Enjoy a day out at Compton Verney this Easter with art, nature and creativity for all the family

Compton Verney have a wide range of activities for the whole family this Easter.

placeholder image — Compton Verney have a wide range of activities for the whole family this Easter.

Play with Lego, join in with sketching and messy play, and make your own painting with robots this Easter holidays.

Easter is upon us and Spring is bursting out across Compton Verney. This Easter holidays, join a host of workshops, events and exhibitions for all ages.

The popular Kineton RAF STEM (1 & 8 April) are back with their super sphero robots. Direct and instruct the spheros via the tablets provided, to move through paint and create an experimental painting.

Younger children can celebrate spring at the family forest school in our Get Mucky Get Making sessions (2 & 9 April) – build bird nests, make clay eggs and mix up muddy delights to your heart’s content.

Older children will enjoy the Animation Camp (7-10 April), a four-day intensive where you can learn all the stages of making animation film, including stop-motion, set design and creating characters.

Compton Verney’s Creative Learning Team are on hand for Artist Play Days (3 & 10 April). Make and create alongside others outdoors to construct playful structures. These sessions are all about enjoying the process, children (and adults!) having time to get in a flow and letting things develop!

Block fans can get creative with Lego (28 Mar-12 Apr) – the super popular bricks are back and ready to be transformed by your imagination. The Big Blue Blocks (28 Mar-12 Apr) return, allowing youngsters to build, stack and construct with these large blocks and connectors.

Visit the Sketching Studio (1 & 6 Apr) to cover the walls, floor and tables with drawings and doodles. You will find lots of paper, pens and pencils to create your own masterpiece! Don’t worry, drawing is fun no matter your ability.

Lego bricks will be out for everyone to play with

As spring makes itself know, spend time exploring the grounds – as well as pond-dipping, den-making and outdoor play, you can encounter bold artworks by leading artists including Hew Locke, Sarah Lucas and Larry Achiampong.

There are two major exhibitions to take in this Spring.

Bruegel to Rembrandt: Sketching Life, Drawing Wonder features an extraordinary selection of over 60 Dutch and Flemish masterpiece drawings from the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, many never seen before in the UK. Highlights include works by Rembrandt, Rubens and Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Explore the strange and spellbinding world of Elizabeth Allen (1883 - 1967) in Troublemakers and Prophets: Elizabeth Allen and Other Visionary Artists. Sixty years after her first exhibition, 12 of Allen’s vivid textiles - some never shown before - are presented with other contemporary works that transform spirituality, hardship and everyday life into bold, prophetic visions.

Compton Verney is open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4.30pm and Bank Holiday Monday.. Day Tickets are £21.95, with a variety of concessions available. Children aged 18 and under go free.

For more information visit https://www.comptonverney.org.uk/news/spring-at-compton-verney/