{"title": "Patterns, Places and Memories – Wallpaper Inspired Workshop", "start": "2026-10-28T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-28T12:00:00Z", "place": "Boston Manor", "address": "Boston Manor Road, TW8 9JX Brentford", "price": "From £12", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.ticketsource.com/boston-manor-house/patterns-places-and-memories-wallpaper-inspired-workshop/e-pmgpax", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/design"], "description": "A hands-on creative workshop in which participants design their own contemporary wallpaper. Artist Sangeeta Weatherley leads the session, drawing inspiration from the historic wallpapers of Boston Manor House and from participants' own memories, cultures and imaginations. No previous artistic experience is needed; the emphasis is on curiosity, experimentation and personal expression. It is described as accessible and welcoming.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/patterns-places-and-memories-wallpaper-inspired-workshop-35028/", "official_url": "https://bostonmanorhouse.org/event/patterns-places-and-memories-wallpaper-inspired-workshop/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/924a0d151090e6ef4b77e604f0a78b14951274dacc654472f1d28f14b4506cfa-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-28T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-28T12:00:00Z", "place": "Boston Manor", "address": "Boston Manor Road, TW8 9JX Brentford", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Halloween Craft Workshop", "start": "2026-10-31T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Dorich House Museum", "address": "Kingston Vale 67, SW15 3RN London", "price": "5 GBP", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/halloween-craft-workshop-tickets-2002218801333?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "A family friendly Halloween workshop where participants make their own Halloween masks and posters. 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"}, {"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 led by Darren Hayman, formerly lead singer and guitarist with the band Hefner and a prolific solo artist, who also paints and draws. This first session, Painted Postcards, invites you to bring photographs of places that matter to you and paint them onto real postcards of high-quality watercolour paper. The class is about memory and place, and attendees are encouraged to post their finished cards, with stamps supplied and a walk to the postbox together, taking their painting home if they wish.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/paint-with-darren-70647/", "official_url": "https://sohopoly.co.uk/events/paint-with-darren-3/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2e542ff85f496e12157680f7f7b10d68b17a9f7fb069ad07d7af9ac92a62336d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Big Draw: Portray your Power", "start": "2026-10-31T13:30:00Z", "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 drawing workshop at The Wallace Collection as part of the Big Draw, held in the museum's Arms and Armour galleries. Artist Marc Woodhead helps participants gather ideas from the armouries through drawing and mark making to create their own powerful, decorative piece of armour. All materials are provided, places are free but limited and allocated first-come, first-served on the day. It is for ages 5 and up, and children must be accompanied by a supervising adult.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-big-draw-portray-your-power-39902/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/the-big-draw-portray-your-power/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/63523d7bcda50ba01a1eecf145da443347fb6f35d87c4c9ae6385f31dd91a43c-1200.webp"}, {"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"}, {"title": "Gelli Printing", "start": "2026-11-12T10:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Fashion and Textile Museum", "address": "Bermondsey Street 83, SE1 3XF London", "price": "£135 (Includes materials and exhibition entry)", "price_from": "135.00", "price_to": "135.00", "tickets_url": "https://fashiontextilemuseum.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/71957?catID=2953", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/printmaking"], "description": "Gelli Printing is a hands-on workshop in experimental printmaking at the Fashion and Textile Museum. It is led by Jane Parker, a freelance print designer with over 30 years' experience in the fashion industry who studied textile design and teaches creative workshops at the museum. Participants learn the basics of using a gelli plate to build layered textures and colours, turning everyday materials such as bubble wrap, lace and leaves into tools for intricate patterns. They leave with a vibrant collection of experimental papers for sketchbooks, collage or standalone art prints, and no experience is needed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/gelli-printing-78658/", "official_url": "https://fashiontextilemuseum.org/workshops/gelli-printing/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/94bc85ee5f8640909a32e0cce5b759a049662e58954ee33b70fd30211e66d09c-1200.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. 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Led step by step by Mrs Aouda Fogg through short digital videos, it covers essential strokes, letters, numbers and flourishes. Participants experiment with colourful inks, create three personalised cards or postcards, and enjoy a cocktail or mocktail from the Fogg's Favourites menu. Everyone takes home a calligraphy pen, nib, black ink and practice materials.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mr-foggs-calligraphy-workshop-45803/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/39158ca186abd352c29fc97b420a81e492f5fa86ccd8f1793444742ea939b235-2000.webp"}, {"title": "DECOUPAGE WORKSHOP", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Big Penny Social", "address": "Priestley Way 1, E17 6AL London", "price": "From £27.80 per person", "price_from": "27.80", "price_to": "27.80", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decoupage-workshop-tickets-1986705814572?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts/paper-crafts"], "description": "A relaxing, hands-on decoupage workshop where you transform a plain wooden box into a one-of-a-kind keepsake. It is run by Sweet Paper Creations, who teach the art of decoupage with friendly introductions, step-by-step guidance and all materials provided, and every ticket supports their wellbeing community workshops. You can bring your own paper treasures to include, and no experience is needed as it is suitable for complete beginners aged 13 and over, with under 16s accompanied by an adult.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/decoupage-workshop-50420/", "official_url": "https://bigpennysocial.co.uk/whats-on/decoupage-workshop", "image": "https://noky.io/images/830cceae57eb73d07c38407c0fa80449485e8514e63c0ac14d29156a59e15c96-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Reclaiming the Archives", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T20:30:00Z", "place": "St. Margaret's House", "address": "Old Ford Road 15-23, E2 9PJ London", "price": "£12–£17", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "17.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/8881419/chk/e8ac962569b3249c558b3a869b832bd5/", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/zines"], "description": "\"Reclaiming the Archives\" is a hands-on creative workshop at which participants turn their personal photographs into a zine using stitch, writing and collage. It is facilitated by Caroline Lacoma, a London-based self-taught visual artist born in Guadeloupe whose work explores transformation, rebirth and the self. The workshop invites participants to consider the photographs they have inherited, collected or taken and the stories they tell about family, identity, memory and belonging. No previous artistic or zine-making experience is required, all materials are provided, and participants may bring printed photographs to work on.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/reclaiming-the-archives-38782/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/reclaiming-the-archives", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ea9c53d56c3c2aafda236f2ac05744c2a292f8c209d434c19caef2c2a88ed03f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Thursday Late: Still Life, Then and Now", "start": "2026-11-05T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pitzhanger Manor House and Gallery", "address": "", "price": "Free with general admission; pay what you can for local residents; drawing workshop £14 / £10 for Ea", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/book-tickets/?eventid=42001AQJJQTSKLLKMRKNHHDRNVHRLPNPB", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/painting/still-life"], "description": "An evening late-opening at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery built around the theme of Still Life, from past to present, during the final days of the exhibition Clare Woods: Garden Without Seasons. Pitzhanger's Director Rebecca Lyons leads a guided tour tracing Still Life from seventeenth-century Dutch painters to Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Modern painters through the lens of Woods's works. Annabel Johnson leads a relaxed drawing session inspired by the flowers and objects in Clare Woods's paintings, with materials provided and all levels welcome. Some parts of the evening require separate tickets, including the drawing workshop, which has limited capacity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thursday-late-still-life-then-and-now-38066/", "official_url": "https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/whatson/thursday-late-still-life/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4203136752e4d80497d917d315825ba28d003b8569000d74c57b361b7f42b496-2000.webp"}, {"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": "", "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"}]}