{"title": "Look, Learn, Make: Papier-mâché Picasso with Katrina Cowling", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T21:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Albert", "address": "New Cross Road 460, SE14 6TJ London", "price": "£30.00 for both workshops", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://bowarts.org/shop/", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/sculpture"], "description": "Look, Learn, Make: Papier-mâché Picasso with Katrina Cowling is a two-part creative workshop combining art history, discussion and hands-on making, in which participants create their own papier-mâché vessel or sculptural object. 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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T21:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Albert", "address": "New Cross Road 460, SE14 6TJ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Family Workshop (5-11): Clay Character 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__5_11___Clay_Character__Oct_2026_", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts", "film/animation"], "description": "Family Workshop (5-11): Clay Character is a hands-on clay workshop for children aged 5-11 and their adults, where participants design and shape their own 3D clay character from air-dry clay to take home. 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Children and adults create their own fold-out haunted house cards inspired by spooky houses, crooked rooftops and Halloween characters, opening to reveal ghosts, bats and other surprises. Artists are on hand throughout to demonstrate folding and construction techniques and help develop individual designs, and no previous art or craft experience is needed. The workshops are funded by Newham's People Powered Places and supported by the Notting Hill Genesis Love While You Live Fund and Royal Docks Trust.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/half-term-session-haunted-house-cards-40960/", "official_url": "https://www.artinthedocks.com/upcomingevents/haunted-house-cards", "image": "https://noky.io/images/516528a60f1f542b5ebf3c880751a4a62646cb7496c080ca2776c387960f5531-1200.webp"}]}