Summer Holiday Workshops at HvH Arts Gallery and Media Studios

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HvH Arts inspires a generation of young people by offering a gateway to the arts.

The HvH ARTS Gallery in Queen’s Crescent and our HvH ARTS Media Studio in Gospel Oak are two central locations in Camden for all of our vibrant, exciting workshops.

Every year we create a unique Summer schedule all independently taught by professional tutors who are both experts in their artistic fields and have a passion for working with young people, inspiring them to create their best work and fulfil their potential.

2025

With huge thanks to our funders and sponsors this Summer, the charity was able to grow, we were able to support 91 children every day during the Summer holidays providing hot meals, snacks & drinks to support their physical & mental wellbeing.

Funders/Sponsors
JOHN LYONS CHARITY. YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION. THE CHILDHOOD TRUST. BGC CHARITY DAY. CASS ART. DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION. BIG GIVE. OMD DIGITAL SOLUTIONS. COMPANY 3. LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN. PIRATE.COM. CAMDEN COUNCIL. DURKAN REGEN. CAMDEN INSPIRE. LOVE CAMDEN. STUDIOS FOR ALL FUND. LATITUDE FESTIVAL.

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY with Professional Photographers Debbi Clark & Susana Hill 
A course designed for students to use professional SLR cameras and edit on the Lightroom editing platform. Young photographers will have a hands-on, immersive experience that focuses on storytelling through images, with personal mentoring in a small group setting.

LOVE DANCE with Choreographer Lily Alice
Teaching Dance and Performance in the Arts, allowing our young artists to express their own dance-oriented rhythms to move like a pop star and showcase their performance at the end of summer exhibition!

CREATE & PAINT SCULPTURE with Artist in residence Louise Adjei
Creating sculptures using old plastics, cardboard and found items as a sustainable project, teaching our children how to create their own individual sculptures.

ILLUSTRATION COOKBOOK with Artist in residence Emma Jordan
Inspiring our young people with exciting and creative recipes from around the world by bringing together our participants ‘favourite meal’ made at home. We aim to create our very own illustrated mini recipe book using children’s home-made recipes within our community as well as inspiration from local Chef’s.

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY with Professional Photographers Debbi Clark & Susana Hill
A dynamic, style-focused workshop for students interested in the creative world of fashion imagery. This course delves into the fundamentals of fashion photography, covering concept development, styling, working with natural light, and directing a subject.

MUSIC PRODUCTION & ARRANGEMENT with Musical Talent Xander Russel, Ethan Arshad, & Zaine
Learning how to create beats, write songs, and rap. We will be teaching our young musicians to use Logic Pro, working with professional mics, guitars, amps, and a piano to learn how to arrange music and record vocals.

THE ART OF SCREEN PRINTING with Artist in residence Ilya Shah
Our young artists will create their designs using a sculpting technique on a hessian board! Using black paints, they will learn the dynamics of the colour wheel to block print and screen print their designs onto card and canvas.

EXPLORE THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY with Photographers Debbi Clark & Susana Hill
Using professional cameras, explore the art of photography through a trip to the farm, a photo walk in Hampstead Heath and the creation of cyanotype prints outdoors using sunlight.

PAINT & PLAY with Artist in residence Louise Adjei
This two-day course is aimed at our younger students working on the theme of paint and play, exploring creativity through play!

LOVE COOKING with Chefs Hillary & Ryan
We believe in both the nourishing power of good food on our bodies, and the cultural and spiritual significance it holds for many in our diverse communities. We will be using the most nutrient dense ingredients for all of our recipes to showcase how we can keep both our taste buds and tummies happy whilst home cooking.

YOGA & WELLNESS with Yogi’s Lauren Francis & Lily Alice
HvH Arts is excited to be offering this unique course, combining Art and Yoga. You will be taught Yoga, Meditation, and Wellness. With guest artists Sadie Frost and Zoe Grace, who will give us a masterclass in the ‘Magic Six Yoga’ and ‘Tapping’ (a form of positive mantras for our mental health).

FASHION UPCYCLING with Designer Lola Turner
Using up-cycled methods with fabric and materials from HvH ARTS’ donated fashion garments, we teach and encourage young people to upcycle or reimagine fashion pieces!

