Tŷ Pawb

Art Explorers: Silly Still Life
2026-07-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-08-24 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BB
20/07/2026 + 10/08/2026, 11:00 – 12:00
Join us in the gallery for a super silly still life drawing session! Practice drawing in just 30 seconds, with your wrong hand, with your eyes closed, plus lots more creative constraints to explore across an hour of drawing games and mark making.
This fun, fast-paced session will get you learning observational drawing techniques in the least serious way possible and generate lots of sketches to take home.

This session is most suitable for children aged 7 to 14. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Adults are encouraged to draw too!
This session is offered on a pay what you can basis. Any queries can be sent to teampawb@wrexham.gov.uk

Ffoto // Photo: Daria Liudnaya

Archwilwyr Celf // Art Explorers (7+) Tickets, Multiple dates | Eventbrite

School Holiday Play Sessions
2026-07-21 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-07-28 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-08-04 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-08-11 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-08-18 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-08-25 10:30 - 12:00
School Holiday Play Sessions
10:30am – 12:00pm

Free Drop-in.
Most suitable for children 5 to 15. Under 5s are welcome if accompanied by an adult.
Delivered by WCBC Youth & Play Team.

For more information about WCBC play schemes, visit their webpage.

Multicultural Hub Wednesdays: Art with Ticky Lowe, Diddi Dance for Toddlers & Meet Magi Ann
2026-07-22 10:00 - 14:00
Wednesday 22nd July, 10:00 – 14:00
Multicultural Hub Wednesdays (All Ages)
Free drop-in, no need to book. Free refreshments provided. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Activities:

10:00 – 14:00 – Drop-in crafts with artist Ticky Lowe
11:00 – 11:45 – Diddi Dance for Toddlers
13:00 – 14:00 – Meet Magi Ann

For more information please contact: iolanda@racecouncilcymru.org.uk

Seedlings
2026-07-23 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-07-30 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-08-06 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-08-13 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-08-20 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-08-27 14:00 - 15:30
Seedlings
Weekly activities for children aged 4 to 14 in our rooftop garden over the summer holidays. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Offered on a pay what you can basis.
14:00 – 15:30
Thursday 23rd July – Grow Your Own Salad
Thursday 30th July – Make a Nature Log Book
Thursday 7th August – Recycled Wind Chimes
Thursday 14th August – Create Seed Paper
Thursday 21st August – Cyanotype Print Making
Thursday 28th August – Apple Bird Feeders
Eginblanhigion // Seedlings Tickets, Multiple dates | Eventbrite

Wildlife Collage Upcycle Workshop l Lend & Mend
2026-07-24 12:30 - 15:30
Use old magazines to create unique works of art

While old magazines may only seem fit for the recycling bin, they can be used to be creative.
Come along to our workshop to use old magazines to creative wildlife collages! All tools and materials are provided, though you’re welcome to bring along any old magazines you have to work with.

Family Creative Writing Workshop - Kick Off A Story
2026-07-24 13:00 - 15:00
1876 Year of Wonder – Creative Writing: Kick Off A Story
Travel back to 1876, when the Football Association of Wales was founded, and football was just beginning to capture the nation’s imagination. In this lively two-hour family creative writing workshop, we’ll create our own players to star in their own story, create our own commentary for our everyday lives or rewrite football chants and come up with a few of our own!
Inspired by the 1876 Year of Wonder and the establishment of the Football Association of Wales in Wrexham!
This session is open to all ages with no experience necessary, whether you want to write as a family or engage in storytelling. This session is flexible and contains family-friendly themes and tasks for all ages.
What to bring:
You can expect a guided creative writing session, with gentle prompts and inspiration. Please bring whatever you feel comfortable writing with (pen, notebook, phone, laptop etc.) and a drink. There will be a short comfort break in the middle and you are welcome to take a break anytime you need during the session.
Language:
The sessions will predominantly be held in English, using everyday Welsh but participants are welcome to write and take part in any language they are comfortable using.
Access:This workshop is located on the ground floor. There is a ‘Changing Places’ accessible toilet on site. Free parking for blue badge holders is available in our multistorey carpark. If you have any additional access needs, please email teampawb@wrexham.gov.uk ahead of the session.
About Natasha Borton:
Natasha Borton is an award-winning Wrexham-based writer, musician, and theatre-maker. She creates engaging, inclusive creative experiences that encourage people of all ages to explore storytelling, their own imaginations and the rhythm of our everyday lives.
For 2026, Natasha is the Writer-in-Residence for the River Dee with Literature Wales and WWFCymru, and the Artistic Director for Voicebox Wxm, North Wales’ longest-running spoken word platform.

