Event Category: Families

  • Sensory Tour Kit

    Sensory Tour Kit

    Explore MK Gallery’s current exhibition, Jacques Henri Lartigue: Life in Colour, with our self-led Sensory Tour Kit designed by learners from MK Snap and artist Collar & Cuffs Co. The tour kit is designed specifically with visitors with access needs, children and families in mind, but is available for all to use and enjoy!

    The Sensory Tour Kit is on a trolley. You can collect it from the front desk and wheel it around the exhibition with you at your own pace. In the trolley there are objects, smells and sounds to help you explore selected artworks in the exhibition in a sensory way. There is also a printed text guide with Widget symbols, and a link to a selection of short films made by the learners about their selected artworks.

    The Sensory Tour Kit is free to collect and use around the building, including in our Café or Creative Corner. You can also take it into the exhibition with any purchased exhibition ticket.

    For groups and schools bookings, please contact Sophie on sbennett@localhost / 01908 558319.

    Find out more about MK Gallery’s Inclusive Practice in the Arts programme here.

    With thanks to Art Fund for making this project possible.

  • Sensory Tour Kit

    Sensory Tour Kit

    Explore MK Gallery’s current exhibition, Jacques Henri Lartigue: Life in Colour, with our self-led Sensory Tour Kit designed by learners from MK Snap and artist Collar & Cuffs Co. The tour kit is designed specifically with visitors with access needs, children and families in mind, but is available for all to use and enjoy!

    The Sensory Tour Kit is on a trolley. You can collect it from the front desk and wheel it around the exhibition with you at your own pace. In the trolley there are objects, smells and sounds to help you explore selected artworks in the exhibition in a sensory way. There is also a printed text guide with Widget symbols, and a link to a selection of short films made by the learners about their selected artworks.

    The Sensory Tour Kit is free to collect and use around the building, including in our Café or Creative Corner. You can also take it into the exhibition with any purchased exhibition ticket.

     

    For groups and schools bookings, please contact Sophie on sbennett@localhost / 01908 558319.

    Find out more about MK Gallery’s Inclusive Practice in the Arts programme here.

    With thanks to Art Fund for making this project possible.

  • Under the Apple Tree

    Under the Apple Tree

    Join us in MK Gallery’s Event Space for a unique storytelling and workshop event. Awaken the Green Man from his snooze to tell you a tale and craft your own juicy apple.

    Under the Apple Tree is a project exploring sculpture and storytelling. Developed by artist Alfred Beesley in collaboration with artists and facilitators from Blue Room, an inclusive arts project based at Bluecoat gallery in Liverpool.

    This event is inclusive for all and particularly suitable for children and young adults with learning disabilities, neurodivergence and sensory needs. A comfy breakout area will be provided, and the event will be supported by MK Gallery’s Inclusion team.

    Taking place

    •  1pm, older children, young adults and families
    •  2pm, children and families

    Ticket costs:

    £7 individual, plus companion (18yrs+)
    £10 family ticket

    Alfred Beesley is a Liverpool-based visual artist who creates sculptures exploring the life cycle of plants using papier-mâché, textiles and ceramics. Beesley often describes how he would like audiences to interact with his art, sharing magical scenarios that recall fairytales and folklore. He collaborates with acclaimed storyteller Gav Cross to bring to life his sculptural works for children and families through the legendary character of the ‘Green Man’.

  • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (PG)

    Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (PG)

    Jeff Fowler, 2024

    110mins

    Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance.

    Screening times

    Saturday 25 January 2025, 10.30am
    Saturday 25 January 2025, 6pm
    Sunday 26 January, 10.30am

  • Milk & Baby: Nightbitch

    Milk & Baby: Nightbitch

    Marielle Heller, 2024

    98mins

    A woman pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her domesticity takes a surreal turn.

    Screening times

    Friday 3 January, 10.30am

    Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.

  • Milk & Baby: Nickel Boys

    Milk & Baby: Nickel Boys

    RaMell Ross, 2024

    140 mins

    Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

    Screening times

    Friday 31st January, 10.30am

    Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.