{"title": "Artist Educator CPD: The Poetics of Textiles - Language and Intuitive Practice using Fabric with Tyreis Holder", "start": "2026-10-28T17:30:00Z", "end": "2026-10-28T19:30:00Z", "place": "Lakeside Centre, Lakeside Centre, London, SE2 9AN, United Kingdom", "address": "", "price": "Free – £10.00, pay as you can with a suggested donation of around £7 towards materials and costs", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://bowarts.org/shop/", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/education", "diy/textiles"], "description": "A hands-on workshop in the Artist Educator CPD programme, part of a professional development series for artist educators run by Bow Learning over the past ten years. Led by artist Tyreis Holder, it uses a series of exercises to explore the relationship between making and working intuitively with young people and other audiences. Participants learn how affirmation can be a starting point for creative expression through colour, fabric and thread, and how textiles can offer another route into language and finding your voice. It is open beyond the artist educator community to anyone curious about how a learning environment can complement their own practice, held in the project space upstairs at the Lakeside Centre.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/artist-educator-cpd-the-poetics-of-textiles-language-and-int-35036/", "official_url": "https://bowarts.org/event/artist-educator-cpd-the-poetics-of-textiles-language-and-intuitive-practice-using-fabric-with-tyreis-holder/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2e7c3326aee501b304c3c1c62c8570616729f7bae2b3b651f8382d1f3548539e-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-28T17:30:00Z", "end": "2026-10-28T19:30:00Z", "place": "Lakeside Centre, Lakeside Centre, London, SE2 9AN, United Kingdom", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Create, Draw, Meet", "start": "2026-11-04T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Poplar Union", "address": "Cotall Street 2, E14 6TL London", "price": "Donation", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/Q6ziwPqzIfhA4OnPjDw5", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing", "diy/textiles"], "description": "Create, Draw, Meet is a relaxed, informal creative meet up for all, with a cuppa, biscuit and chat while trying drawing, painting, collage and textiles. 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The workshop is hosted to celebrate the launch of Touch Grass's first exhibition, Earth to Us, an archive of queer folk of colour in nature; materials and light refreshments are provided, attendees must be 18 or over, and the venue's ground floor is accessible, with the nearest step-free station being North Greenwich.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/touch-grass-day-tripper-upcycling-78663/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6ece9bf5e32c0961ba536ad7ca8d7f5430c8d280841def182e03249e68e933cd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Natural Dye Studio", "start": "2026-11-07T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T14:00:00Z", "place": "The Create Place at St. Margaret's House", "address": "29 Old Ford Road, E2 9PJ, London", "price": "£5–£15 (tiered pricing: Pay Less £5, Standard £10, Pay it Forward £15)", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/8214018/chk/bac4/", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/textiles/textile-dyeing", "wellness"], "description": "Natural Dye Studio is a hands-on workshop introducing the art of natural dyeing. 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Activities include emotional mapping, collaborative making sessions and visits to organisations working with and for young people, leading to a youth-led symposium in December 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/season-1-mapping-your-practice-36631/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b1b7873597dbda49982a87f1a64ed4bd5c164b11a0212d66bec9e1f2412bcd86-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Yarn Play with Nicola J Reid", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T20:30:00Z", "place": "Firepit Art Gallery", "address": "Cutter Lane 10, SE10 0XX London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/textiles"], "description": "A creative workshop called Yarn Play with Nicola J Reid takes place in the Red Room at Firepit Art Gallery. It is hosted by Nicola J Reid. Participants are invited to bring whatever they are making, or start something new. 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Run for over 10 years by long-standing volunteers Sheila and Julia at St. Margaret's House, the group often turns discarded textile scraps into tote-bags for the charity shop with Ayoka, and has collaborated with the house's Arts & Wellbeing initiatives, including the Artist in Residence programme. Anyone can come along to work on their own textile project with like-minded crafters.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/monday-morning-crafting-38770/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/monday-morning-crafting", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c7ab59c37ebc6b98edd6bdac3ac50755d216c205df66c12bb735f623261e1b92-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Batik Painting on Textile Workshop for Beginners", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T12:00:00Z", "place": "Firepit Art Gallery", "address": "Cutter Lane 10, SE10 0XX London", "price": "GBP 60", "price_from": "60.00", "price_to": "60.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/textiles/textile-dyeing", "art/textile-art"], "description": "A beginner-friendly batik painting workshop where you apply molten wax to create your design, paint two layers of dye, then heat-remove the wax to reveal a finished textile piece to take home. 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Over three years the centre worked with seven artists, two schools and two community groups, including Sidings Community Centre and The Hive, on iterative creative processes without defined outcomes. The exhibition brings together installations, artworks and documentation alongside reflections from those involved, with projects led by artists including Shepherd Manyika, Sam Williams, Sara Heywood, Eva Jonas, Nancy Allen, Lydia Paulett and Maymana Arefin. It offers an insight into the work of artists at the forefront of engagement practice and the creativity of young people in Camden.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/process-makes-practice-60157/", "official_url": "https://camdenartcentre.org/whats-on/process-makes-practice", "image": "https://noky.io/images/67e8e3729b3ecdace538eb998057d839179d6d3d0a837bcf53d5a361a67bbfb5-2000.webp"}]}