EXPLORE THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY (Young Cohort) with Photographers Debbi Clark & Susana Hill
Teaching our young children (aged 5-11 years) how to use professional cameras, and explore the art of photography using cyanotype printing to create your own photographs using alternative printing processes and collage them to make new images from already existing ones.

VISUAL ARTS with Artist in residence Emma Jordan
This two-day course is aimed at our younger students using mixed media art creating masks to tell a story. Working with our artist and drama tutors, we will have fun creating, designing, and embellishing our masks with colourful gems and paints, and writing short stories.

2024

With huge thanks to our funders and sponsors this Summer, we were able to support children every day during the Summer holidays providing hot meals, snacks & drinks to support their physical & mental wellbeing.

Funders/Sponsors
JOHN LYONS CHARITY. YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION. THE CHILDHOOD TRUST. BGC CHARITY DAY. CASS ART. DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION. BIG GIVE. OMD DIGITAL SOLUTIONS. COMPANY 3. LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN. PIRATE.COM. CAMDEN COUNCIL. DURKAN REGEN. CAMDEN INSPIRE. LOVE CAMDEN. STUDIOS FOR ALL FUND.

FASHION – Design and Create Your Own Apparel with Artist and Designer Zoe Grace
Designing and making our own piece of wearable art from found materials, exploring individual identity and unity with artist and designer Zoe Grace. We are excited to be visiting the V&A Museum for a 2hr workshop and an exhibition visit to NAOMI to inspire our young creatives in designing their final fashion piece.

PHOTOGRAPHY ART CULTURE TRIPS with Professional Photographer Debbi Clark
A full two days of art and photography culture trips going to the National Portrait Gallery, The Photographers Gallery, Tate Modern, and street photography in China Town, Trafalgar Square and along the Embankment with a boat ride on the River Thames. Using professional SLR cameras, editing in Lightroom5, final chosen images will be shown at the HvH ARTS ‘Next Generation’ end of summer exhibition.

COOKING IN THE COMMUNITY with Chefs Hillary and Ryan
An exciting cooking project with local chefs Ryan & Hillary working with children and young people in the kitchen, teaching them how to cook, and getting them excited and inspired around food. Sourcing food grown from their gardens, and local farms.

RESEARCH PROJECT with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
We are excited to be partnering with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on research led science and photography project and will be showing the works of young artists findings being held in September for the exhibition PHOTOVOICE!

LOVE DANCE with Professional Choreographers
LOVE Dance with a professional choreographer & tutor supporting our young artists, giving them the opportunity to express themselves in dance. Tailored for children ages 5yrs to 10yrs, the tutor will be encouraging them to create their own dance-oriented rhythms to move like a pop star.

MUSIC VIDEO ‘NextGeneration’ 
An exciting week collaborating through music, songwriting, directing and performance for young artists who will work with professional musicians and tutors in how to arrange music, write the melody/hook and create their own song which will be recorded in the music studios. They will film a music video to celebrate their end of project song. Young artists will have the opportunity to meet the ‘Editors’ for a tour and an inspiring talk at COMPANY3 an editing & film production company.

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY ON LOCATION / EXHIBITIONS with Debbi Clark and Celebrity Stylist Patricia Jones
An incredible opportunity as part of our fashion project to learn how to shoot fashion/editorial magazine style images. Over these 2 days we will be going out on location with professional photographer Debbi Clark, and working with super celebrity stylist Patricia Jones. We will also have the opportunity of visiting the NAOMI exhibition at the V&A.

ILLUSTRATION ‘Cook Book’ with Professional Illustrator Trisha Krauss
Inspiring our young people with exciting and creative recipes from around the world by bringing together our participants ‘favourite meal’ made at home. We aim to create our very own illustrated mini recipe book using children’s home-made recipes within our community as well as inspiration from local Chef’s in our community who we will be visiting for inspiration and education in food. The final artwork will be published as a mini cooking book.

CULTURE TRIPS with Louise Adjei
Aimed at our younger children ages 8yrs to 11yrs. Our young artists will take day trips to London Zoo & Kentish Town City Farm to support education & physical well-being. We will integrate this exciting program through sketching, gathering interesting ideas and collaborating towards our Illustration Calendar Project for 2024/2025.

ILLUSTRATION ‘Into The Brain’ with Trisha Krauss
An exciting week developing an illustration delving into the deep mysterious and marvellous world inside our brains, how the sensory left and right field of our brains work with our emotions – we will create a final A3 artwork – final works chosen to feature in the HvH ARTS 24/25 calendar and be exhibited at our ‘Next Generation’ end of summer festival.

