You can have fun at the seaside in February!

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Turner Contemporary, Margate, one of Britain's many exciting regional art galleries, tell us that the half-term break is coming up, so if you have children, or just feel like a bit of a kid yourself, you could do worse than head for Margate and see what the gallery has to offer.

Alongside a rare opportunity to see Rosa Barba discuss her current exhibition and installation Subconscious Society, Siobhan Davies Dance stages a weekend of performance with To hand, which sees dance artist Matthias Sperling move across the gallery space whilst balancing on a set of everyday objects. Adults and children can help artist Chris Daniels to create Unravel – Britain’s longest hand-painted film – at the drop-in family workshops taking place during half-term week.

February half-term highlights

Family workshops: Materials

Sun 10 Feb & Sun 24 Feb, 1p.m. - 4p.m., drop in

£3 per child/free for adults, under 3s and families living in CT9

Feel, explore, play and build with different materials, inspired by Carl Andre.

Supported by WWMartin.

Rosa Barba in Conversation with Lynne Cooke

Wed 13 Feb, 6p.m., £6/£5 concessions

A unique chance to hear Rosa Barba talk about her new exhibition and installation Subconscious Society, with Lynne Cooke, Andrew Mellon Professor at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

Family workshops: Hand Paint Film

Wed 20 & Thu 21 Feb (half term), 1p.m. – 4p.m., drop in

£3 per child/free for adults, under 3s and families living in CT9

Help artist Chris Daniels to create Unravel – Britain’s longest hand-painted film.

Talk + Tea: The Dreamland Trust presents...Under the Pier Show with Tim Hunkin

Thu 21 Feb, 3p.m., £6/£5 concessions

Engineer, cartoonist, writer and artist Tim Hunkin talks about the history of the amusement arcade. Free cup of tea with every ticket. This event is part of Game Expo East Kent (GEEK) 2013, Thu 21 – Wed 24 Feb (half term).

To hand

Fri 22 – Sun 24 Feb, 12p.m. – 4p.m., free

Siobhan Davies Dance and dance artist Matthias Sperling present To hand. Where Carl Andre invites you to move around objects, here you are invited to follow the performer’s precarious movement across the space balancing on a set of everyday objects.

Additional activities

Free exhibition tours

Every Sat, Sun and Bank Holiday, 11–11:30a.m.

Free self-led exhibition activities

Perspective Windows

Tue – Sun, 10am – 6pm, drop in

£3 per child/free for adults, under 3s and families living in CT9

Clore Learning Studio (subject to availability)

Artist David Redfern teaches the basics of perspective drawing in a self-led activity.

Family workshops

Sun 10, Sun 17, Wed 20, Wed 21, Sun 24 Feb, 1 – 4p.m., drop in

£3 per child/free for adults, under 3s and families living in CT9  at the drop-in family workshops taking place during half-term week.