This is Me: Creative Portrait Making

Azza Gasim is leading a mixed-media portrait workshop for 10 to 13-year-olds at The Box on Sunday 16 August. The session is called This is Me: Creative Portrait Making, and it takes its starting point from the exhibitions currently on at the museum.

Gasim is a UK-based interdisciplinary artist whose work stretches across art, music, fashion and photography. She's worked in both Dubai and the UK through her own Azza's Gallery, and that cross-disciplinary approach is exactly what the workshop is built on — mixing different media rather than sticking to one. The session is run in partnership with Big Sis CIC, a Plymouth charity that focuses on adolescent well-being, with a particular eye on girls and non-binary young people going through puberty and pre-puberty. They deliver arts-based mental health and well-being programmes in schools and across the community, so the creative side of the day sits alongside that focus on young people's well-being.

Once the making is done, Big Sis CIC gives a presentation and launches a new creative activity pack for young people, which is open to all the participants and their families. It's a good bit of extra to take home after the session.

All the equipment and materials are provided, so there's nothing to bring along. The workshop is aimed at ages 10 to 13, and tickets are £6 standard. You can book yours through the The Box website.