Art Explorers (4+)
2026-07-27 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-08-17 08:00 - 17:00
27/07/2026 + 17/08/2026, 11:00 – 12:00
In this gallery-based workshop, we’ll be designing and making our own masks inspired by Anthony Shapland “Murmurs” exhibition. Will your mask be a mimicry, a camouflage or an alter-ego? We can’t wait to see what you make!
This session is most suitable for children aged 4 to 14. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Adults are encouraged to draw too!
This session is offered on a pay what you can basis. Any queries can be sent to teampawb@wrexham.gov.uk

Photo: Vanessa Loring

Gwead Ein Bywydau // The Fabric of Our Lives
2026-07-31 13:00 - 15:00
1876 Year of Wonder – Creative Writing: The Fabric of Our Lives
Inspired by The Wrexham Tailor’s Quilt, this creative writing session invites families to explore the fabric of our lives. We’ll uncover the hidden stories behind local landmarks, imagine the voices of the people who shaped our streets, and write about the everyday moments that deserve to be remembered. Together, we’ll stitch words and pictures into our own creative quilt of Wrexham, illustrating landmarks, legends and personal stories that celebrate the place we call home.
What to bring:
You can expect a guided creative writing session, with gentle prompts and inspiration. Please bring whatever you feel comfortable writing with (pen, notebook, phone, laptop etc.) and a drink. There will be a short comfort break in the middle and you are welcome to take a break anytime you need during the session.
Language:
The sessions will predominantly be held in English, using everyday Welsh but participants are welcome to write and take part in any language they are comfortable using.
Access:
This workshop is located on the groundfloor. There is a ‘Changing Places’ accessible toilet on site. Free parking for blue badge holders is available in our multistorey carpark. If you have any additional access needs, please email teampawb@wrexham ahead of the session.
About Natasha Borton:
Natasha Borton is an award-winning Wrexham-based writer, musician, and theatre-maker. She creates engaging, inclusive creative experiences that encourage people of all ages to explore storytelling, their own imaginations and the rhythm of our everyday lives.
For 2026, Natasha is the Writer-in-Residence for the River Dee with Literature Wales and WWFCymru, and the Artistic Director for Voicebox Wxm, North Wales’ longest-running spoken word platform.

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Art Explorers: Super Sized Self Portraits (7+)
2026-08-03 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-08-24 11:00 - 12:00
03/08/2026 + 24/08/2026, 11:00 – 12:00
Join us in the gallery to create super-sized self-portraits inspired by our inner worlds. In this hour-long expressive workshop we’ll draw with graphite and crayons to create layered giant drawings.
This session is most suitable for children aged 7 to 14. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Adults are encouraged to draw too!
This session is offered on a pay what you can basis. Any queries can be sent to teampawb@wrexham.gov.uk
Ffoto: // Photo: Karola G
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archwilwyr-celf-art-explorers-7-tickets-1991580458764

International Owl Awareness Day Crafts
2026-08-04 13:00 - 15:00
The 4th of August is International Owl Awareness Day! Join us in Tŷ Pawb to celebrate these wonderful nocturnal birds.

Create your own owl collage to take home
Learn about how to help UK owl species
Barn Owl colouring, factsheets and puzzles
Find out more from the RSPB’s pop-up information stall (which will be available in Tŷ Pawb from 9am to 4pm on the 4th August.)

