Ice Age Art Now Family Activity: Ice Age Animals in Clay

24 July 2025 11:00 am – 24 July 2025 3:00 pm

About this event

24 July 2025 11:00 am – 24 July 2025 3:00 pm

Cliffe Castle Museum

Making Ice Age portable art using pieces of clay, inspired by Ice Age Art Now

Working with the shape and texture of the clay (as the Ice Age people would have done on their cave walls) to create animal drawings and figurines inspired by the creatures roaming the lands.

The workshop will be Ice Age authentic in terms of using mark making, natural pigments and natural materials to create the pieces.

Families will be encouraged to explore a range of techniques and think about what the Ice Age people would see and what stories and creatures they would recreate through drawing, shape and form of materials. It will engage senses and develop and understanding of the craft and meaning behind Ice Age art.

Cliffe Castle Museum

Address

Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley West Yorkshire, BD20 6LH

Opening times

Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 4pm
Saturday – Sunday: 11am – 4pm

All Bank Holiday Opening Times: 11:00 – 4:00 except Bolling Hall
All sites closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Good Friday

By public transport

Approximately 12-25 minutes walk from the railway station, 6-15 minutes walk from the bus station. Buses (for example Bradford to Skipton) pass the lower main gates. The 903 bus service operates from Keighley Bus Station and serves Cliffe Castle on a limited basis.