Workshops & Events
What's archiving got to do with us?
An informal session launching a series of Placed In Time sessions.
FREE l 16 - 25 years | Thursday 23 May | 6 - 8pm | Big Shop Friday
Meet artist Pol Bradford-Corris for a relaxed introduction to Offset’s new archive commission. Use collage to uncover Milton Keynes’ hidden stories.
Look Again: Discovery Tour
A relaxed guided tour of MK’s new pilot design heritage trail.
FREE | 14 - 25 years | Tuesday 18 June | 5.30 - 7pm |
Join our partners at MK City Council to test the new Look Again design heritage trail across CMK. The tour, led by Simon Peart, Conservation & Archaeology Manager at MK City Council, will last approx. 1 hour.
Telling Our Stories
An informal session as part of Placed In Time.
FREE l 16 - 25 years | Thursday 20 June | 6 - 8pm | Big Shop Friday
Explore your own story through visual storytelling techniques and the creation of a personal zine. Connect with others as they share their stories.
Talking to our future selves
An informal session as part of Placed In Time.
FREE l 16 - 25 years | Thursday 18 July | 6 - 8pm | Big Shop Friday
Build a time capsule of memories, dreams, and aspirations to be opened at a later date. What messages will you leave behind for your future self?
Building a new archive for the future
An informal session as part of Placed In Time.
FREE l 16 - 25 years | Thursday 12 September | 6 - 8pm | Big Shop Friday
What kind of archive would you feel empowered to contribute to? Explore the possibilities for a new archive for Milton Keynes dedicated to young people’s voices.
The Next Chapter
A relaxed discussion to influence the creation of a new artwork about archives.
FREE l 14 - 25 years | Thursday 14 September | 5.30 - 7.30pm | Events Space, MK Central Library
How does an archive tell the stories of being young in Milton Keynes? And where does creativity fit into the conversation? Join Tara & Vic from Offset for a relaxed discussion to influence a new artwork designed to transform the possibilities of archiving.
Art Craft Technology: Westbury
A relaxed discussion reflecting on artistic practice at Westbury Arts Centre
FREE l 16-25 years | Thursday 6 July | 6 - 8pm | Westbury Arts Centre
You’ll join Tara & Vic from Offset Projects for a relaxed discussion reflecting on artist Tendayi Vine’s creative practice at Westbury, possibilities for the venue’s artistic future & the role under 25s in Milton Keynes might have to play in this.
Everyday Artefacts
An object making workshop.
FREE l 16-25 years | Thursday 29 June | 5 - 8pm | Westbury Arts Centre
You’ll work with artist Tendayi Vine to imagine and re-imagine past, present & future stories related to Westbury Arts Centre and Milton Keynes. You’ll then preserve these as material artefacts ranging from prints to models to digital media. These will be documented and archived digitally.
New Perspectives, Familiar Territories
A workshop exploring art, landscape & emotion.
FREE l 16-25 years | Thursday 22 June | 5 - 8pm | Westbury Arts Centre
You’ll work with artist Tendayi Vine to explore different techniques for understanding and recording physical spaces. This includes drawing, collage, photography & mapmaking. You’ll document physical geography as well as begin to highlight the emotional & psychological relationships that can be had with spaces.
The Art of Influence
A relaxed discussion to influence UK government policy on cultural education
FREE l 12-25 years | Thursday 8 June | 6 – 7pm | Online event
This is a major opportunity to take part in a national research study on young people’s views on culture, creativity and cultural education. Commissioned by the Department for Education and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, this is a peer-led session. Limited spaces available.
What's Next? Meetup
FREE l 14-25 years l Thursday 9 March | 6 - 8pm | Big Shop Friday
Curious about getting involved in our projects? What’s Next? Meetups are the perfect opportunity to get a flavour of what we do and the opportunities coming up. You’ll hear from other under 25s about what they’ve been up to with us and find out about what new opportunities coming up.
Creative writing workshop
FREE or donations | Online event | All welcome
Join creative writing facilitator, Melanie Hering for a relaxed hour of creative writing. You’ll be thinking about life’s great ‘firsts’ in a playful exploratory way - memories that leave an impact; a first kiss, the first time you played guitar, a first time in a nightclub, your first time on a bike, a first exam…
We Made That consultation
FREE | 13-25 years
MK City Council, We Made That, and Offset are collaborating on the opportunity for U25s to be consulted for the city’s new Cultural Infrastructure Plan. We want to hear your thoughts & ideas for how to make Milton Keynes a great place for culture.
