Five paintbrushes laid out one above the other made out of natural materials such as twigs and leaves on a white table. Left of the paintbrushes is a gestural painting in black using the paintbrushes on white paper.

Green shoots! Autumn Creative Ecology Family Workshops

25 - 29 October 2022 // Laura Dee Milnes, Anne Ogazi, Sheyamali Sudesh, Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck

Enjoy a series of free art workshops at Dilston Gallery during Autumn half-term, with different activities each day and tailored to specific age groups. Explore nature in Southwark Park and make beautiful artwork. You will look at our local flora and fauna,

Five paintbrushes laid out one above the other made out of natural materials such as twigs and leaves on a white table. Left of the paintbrushes is a gestural painting in black using the paintbrushes on white paper.

Green shoots! Free Creative Summer Family Workshops

27 July - 31 August 2022 // Joanna Goldsmid, Abigail Hunt & Anne Ogazi

Enjoy a series of free art workshops at Dilston Gallery during the summer holidays, with different activities each week and tailored to specific age groups. Explore nature in Southwark Park and make beautiful artwork. You will look at our local flora and

Seniors Arts School with Habib Hajallie

Thursday 1 & Friday 2 September 2022, 11 am - 3 pm each day

Seniors Art School presents… Take part in a two-day drawing workshop with artist Habib Hajallie. Open to all with inquisitive and open minds over the age of fifty-five. Thursday 1 & Friday 2 September 2022 11 am – 3 pm each day

A workshop attendee sketch’s a sculpture on a paper covered clipboard

Seniors Art School with photographer Diana Agunbiade-Kolawole

15 & 16 June 2022 // 11 am – 3 pm each day // Free, in person

Seniors Art School presents… Take part in a two-day photography workshop with Artist Associate Diana Agunbiade-Kolawole. Combining technical and creative skills, using Candida Powell-Williams‘ current exhibition at Southwark Park Galleries as a springboard for investigation, Diana will take you on a photographic journey of activities to create your own,

Pre-schooler gardening with his mum in Southwark Park Galleries' Gallery Garden

FAMILY ALLOTMENT CLUB

20 May - October 2022 // Please note the sessions will not run on Fridays 2 & 9 September

Get your hands in the soil every Friday morning! Until October 2022 Join us every Friday in our beautiful garden. You can expect to grow and harvest food, do some planting, take care of seedlings that you can also grow at home,

A person stands watching a set of three projected screens, in a darkened gallery space. There is a slight green light on the concrete walls.

SOUND AND VOICING // Seniors Art School

25 & 26 February 2022 // 11 am – 2 pm each day. Online, on Zoom // Rebecca Lennon

Seniors Art School is back! Take part in two-day writing and voicing workshop with artist Rebecca Lennon. You will do short-form creative writing and collaborate on a vocal composition, creating an original sound piece. Open to all with inquisitive and open minds

A computer animated black boy in a green spacesuit holding a shell up to their ear

The Diamond Dogs Educational Unit

Saturdays 25 Sept, 2, 9 & 23 Oct // 1-4pm each day // Dilston Gallery // Free Writing, Anime and Sound workshops for Young People

Ever been moved by a video game? Interested in game design and writing? Do you love cartoons? Are you 13-19 years old? To coincide with the exhibition ‘Trouble In Outer Heaven: Portable Ops Plus’, this series of workshops draws upon the influence

Pre-schooler gardening with his mum in Southwark Park Galleries' Gallery Garden

Family Allotment Club

Every Friday until 29 October 2021 // Two slots 10-10.45am and 11-11.45am

Join us every between 10am and 12pm in our beautiful garden, to grow together. You can expect to grow and harvest food, do some planting, take care of seedlings that you can also grow at home, have fun exploring bugs and get

Ecology Kids! // Summer Family Workshops

10am-12pm under fives & 1-3pm 6-11yrs // 28 July, 4 August, 11 August, 25 August, 1 September 2021

Book your sessions now Enjoy a series of free art workshops at Dilston Gallery during the summer holidays, with different activities each week and tailored to specific age groups. Explore nature in Southwark Park and make beautiful artwork. You will look at

Five paintbrushes laid out one above the other made out of natural materials such as twigs and leaves on a white table. Left of the paintbrushes is a gestural painting in black using the paintbrushes on white paper.

Spring has Sprung

Family Activities Pack to do at Home over the Easter Holidays // Abigail Hunt

Take time to observe micro details of nature and learn how to make colourful paintbrushes from natural materials from your garden or local green space. In this activity pack, artist Abigail Hunt shows you how to create easy viewfinders to observe micro

Virtual Atmospheres // Seniors Art School

Online Zoom Sessions // Starting 16 April 2021, bi-monthly until September // 11am-1pm each session // Flora Duley

Go on a virtual adventure and create together our own atmospheres, distilling everyday happenings and moments into universal, global happenings. All from the comfort of your own home. Join artist Flora Duley in bi-monthly workshops over Zoom. In these sessions, we will

Home Interventions // Seniors Art School

Online Zoom Sessions // 16 & 23 October 2020 // 11am - 1pm each day // Flora Duley

Join artist Flora Duley in a two-part workshop over Zoom, from the comfort of your own home. Using domestic spaces as a point of departure for story-telling, you will discuss the art term ‘art interventions’ and look at developing new ideas and

Rows of small black plant pots viewed from above filled with soil and sprouting plants from seed.

Let’s Grow at Home!

Downloadable Family Activity Pack

For the last ten years, Southwark Park Galleries has run a popular gardening project for pre-schoolers and their families. With these sessions ground to a halt, we have put together fun and engaging ideas to grow at home and to create some

COLOUR LAB: A Risograph Print Station // Half-term art workshops for families

19, 20, & 21 February // 10-12pm & 1-3pm each day // Dilston Gallery // Free, donations welcome

Come and explore Risograph printing (a colourful photocopy process that is similar to screen printing) and add to a collective publication, which will be printed at the end of the workshops. These playful sessions (running 19, 20 & 21 February), and programmed