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William Morris Gallery in the snow

Winter Late

at William Morris Gallery

SPECIAL EVENTS

Thursday 30 November 2023

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Join us for a special evening of festive crafts, exhibition tours, music, late night shopping, food and drink.

On Thursday 30 November we’re keeping the Gallery open after hours for a Winter Late event to celebrate the festive season.

There’s something for visitors of all ages to enjoy, including:

  • Crafts – Create your own Victorian Yuletide pomander. This drop-in activity will be available on the first-floor landing, starting at 5pm and running until 8pm. Suitable for children (aged 5+)
  • Curator-led tours – Join tours of the Radical Landscapes exhibition at 7pm, 7.30pm, and 8pm. Simply sign up at the front desk to participate.
  • Music – Enjoy performances by the Rose and Crown Singers.
  • Late night shopping – The William Morris Gallery Shop is offering a 10% discount on selected items.
  • Deeney’s Cafe at William Morris Gallery – Sip on mulled wine and  a variety of seasonal treats.

Admission is FREE.

Image: © William Morris Gallery 

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Family Day

Once was Walthamstow

WORKSHOPS

Saturday 25 November 2023

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Sculpting and 3D Scanning Workshop.  Part of the Radical Landscapes Events and Activities Programme.

Make a modelling clay monument and learn about 3D scanning by adding to a Walthamstow of 200 years ago on a physical and virtual map!

Reimagine the landscape of rural Walthamstow from 200 years ago. Using your experience of the urban landscape of today and inspiration from the Radical Landscapes exhibition, make a modelling clay sculpture to add to Coe’s 1822 map and create a collaborative artwork. Digital art collective Compiler will be 3-D scanning the sculptures to build a digital Walthamstow using the foundations of the 200-year-old map.

What is the Coe Map?

The Coe Map of 1822 (from the Waltham Forest Archive collection at Vestry House Museum) was produced by John Coe and depicts Walthamstow as it was in 1822, before urban expansion took hold and the landscape was changed forever.

The activity is suitable for children aged 5+ years.

All materials will be provided.

Activities will take place on the first-floor landing in the Gallery.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Image: Compiler

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Queer Stone Circle

With Simon Olmetti

OFF SITE

Saturday 3 February 2024

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A workshop with Simon Olmetti. Part of the Radical Landscapes events and activities programme.

A workshop and collective ritual to create a temporary stone circle of painted and reclaimed small rocks. Join the event at Lea Bridge Library where participants are invited to queer rocks through painting and patterning whilst sharing experiences of the land. The event will then proceed to Walthamstow Marshes, culminating in an Imbolc-inspired ritual. This is originally a Celtic/Pagan celebration to mark mid-winter, and will involve planting new ‘seeds’ for spring and spiritually reclaiming the land as queer and as our own.

Welcoming the LBGTQIA+ community, friends, and allies to this Radical Landscapes event.

About the artist

Simon is an Italian artist living in London, and a PhD candidate in Fine Arts at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham. His practice and research focus on queering the land through spirituality, utilising walking, sculptural forms, video, photography, creative writing and performative rituals. Simon has participated in several exhibitions, including Visions in the Nunnery, Bow Arts; Queer/in/g/Nature at the Ledward Centre, Brighton; and Queer Land(s), his solo show at the James Hockey Gallery, UCA. He has run many art and spiritual workshops. He’s currently a member of Queer Religious Past, an international academic group in collaboration with Paris8 University.

 

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Woman painting a ludo board

Exploring Culture and Identity Through Ludo

for Black History Month

WORKSHOPS

Saturday 28 October 2023

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A workshop organised by Kimartee and supported by William Morris Gallery.

A free community workshop for Black History Month.

The theme for Black History Month this year is ‘Saluting our Sisters’ and this workshop highlights the crucial role that Black women have played in shaping history, inspiring change, and building communities.

Using your imagination and creativity, you will design unique and personalised ludo boards that serve as a continuation of this cultural legacy. This allows you to not only produce beautiful works of art but also enjoy playing the game with friends and family at home.

Workshops are open to all adults and children aged 12 and over (no experience necessary).

Serene Sketching Activity Pack

RADICAL LANDSCAPES PROGRAMME

Saturday 21 October 2023 - Sunday 18 February 2024

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Serene sketching is a drawing pack to help visitors slow down and take a closer look at the nature around them.

Based on Ruskin’s art theory on “truth to nature”, this drawing pack and its prompts aim to help visitors slow down and take a closer look at the nature around them, and the beauty of Lloyd Park. It includes a drawing pad, coloured pencils, a nature-themed viewfinder, a description and a list of drawing prompts for inspiration. There will be 20 packs available at the front desk with a visitor sign-out sheet.

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Mindful Mapping

With Kelly Frank

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Monday 15 January 2024

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A guided painting session inspired by the work of  JMW Turner and Hurvin Anderson. Part of the Radical Landscapes events and activities programme.

Inspired by artists JMW Turner and Hurvin Anderson from the Radical Landscapes exhibition, this guided painting session will encourage artists to consider their emotional response to the landscape. Using watercolour and masking techniques you will create an experimental map, exploring mindful painting practises, cartographical tools, and social mapping.