Right Here and Tomorrow Long Table workshop
FREE | 16-25 years
If you have an opinion on something affecting under 25s that you want to be heard by the ‘people in power’, then this is your chance.
Photographing Right Here
FREE | 13-19 years
Interested in photography? Join a photography expedition around Central Milton Keynes for Right Here & Tomorrow, MK’s youth culture zine launching soon.
Right Here and Tomorrow
FREE | 16 - 25 years
Others are airing their views on youth culture in MK at these unique ‘Long Table’ discussions. Their opinions are contributing to the creation of Milton Keynes’ first public zine artwork for & about young people. This is your chance be represented!
Fuelled By Youth
FREE | Online event │ 16 - 25 years
Join Museum of Youth Culture for 4 weeks of online workshops exploring past and current youth cultures, the representation of young people, and your personal experiences of growing up in Milton Keynes.
What’s Next? Meeting
FREE | 16-25 years
Held twice yearly this is your opportunity to meet new people; bring your ideas to the planning of future projects; tell us what you want to see more (and less) of; hear about current projects and register to take part!
Re:Sense
U18s FREE / Over 18s £2 │No need to book │Campbell Park
The Young Creatives x Urban Projections present Re:Sense, an immersive experience. Premiering at Art in the Park festival This May. Don’t miss out!
Artist workshops: Rebecca Smith
FREE │ 16-18 years │ relaxed & sociable atmosphere guaranteed
This is your chance to co-produce a brand new, immersive pop-up experience for young people in Milton Keynes. Across 3 days, you’ll work with a team of peers alongside artist Rebecca Smith to develop the event for the Art in the Park festival in May 2022.
The Lounge Presents: Raffie Julien, Donna Mullings & Becky Barry
FREE │Online event │Creative Careers │16 - 25 years
Join Donna Mullings, a British Sign Language (BSL) consultant & narrator; Raffie Julien a dancer, translator and choreography collaborator; and Becky Barry, a theatre maker & BSL interpreter, for a discussion about their careers and work on The Paradise Bar.
The Lounge Presents: Soweto Kinch
FREE │Online event │Creative Careers for 16 - 25 years
Curious about a career in music? Join award-winning saxophonist and hip-hop MC Soweto Kinch to hear about his career journey so far.
The Lounge Presents: Broken Pen
FREE │Online event │Creative Careers | 16 - 25 years
Hang out with spoken word artist, Broken Pen. Hear about his career as a performer and what it takes to succeed creatively. Broken Pen (or Pen, as he is called by his peers) describes himself as ‘a wordsmith of sorts, an airbender of kinds and an all-round lyricist’. He is currently on The Voice UK 2021.
The Lounge Presents: Talita Moffatt & Kevan Smith
FREE │ Online event │ Creative Careers | 16 - 25 years
Meet the Director & Producer of The Paradise Bar, Talita Moffatt, and film artist Kevan Smith, to discover what their roles involve and how your interests and skills might connect. The Paradise Bar is a Black-led film and gig-theatre piece that explores themes of race and identity.
Own your space
FREE │ Online event │ 16 - 25 years
Join Offset to explore in more detail the reality of owning, and running a youth-led space. This session is led by Arizona Smith, a London based artist, who has been involved in managing, and running youth-led projects and spaces.
Whose art is it anyway?
FREE │ Online event │ 16 - 25 years
The session will support young people to ask questions about ownership and how they might co-own large-scale public projects. The session is led by Patrick Farrell aka Cave Man, a poet and MC from Manchester.
Write your rights
FREE │ Online event │ 16 - 25 years
A session exploring your rights as a young person. Write your rights will explore different voices and how these are represented within youth-led programmes. The session will be led by Harley Russell, a co-founder of Arts31.
Who’s leading who?
FREE │ Online event │ 16 - 25 years
A session exploring the meaning of ‘youth-led’, how others have been involved in youth-led projects themselves, and how you could be involved in the future. The session will be led by Ciara Callaghan, a past member of Lost&Found at MK Gallery.