This activity is a free drop-in. Children must be accompanied an adult. 1-3pm.
Ffoto: // Photo: Hassan Ibrahim

Diwrnod Chwarae: Dewch i Greu Celf Fawr! // Play Day: Let's Build Big Art!
2026-08-05 12:00 - 16:00
Play Day: Let’s Build Big Art
Wednesday 5th August – 12pm to 4pm
This Play Day we’re building big art! Join us for a playful and creative loose parts activity inspired by a certain 90s children’s television show. Assemble your big art from a range of props and materials – then admire from a birds-eye view!
This is a free drop-in suitable for children of all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Drumming Meditations For Wellbeing Tŷ Pawb
2026-08-08 16:00 - 17:00
Coming together to connect, reflect and be in our natural flow of wellbeing

References to drumming throughout human history suggests that drumming has boosted wellbeing for millennia – and now it’s our turn.
In these meditation drumming events, you are invited to be free from expectations, and flow with what is as you experience those moments of drumming together.
Free – gift what you feel event with gift donations welcome to support practitioners. Gift donation can have the added bonus of securing a drum, free tickets are open to what is left available 🙂
Here we may find our own rhythms, our own expressions, in co-creation with wisdom around us and within us. This means this is suitable for complete beginners and advanced drummers alike. We are on a level field of play here.
You can bring your own drum, rattles, and you can also play with what we bring.
We welcome diversity here, those of all backgrounds, birthplaces, identities, abilities, disabilities, neurodiversities, LGBTQIA+ any that respect our united diversities are all welcome here.
With thanks to a collaboration of Tŷ Pawb, CreuYnni Wellbeing CIC and M’anam Cara – this is a gift what you feel event. Please book to secure your place – and if you choose – a drum!

World Lion Day (3+)
2026-08-10 14:00 - 16:00
World Lion Day Activities
The 10th August is World Lion Day! Join us for a creative afternoon celebrating these roarsome big cats!
In this free drop-in session, we will:
· Learn facts about where and how lions live
· Make a paper plate lion to take home
· Enjoy lion-themed colouring sheets & puzzles
Children must be accompanied by an adult. This session is most suitable for children aged 3 to 11.

Bank Holiday Family Crafts
2026-08-31 11:00 - 13:00
Monday 31st August
11am to 1pm
Bank Holiday Family Crafts with artist Ellie Ashby
Join local artist Ellie Ashby for a fun-filled family craft session! Make your own wearable rainbow wings, shimmering jelly fish mobile or your own summery creation.
This activity is a free drop-in suitable for all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Family Art Club! Autumn 2026
2026-09-05 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-09-12 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-09-19 10:00 - 12:00
Family Art Club celebrates creativity and play through hands-on making, painting and drawing. Every week we’ll reveal a treasure trove of art materials, loose parts and recycling themed around our exhibitions to be transformed into whatever artworks, models and fashion accessories you can dream up!
Family Art Club is suitable for children of all ages and we encourage parents, grandparents and carers to get stuck in too – this isn’t children’s art club, its Family Art Club!
– Please wear clothes you won’t be upset about getting messy.
– All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking
Family Art Club is a drop-in session, but we do recommend booking to make sure that you have a place during busier times. Places at Family Art Club are offered on a ‘pay what you can’ donation basis, so that you can choose how much to pay according to what your family can afford. Your donations support us in delivering an accessible arts service for local families.
Session Topics
05/09/26 – Dusk and Dawn – exploring sunrise and sunset alongside the MURMUR exhibition.
12/09/26 – International Dot Day – taking inspiration from Yayoi Kusama.
19/09/26 – International Day of Peace – with guest artist Sophie Nina.
26/09/26 – World Dream Day – creating surrealist dreamscapes.
3/09/26 – National Badger Day – artwork inspired by the UK’s largest land predator.
10/09/26 – 1867 Wrexham Year of Wonder: Dewey Decimal Character Design Competition – create your own unique character in collaboration with Wrexham Library.
17/09/26 – World Food Day – potato printing and art inspired by what we eat.
No sessions on the 24th & 31st October for half term.
Family Art Club winter programme starts on the 7th November.
