Film Screening & Discussion

Film Screening & Discussion

Telling our Story & The iD Project

FILM

Saturday 9 March 2024

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A film screening event organised by Waltham Forest Twinning Association, in residency at William Morris Gallery

Visit William Morris Gallery for the screening of three films in the Gallery’s Acanthus room on the top floor of the building. The screenings will be followed by a discussion, allowing you the opportunity to share your thoughts and experiences of the subjects raised in the films.

Two short films:

12-30-12.40pm – ‘Telling Our Hurricane Irma Story’ (2019) – Barbuda,10 minutes. The Be Foundation

Trustees from Barbudan based International NGO The Be Foundation, share their Category 5 Hurricane Irma stories in a frank and honest short film, also exposing why they are so passionate about the future of their tiny island in the Caribbean called Barbuda.

12.50-1pm – ‘Telling our Hurricane Maria Story ‘ (2018) – Dominica, 8 minutes. The Waltham Forest Twinning Association

Members and friends of the WF Twinning Association share their stories in a moving short film which captures some of their experiences when they were in Dominica as Category 5 Hurricane Maria struck.

Followed by:

1.15-2.30pm – ‘The iD Project – My Dominica Story’ (2019) – by Richard Etienne. 1 hour. Everyone has a Story to tell

“On the week that marks 15 years since my paps’ passing, I want to gift you the film that was inspired by the great man. I give to you: The iD Project – My Dominica Story”. The multiple award-winning documentary.

Rest in eternal peace – Richard Etienne Snr. 1953-2004

About the Film:
Travel to the beautiful island of Dominica as one British man documents his journey of discovery and identity. Through a captivating narrative, he explores the birthplace of his late father and delves into the rich cultural heritage of Dominica.

About the Director:
Richard Etienne is a British filmmaker and videographer best known for his work as the official videographer to UK Prime Minister Theresa May (2016-19). His debut film ‘The iD Project’ won the Film Reel Award at the 2019 Caribe Film Festival and Best Documentary at the 2019 British Urban Film Festival.

A group of carved wooden kokeshi dolls from Japan

Family Day

Pop the corks!

WORKSHOPS

Saturday 23 March 2024

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Celebrating the opening of ‘Art Without Heroes: Mingei’ and William Morris’s 190th birthday.

Marking the opening of the Gallery’s new exhibition, Art Without Heroes: Mingei with a toast to William Morris for his 190th Birthday (24 March). Come along to a crafting session and create your own Kokeshi doll using a champagne cork. These workshops are inspired by the Kokeshi dolls that feature in the exhibition: hand-carved wooden dolls that form part of Japan’s rich folk-craft tradition.

Visitors can also enjoy the new family trail to accompany the exhibition. The activity is suitable for children aged 5+ years.

All materials will be provided.

Activities will take place in the Learning Studio on the top floor of the Gallery.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

A big thank you to Hometipple who have provided the corks that we will be transforming into Kokeshi Dolls. To continue the celebrations Hometipple is offering 10% off wine and spirits bottles to take home, when you present your Kokeshi Doll at the shop (please note, this offer can only be used for one purchase per doll). Offer ends 30 April 2024.

Image: Kokeshi by Fujita Mitsuhara, courtesy of Sway Gallery London

Toddler with parent in an art workshop at William Morris Gallery

Mini Morris

Happy Birthday William Morris!

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Thursday 21 March 2024

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Mini Morris. Toddler-friendly crafting for 2-5 year olds.

Creative Kids is now Mini Morris!

On 21 March we’re celebrating William Morris’s 190^th birthday with the launch of our newly named ‘Mini Morris’ craft workshops for 2 to 5 year olds. We’ll be getting inspired by the patterns and designs in the Gallery’s collection, making our own decorative plates and having a tea party!

Mini Morris sessions are now DROP IN ONLY at both 10am and 1pm.

Morning: 10am to 11.30am

Afternoon: 1pm to 2.30pm

As this can be a messy session, please wear or bring old clothes. Aprons are available. All sessions include a tour of the Gallery, the craft activity, singing and snack time.

Drop in with limited capacity. Please arrive on time and sign up at the front desk.

Please note: One adult per 2 children.

FREE. Donations are always welcome and help to support our Learning programme.

Family Day

Tell it to the trees

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Wednesday 14 February 2024

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Celebrate the trees of Lloyd Park this Valentine’s Day with a secret message of appreciation. A special Family Day for the half term holidays. Part of our Radical Landscapes programme of events and actitvities.

William Morris was inspired by the nature surrounding his former family home. Follow a tree trail in Lloyd Park and then join us in the Gallery to make a Victorian puzzle purse for sending a Valentine message to your favourite tree.

Puzzle purses were used in Victorian times as love tokens: a piece of paper folded several times over to conceal and then reveal a message from one person to another. These puzzle purses were most often used on Valentine’s Day to send hidden notes. On each folded section the sender could write a line that the receiver could then read by opening the puzzle purse, fold by fold.

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.

If you’re coming along to the Gallery on the 14 February, you can also pick up a tree as part of Waltham Forest Council’s annual Great Tree Giveaway. From 12pm to 3.30pm in Lloyd Park.

Still from Derek Jarman's The Garden. Sand, plants and trees can be seen.

Creative Kids

How does your garden grow?

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Thursday 18 January 2024

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Our Creative Kids sessions are monthly craft activity workshops for children aged 2 to 5 and their carers.

Taking inspiration from The Garden by Derek Jarman (1990) which features in our Radical Landscapes exhibition, we will be creating our own sun print gardens using cyanotype paper and decorating the frames with natural forms.

