growing futures earth day celebrations

10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday, April 22, 2023

Studio Voltaire

Growing Futures aims to strengthen young people’s knowledge of the natural world through creative play.

To celebrate Earth Day, join us on Saturday 22 April 2023 for a series of free drop-in family events, including artist-led making and exploring activities inspired by our onsite community garden designed by Anthea Hamilton.

Throughout the day there will be free resources on-hand to help you explore the garden including ‘mini beast hunts’, biodiversity surveys and creative activity sheets.

Pressed flower crafting workshop with Maymana Arefin, 10–11.30 am
Artist and community gardener Maymana Arefin will lead a pressed flower crafting workshop, where participants can craft suncatchers or bookmarks.

Mask-making workshop with Maya Russell-Gurung Campbell, 11 am–1 pm
Drawing inspiration from the longstanding traditions of mask-making and masquerade in the Caribbean and Nepal, Maya Russell-Gurung Campbell will host a mask-making workshop using recycled and waste materials to centre indigenous beliefs about caring for the land and how nature is often honoured and cared for through ritual.

Collaborative structure building with Laura X Carlé, 2–5 pm
Artist Laura X Carlé will be using repurposed waste materials to construct giant collaborative cardboard structures inspired by the natural world.

Growing Futures is part of Art Fund’s ‘The Wild Escape’ – a major UK-wide creative project for organisations to engage with schools and families, celebrating UK wildlife and creativity.