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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.
Various carving and other small carpentry tools fixed to a yellow wall in a community makerspace, indoors.

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.

Blechynden Street Open Studios 28 June

Join us for Blechynden Street Open Studios on 28 June. Meet local artists, enjoy a poetry reading, and discover art in North Kensington. Free entry.

Studio Visits with Georgia Taylor Aguilar

Part of ACAVA Talks: Join Georgia Taylor Aguilar online on Friday 20 June, 11am–12.30pm for strategies on approaching studio visits with clarity, intention, and confidence.

Critical Feedback with Chloe Cooper

Part of ACAVA Talks: Join Chloe Cooper online on Thursday 3 July, 1–2.30pm to explore generous, practical approaches to peer mentoring and giving/receiving constructive feedback.

Artist teacher collaborations with Dr Darren Chetty

Part of ACAVA Talks: Join Dr Darren Chetty on Friday 25 July, 11am–12.30pm at Barham Park Studios for an in-person session on artist–teacher collaboration in education.

Community event with Issam Kourbaj

Join us on Sunday 1 June for a special community sharing and celebration marking the culmination of Marking Narratives, a collaborative programme between ACAVA and Shubbak Festival, led by Syrian-born artist Issam Kourbaj.

Spode Works creative workshops

Free workshops led by ACAVA artists at Spode Works Studios, Stoke-on-Trent, as part of The Butterfly Bush Effect. Free creative sessions exploring art, ecology, and local heritage, culminating in a public exhibition in June 2025.