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. Discover our local flora and fauna, make eco-friendly artworks and become ecology buffs!
Workshops are held at Southwark Park Galleries // Dilston Gallery, Southwark Park SE16 2DD. Drop-in, no need to book. New to Southwark Park Galleries? Check here where to find us.
Two drop-in sessions available: the morning sessions, 10am-12pm, are designed for Under Fives, while the afternoon sessions, 1-3pm, are for 6-11 yrs. Though they are tailored to specific age groups, we will accommodate families with mixed ages and adapt the activities if required. Please note children must be accompanied by an adult.
Programme //
Wednesday 2 August 2023
with Artist Associate Anne Ogazi
Creating Creatures
Hand and finger prints making animal bodies and creatures
Thursday 3 August 2023
with Artist Associate Anne Ogazi
Collage and Camouflage
Making creative animals using natural elements
Wednesday 9 August 2023
with Artist Associate Anne Ogazi
Creating Creatures
Hand and finger prints making animal bodies and creatures
Thursday 10 August 2023
with Artist Associate Anne Ogazi
Collage and Camouflage
Making creative animals using natural elements
Wednesday 23 August 2023
with Artist Associate Abigail Hunt
Creature Consequences
Playful shared large scale drawings of creatures created together in groups.
Friday 25 August 2023
with Artist Associate Abigail Hunt
Natural Creatures
Using only found natural objects from the park to create fantastical and imaginative creatures.
Wednesday 30 August 2023
with Artist Associate Abigail Hunt
Packaging Explorations
Using paint and collage to work directly onto found flattened packaging and boxes. Exploring creatures and animals – real and imaginary.
Thursday 31 August 2023
with Artist Associate Abigail Hunt
Junk creatures
Using old recycled bits and pieces to create animals and creatures using only waste and recycled materials.
Please note: on Fridays 4, 11, 18 August 2023 the Family Allotment Club for Under 5s will tale place as usual at Lake Gallery // Garden.
About //
Abigail Hunt‘s artistic practice centres around found objects and images and a procession of tasks: the investigative research of an image, the deconstruction of a line, the disablement of form and finally the reconstruction and reconfiguration of the object. These processes are similar to that of understanding a new language. Through translating one language of images and the later reformation and retelling through made objects, Abigail creates her own structures, tones and descriptions.
Anne Ogazi is a Weaver, Textile Artist and Designer. She has been working as a freelance artist and facilitator in the community as well as in various museums and galleries. Her primary creative practice is arts and crafts. This involves disciplines such as weaving, collage, clay, paper mâché, batik, printing and origami. She also has experience in storytelling. Her main audiences have been early years and primary aged children and their families, as well as SEN families and groups. Anne has a strong theme of shapes within the natural world, texture and colour in the work she produces and is a strong advocate of using recycled as well as natural materials whenever possible.
Green shoots! is made possible thanks to the generous support of NSET – North Southwark Environment Trust.
