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Family, adult and community gardening
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
Tinkering Sessions in December 2024
Join our free and weekly Tinkering Sessions at the Shed to work on practical projects, follow hobbies, explore existing or newly learnt skills, share skills, and enjoy socialising and meeting others.
Make and Reuse Creative Workshops: Sculptural wearable art and accessories, with Anu Bankole
When: 25–28 November 2024, 10am–5pm Join artist Anu Bankole for a four-day workshop on creating sculptural wearable art from recycled materials. Each day covers specific techniques, from developing ideas and prototyping to reconstructing materials and completing your final piece.
ACAVA Opens: Spode Works Open Studios 2024
Join us at ACAVA Spode Works Studios on 30 November to meet local artists in Stoke-on-Trent's vibrant creative community. Explore artist workspaces, browse a winter-themed maker's market, and enjoy a unique exhibition—all in one place. Don't miss this chance to support local art and creativity!
North Kensington: free creative workshops for families this half-term
Is your family based in North Kensington? Join us this October half-term at our community studio and forest school for three free creative fun sessions exploring the theme 'Grow', with artist Nicole Morris.
Wembley: free creative workshops for families this half-term
Is your family based in Wembley? Meet us at our community spaces in Barham Park for three free fun creative sessions exploring the theme ‘Grow’, with artist Flora Duley.
Grenfell Memorial Community Mosaic: community workshops
Join artists Emily Fuller and Tomomi Yoshida and other local community members to help care for and repair damaged mosaics on 5 and 7 October 2024 at ACAVA Blechynden Street Studios.
ACAVA Opens: Cannizaro Park Open Studios 2024
Join our artists at Cannizaro Park Studios on 14 and 15 September for a weekend of open studios coinciding with Wimbledon Arts Trail. Come and see the work of painters, printmakers, ceramicists and sculptors, take a peek at their workspaces, and buy directly from them.
Exhibition by ACAVA prize winner Pamela Storey
Pamela Storey is one of three winners of last year’s ACAVA Hosts: Three Counties Open Residency and is our current artist-in-residence at ACAVA Spode Works Studios. Join us between 29 August - 7 September 2024 for an exhibition where she responds to artists' struggles in today's art world.
ACAVA Opens: Colville Road Open Studios 2024
Join us at Colville Road Studios on 21 and 22 September to meet our artists and visit their studio workspaces. Discover and engage with talented creatives working in the neighbourhood, buy artworks directly from the artists and explore bespoke commissions, our open studios aren’t to be missed!
ACAVA Opens: Hetley Road Open Studios 2024
Come along to meet the artists based at ACAVA Hetley Road Studios on Saturday 28 September. Visit their studio workspaces with various practices including; painting, sculpture, multimedia, textiles and more.
Tinkering Sessions in September 2024
Work on practical projects, follow hobbies, explore existing or newly learnt skills, share skills, and enjoy the benefits of socialising and meeting others.
Barham Park Studios Open Day
Join us for an open day at Barham Park Studios. Celebrate the launch of our new Flourish Zine, meet our new artist-in-residence and get a behind-the-scenes curator tour of the site.
North Kensington: free creative workshops for families this summer holiday
Is your family based in North Kensington? Join us this summer holiday at our community studio and forest school to explore chain reactions, ripples and weight, using clay, sound, costume-making and storytelling. With artists Camilla Brendon, Flora Duley, Josh Bilton and Nicole Morris.
Wembley: free creative workshops for families this summer holiday
Is your family based in Wembley? Join us this summer holiday at our community studio and outside in the park to explore reverberation, ripples and weight, using clay, sound, costume-making and creative play. With artists Amelia Tan, Camilla Brendon, Flora Duley and Josh Bilton.
Tinkering Sessions in July 2024
Work on practical projects, follow hobbies, explore existing or newly learnt skills, share skills, and enjoy the benefits of socialising and meeting others.
Make and Reuse Creative Workshops: An Introduction to Circular Carpentry, with Sasha Tishkov
When: 27-30 August 2024 Over four days, learn how to create a new chair inspired by Enzo Mari's designs whilst reusing responsibly sourced materials from the local area. Led by Sasha Tishkov.
Make and Reuse Creative Workshops: Leatherworking – Creative Thinking and Design, with Yusuf Osman
When: 22–25 July 2024 Over four days, gain a comprehensive overview of what's entailed when working with leather. The course will combine theory with hands-on knowledge about design, patternmaking and capabilities of the material. Led by Yusuf Osman.
Make and Reuse Creative Workshops: An Introduction to Contemporary Marquetry with Amber Bailey
When: 2-5 July 2024 A free, four-day workshop led by Amber Bailey where participants will make their own artwork using the historical craft of marquetry. Learn traditional hand-cutting techniques and add your own personal flair to create a piece of contemporary art. This course will teach you about designing and assembling marquetry and how to glue, scrape and polish veneers.
Make and Reuse Creative Workshops: Street Finds (furniture modification) with Andy Healy
When: 17-20 June 2024 A free, four-day workshop led by artist Andy Healy looking at how to restore and modify street-found furniture.
Cultivate Create Open Afternoon on Saturday 15 June 2024
To mark this year's Great Big Green Week, ACAVA will be opening the doors to the kitchen garden at Maxilla Walk Studios and celebrate our creative growing project Cultivate Create with the wider community. Join us on Saturday 15 June for an afternoon of fun creative activities, meet the team leading this year's growing season, and spend time outdoors with other members of our community.
Webinar: From recovery post-Grenfell to families and artists creating together
To mark this year's Creativity and Wellbeing Week, ACAVA is hosting a webinar presenting Flourish, a free family art programme in North Kensington that launched days before the Grenfell Tower Fire and has since been defined by that event.
Tinkering Sessions in June 2024
Work on practical projects, follow hobbies, explore existing or newly learnt skills, share skills, and enjoy the benefits of socialising and meeting others.
North Kensington: free life-size collage-making workshops for families over May half-term
Is your family based in North Kensington? Join us this May half-term to explore double doodles, plastic painting, life-size collage-making, and help build a huge ship-like art installation in the garden with artist Camilla Brendon.
Wembley: free creative fun for families over the May half-term
Is your family based in Wembley? Join us over the May half-term for three workshops led by artist Josh Bilton and create your own environmental mythology stories through clay, shadow puppetry, painting, performance and photography.