Image: Multiple by Genetic Moo
Microworld
On now until Sunday 7th September 2025
These ambitious artworks are created by Genetic Moo, a UK based collective. Their work is inspired by sea creatures, nature, and science. Discover Genetic Moo’s artwork inspired by the Ferens’ permanent collection, created specially for this exhibition.
You’re invited to get creative in Microworld by manipulating the digital projections through movement. You can also become a scientist in our immersive sensory play area to explore and study the unusual creatures you will come across in the exhibition. This interactive exhibition is designed for all ages, you can play, experiment, collaborate, create, learn and have fun.
Image: Multiple by Genetic Moo
Make it, move it, shake it –
Microworld dance party (SEND)
Saturday 5th July – 30th August 2025
Are you a budding artist ? Do you love to dance ? Do you want to explore more creative arts activities? Are you looking to build confidence, meet new people and have lots of fun ? Impact Theatre brings you a inclusive, multi-sensory art and dance workshop led by artist and creative education specialist Chris Holmes, inspired by the Microworld exhibition at Ferens Art Gallery. This exciting project is open to all young people regardless of ability. In the workshop you will create your own piece of artwork and explore movement and dance in a professional creative space. Let’s make and create together and “dance like no one is watching”.
Please only book a ticket for each child attending the workshop. Accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket.
Ticketed: £5.00
Make it, move it, shake it –
Microworld dance party
Saturday 5th July – 30th August 2025
Are you a budding artist ? Do you love to dance ? Do you want to explore more creative arts activities? Are you looking to build confidence, meet new people and have lots of fun ? Impact Theatre brings you a inclusive, multi-sensory art and dance workshop led by artist and creative education specialist Chris Holmes, inspired by the Microworld exhibition at Ferens Art Gallery. This exciting project is open to all young people regardless of ability. In the workshop you will create your own piece of artwork and explore movement and dance in a professional creative space. Let’s make and create together and “dance like no one is watching”.
Please only book a ticket for each child attending the workshop. Accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket.
Ticketed: £5.00
Micro-Explorers – Under 5s sensory session with Edens Baby Experiences
Friday 11th July 2025
Come along and explore a variety of different play stations with Nicola from Edens, all inspired by the amazing Microworld exhibition at Ferens Art Gallery. This fun, hands on session for children under 5 will include some messy play, singing and parachute games.
Please only book a ticket for each child attending the workshop. Accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket. The charge for this session has been subsidised.
Ticketed: £4.00
Nature’s Melodies –
Under 5s music and play session
Friday 4th July 2025
Join Donna from Humber Drum Circles for a fun-filled, interactive music session for children aged 5 and under featuring guitar, singing, and violin! Children will play, explore, and engage in exciting action songs inspired by nature and animals. Through playful melodies and musical games, they’ll discover a variety of instruments, responding creatively to the Microworld art installation. The session will conclude with a magical nature soundscape filled with frogs, birds, and the sounds of the forest.
Please only book a ticket for each child attending the workshop. Accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket. The charge for this session has been subsidised.
Ticketed: £4.00
Create a Micro-monster Cell! Light up creatures family artist workshop
Saturday 12th July 2025
Join artists Lucy and Wendy from ‘What if We Create‘ for a unique children’s art workshop inspired by the new Microworld exhibition at Ferens Art Gallery. In this workshop, children will create their own 3D felt light up micro-creature. They will learn how to stitch circuits and develop their sewing skills as they are guided through each step of making their amazing luminous creation! This workshop is suitable for children aged 7+ with assistance of accompanying adults. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Please only book a ticket for each person that wants to make a micro-creature. The charge for this session has been subsidised.
Ticketed: £10.00
Flourish with Ferens –
Relaxed (SEND) Family Art Activity
Sunday 20th July – Sunday 24th August 2025
Join artist Rosie Ireson for our monthly inclusive and relaxed art workshop designed for children and young people who have a disability, are neurodivergent, or experience anxiety. This month’s workshop is one of two special sessions inspired by the amazing Microworld exhibition at Ferens Art Gallery. Booking is essential.
Please only book a ticket for each child or young person taking part. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times but accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket.
Ticketed
Microworld – Relaxed (SEND) Family Activity
Wednesday 30th July 2025
This is a relaxed family activity session with limited numbers designed for children who have a disability, are neurodivergent, or experience anxiety that would find it difficult to attend our busier drop-in worlshops. In the session, children can have a go at a selection of art, technology and science activities inspired by our Microworld exhibition.
