Amplify - Ipswich Museum

Ipswich Museum presents ‘Amplify’ a free event hosted at Ipswich County Library from 10am – 4pm on Saturday 10th May for young adults aged 16 – 30, to build connections and explore career pathways within the cultural, art and wellbeing services.

From 10am – 2pm, young adults will be able to sign up to some free workshops taking place in the Wolsey Room and brush up on your CV writing with Volunteering Matters, get creative using objects from the Ipswich Museum Collections and get excited about your future potential with Young Artists in Suffolk’s Vison Poster Workshop.

Between 1 – 4pm join us in the Lecture Hall and explore stalls from some of the cultural organisations and wellbeing services in Ipswich; build connections, explore career pathways and potential opportunities. Stallholders include: Volunteering Matters, Inside Out Community, Ipswich Museum, Subversive Collective (VR spray painting), Outreach Youth UK, Aspire Black Suffolk, Maritime Trust, DanceEast, Farthing Funeral Services and Lofty Heights.

This event is part of the museums ‘working with families’ strand of work, to create opportunities for families and their members to gain skills and understand opportunities in a neutral space. This also has a focus on working class families, where we are reserving some spaces for service users at the Ipswich Job Centre, YMCA and 4YP.

Want to find out more about the free workshops?

10am-11am: Natural History Drawing Workshop with Artist/Museum professional Lisa Temple-Cox

Join Lisa Temple-Cox, and have a go at drawing animal skulls from the Ipswich Museum collections and her very own. Learn about our native mammals and explore different media. No experience necessary.

11am-12pm: Build Your CV through Volunteering and Youth Social Action

Join Volunteering Matters for a workshop focus on how volunteering can build your CV, confidence and future prospects. Together you will identify your goals and interests and align them with education and job applications. You will learn how becoming a Youth Social Action volunteer helps your progression through school, college and employment.

12pm – 1pm: Vison Poster Workshop with Young Artists in Suffolk

Amy from Young Artists in Suffolk will be running a collage workshop to create your own vision poster. This will be a guided workshop, aimed to inspire creativity and personal goals for the year ahead. Plus, this is a great chance to relax, connect and enjoy making something to take home. Find out more about Young Artists in Suffolk by following @youngartistsinsuffolk on Instagram. No Experience necessary.

1pm-2pm: Hero’s on Your Doorstep-An Interactive Carousel Workshop with Aspire Black Suffolk

Join Aspire Black Suffolk for an immersive, carousel style workshop celebrating local Black heroes through the power of human stories and the universal language of music.

What to expect:Sit down with real people from your community who have inspiring stories to share. Explore what music means to different people through a powerful archive record set. Contribute your thoughts, reflections and creativity throughout and sign up to join the Aspire Youth Board and be a voice of change in your community by contributing to youth-led educational / social development across Suffolk.