PORTRAITS, DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY and CULTURE TRIPS with Professional Photographers Debbi Clark and Susana Hill
Working with photographers Debbi Clark and Susana Hill we will be going on a journey to discover portraits and documentary photography. Cultural trips to the National Portrait Gallery, The photographers Gallery, Tate Modern, and National Portrait Gallery. We will be teaching the art of photography using professional SLR cameras, teaching how to edit in Lightroom5 and Photoshop. Guest photographers talk with RANKIN or FENTON BAILE.

PAINT & PLAY CREATIVE WEEK with Iyla Shah
This week will be aimed at our younger students working on the theme of paint and play with Iyla Shah – exploring creativity through play – going to Hampstead Heath for our first day to sketch out ideas in wildlife, animals and local community life in our local parks. We will develop each child’s individual ideas and work on a final collaborative piece for our end of summer show.

COOKING IN THE COMMUNITY with Local Chefs Ryan and Hillary
An exciting cooking project with local chefs Rhyan & Hillary working with children and young people in the kitchen, teaching them how to cook, and getting them excited and inspired around food. Sourcing food grown from their gardens, and local farms.

NEXT GENERATION VISUAL ARTS SHOW
Collaborating as young artists, creating a dynamic visual arts show exploring how they see their world in the future. We will be writing a short play, using performance art and creating our own physical stage, set and props with professional set designers, writers, actors who will be coming in to support this project. Drama is a fantastic way to support confidence, make new friends and find your voice.

THE ART OF FASHION and JEWELLERY with Fashion Designer Melanie Press
A fantastic week fuelled with fashion – culture, guest designers and curator workshops at Central St Martin’s. A fun week of exploring the art and history of fashion, jewellery and textiles. We are excited to be taking our participants to Central St Martin’s for an exciting workshop with curator Dayna at the Central St Martin’s Museum. Melanie Press will be giving a croquis workshop and interview style techniques of how to approach editors at the Fashion Houses.

A FORCE Of NATURE with Louise Adjei
Discovering the world of nature through play – paint – sketching – and photography. Aimed at 5 to 9yrs discovering the power of nature, learning how herbs, flowers and plants play a major role in our lives, how nature & wildlife has a positive impact on our creativity and happiness. Our young artists will visit Camley Street Natural Park for inspiration.

2023

With huge thanks to our funders and sponsors this Summer, the charity was able to grow, we were able to support 91 children every day during the Summer holidays providing hot meals, snacks & drinks to support their physical & mental wellbeing.

Funders/Sponsors
JOHN LYONS CHARITY. YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION. THE CHILDHOOD TRUST.
BGC CHARITY DAY. CASS ART. DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION. BIG GIVE. OMD DIGITAL SOLUTIONS. COMPANY 3. GAILS BAKERY. LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN.

PHOTOGRAPHY with professional Photographer Debbi Clark
Teaching the art of photography using professional SLR Olympus cameras

CULTURE VULTURE
The Photographers Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery, including a talk with curators, a photography session and a visit to the TATE Modern. Exploring street photography, landscapes, and portraits along the Thames Embankment.

ON LOCATION / FASHION SHOOT with Celebrity Fashion Stylist Patricia Jones
Creating a fashion campaign, learning how to mood board in our HvH ARTS Media studios & editing suite

ANALOGUE & PRINT WORKSHOP with Professional Photographer Debbi Clark
A unique workshop using 35mm film and printing at London Darkroom with professional Philip Grey learning how to create black and white prints.

THE ART OF WRITING and ILLUSTRATING A BOOK with award winning bestselling Author: Georgia Byng
Mentoring our young artists with writing workshops using storyboards and illustration

ILLUSTRATION ‘LOVE YOUR COMMUNITY’ with Artist in residence Trisha Krauss (NY Times Illustrator)
A workshop focused on a theme of community, looking at the blue plaques in our borough of Camden with the aim of celebrating our strengths in the diversity of our community.

COOKING WITH MOTHER with Chef CHRIS at Mother Canteen
Learning to cook recipes from around the world focusing on cuisine from Africa, Asia and South America with an emphasis on home food and flavours. Meals that are specific to different communities and not often seen on a typical restaurant menu.

