Dunbar Treasures Creative Workshop
by The Museums of the FutureNow
Thurs May 9th7-9pm
Dunbar Townhouse Museum and Gallery
Join the Museums of the FutureNow team for a hands-on workshop to create the stories behind an exciting new exhibition focussing on Dunbar and the future of Plastic.
The Solway Hoard exhibition is coming to Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery from 11th May to 23rd June, Opening 10th May 7-9pm. The exhibition contains objects from a museum set 1000 years into the future. Visitors will journey forward in time to the year 3023 when a hoard of rare and valuable plastic objects has been discovered.
Treasures from Dunbar will join the other exhibits in the Solway Hoard exhibition and this fun workshop invites you to create the stories behind these new objects. You just need to bring yourself and your imagination
Suitable for age 12 and over
Refreshments available
Free but please book on EventBrite here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-solway-hoard-workshop-tickets-879603988207?aff=oddtdtcreat
Workshop produced by North Light Arts with funding from The Inchrye Trust and ELC
Links:
https://museumsofthefuturenow.org/the-solway-hoard/
Background : The Museums of the FutureNow is an innovative project that exists at the intersection of art, futures thinking and storytelling. We believe that the use of imagination can help us explore complex social and ecological issues and affirm that all of us can make the future. The Museums of the Future Now is a collaboration between artists Robbie Coleman and Jo Hodges (www.colemanhodges.com) and Dr. Mike Bonaventura.
May 11th – June 23rd
Dunbar Town House Museum and Gallery
Wednesday to Sunday 1pm to 5pm