Please only book a ticket for each child or young person taking part. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times but accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket.
Microworld Creative Coding with Makerpsace Hull
Saturday 2nd August – Saturday 9th August 2025
Explore a mash up of tech and art using fun and simple coding recipes to create funky shapes, abstract animations, warped videos and more! Suitable for ages 8+. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Please only book a ticket for the children taking part in the session.
Ticketed, £2.00
SEND Music and breakdance family workshop with Beats Bus Hull
Monday 4th August – Friday 15th August 2025
This is an SEND workshop designed for children who have special educational needs or an disability, or experience anxiety. In the session, join Beats Bus Hull for a dynamic music and breakdancing session suitable for all children aged over 7 years old and all skill levels. Don’t miss out on the chance to be part of an exciting, hands-on experience in the heart of Hull’s vibrant arts scene! Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Please only book a tciket for each child taking part. Accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket.
Ticketed, £4.00
Music and breakdance family workshop with Beats Bus Hull
Monday 4th August – Friday 15th August 2025
Join Beats Bus Hull for a dynamic music and breakdancing session suitable for all children aged over 7 years old and all skill levels. Don’t miss out on the chance to be part of an exciting, hands-on experience in the heart of Hull’s vibrant arts scene! Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please only book a tciket for each child taking part. Accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket.
Ticketed, £4.00
Microworld – Relaxed (SEND) Family Activity
Wednesday 30th July 2025
This is a relaxed family activity session with limited numbers designed for children who have a disability, are neurodivergent, or experience anxiety that would find it difficult to attend our busier drop-in worlshops. In the session, children can have a go at a selection of art, technology and science activities inspired by our Microworld exhibition.
Please only book a ticket for each child or young person taking part. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times but accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket.
Ticketed
Creature Animation Creations – Relaxed (SEND) family workshop
Thursday 21st August 2025
This is a relaxed (SEND) family activity session with limited numbers designed for children who have a disability, are neurodivergent, or experience anxiety. Come and create an animated creature as part of the Microworlds exhibition. You can spot a creature in the exhibition or dream one up yourself. Then use paper, scissors, glue and imagination to bring it to life. Before animating it in stop motion as part of a creature parade. Award winning animators My Pockets will be there to help you along the way. Best suited for children aged 7+.
Please only book a ticket for each child taking part in the workshop. Accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket. We have subsidised the charge for this workshop.
Ticketed: £6.00
Creature Animation Creations- family workshop
Thursday 21st August 2025
Come and create an animated creature as part of the Microworlds exhibition. You can spot a creature in the exhibition or dream one up yourself. Then use paper, scissors, glue and imagination to bring it to life. Before animating it in stop motion as part of a creature parade. Award winning animators My Pockets will be there to help you along the way. Best suited for children aged 7+ Please only book a ticket for each child taking part in the workshop. Accompanying adults do not need to book a ticket. We have subsidised the charge for this workshop.
Ticketed: £6.00
Gallery 6 – Maritime paintings in the
Ferens Art Gallery
Click the link below to view a selection of the paintings in the
Maritime collection
https://artuk.org/discover/curations/ferens-marine-paintings
and click the ‘Storyline‘ or ‘Showcase‘ button
HAIR
On now until Sunday 17th August 2025
Black hair is a key aspect of identity, with intricate styles, links to heritage, and popular culture.
Throughout history to the present day, Black hair has been important in sharing artistry and culture. At the same time Black hair can often be misunderstood, from its texture, to styling and discrimination, often mirroring the changing social and political values in society.
This new exhibition includes film and photography, showcasing stories from the community and what Black hair means to people in of Hull.
In the exhibition you will learn about Black hair, discover braiding styles, hair care recipes, and techniques which have been passed down through generations. You will be able explore people’s experiences and share your story too.
Curated in partnership with volunteers from across Hull who have shared their experiences of their own Afro hair.
Guided Tour of Ferens Art Gallery
Explore the city’s art collection on a free guided tour of Ferens Art Gallery. The informative and friendly guides, will give you an overview of some of the highlights of the Gallery. In the hour-long tour, among others, they will reveal the stories of work by the 14th century Italian artist, Lorenzetti, art from the Dutch Golden Age, paintings of great 19th-century female artists and the more local talent of Atkinson Grimshaw.
Dates and times
Please select a month:
June 2025
July 2025
https://www.hullmuseums.co.uk/museum-events/guided-tour-of-ferens-art-gallery
Young Artist Open Exhibition 2025
Friday 10th October – Sunday 11th January 2026
The Young Artist Open exhibition has been held annually at the Ferens Art Gallery since 2003 and celebrates the creative talent of young people in Hull and the surrounding area.