COOKING IN THE COMMUNITY with local Chef Justine Kantor at Rhyl School Kitchen Classroom
Supporting young people in the kitchen, teaching them how to cook and getting them excited and inspired about food. Learning about good nutrition, what’s in season, planning and preparing meals.

LOVE DANCE with Damien Anyasi, Professional breakdancers Bgirl Nat & Bboy Blinx
An opportunity to dance with professional choreographer Damien from Manifestation Dance company using street dance style moves.

ART BY NATURE with award winning Author / Illustrator Sharon King Chai and NYC Artist Lee Matthews
Giving our young artists passion for experimenting and innovation using unusual materials and references to nature including potatoes, blackberries, onions, feathers and sticks.

ART ON CANVAS with professional artist in residence: Zoe Grace
Creating two canvases during this 3 day workshop using gold and silver leaf, 3d lettering, stencilling and colour combinations.

FASHION DESIGN with artist in residence Astrid Jacoby at Little Hands Design
Upcycling and embellishing denim and fabric to create new looks from old clothes. Teaching sustainability through fashion design.

THE ART OF GRAFFITI with artist in residence Louise Adjei
Teaching the art of graffiti using posca pens and spray cans aimed at our younger children. Learning positive and negative stencilling creating exciting visuals on canvas with the theme of Culture and Music in Camden.

ACTING AND DRAMA WORKSHOP & FILMING SHOW REELS with Film Master Graduates from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Exploring different techniques including improvisation, voice, and movement. Focusing on building confidence and collaboration.

2022

Funders and Sponsors
JOHN LYONS CHARITY. YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION. THE CHILDHOOD TRUST.
BGC CHARITY DAY. CASS ART. DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION. BIG GIVE. OMD DIGITAL SOLUTIONS. LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN.

TEENAGE MUSIC MENTORING PROJECT
Creating opportunities for young people, to gain unique skills making their own E.P, writing lyrics, production & the experience to record a live stream of their music.

PHOTOGRAPHY/MEDIA Project with DEBBI CLARK and JUDE WACK
Tutors: Debbi Clark and Jude Wack have extensive experience in teaching young people the art of photography using the OLYMPUS EPL cameras, shooting at Kentish Town City Farm, learning seasonal change, animal portraiture, wildlife, Planting, vegetation and people in focus.

FASHION PROJECT in partnership with CAMDEN ALIVE – MADE IN CAMDEN with Debbi Clark and Mark Hall.
Supported by guest designers Mark Hemmingway, Melanie Press and Iris Law. Using the theme ‘IDENTITITY’ our young people learn fashion design/ textiles /fabric printing and designing their own creation with charity project ‘Made in Camden’. Working on designs for the huge fashion show at the BRITISH MUSEUM in partnership with CAMDEN ALIVE. Photography Scholars have this unique experience to take film and stills footage, with our other students modelling their fantastic designs in the Fashion Show at The British Museum.

BE AN AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR OF YOUR OWN BOOK CREATE YOUR OWN SONG AND LOGO
With guest Authors, Illustrators and Songwriters, to teach our young artists. This course is designed to give young people an insight to expression in writing and illustration, binding the course together with a narrative created by the individual.

ALL THINGS ART WORKSHOP with PROLIFIC Artist NINA MAE FOWLER
Artist Nina Mae Fowler who has exhibited at National Portrait Gallery, makes a guest appearance to teach techniques in the art of drawing, sketching and watercolours.

FLUID ART WITH THE AMAZING ZOE JOSEPH
Zoe is back to teach our young people to create a canvas learning the technique of Fluid Art. Students make unusual and rare pieces of art that they can take home and be proud of.

PHOTOGRAPHY with professional Photographer Debbi Clark
Teaching the art of photography using professional SLR Olympus cameras.

MAKE UP workshop with celebrity Make up artist BUSTER KNIGHT
Buster Knight works in Fashion and Editorial, a highly regarded Make-Up Artist working his magic on celebrities and models. Collaborating with Debbi Clark for this one-day workshop teaching portrait photography with our young people to show their creativity in this make-up workshop.

STYLE YOUR OWN FASHION SHOOT with editorial/ fashion stylist STEPHEN HAMILTON
This project is a chance to see how the professionals work in the eclectic fashion/editorial world of Fashion. Giving our young people the insight of how they can style and create a look for their own fashion shoot. Creating a mood board and fashion set with the opportunity to create their own fashion cover.

