Join us for a morning at Vallis Farm, a perfect blend of outdoor adventure and creative expression, a great way for kids to collaborate with their adults in making their very own personalised sketchbook.
The workshop will start with a walk and forage around the farm, where a list of things to look out for will be provided in order to help guide your observations. Quick sketch prompts will encourage you to capture moments of inspiration, as well as looking closely at colour in nature by creating your very own mini colour palettes.
Once materials are collected you will work together to make your very own sketchbook, using a range of different materials and art mediums. Learning new techniques and ways of working through collage, printing, text and mixed media. A fun way to build a sense of collaboration and connection which tells a story of your farm adventure.
At the end of the workshop you will take away your sketchbook, as well as any materials you have collected from your foraging, which can be added to your sketchbook later to keep the memories fresh and add further personalisation.
The £35 ticket covers one child with an accompanying adult, the workshop, some light refreshments and your sketchbook to take home with you.
About all collective
all collective are an art collective that celebrates individuality to promote a sense of belonging for all. They aim to encourage an act of care through collaborative workshops that combine play and sensory encounters with sustainable materials.
With a focus on the importance of ecology, they use their art and teaching experience to facilitate art based projects within local communities and organisations. Offering support in improving relations, by making positive connections with one another and the physical surroundings and environments we inhabit and coexist in.
Using arts based research as a form of dialogue, their objectives are to work alongside participants in order to create an equal platform that recognises wellbeing as a central focus. And uses art as tool to overcome barriers, and establish stronger connections. By working collaboratively with the people involved, they are creating an ethos of care in which all participants are seen as equals and contribute to ideas, processes and outcomes. Find out more via their Instagram.
Meet Dulcie and Mila
Dulcie
My name is Dulcie and I have worked in secondary arts education in London for the past 16 years, I am currently Head of Art in a school in South West London. I have completed an MA in Arts and Learning and have a BA (hons) in Fine Art. Through my arts based research, I use collaborative material encounters as a tool to promote new ways of thinking and gaining knowledge. My current practice expresses an attachment to the spaces I coexist in, connecting self and other and creating new perceptions of familiar localities through sensory experiences.
Mila
Hi I’m Mila, a Head of Department in a secondary state school in North West London with experience in teaching art for over 4 years. I have a BA(hons) in Graphic Design and an MA in Arts and Learning, the combination of my experience in education and design has meant that I have used arts to interact with publics both on a personal, small scale and with large multifaceted audiences. My independent practise focuses on the exploration of inclusive materials as a tool to create communities and the representation of the embodiment to the world around us.