This workshop is suitable for beginners. Participants with all levels of experience are welcome.

Kelly Frank is a contemporary painter from East London. Her works explore themes of identity, memory, and relationships. Kelly has taught at various art institutions and utilises innovative teaching approaches to encourage mindfulness through art.

Welcoming participants aged 60 and over.

 

 

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Saturday 21 October 2023 - Sunday 18 February 2024

Wild Wired! Rewilding Encounters of Langthorne Park – Showcase event

OFF SITE

Saturday 21 October 2023

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Meet the artists, celebrate and play Wild Wired! Rewilding Encounters of Langthorne Park.

Come to Leytonstone Toy Library for a family-friendly showcase event to meet the artists, celebrate and play Wild Wired! Rewilding Encounters of Langthorne Park, a community-driven artistic commission and mobile-friendly game in response to the Radical Landscapes exhibition at the William Morris Gallery.

In a series of artist-led workshops in collaboration with Leytonstone Toy Library and ​​the Youth Club at Worth Unlimited this summer, HERVISIONS invited local residents to imagine the future of Langthorne Park set in a parallel universe, and collaboratively create a narrative, landscapes and characters for a site-specific game. During the workshops, we collaged words and images of local wildlife into stories and visual narratives with the help of image-generating AI systems such as Midjourney and ChatGPT while deliberating on their unperfectness and speculating on how the park could look in hundreds of years. Drawing inspiration from local plants and their medicinal properties and imagining the land of the park as a living body inspired by Taoism, we began to wonder what superpowers its organs could harness.

We are thrilled to invite you to see how the workshop outcomes have transformed into an interactive mobile-friendly game. To play in the park, scan one of the QR codes on banners located around Langthorne Park E11 using your mobile phone and look for passwords nearby to access five game environments.

Leytonstone Toy Library, Birch Grove, London E11 4YG. Light refreshments will be provided.

Wild Wired! Rewilding Encounters of Langthorne Park is co-curated and produced by Zaiba Jabbar and Tanya Boyarkina with Christine Lai. Read more about the commission here.

 

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Saturday 21 October 2023 - Sunday 18 February 2024

Wild Wired! Rewilding Encounters of Langthorne Park

A public artwork exploring the natural environment and landscapes of Langthorne Park E11, produced in collaboration with local communities.

Artist commission
Saturday 21 October 2023 - Sunday 18 February 2024
Trees and lake within a forest setting

Forest Bathing at William Morris Gallery

Sponsored by William Morris At Home

RADICAL LANDSCAPES PROGRAMME

Friday 27 October 2023

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Part of the Radical Landscapes events and activities programme.

Forest Bathing is an ancient Japanese practice and a process of relaxation, whilst immersing yourself amongst the trees.

‘Forest Bathing is best described as a slow, relaxing sensory journey designed to calm the body and mind.  The physical and mental health benefits of Forest Bathing have been scientifically proven. Benefits include reduced stress levels, stronger immune system response, and a stabilised cortisol cycle.’   The Forest Bathing Institute.

On Friday 27 October 2023, the Forest Bathing Institute – sponsored by William Morris At Home – will lead a day of Forest Bathing walks in the grounds of the William Morris Gallery. The walks are a unique opportunity to experience the therapeutic benefits of Forest Bathing in the Gallery’s surroundings of Waltham Forest, the place where Morris spent his formative years.

There are two sessions during the day, one for families with children and a second for adults only. The event will also include face painting inspired by William Morris with professional face and body painters, NyGlorious Face Arts.

A Community Garden Open Day event for Radical Landscapes.

 

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Family Day

Wonderful Weaving

RADICAL LANDSCAPES PROGRAMME

Saturday 21 October 2023

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Weave your own plant pot with artist Lucy Rainbow.

Part of the Radical Landscapes Events and Activities Programme.

Taking inspiration from the themes of the Radical Landscapes exhibition, in this activity we’ll be engaging with nature and the rural traditions of our ancestors. The materials to make baskets were readily available in the local wetlands, which meant that basket weaving was a widely practised craft in Waltham Forest. Guided by artist Lucy Rainbow, you’ll  learn how to make a simple woven pot using natural fibres.

The activity is suitable for children aged 5+ years. A simpler weaving activity will be available for younger visitors.

All materials will be provided.

Activities will take place on the first-floor landing in the Gallery.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Image: Lucy Rainbow

Family Day

Beasts and Birds, Flowers and Foliage

WORKSHOPS

Saturday 23 September 2023

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Join us for Family Day fun! Tile decorating activity led by artist Lucy Rainbow.

William De Morgan was Morris and Co’s principal ceramic designer and maker. Most of his tiles feature foliage and flower designs, whilst some of his best loved and greatest designs feature animals. De Morgan took medieval, Persian, and Japanese influences and blended them in into his own unique style.

In this activity you will be guided in how to use ceramic paint and pens to decorate a 15cm x 15cm ceramic tile, taking inspiration from the designs of William De Morgan.

All materials will be provided.

Activities take place in our Learning Studio on the top floor of the Gallery accessed by stairs and lift.

Activities are suitable for children aged 5+

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Image: Animal Tile, William de Morgan, c.1882-88

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