Tiny Ocean Plants
I am looking forward to Meanwhile Gardens hosting us over three Saturdays in June and July to make a collaborative Tiny Ocean Plants installation artwork. Drop in workshops are being held on Saturday 11th June and Saturday 25th June, from 11am-4pm, come to one or both workshops to make recycled Tiny Ocean Plant - or phytoplankton - art. You will also learn how to make eco cleaners. Workshops are free but please register to secure your place, using the button below. The installation will be shown on Saturday July 2nd from 11am-7pm and is part of Kensington and Chelsea Art Week - and free for all to visit! Thanks to The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s Art Grant and to Meanwhile Gardens.
Kelp Forest - Enhancing Biodiversity and Fighting Climate Change
Kelp Forest - Enhancing Biodiversity and Fighting Climate Change, 2022; donated single use plastics and salvaged fishing rope and spider plants; approx 90 pieces, various dimensions.
Image Credit: Georgia Metaxas
Kelp Forest was installed at London Performance Studios during the first week of April as a Seeding Space Residency. The pilot run of the project saw a workshop called Kelp & Critters and a panel debate called What Kelp Does For Us. It was wonderful to see so many kelp enthusiasts and kelp curious visitors in the forest - supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Since returning to Kindred Studios I’ve been busy planning the next steps in the project and have a couple of very exciting updates to come shortly.
Kindred Studios Open Studios
Kindred will once again be opening its doors on18th and 19th June 12-6pm. (CB studio will be open on the 19th only, due to a close friends wedding!) Come and say hello to all the residents take part in workshops, see art, buy art and enjoy this beautiful location which we have, just off Shepherds Bush Market. If you can’t make the open studios but would like to come and visit reply to this email and we can arrange a time.
East End Canal Festival
It’s been a long time coming, but two years late is better than never! I am really excited to be offering two days of free drop in workshops (from 11am-5pm), called Canal Critters which will explore the wildlife that lives in the Regents Canal - then goes onto offer participants the chance to make their own Canal Critter out of salvaged and single use materials. The workshops are free and drop in. There is an entire programme of events planned, see more here. I will also be exhibiting works from my Kelp Forest series in the gallery space at the Mile End Pavilion as part of the festival.