What’s On Calendar

Opening Times

Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 – 16:00

October

Spooky Family Funday – Outer Space!

Saturday 25 October, 10am to 4pm

20-21’s Spooky Family Funday is back – and this year it’s out of this world! Blast off into a day filled with space-themed performances, alien autopsies, DJ workshops, horror special fx make-up workshops and Beetlejuice is back!
Free to attend, No booking required.

Toddler Tuesday

Tuesday 28 October, 10am to 4pm
Join our special play area designed just for little ones under 5. Parents and carers, bring your kids along to enjoy self- led play. Explore interactive and sensory toys, get creative with crayons, and unwind in our cosy reading nook.

Free to attend, No booking required.

Have a Go……Pottery

Wednesday 29 October, 10.30pm to 12pm
Try something different at these friendly drop in sessions. Create your own hanging leaf motif, all materials provided. Suitable for adults and children. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Free to attend, no booking required.

Walk and Draw

Thursday 30 October, 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm

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

Eco-Tie-Dye a Tote Bag with Charlotte Portier-Tock

Saturday 1 November, 10.30pm to 12pm

Get creative at the beautiful 20-21 Visual Arts Centre in this hands-on workshop!
You’ll design your very own cotton tote bag using natural dyes from berries, vegetables, and spices, creating stunning, organic patterns. Take home a unique, reusable bag that’s entirely your own creation. Suitable for adults and children 8+ (if accompanied by an adult)
£18 per person, please Book Here.

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.

Free to attend, No booking Required.

Art Club

Saturday 8 November, 1pm to 3pm
Art and creative sessions for kids 8+ a different exciting theme every Month.
Free to attend no booking required.

Then and Now – Film Premier and Exhibition Opening @Scunthorpe Central Library

Tuesday 11 November, 5.30pm – 8pm
Join us for the premiere screening of Then and Now – a film featuring 178 people from our local community, projected on a grand scale onto the exterior of Scunthorpe Central Library.
The evening will also feature live performances of singing, dance, and poetry inside the venue, alongside an opportunity to explore the accompanying exhibition. The film is part of a nationwide Project ‘Our Freedom: The and Now which commemorates 80 years since VE and VJ day.
Free to attend, no booking required.

Poetry Walk

Thursday 13 November, 12.45pm
Inspired by Clare Hewitt’s exhibition ‘Everything in the forest is the forest. Join us for an autumnal poetry walk, followed by refreshments and the opportunity to experience the exhibition for yourself.
Led by experienced walk leaders, we’ll take a gentle walk from 20-21 Visual Arts Centre to nearby Central Park, pausing along the way to enjoy poems that, like Clare’s work, explore nature’s healing power. The route is approximately 2.5 miles, mostly flat and fully pathed – making it an ideal outing for walkers of all abilities.
Free to attend, no booking required.

Cosplay Youth

Friday 14 November, 5pm to 8pm
Join a fun, creative session where you can craft, design, and make your own costumes. A welcoming and safe space to explore your imagination and bring characters to life. Cosplay Youth is part of Volunteen by Community Vision. For ages 10 to 18.
Free to attend, to book please email hannah.dobson@communityvision.org.uk

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.

Sound Therapy with Stellular Sounds

Friday 21 November, 5pm to 7pm

Hannah of Stellular Sounds offers rejuvenating sound therapy experiences to support mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Each session invites deep relaxation through therapeutic sound, guiding you into restorative states where healing and calm can emerge. Working on a cellular level, these frequencies help release tension and restore balance. With a nurturing, grounded approach, Hannah supports you in reconnecting with yourself and finding harmony within.

£13.70 per person, 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

£18 per person (plus booking fee), Please book here.

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

Friday 5 December , 5pm to 7.30pm
Join a special festive edition of Cosplay Youth where you can craft, design, and make your own costumes. A welcoming and safe space to explore your imagination and bring characters to life. Cosplay Youth is part of Volunteen by Community Vision. For ages 10 to 18.
Free to attend, to book please email hannah.dobson@communityvision.org.uk

Christmas Art Club

Saturday 6 December, 1pm to 3pm
Art and creative sessions for kids 8+ a different exciting theme every Month.
Free to attend no booking required.

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.

Christmas Eve Family Party @2021

Wednesday 24 December, 10am to 4pm
Come in from the cold and let the kids burn off their Christmas excitement here at 20-21! We’re hosting a full day of free festive fun led by our life-sized Elf on the Shelf Toby!  There will be a festive disco, karaoke, crafts, games stories and a singing performance from Mrs Claus! Take some photos in our Christmas themed vestry.
Free to attend, no booking required.

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.