2025 Open Exhibition
Friday 10th October – Sunday 11th January 2026
For full guidance: https://www.hullmuseums.co.uk/homepage/88/open-exhibition
National Gallery Partnership To Bring Monet To Ferens
Image: Claude Monet The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil 1872 Oil on canvas, 52.6 x 71.8 cm
© The National Gallery, London
The National Gallery has announced it will partner with the Ferens Art Gallery as part of its
Masterpiece Tour 2025-27.
The work selected for the first year is Monet’s The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil (1872), a work which has left the Gallery only once in the last 20 years. Monet depicts a tranquil scene of a winter day on the outskirts of the small suburban town of Argenteuil, not far from Paris. Although the town was already partly industrialised and a popular location for sailing and leisure boating, Monet only hints at this developing bustle with a few scattered buildings behind a screen of trees. Instead, he focuses on an intimate moment by the river. The orderly composition, variety of brushstrokes and reflection in the water are all regular features of Monet’s work.
The Ferens Art Gallery exhibition will be co-curated with Flourish, Ferens Art Gallery’s creative group for children and young people, organised with and for disabled and neurodivergent visitors. Together, they will create a multi-sensory immersive space that is an olfactory, acoustic and tactile experience. The exhibition will showcase select works from the Ferens’s vast collection alongside contemporary responses from Flourish to enable visitors to see and experience art from a new and inclusive perspective.
Czesc Hull, to my! / Hi Hull, it’s us! – over 100 years of the local Polish community
On now until Sunday 29th June 2025
Free, drop-in
Classic Car Days
Saturday 27th September 2025
Stroll through the Museums Quarter Garden to explore vintage and classic motor vehicles from the East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Car Club, find out the history of the vehicles and take photos of your favourites.
Please do not touch any of the vehicles without the owner’s permission.
Free, drop-in
Glam & Gloom – 1970s Britain
Thursday 10th July – Sunday 31st August 2025
Free, drop-in
Hull Print Collective
‘Summer’ Exhibition
A celebration of small scale printmaking
10th July 2025 – 31st August 2025
Studio Eleven, 12 Humber Street,
Fruit Market, Kingston upon Hull HU1 1TG
Tel: +(0)1482 229600
Email: info@studioeleven.co.uk
Website: www.studioeleven.co.uk/shop
Unfolded
On now until 29th June 2025
FREE
Brynmor Jones Library | Exhibition
The Feral ReWilders are excited to announce ‘Unfolded’, an evocative exhibition showcasing the work of the nine inaugural Feral ReWilding artists from Feral Art School; Jessie Davies, Faith Foster, Teddy Lucine, Linda Martin, Sam Metz, Jay Moy, Dionne Ruffy, Lauren Saunders and Sue White.
Feral Art School’s ‘Rewilding Practice’ has been a year-long postgraduate programme working with industry partners G F Smith and culminating in this unique exhibition.
Hosted at the Brynmor Jones Library Gallery at the University of Hull between 16th May and 29th June 2025, Unfolded invites you to experience how the ReWilding artists engage with themes of nature, place, paper and more.
Times: Monday to Friday | 10am – 5pm | For weekend opening times contact @feral.rewilders on Instagram, emailing feral.rewilders@gmail.com or call 01482 466581
Special Events:
• The Critical Fish will be hosting a Climate Reading Art Groups (CRAG) at the University on Wednesday 18th June (from 6pm) for discussions related to the exhibition
• The Feral ReWilders will be launching the ReWilding Practice book on Thursday 26th June (5-7pm)
Supported by Hull City Council, G.F. Smith, Arts Council England, and more.
Champney Road, Beverley HU17 8HE
David Remfry RA: A Homecoming
On now until Saturday 21st June
Royal Academician and celebrated British painter David Remfry MBE (b.1942) returns to Yorkshire where his career began with a major retrospective. From portraits to still life, small scale drawings to large scale paintings, a mastery of watercolour and more recently returning to oils, visitors will be able to trace the artist’s remarkable career from Yorkshire origins to London, New York and beyond.
Exhibitions coming up at the OPO
19th July – 10th August
‘Creatures Of The Deep’
A co-created exhibition by 6 artists working with 6 community groups.
THE FRIENDS OF THE FERENS ART GALLERY
Please click the link below to view a detailed explanation of the Friends and the role of the Friends Trustees
FoFAG structure 3-fold contacts
