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Join us in the forest garden at Maxilla Walk Studios for regular gardening sessions for families, adults, and our local community of Shedders. Enjoy planting, creative activities and seasonal outdoor trips. All sessions are free.
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Past events
Winter holiday family art in Wembley
Join us at Barham Park Studios this winter for hands-on family art sessions exploring textiles, storytelling, and creative play.
Community makerspace timetable: December
Free weekly Tinkering Sessions at ACAVA's Makerspace in North Kensington. Drop in to work on creative projects, learn new skills, and connect with your community.
The Undercraft winter market and open studios
Join us at The Undercraft on 6 December for open studios, handmade gifts, local artists, and festive treats from Mother Canteen.
Spode winter market and open studios
Discover unique handmade gifts at Spode Works Studios’ winter market and open studios, meet local artists, and connect with creatives in your Stoke-on-Trent community.
Tinkering Sessions Timetable: November
Free weekly Tinkering Sessions at ACAVA's Makerspace in North Kensington. Drop in to work on creative projects, learn new skills, and connect with your community.
Cultivate Create half-term halloween special
This October half-term, join our Cultivate Create programme in North Kensington for free family gardening, crafts, and a Halloween trip to Greenwich Park.
Gardening for families: Autumn
Join ACAVA’s Cultivate Create team this autumn for free family gardening, nature-inspired arts and crafts, and trips to green spaces in North Kensington.
October family art in Wembley
Join ACAVA’s Flourish programme this October half-term in Wembley for free, creative family workshops exploring memory, play and making together.
Tinkering Sessions Timetable: October
Free weekly Tinkering Sessions at ACAVA's Makerspace in North Kensington. Drop in to work on creative projects, learn new skills, and connect with your community.
ACAVA Opens: Hetley Road Open Studios 2025
Explore ACAVA Hetley Road Open Studios 2025 on 20 September. Meet local painters, sculptors, and textile artists, discover studio spaces, and buy artworks directly.
ACAVA Opens: Cannizaro Park Open Studios 2025
Join our artists at Cannizaro Park Studios on Sunday 21 September, 11am–5.30pm, for a day of open studios as part of Art in the Park.
ACAVA Opens: Spode Works Open Studios 2025
Discover ACAVA Spode Works Studios in Stoke-on-Trent on 13 September. Meet the artists, explore their workspaces and buy their work, and see a new group exhibition. Free entry.
Getting paid for your published work
Part of ACAVA Talks: Join Chris Haynes from DACS on Thursday 11 September, to learn how artists, illustrators, and photographers can claim Payback royalties, meet deadlines, and maximise earnings from published work.
Preserving your artistic legacy
Part of ACAVA Talks: Join Annamieka Hopps from Artwork Archive on 25 September to learn practical strategies for documenting, protecting, and sharing your art so your creative legacy endures for generations.
Navigating practice, values and person
Part of ACAVA Talks: Join Jade Foster on Thursday 9 October to explore how artists can fluidly navigate values, identity, and justice across interpersonal, organisational, and systemic levels without compromising creative practice.
Tinkering Sessions Timetable: September
Free weekly Tinkering Sessions at ACAVA's Makerspace in North Kensington. Drop in to work on creative projects, learn new skills, and connect with your community.
Open day at Maxilla Walk Gardens
Join us on 16 August 2025 for shared creative activities, food, music, and a warm gathering of Shedders, Cultivate Create families, and the wider community.
Gardening for all: Autumn
Join Garden Tinkering Mondays, monthly gardening sessions at Maxilla Walk Studios to grow, mend and connect with others in a relaxed, welcoming space.
Tinkering Sessions Timetable: August
Free weekly Tinkering Sessions at ACAVA's Makerspace in North Kensington. Drop in to work on creative projects, learn new skills, and connect with your community.
Free family art workshops in North Kensington this summer
Join us this August at Maxilla Walk Studios for our Flourish summer sessions, a fun, free programme of hands-on creative workshops for families with primary-aged children.
Free family workshops in Wembley this summer
Join us at Barham Park Studios for a summer of free family workshops led by professional artists. Take part in clay making, stop-motion animation, textiles and more. Suitable for primary-aged children and their families.
Community exhibition at Spode Works Studios
The Butterfly Bush Effect exhibition at ACAVA Spode Works Studios showcases community artwork created during artist-led workshops in Stoke-on-Trent. On view from 27 June to 11 July 2025, with a public opening on 27 June.
I am not here: Jan Agha at ACAVA Spode Works Studios
We’re pleased to present I am not here, a solo exhibition by painter and sculptor Jan Agha, marking the culmination of his ACAVA Hosts: Three Counties Open Residency.
Tinkering Sessions Timetable: July
Free weekly Tinkering Sessions at ACAVA's Makerspace in North Kensington. Drop in to work on creative projects, learn new skills, and connect with your community.