Women and Ceramics II
Making Ceramics The aim of the Women and Ceramics session II, was to explore the relationship between women and clay in Latin American culture. The group discussed issues related to women and gender while creating their own pieces of pottery from clay.
Women and Ceramics I
Discovering and Making Ceramics at the V&A This workshop was carried out for the women of the organisation LAWRS (Latin American Refugee Services). A wonderful inspiring first session in the ceramic rooms at the Victoria and Albert Museum. During the visit we learnt about the unique relation between women and clay throughout history. We discovered […]
‘Seeds of Creativity’ Video
Article about ‘Seeds of Creativity’
Building a better society through the arts The magic of creativity lies in the hope and eagerness that grow in us when we think that those tiny seeds we plant might turn into something big and beautiful. With this philosophy as its foundation, Lon-art.org, an organisation that aims to educate and create social awareness […]
Refugee in Expression, our partner!
‘We want to create an environment where all youth can have freedom in expression. We are about the development of our community towards the youth and their future. We want to involve and spread information about the charities designated to youth in Brixton. Empowering and stimulating them to develop creatively as well as technically, […]
Di García- Animation Workshop
Some sand, a light box, a camera, Di García’s talent and our participants’ creativity was all we needed in order to create
Carolina Gutiérrez- Plasticine Workshop
Kids, seeds and plasticine. At this super colourful workshop, kids planted their own seeds and grew their own gardens with plasticine and Carolina Gutierrez’s help, a Colombian artist whose works in plasticine seem to be alive and leave everybody breathless. It definitely was a great opportunity to spend some time in family and to give […]
María Gilino- Ceramics and painting Workshop
Using María Gilino’s beautiful painted ceramics as inspiration, at this workshop participants were encouraged to deconstruct the conception of plates as a symbol of women’s domestic slavery. Take a look at how our participants expressed their ideas of freedom and inner peaceon plates. www.mariagilino.com
Jaime Millán and Maria Jacas- Political Caricaturist and News Illustration
How is to make fun of politicians through satirical caricature? Well, here we leave you an amazing introduction of what Saturday night was. Jaime Millán explained his caricatures inspired in Colombian Politics and Maria Jacas made an illustration workshop where people represented news in their own visual way.
Mikey Watts- Pastels and Patterns Workshop
When poetry and oil pastels became one. With Mikey Watts, a Filmmaker & Visual Artist with a flair for colours and textures, as guide, these newly-born artists used oil pastels to mix textures and patterns in order to depict their interpretation of a poem by – Stephen Watts – Mikey’s father! Needless to say, being […]