by examining children’s views of television from the 1950s and programmes that have inspired us to get creative including Why Don’t You? and Blue Peter. To accompany the exhibit there will be hands-on family workshop (also on Saturday 17th September) where children can get creative while exploring how broadcasting inspires them to create, make and play.
https://festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/2022/event-central/broadcasting-memories-making/
