QUEERiosity

Explore queerness and LGBTQ+ identities through practical workshops, before showcasing your final piece in an online showcase.

Take part in practical workshops covering different areas; including fine art, character design, graphic communication, film & photography, and fashion & textiles. These online sessions, designed for students aged 14+, will highlight LGBTQ+ artists working within those areas and allow participants to develop their own creative practice.

Certificate of Attendance
Participating in the QUEERiosity project is ideal not just for exploring your identity but for developing your creative portfolio.  

As part of the series, we’ll be giving you an official digital certificate of attendance that you can feature in your portfolio and mention in your personal statement.  

To receive your official QUEERiosity certificate, you will need to attend a minimum of 3 workshops from the series. 

Free materials
Most of the workshops only require basic drawing materials, but the Fine Art and Fashion & Textiles sessions require some additional materials.

We’ll be sending out free fine art material packs to the first 25 participants who sign up to the Fine Art session, and free fashion & textile material packs to the first 25 participants who sign up to the Fashion & Textile session.  

2025 workshops

Monday 13th October | 4.30 – 6.00pm | Fine Art
Monday 20th October | 4.30 – 6.00pm | Character Design 
Monday 3rd November | 4.30 – 6.00pm | Graphic Communication
Monday 10th November | 4.30 – 6.00pm | Film & Photography
Monday 17th November | 4.30 – 6.00pm | Fashion & Textiles 
Monday 1st December | 4.30 – 7.00pm | Optional Drop-Ins
Saturday 14 December | Online showcase launch

Workshops

Week 1 – Fine Art
Monday 13 October | 4:30pm – 6:00pm (BST)

For the first QUEERiosity session, you’ll be introduced to the aims of the project before looking at how fine art can be used to explore LGBTQ+ themes.

We’ll look at the works of queer artists, as well as student work, before taking on practical tasks that will let you explore themes resonant to you through fine art practices.

Materials Required: A3 and A4 paper, pencils, colouring pencils

Optional Materials: Charcoal, fine liners, coloured card, plasticine, tracing paper

Week 2 – Character Design
Monday 20 October | 4:30pm – 6:00pm (BST)

In the second QUEERiosity workshop, you’ll go through the principles of character design before designing your own characters.

By looking at LGBTQ+ characters created across animation, games and illustration, you’ll be able to create a character used to explore queer narratives and themes.

Materials Required: A3 and A4 paper, pencils, colouring pencils, or digital drawing software and hardware.

Week 3 – Graphic Communication
Monday 3 November | 4:30pm – 6:00pm (BST)

In this QUEERiosity workshop, we’ll explore visual storytelling and how it can be used to get across themes and messages to audiences worldwide.

After looking at brand campaigns highlighting queer topics and issues, you’ll create your own campaign exploring a theme close to you, using industry processes.

Materials Required: A3 and A4 paper, pencils, colouring pencils, or digital drawing software and hardware.

Week 4 – Film & Photography
Monday 10 November | 4:30pm – 6:00pm (BST)

For the fourth QUEERiosity workshop, we’ll be diving into film and photography best practices and how they can be used to explore queer themes.

You’ll see examples of queer cinema and LGBTQ+ photography, before using these mediums to create your own narratives through practical tasks.

Materials Required: A3 and A4 paper, pencils, colouring pencils, or digital drawing software and hardware; camera or mobile device that can take videos/photos.

Week 5 – Fashion & Textiles
Monday 17 November | 4:30pm – 6:00pm (BST)

In our final QUEERiosity workshop, we’ll be exploring how fashion and textile designers in the LGBTQ+ community utilise best practices to create work highlighting queer themes.

You’ll then take on these best practices and devise your own fashion and textile pieces with LGBTQ+ themes in mind.

Materials Required: A3 and A4 paper, fabric scraps, pencils, colouring pencils, fine liners, coloured card, glue stick, masking tape, (all will need to provide a bottle to make garment), needle and thread, tracing paper

Optional Drop-Ins
Monday 1 December | 4:30pm – 7:00pm (BST)

Book a slot to receive feedback on your final piece, whether you’re still in the early stages of creating it or are finalising details.

Visit the event page on our website for FAQs and to book your place: https://norwichuni.ac.uk/events/all/queeriosity-2025/