As this can be a messy session, please wear or bring old clothes. Aprons are available. The session is best suited for children 2 to 5 years old.

All sessions include a tour of the Gallery, the craft activity, singing and snack time.

These are FREE sessions but donations in support of our public programme are always welcomed and can also be made via the Eventbrite booking page if you are attending either session.

Booking information:

(BOOKING OPENS ON 4 JANUARY 2024)

Morning Session: 10am – 11.30am – Advance booking on Eventbrite. Please book tickets for all attendees.

Afternoon Session: 1pm – 2.30pm – Drop in with limited capacity. Please arrive on time and sign up at the front desk.

Image: Derek Jarman, The Garden, Courtesy & © Basilisk Communications

Family Day

Wild Wired!

RADICAL LANDSCAPES PROGRAMME

Saturday 27 January 2024

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An exciting family-friendly workshop inspired by the recent Radical Landscapes commission from HERVISIONS. We’re also celebrating Tamil Heritage Month, with more activities to enjoy around the Gallery.

Drawing inspiration from the local plants and wildlife of Lloyd Park, at this Family Day we’ll be imagining the land of the park as a living body and wondering about the superpowers that the park’s organisms could harness.

Join Zaiba Jabbar of HERVISIONS to make a collaged creature magnet using natural materials and flora and fauna images. Take it home and bring the outside world in.

The activity is suitable for children aged 5+ years. All materials will be provided.

These activities will take place in the Learning Centre on the top floor of the Gallery.

We’re also excited to be celebrating Tamil Awareness Month on Saturday 27 at the Gallery, which means even more things to do for the family. On the first floor landing you’ll find a diorama model of a Pongal ceremony made by students from the local Tamil school. Pongal — meaning ‘to overflow’ — refers to a ritual in which sweet rice is made in an earthen pot, and brought to boil over as offering to the Gods. The Tamil Temple will lead a Pongal ceremony in the Bedford Road car park, next to the Gallery at 11am.

There will also be a colouring activity with pictures depicting the main elements of a typical Pongal ceremony.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Image: HERVISIONS

William Morris Gallery & The Hive present: Nightwalk

With Misery

OFF SITE

Saturday 17 February 2024

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Join us to celebrate the successes and mark the closing of Radical Landscapes. Nightwalk is a collaboration with The Hive and mental health collective Misery.

Inspired by social movements such as Right to Roam, Reclaim the Night and the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, William Morris Gallery and The Hive present Nightwalk, an evening packed full of outdoor and creative activities.

The event begins at Chingford Station, where participants join our invited walking group guides to ramble through Epping Forest to reach The Hive Climate and Environment Education Centre – in the middle of the forest. We’ll be joined by Epping Forest Heritage Trust guides as well as the GEM Family Hike group for this journey.

At The Hive, a range of activities will be on offer both indoors and outdoors. The Hive will be offering fire pit building, bushcraft and other nocturnal animal inspired activities. Sober club night and mental health collective, Misery, will be taking over The Lodge and the historic Suntrap building for music performances and creative workshops, all inspired by the local landscape and history of Epping Forest.

Enjoy food and drink from The Gleaners Community Cafe throughout the night. Normally based at the Hornbeam Centre, The Gleaners is a community cafe that uses surplus produce — quality ingredients that would otherwise go to waste — to make tasty, plant-based meals.

Timings:

4pm – 5pm Walk from Chingford Station to The Hive, Epping Forest

5pm – 8pm Music, performances, and activities for all (5pm – 6pm family friendly)

6pm – 7pm Option for younger audiences to walk back to Chingford station

8pm – 9pm Walk back from The Hive, Epping Forest, to Chingford Station

About Misery

Misery is a playful mental health collective and sober rave led by and for queer, trans, intersex, people of colour with lived experience of madness, addiction, disability, trauma, and neurodivergence. we co-create accessible sober spaces, services, practices and resources to cultivate communities of care that can support and sustain the collective healing and resilience of queer, trans, intersex Black, indigenous and people of colour. misery is a reminder that you’re not too sensitive, it’s mad out here.

Since early 2022, Misery has run monthly, in-person, plant magic gatherings called ‘misery medicine’ which have seen hundreds of QTIBPOC gather in green spaces across London. Guided by community herbalists, we learn about the medicinal properties of the plants that grow freely around us, communally forage and make tea and tinctures, and engage in healing art practices held by the nature around us.

@miseryparty

About The Hive

The Hive (previously Suntrap) has been offering environmental education for over 50 years at a beautiful, inspiring location in Epping Forest. The Hive is dedicated to fostering a deep understanding of the environment and its intricate connections with the climate. Through immersive experiences, hands-on activities, and expert guidance, The Hive seeks to empower individuals of all ages to become informed stewards of the Earth. Their aim is to inspire curiosity, instill awareness, and encourage sustainable actions that positively impact the planet through interactions with the natural world in the beautiful environment of Epping Forest.

@hiveintheforest

Our walking guides and groups

The Epping Forest Heritage Trust is a charity and a membership organisation with a big mission to inspire people about Epping Forest, and to conserve and protect its irreplaceable biodiversity, culture and heritage now and for generations to come. It operates across the whole of Epping Forest, covering 6,000 acres stretching from Manor Park in East London to Epping in Essex.

www.efht.org.uk

The GEM Family Hike is a monthly walking group, created as a way of connecting Global Ethnic Majority families and enjoying nature together. The group meets on the first Sunday of the month to explore Walthamstow Marshes and Wetland.

@gemfamilyhike

Image: by Neven Kremarek

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.

Highlights

Family Day

Once was Walthamstow

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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

Exploring Culture and Identity Through Ludo

for Black History Month

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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).

Event category: Families