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY with OLYMPUS Ambassador Jay McLoughlin
As an Ambassador for Olympus, Street & Fashion photographer Jay McLoughlin, joined us to teach the art of street photography. Exploring the local community market of Queens Crescent and the surrounding area of Gospel Oak and Kentish Town using cameras sponsored by Olympus EPL8’s using 17mm to 45mm lens.

2021

FUNDERS and SPONSORS:
JOHN LYONS CHARITY. YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION. BGC CHARITY DAY. CAMDEN GIVING. THE CHILDHOOD TRUST. LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN.OLYMPUS UK.
CASS ART

ILLUSTRATION ‘MAPPING KENTISH TOWN’ WORKSHOP WITH TRISHA KRAUSS
A collaboration to create a mural collage map of Kentish Town. Students select 5 points of interest to use for their illustration, from blue plaque homes, well known people, interesting buildings, historical sites, cultural sites, their favourite shops, their homes, their schools, and of course the site of the HvH ARTS Gallery in Queen’s Crescent.

‘LOVE MY AREA’ PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT WITH DEBBI CLARK
A unique tour around the local area seen through a lens. Exploring portrait and landscape photography, young people learn lasting skills in how to stamp their own creativity on a project all about local pride. Learning technical skills and how to tell a story with an Olympus camera to help them develop their craft.

MUSIC PRODUCTION AND MUSIC VIDEO
Alongside studio industry professionals from Sony Music creating a track and filming a music video with Kubic Music. learning the art of writing, producing, performing, choreography, mixing, filming, directing and editing.

TESS TOMASSINI DANTE ART PROJECT WITH EXHIBITION AT EUSTON GALLERY
A workshop that looks at translating poetry into images. Young artists have the opportunity to learn about Dante Alighieri and make their own responses. Artwork is then selected for an exhibition in Euston

QUEENS CRESCENT STREET ART PROJECT WITH SAM SURE
Continuing with our street art murals along Queens Crescent, our shutters have been a local success story in the neighbourhood! inspired by the shop owners, young people learn the skills of spray painting, mocking up designs and then transferring these designs onto the shutters.

STOP MOTION ANIMATION with Artist Jamie Smith
Using collage, an overhead projector, and a camera our young people set their imaginations free by creating their own story and recording their animation to keep and showcase.

FASHION DESIGN AND PRINTING ‘DECONSTRUCTION’ WITH LOLA TURNER AND IYLA SHAH
A 5-day workshop with Fashion/Print Designer Graduate Lola Turner and Fine Art Painter Iyla Shah. A fun, hands on collaboration to make a banner from repurposed fabrics from old bed sheets to odd football socks. Learning a new form of printing to overlay onto their material.

PORTRAIT PAINTING CLASS WITH ACRYLICS and OILS
Art therapists Sam & Sarah guide our young artists learning portraiture with a variety of paints, including oils and acrylics. Young people can choose to paint each other, or they can bring in a photo to use for inspiration.

DRONES & ROBOTICS CLASS WITH URBAN FLYERS
This exceptionally unique course in drone operating teaches young people the intricacies of coding for flying, instilling new ideas for future careers and possibilities. The exciting and exhilarating course is progressive in its teaching including robot operating, drone photography and synchronised flying. Young people leave with a unique set of skills.

GRAFFITI AND STENCILLING TRIPTYCH WITH LOUISE ADJEI
Louise teaches the art of Graffiti, the tricks of shadows, the concept of this art is more than just a spray can. Artists create their own triptych to reflect the amazing skills learnt on the course

SCULPTURE CLASS – SUSTAINABILITY
A two-day workshop studying recycling and upcycling- showing young people how they can create something beautiful out of domestic plastic waste. This is a unique art class exploring the concept of sustainability and how we can reduce waste to help the environment by making something inspiring

HOW TO STYLE OLD CLOTHES – UPCYCLING WITH PATRICIA JONES
A workshop in fashion/design and styling! Exploring upcycling with young people – you don’t have to throw out all your old clothes and buy new ones- you can repurpose those items you’re sick of, to create something new and fresh!

MAKE-UP AND HAIR TUTORIAL WITH PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP ARTIST
One of London’s top MUA’s comes to us at HVH ARTS to teach our young people a fantastic workshop in the art of make-up! We will use this opportunity to shoot portraits being taught by DEBBI CLARK with our young people to show their creativity in this make-up workshop.

