Monday, December 13, 2010

Fabric Fun and more Wild Things

Saturday 4 December saw the exhibition of the work produced by children attending the Fabric Fun workshops at Corner 9 Arts Project in North Kensington, London..  The aim of the 20 week project was to introduce local children, 6 - 10 years, to both traditional needlework and textile art, including silk painting and feltmaking. The project had been generously supported by Kensington Housing Trust and the exhibition was a chance for the children to show their work.  After a busy couple of days putting everything together it was a wonderful to see a steady stream of visitors on the day. Cookie decoration activities kept young visitors occupied and a poetry performance was enjoyed by all.

A busy weekend continued with the performance of Where the Wild Things Are by participants of the intergenerational art and drama project inspired by Maurice Sendak's book on Sunday 5 December.  The project was produced by Siglinde Buhl, the artistic director of Corner 9 Arts Projects.  The children and adults delivered a very confident performance and the venue was filled to capacity.  It was encouraging to see so many local residents attending.  The project had been generously supported by Activate London and Affinity Sutton.  More information is available at www.corner9.com


Sunday, November 28, 2010

Where the Wild Things Are

It has been great fun to be part of an intergenerational art and drama project this winter run by Corner 9 Arts Project in London.  The opportunity to work again with the residents of Binbrook House in North Kensington has been wonderful.  Silk painted scarves and felt flower pods were produced to be used as part of the scenery for the performance of Where the Wild Things Are - inspired by Maurice Sendak's book.

The performance will take place on Sunday 5 December.  More information is available at www.corner9.com.

I would like to acknowledge Annie Hawkins and her wonderful felt installation at Hadlow College this summer which inspired the felt pods produced to decorate the jungle scene for the performance.