{"title": "Collage and colour: the art of the poster", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Academy of Arts", "address": "Piccadilly, W1J 0BD London", "price": "£75", "price_from": "75.00", "price_to": "75.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/design/graphic-design"], "description": "A half-day practical workshop where participants create their own travel poster inspired by vintage Côte d'Azur advertising. It is led by artist Grace Holliday, who works with abstract pattern making and figurative drawing and has collaborated with clients including John Lewis and the Design Museum. Working with layers of colour and lettering, participants experiment with the graphic techniques and visual language of the iconic posters commissioned by French railway companies at the turn of the 20th century. The price includes all practical materials, light refreshments and access to the exhibition Painting the French Riviera, and participants must be 18 or over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/collage-and-colour-the-art-of-the-poster-38265/", "official_url": "https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/event/collaging-posters", "image": "https://noky.io/images/171f3681ab7375459218434877b7850970d1e1a50da62cbb205e52d5c50cd134-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Academy of Arts", "address": "Piccadilly, W1J 0BD London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Family Workshop (7-14): Imaginary Film Poster Workshop", "start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Young V&A", "address": "Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9PA London", "price": "£15.00", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.vam.ac.uk/shop/ticket?cgid=Family_Workshop__7_14___Film_Poster__Oct_2026_", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts", "film/animation"], "description": "A hands-on family workshop where children aged 7-14 and their adults design their own film poster for an imaginary animated film. With illustrator Lucia Vinti, participants explore museum objects to imagine an animated story, learn steps of animation making such as character design, storylines and storyboarding, and create an eye-catching poster using drawing, collage and mixed creative materials. Adults take part alongside their children, and only children need tickets, with booking essential.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/family-workshop-7-14-imaginary-film-poster-workshop-40385/", "official_url": "https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/5evnP8mwJ5a/family-workshop-7-14-film-poster-oct-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8dc3015085313b900173742d0f9725955f820a975d36e97092436dcc66dc582a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Drop in and draw", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Academy of Arts", "address": "Piccadilly, W1J 0BD London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "\"Drop in and draw\" is a free evening workshop where you can pick up a pencil and spend time drawing. It takes place on the first Friday night of the month and is inspired by the exhibition Painting the French Riviera. Professional artists lead the session and share tips and tricks for improving your drawing. The workshop is designed for members of the 25 & Under scheme, welcomes all abilities, provides basic drawing materials, and no booking is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/drop-in-and-draw-38264/", "official_url": "https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/event/drop-in-and-draw-20261106", "image": "https://noky.io/images/acf8d84cd6d8df0fe2fc61a3f8cf99a24ea6ec5a7cfbc54fd69d85f5a246dc54-600.webp"}, {"title": "The Big Draw: Drawn Together", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Wallace Collection", "address": "Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London", "price": "Free (limited places, allocated first-come, first-served on the day)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://wallacecollection.digitickets.co.uk/tickets", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "A drop-in drawing event where visitors add their own designs to a collaborative landscape in the Great Gallery, experimenting with pattern making alongside an artist. It is led by artist Grace Holliday and is part of this year's Big Draw. All materials are provided, places are free but limited and allocated first-come, first-served on the day, and it is for ages 5+ with children accompanied by a supervising adult.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-big-draw-drawn-together-39899/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/the-big-draw-drawn-together-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c7615fbc8c6e0802ffe3a103aa4f818a17b744b1cfaa440d92d7bc7e0263650-1200.webp"}, {"title": "DIY Card Studio: Make Your Own Tarot Card", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Abney Park", "address": "Stoke Newington High Street, London, England, N16 0LH, United Kingdom", "price": "", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/9053122/chk/28c50b396e540d20a367d4e41e6be264/?modal_widget=true&widget=true", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/mysticism/tarot", "art/collage"], "description": "DIY Card Studio: Make Your Own Tarot Card is a hands-on workshop where participants create a personalised Major Arcana tarot card using collage. It is run by House of High Priestess, a collaborative project by London-based artist Sofia Gryzinski and psychotherapist Marina Lorenzato, and is part of the Second Sight series in the Gates of the Abode season at Abney Park. Drawing on traditional tarot symbolism, attendees select images, textures and colours that resonate with their personal journey while guided facilitators explore the meanings behind the cards. 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Led by artist Katrina Cowling, it takes inspiration from Pablo Picasso's ceramics, exploring how vessels can become expressive artworks, and also looks at vessel-making by artists including Grayson Perry, Lindsey Mendick and Donald Locke. Participants experiment with painted mark-making, colour and gesture, and take home a painted piece, with the workshop suitable for beginners and those with creative experience. It runs over two sessions, on 5th and 12th November, and tickets cover both.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/look-learn-make-papier-mache-picasso-with-katrina-cowling-35043/", "official_url": "https://bowarts.org/event/look-learn-make-papier-mache-picasso-with-katrina-cowling/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b7a5f2f287d396ecc142f03ad41b47a30a8f9276a8751fe5ad49c713a38c9ed9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Look and Draw", "start": "2026-11-12T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Wallace Collection", "address": "Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "A guided drawing session in front of a vast seascape painting, held in the Great Gallery of the museum. Tutor Karly Allen leads participants through looking closely at Van de Velde's work and translating it into black-and-white mark-making with pen and paper. 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It is held by the Royal Academy, which selected 15 original vintage travel posters from AntikBar for the show, displayed in Gallery 9. The paintings include works by Cezanne, Monet, Picasso, Bonnard, Signac, Matisse and Klein among others, plus a video of Le Train Bleu produced by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. 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Local artist Anna Milgrom leads the session, held in the first floor modelling studio designed by Dora Gordine for her creative practice. It is open to people of all ages and abilities, with no previous experience required, and children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Everyone takes home their own mask or poster at the end.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/halloween-craft-workshop-35610/", "official_url": "https://www.dorichhousemuseum.org.uk/2026/09/25/halloween-craft-workshop-saturday-31-october-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f3605b746e358668e0b374259d33d602ef128c344c9d0d71de79b24d8b789d1f-2000.webp"}]}