Opening Times
Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 – 16:00
October
Cosplay Youth
Art Club
Spooky Family Funday – Outer Space!
Saturday 25 October, 10am to 4pm
Toddler Tuesday
Free to attend, No booking required.
Have a Go……Pottery
Walk and Draw
Walk and explore the area around 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, sketching trees on watercolour paper with Artist Tony Wade.
Free to attend, please book here.
Walk and Find
Friday 31 October, 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm.
Walk and find. Suitable for families and younger children explore the area around 20-21 Visual Arts Centre with artist Tony Wade. Create cute creatures out of your findings.
Free to attend, please book here.
November
Have a go at… Cyanotype Printing
Saturday 1 November, 1.30 to 3pm.
Try something different at these friendly drop in sessions. Explore the art of Cyanotype printing which uses sunlight to create beautiful images. All materials provided. Suitable for both adults and children. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Art Club
Cosplay Youth
Home Ed ‘Popping Portraits’
Tuesday 18 November
In this hands on workshop, children will be introduced to the concept of the pop art movement and explore the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
£7.54 per child, please Book Here.
Elf on the Shelf Experience
Saturday November 29, Various times.
Come along and meet our mischievous life-size Elf on the Shelf, Toby! Enjoy stories, crafts, biscuit decorating and a free hot chocolate.
£5 per child (plus booking fees), Please book here.
Nature’s Wellness Tools for Winter
Saturday 22 November, 2pm to 4pm
Join Medical Herbalist and Counsellor Trudy Norris to build your wellness tools for the winter months and beyond.
The workshop will enable you to work with medicinal plants to support your wellbeing in a holistic, safe and preventative way.
We will explore the actions and uses of plants that can be safely used to support mind, body and spirit. Enjoy a free herbal Tea and Artisan Scone
December
Elf on the Shelf Experience
Saturday 5 December, Various times.
Come along and meet our mischievous life-size Elf on the Shelf, Toby! Enjoy stories, crafts, biscuit decorating and a free hot chocolate.
£5 per child (plus booking fees), Please book here.
Christmas Cosplay Youth
Christmas Art Club
Elf on the Shelf Experience
Saturday 13 December, Various times.
Come along and meet our mischievous life-size Elf on the Shelf, Toby! Enjoy stories, crafts, biscuit decorating and a free hot chocolate.
£5 per child (plus booking fees), Please book here.
Reoccurring Events
ARTivity Table
Daily: Tuesdays – Saturdays, 10am to 4pm
Arts and Crafts activities for the whole family based around our current exhibitions.
Free to attend no booking required
Get Crafty
Every Wednesday, 1.30pm to 3pm
Craft sessions for age 16+ with a disability.
Free to attend no booking required
Our Exhibitions:
Here at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, we have multiple exhibition spaces showing a range of contemporary art and craft from local, regional, national and international artists.
Please note that the main exhibition space is currently closed for the final stages of restoration and will reopen on 22 August.
Current Exhibitions:
20 September to 1 November 2025
Dom Heffer – Delay-a-grams
In a world of instantaneous, 24 hour news, instantaneous communications, fast food, and even faster images, Hull based artist Dom Heffer has produced a new series of paintings that highlight the gallery as a refuge for ‘slow looking’. Each artwork focuses upon our culture’s relationship to vision; via advertising, entertainment, food, gaming and the ways in which we look at nature.
27 September 2025 to 10 January 2026
Clare Hewitt – Everything in the forest is the forest
Responding to a government report suggesting that loneliness and isolation were increasing in rural areas of the UK, acclaimed photographer Clare Hewitt presents new work that celebrates trees and their remarkable ability to nurture and communicate. Setting up a studio within a circle of twelve oak trees, Hewitt documented the forest and its seasonal changes, exploring nature and the forest through a range of sustainable photography techniques.
For more information head over to our dedicated Exhibitions page.
