Sundial Art Club is a regular visual arts workshop celebrating creativity, community and nature connection.
Sundial Art Club is a space for people of all backgrounds and abilities to expand their creativity in a supportive environment and learn about different themes responding to the nature around us. Our first term starts in January to May 2025, with the overarching theme of ‘formed and found’.
Every session we’ll focus on a new natural material or technique found in the local environment, which we’ll use as inspiration to create, learn and collaborate. We’ll be using everyday, recycled or repurposed tools and materials: making our own paint out of red cabbage, making marks with river rocks, or making our own brushes out of sticks and moss. Expect guided warm up exercises to get in the creative flow, learn new techniques and get some focused time to explore your creativity and collaborate with like minded people.
It’s up to you to decide if you want to join for just one workshop or for the full term. The workshops will be run by artists Babette Van Gerwen and Will Kennedy as part of Sundial Arts, an initiative fostering connection between nature and people through creativity.
Sundial Arts is a community arts initiative founded by William Kennedy and Babette van Gerwen fostering connections between people and nature. William is an artist primarily working in paint and explores the different ways people interact with space and their environment. Babette is an artist and researcher exploring human-nature connections.
Themes: Paper making Natural Colour (pigments) Natural Colour (dyes) Brushes Clay Rocks Collage Flowers
Time: Every other Sunday, 11:00-13:00
Venue & Dates:
Sessions take place in either The Cabin (21 Old Ford Road, E2 9PL) or The Create Place (29 Old Ford Road, E2 9PJ)
19th January - The Cabin
2nd February - The Create Place
16th February - The Cabin
2nd March - The Create Place
16th March - The Create Place
13th April - The Create Place
27th April - The Cabin
11th May - The Create Place
Access: If you have any access needs of which we should be aware, please let us know. Entry to The Create Place is step-free but the toilet is not accessible. If you need access to an accessible toilet, please let us know so we can arrange that.
Tickets:
Standard: £5 per class which covers materials & space hire
Pay More: £8 which covers these costs and supports our future projects and workshops.
Full Term (8 sessions): £35
Let’s get together at the Sundial Art Club: an experimental visual art workshop focusing on creativity, community and nature connection.
Location
The Cabin & The Create Place, E2 9PL