Arts & Culture
Meet Pete and Alice
Meet our 2022 Artist & Author in Residence Pete Gray and Alice Harman, and find out more about their professional careers!
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Stimulating creativity and imagination Pete and Alice used their professional expertise to actively encourage reading and drawing throughout the summer and left a legacy of work linked to the Summer Reading Challenge theme, Gadgeteers.
Celebrating the collaboration between an artist and author
During summer 2022 Pete and Alice delivered free family workshops that were packed with smart sketches and spectacular science facts.
Pete revealed the secrets behind his illustrations, and shared some clever tricks that were guaranteed to make drawing super easy and great fun! Participants hunted for fun facts with Alice and turned scientific information into a creative and entertaining double page book spread!
Mansfield Central Library: 9 July - 11 September 2022
Books, art and science!
Pete, Alice and primary school children from Mansfield brought you an exhibition that was truly a clever collaboration. They worked together to explore spectacular science facts and very smart sketches. In the exhibition you could discover the interactive artworks and writings inspired by the inventive Summer Reading Challenge theme.