About

Join us for a fun filled family workshop! Working with three different artists you will have the chance to experiment with multiple craft techniques (such as wire, glass and paper) and leave with your own bespoke mobile to hang proudly in your window or display at home.

This workshop is a part of Swansea Council's citywide art celebration Swansea Arts Weekend. Mission Gallery invites you to celebrate all things craft- whether this is experimenting with heritage craft skills or new processes, we hope you enjoy!

Free.
Family Workshop – 1.5hrs

*One ticket per family group of up to four people

Three sessions: 10:00 - 11:30; 12:00 - 13:30; 14:30- 16:00

About the Workshop Leaders

Lowri Ann
Is a multidisciplinary artist and Goldsmiths BA Fine Art graduate born and based in Swansea. Her work is inspired by her Welsh heritage, exploring feminism, politics, community, history and tradition.

Her project 'Malurion' (Welsh for 'fragments') draws on the tradition of carved 'lovespoons' with audiences encouraged to create their own 'lovespoon' as a way of rediscovering and kindling a tradition.

Weixin Liu
Was born in China and has lived in Swansea for many years. She is passionate about promoting Chinese culture more widely and meaningfully within the community.
Weixin has worked as a community artist for several years, using her creative skills to engage and inspire others. She is dedicated to sharing her skills and knowledge, and takes great joy in empowering others through creative expression.

Lisa Burkl
Lisa Burkl (b. 1967, Llanelli) is a mixed media artist specialising in glass. She currently works from Ynysmeudwy in the Swansea Valley as an artist, visiting lecturer, and community art facilitator.
Since qualifying in Architectural Glass in 1991, Lisa has designed and fabricated commissions, exhibited at venues including the 'National Waterfront Museum', Swansea and 'The Ffwrnes', Llanelli, and led workshops across schools, universities, galleries, and community spaces. A qualified teacher with a BA in Architectural Glass and a PGCE from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, she has collaborated widely on participatory art projects, often working with charities to support wellbeing through creativity.

Part of Swansea Arts Weekend 2025

Mission Gallery is one of Wales's leading organisations in the presentation of contemporary visual arts and particularly craft. Part-funded through our membership of the Arts Council Wales portfolio, we also generate income through fundraising, retail, venue hires and workshop fees. Our mission is to address cultural inequalities by providing meaningful participation in the visual arts to those who historically have limited access to them. We achieve this by collaboratively delivering artistically ambitious exhibition and outreach programmes that are inclusive and distinctively of Wales.
Mission Gallery holds Cynnig Cymraeg accreditation and operates bilingually.