Family Saturday

with Callie Derbyshire

Join artist Callie Derbyshire at a free workshop and make a postcard of your favourite Birmingham landmark or create your own ‘map’ of Birmingham.

This creative session is inspired by Htein Lin’s new painting How do you find Birmingham? (2024), a vibrant panorama of the city which includes many well-known landmarks. This work is on display in Htein Lin’s current exhibition at Ikon, Escape (20 March – 1 June).

This exhibition is supported by the British Council through the Connections Through Culture grants programme and ai. gallery.

About the artist

Callie Derbyshire is a Birmingham-based multidisciplinary artist and writer whose work centres around exploring local history through visual storytelling.

FREE

Event Date

Saturday 5 April 2025
11.00am–3.00pm

Event Details

Free, suggested donation £5

No need to book, just drop in

This event is open to all families and aimed at all ages. Children must be accompanied at all times.

Events Room, First Floor

Information on Ikon Gallery’s accessibility is available here.

For additional access enquiries please contact education@ikon-gallery.org

VENUE

Ikon Gallery

1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2HS

Image Credits

1. Callie Derbyshire. Image courtesy the artist. 2. Family Saturday workshop. Image courtesy Ikon. 3. Family Saturday workshop. Image courtesy Ikon.

Exhibition 20.03.2025–01.06.2025

Htein Lin

Escape

Ikon presents a major solo exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Htein Lin from Myanmar. Evoking his lifelong commitment to documenting human experience in difficult times, it shows a comprehensive selection of the artist’s paintings made while he was a political prisoner from 1998 to 2004 on prison uniforms and found textile, alongside drawing, sculpture, video and new work.

Exhibition 20.03.2025–01.06.2025

Mahtab Hussain

What Did You Want To See?

British artist Mahtab Hussain explores the fine line between photographic documentation and surveillance culture, addressing the intelligence sites established by the media and the state to monitor the Muslim community in Britain.

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