PORTRAITURE SHOOT + EDIT SESSION WITH DEBBI CLARK
Giving our young people the insight of how they can style and create a look for their own fashion shoot. Creating a mood board with ideas then creating a fashion set with photographer Debbi Clark giving support to our young people using the OLYMPUS EPL-8 cameras to create their very own fashion cover

A BRAVE NEW WORLD – AN EXPLORATION OF VISUAL ARTS DANCE THEATRE with Peter Youngblood Hills and Selina Giles
Joined by actors Selina Giles and Peter Youngblood Hills for an abstract composition piece in performance theatre. Exploring the themes of nature, friendship and what it means to be kind, young people can express themselves through movement and performance. This is a collaborative project with the chance to perform the final piece in front of family and friends at the end of the project.

2 DAY CURATION WORKSHOP
PRE- Production is a skill that helps young people focus, learn the art of curating a show, preparing their work, framing and presenting their art in preparation for the HVH ARTS ‘LOCKDOWN EXODUS’ Exhibition.

2020

During these unprecedented times, just coming out of Lockdown 2020, we didn’t know if we would be able to continue our crucial summer holiday projects. We were so excited to give our young people access to some very exciting projects being delivered safety with government guidelines. This made it possible to continue our legendary summer holiday workshops.

FUNDERS and SPONSORS
THE LORD MAYORS APPEAL CHARITY, HELEN MCCRORY OBE, CAMDEN GIVING, The Peoples Health Trust Lottery Funding, GOLLP. BIG GIVE. CHILDHOOD TRUST, LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN. CASS ART.OLYMPUS UK

“ISOLATION STORIES” FILM DOCUMENTARY PROJECT with SADIE FROST
A project exploring Isolation with young people interviewing and filming their own family members and peers about what it means to be isolated. With guidance and expertise from filmmaker Sadie Frost and tutor Luke Allen, our young people became Directors, Cinematographers and Writers of their own filming project

ILLUSTRATING AN ALBUM COVER with New York Times illustrator TRICIA KRAUSS
Inspired by their favourite band/artist/singer, our young artists produced illustrations using bold aesthetics for their designs, learning about blending colour, shading and composition. All the artwork was submitted into a competition sponsored by the Lord Mayor’s Appeal Charity judged by our Patron Helen McCrory OBE.

DESIGN YOUR OWN CARNIVAL PUPPET with Julia Evangelista from See Through Theatre
With a explosion of colour and textures to create a large and ostentatious carnival puppet. Our young designers learn about how to mould and cast the structure, balancing colours and textures to create the biggest impact whilst gaining skills working as a team.

DESIGN YOUR OWN MASK AND KIT BAG with Georgie from Little Hands Design
With intensive training in hand and machine sewing making masks and kit bags for going back to school. Learning priceless skills in design and manufacturing, developing ideas into reusable fashion items for everyday wear.

DRONES AND ROBOTICS with Simon from URBAN FLYERS
This exceptionally unique course in drone operating teaches young people the intricacies of coding for flying, instilling new ideas for future careers and possibilities. The exciting and exhilarating course is progressive in its teaching including mini competitions, robot operating, drone photography and synchronised flying. Young people leave with a unique set of skills.

2019

Funded by: Mayor’s Culture Seed Grants, Arts Council, The People’s Heath Trust Lottery Funding, Veola

Our Summer Holiday Project 2019 was delivered in Camden and Deptford, giving access to free art workshops to support disadvantaged children and young people.

This year we were awarded the Mayor of London Culture Seeds Award 2019 and the Best Project on the BIG GIVE Fundraising platform with Childhood Trust 2019. This project reached over 325 young people during the 7 weeks of Summer 2019 supporting children and young people the gift of ART and MEDIA free workshops available every day of the week.

2018

We raised funds this year on BIG GIVE with match funding supported by Childhood Trust

Our Summer Holiday Project this year was delivered in Camden at our Pop-Up gallery in Queens Crescent, Camden.

This project reached over 215 young people during the 7 weeks of Summer.

We delivered highly skilled workshops in Oil Painting, Sketching, Sculpture, Photography and music.

We even created a short film documentary ‘Queens Crescent’ and produced two music videos with songs written by our young people.

To celebrate the young people’s achievements, we curated an exciting exhibition at our gallery.

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