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Past events
Spring family art in Wembley
Free spring holiday creative workshops in Wembley for Brent families with primary-aged children, led by Andreea Tudose at ACAVA Barham Park Studios.
Community makerspace timetable: March
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.
Group exhibition: Anarchy Is Her Birthright
A group exhibition curated by April Star Davis, bringing together women and non-binary artists exploring resistance, care and survival through lived experience and place.
Flourish Arts Action Group & free community lunch
A playful family Arts Action Group and free community lunch in Wembley, open to Brent and North Kensington families this February half-term.
February half-term family art in Wembley
Free February half-term Flourish workshops in Wembley for Brent families with primary-aged children. Three afternoons of creative family art at Barham Park.
Community makerspace timetable: February
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.
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.