You will create masks based on eye witness sightings of sea creatures around the immersive installation called Kelp Forest. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, Camilla Brendon and the Totally Thames team will guide you every step of the way.
Reserve your free ticket and support us HERE.
Creatures of the Kelp explores the crossover between mythology, eyewitness sightings and scientific research between UMO’s (Unidentified Marine Object). The most famous such creature is the Loch Ness Monster, but in fact sightings off the British Isles over the last two hundred years have been plentiful.
Reserve your free ticket and support us HERE.
Creatures of the Kelp explores the crossover between mythology, eyewitness sightings and scientific research between UMO’s (Unidentified Marine Object). The most famous such creature is the Loch Ness Monster, but in fact sightings off the British Isles over the last two hundred years have been plentiful.
Reserve your ticket and support us HERE.
Reserve your free ticket HERE.
This family friendly workshop explores making using card and other recycled materials. Participants will explore layering and adding textures to the masks. They will be inspired by story telling based on scientific research into UMO’s and eye witness sighting accounts.
Register for your ticket here.
Creatures of the Kelp explores the crossover between mythology, eyewitness sightings and scientific research between UMO’s (Unidentified Marine Object). The most famous such creature is the Loch Ness Monster, but in fact sightings off the British Isles over the last two hundred years have been plentiful.
Performers embody the creatures spotted in such sightings whilst accounts are narrated. Costumes are bright and bold and made from found and recycled materials.
Register for your ticket here.
Kelp Forest captures the magnificent movement and beauty of living kelp which is often out of sight out of mind. This installation allows the viewer 'to dive’ throughout the habitat without needing to leave dry land. When installed visitors will be welcome to walk through the artwork and enjoy the different textures and the way it moves.
Spoken word performance looking at the lives of unidentified marine objects.
Make your own puppet with eco-warrior Camilla Brendon whilst you learn about how she uses recycled materials to visualise ocean issues.
Living River Mobiles is being run by artist Camilla Brendon at LDM to mark Earth Day. This informal and creative workshop will explore how nature coexists with the River Thames and Docklands.
This Thursday 16th you are invited to see our powerful exhibition of Kindreds’ women artists! Do please join us between 6-8pm at the Kindred Gallery, Kindred Studios 13 Market Lane W12 8EZ. Nearest tube: Goldhawk Road, 2 min (Hammersmith & City Line) or Shepherds Bush (Central Line), 10 min walk.
‘20 x 20 Vision’ exhibition, curated by Jarelle Francis. Opening on Thursday 16 March form 6-9pm, do join us. At Blue House Yard next to Wood Green Tube (Picadilly Line) N22 7TB. Exhibition runs 16 - 30 March.
Now in its sixth year, Flourish is an ongoing school holiday art programme for families in North Kensington with primary school-aged children. It offers a space for families to get creative and enjoy learning new skills with professional artists.
Work with artists Anna Reading, Camilla Brendon and Nicole Morris between 14–16 February to create large-scale ‘word soups’ and stories, an outdoor installation using recycled materials, and to invent and make plants that have the power to grow anything you can imagine
These workshops were funded by The Natural History Museum. Watch out for the communal artwork which is to be displayed at Meanwhile after their classroom referb!
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Relaxed afternoon learning about, making non-toxic cleaners and creating art inspired by Tiny Ocean Plants with artist Camilla Brendon.
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Relaxed afternoon learning about, making non-toxic cleaners and creating art inspired by Tiny Ocean Plants with artist Camilla Brendon.
Get your ticket HERE
We invite you to join us for a panel discussion exploring how we can affect positive change in this time of climate and socio-economic crisis. Speaking with local experts from the environmental sector we will discuss the environment, energy, climate justice and environmental movements. Questions from the audience are encouraged. This talk is part of a series of events accompanying the exhibition Community of Hope (19th - 30th November) at Centrespace Gallery Bristol.
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Running as part of our exhibition Community of Hope - exploring creative responses to the climate crisis - this workshop with artist Camilla Brendon (https://www.camillabrendon.com/kelp-forests/) will explore marine life and the habitats of kelp forests. Participants will be able to make their very own sea critters using all recycled materials, whilst learning all about kelp forests and the amazing creatures that call them home.
Community of Hope is a new exhibition showcasing an array of creative visual responses to the climate crisis and demonstrating the process of artists bearing witness to this extraordinary moment in human history. Developed by curators Laura Ribbons and Dominic Head as a way of building on 2021’s acclaimed online exhibition It’s What We Do Next, and furthering conversations had in the wake of COP26, it’s fitting perhaps that Community of Hope opens the day that COP27 comes to a close.
Sat 12th 11-5pm
Sun 13th 12-4pm
A mix of artwork, gifts, ceramics, fashion, decorations, accessories all under one roof only 10 mins away from Westfield Shepherd’s Bush! The ceiling price is £250 (yes there is some under the table stuff that’s over the budget if you would like to spend more)
Please feel free to pop in to look at the work on show and meet our kindred community or stop by to hear Frieze Artist award 2022 Abbas Zahedi in conversation (around lunchtime) and hear from our founder Angelique about the story of Kindred Studios, its place in community and it’s future. It’s Kindred so never expect the usual kinda fair!
See you this weekend!
River Critters: Art workshop exploring making animals that live in and around the River Thames, using recycled materials - - book your free ticket HERE.
Kelp Forest is being installed at Nine Elms Pavilion wedged between the River Thames and South Circular come and see this magnificent recycled kelp forest and it moves and sways in the breeze. Be inspired by how beauty is captured using materials destined for land fill.
This opening event is to celebrate Re-Wild taking place in Ilford for 6 weeks between 19th August-25th September
For 5 weeks, artists will research and respond to 5 different green spaces (parks, rivers, forests) in or near Ilford and run art workshops open to all members of the public.
So do visit and take part in the art workshops!
All materials provided and open to all ages and abilities.
Take part in our hands-on, fabulous family art workshops run by professional artists Rachel Lindsey-Clark and Camilla Brendon. Will you try your hand at collage and create a serene canal scene or explore the canal critters that live beneath the water and make your own out of recycled materials? Reserve your free place here.
Camilla Brendon will be exploring the River Roding and its history during this residency which will consist of daily workshop open to the public and free to participate in. Kelp Forest will be displayed in the residency space.
Week 3 – Echo of Yourself: Mandala weaving and mirrors
Dates: Tuesday 16 August, Wednesday 17 August, Thursday 18 August
Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm
Artist: Camilla Brendon
Take part in our hands-on, fabulous family art workshops run by professional artists Rachel Lindsey-Clark and Camilla Brendon. Will you try your hand at collage and create a serene canal scene or explore the canal critters that live beneath the water and make your own out of recycled materials? Reserve your free place here.
Participants will make wearable art out of single use materials that have been found in waterways. The artist uses bold colour and form inspired by nature to create visually appealing 2D, 3D and installation artworks which encourage participants to explore and to ask questions. Her art provides a platform for dialogue around sustainability and facilitates debate, learning and experimentation without constraints or prejudice.
KELP & CRITTERS is an Art workshop led by Camilla Brendon which explores making sea creatures, with recycled materials, that use kelp as a breeding ground and for shelter. Find out more here.
