{"title": "Stitched Stories — Mixed‑media making with Tapestry of Black Britons", "start": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-22T00:00:00Z", "place": "198 Contemporary Arts & Learning", "address": "Railton Road 198, SE24 0JT London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["history/black-history/black-british-history", "art/textile-art"], "description": "Stitched Stories is a hands-on mixed-media workshop in which histories, memories and stories are transformed into textile. It is led by Paula Ogun Hector, artist, curator and founder of Tapestry of Black Britons. Working with archival materials from 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, participants use embroidery, appliqué, collage and textile-making to explore imagery connected to Brixton, community activism and histories of Black British resistance. The workshop forms part of the research and community engagement around Uprisings: From Haiti to Brixton, a new tapestry in development within her evolving Tapestry of Black Britons project, and no previous experience is required as all materials are provided.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/stitched-stories-mixedmedia-making-with-tapestry-of-black-br-34609/", "official_url": "https://198.org.uk/contemporary-art/stitched-stories--mixedmedia-making-with-tapestry-", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1cded6f5ee5d9e9a0e9000070520990c82c53127204339bba1c57fc6916652c7-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-22T00:00:00Z", "place": "198 Contemporary Arts & Learning", "address": "Railton Road 198, SE24 0JT London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Stitching Time: The London Archives", "start": "2026-11-19T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-19T15:30:00Z", "place": "Royal Institute of British Architects", "address": "Portland Place 66-68, W1B 1AD London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/sewing"], "description": "An afternoon of sewing and conversation, where participants stitch shapes, words, patterns or draw with thread onto a fabric piece that evolves with its contributors. It is run by RIBA Learning, led by artist Lil Adams and architectural designer Edie Parfitt, drawing inspiration from the collections at The London Archives. The fabric is a travelling piece visiting venues over three years during the refurbishment of RIBA's headquarters, building a community of stitchers. It takes place at The London Archives, a free public archive charting 1,000 years of London's history.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/stitching-time-the-london-archives-65014/", "official_url": "https://www.riba.org/whats-on/stitching-time-the-london-archives-october-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f4411e5c393a51e198d51037293fb158fd29cd88bd3f09327c2603516e2df096-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Material Memories: Reshaping the Token", "start": "2026-11-21T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Foundling Museum", "address": "Brunswick Square 40, WC1N 1AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts/jewellery-making"], "description": "Material Memories: Reshaping the Token is a hands-on textile brooch making workshop in which participants transform fabric scraps into wearable tokens. It is designed by students on Central Saint Martins' BA in Culture, Criticism and Curation, inspired by the Foundling Museum's collection of fabric tokens, which will be explored during the session. Artist facilitator Caroline Ip, in collaboration with Assemblage Collective, guides participants in working with reclaimed, vintage and recycled fabrics, ribbons and buttons to create a personalised brooch. The workshop lasts 2 hours, requires no previous art experience and is open to anyone aged 18-30.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/material-memories-reshaping-the-token-78693/", "official_url": "https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/material-memories-reshaping-the-token/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7ea469c48763908a8d8647886767dd0a401d56846d62c8593f5de0a903abe66c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Exploring History through Creativity", "start": "2026-11-10T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Poplar Union", "address": "Cotall Street 2, E14 6TL London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["history/london"], "description": "Free creative sessions exploring East End history through collage, photography, movement, singing, soundscapes and performance. They are facilitated by Tasnim Siddiqa Amin, a working-class Bangladeshi-British artist, theatremaker and activist from Poplar. Topics range from industrialisation, the dock strike and the match girls strike to the 1921 Poplar rates rebellion, London's first Chinatown, the closure of the docks and gentrification. Participants are invited to learn, explore and share their own stories.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/exploring-history-through-creativity-76781/", "official_url": "https://poplarunion.com/event/exploring-history-through-creativity-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c5c76c0955c5c805baaf8f696b98cfb96488c7969381c7253b9835346617cdf4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Tapestry Weaving", "start": "2026-11-11T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T14:00:00Z", "place": "West Ealing Community Library", "address": "Melbourne Avenue, W13 9BA London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/textiles/weaving"], "description": "Tapestry Weaving is a weekly session at West Ealing Library where participants turn yarn into beautiful tapestries. It is run by West Ealing Community Library and happens every Wednesday. The sessions suit all skill levels, teaching new techniques while encouraging people to bring their own designs to life. The library invites everyone to enjoy creating woven art in a welcoming environment.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tapestry-weaving-40271/", "official_url": "https://wecl.org.uk/activities-and-events/tapestry-weaving-40/2026-10-28/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7473d74a15b3dac36d7ccf8337656d31e114e7eafdf8244aefdf25507fd2fd0b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now Exhibition", "start": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-03-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Guildhall Art Gallery", "address": "Guildhall Yard, EC2V 5AE London", "price": "Pay What You Can", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/textile-art/tapestry"], "description": "'Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now' is an exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery celebrating tapestry as a vibrant and evolving art form of the 21st century. Created in collaboration with Dovecot Studios, it brings together more than 20 artists, with works made through collaborations between Dovecot's master weavers and leading artists including David Hockney, Yinka Shonibare, Tania Kovats, Alberta Whittle, Rachel Maclean, Hurvin Anderson and Farshid Moussavi, alongside major new commissions. Presented to coincide with the Bayeux Tapestry's landmark return to the UK for the first time in almost 1,000 years, it invites visitors to rethink what tapestry can be and explore its continuing relevance today.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/beyond-bayeux-tapestry-now-exhibition-37555/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2bd1f5acd97f097608e6c31cae9c62a91b0a88ccbe3f16bc28298c43ee73a56a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Touch Grass Day-Tripper — upcycling", "start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T21:00:00Z", "place": "Firepit Art Gallery", "address": "Cutter Lane 10, SE10 0XX London", "price": "GBP 6.13", "price_from": "6.13", "price_to": "6.13", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/textile-art", "diy/sewing"], "description": "Touch Grass Day-Tripper: Wild Creatives (Upcycling) is a hands-on beginner-friendly workshop where you hand-sew and embroider a personal charm from fabric remnants to decorate your favourite bag or keys, using upcycled materials to reduce textile waste. It is run by Touch Grass CIC, an outdoor community for queer women, trans and non-binary people of colour, and is an exclusive event for queer women, trans and non-binary people of colour. The session is facilitated by Tiana, a Greenwich-based designer, stylist and maker known for her sustainable crochet accessories made from upcycled materials, a Kingston School of Art graduate who has collaborated with brands like Puma and Selfridges, appeared on BBC's Make It at Market (Season 3), and led workshops at the V&A Museum and Somerset House. 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": "Monday Morning Crafting", "start": "2026-11-09T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T13:00:00Z", "place": "St. Margaret's House", "address": "Old Ford Road 15-23, E2 9PJ London", "price": "Free to attend, registration essential; all materials provided", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts/textile-crafts"], "description": "Monday Morning Crafting is an open, group-led textiles workshop at The Create Place, where members sew, knit and alter clothes with mutual tutoring, cake and plenty of chat. 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": "Memory Collage", "start": "2026-11-13T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T18:00:00Z", "place": "Ibraaz", "address": "Mortimer Street 93, W1W 7SS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/photography", "community"], "description": "Memory Collage is a drop-in workshop where participants bring a photograph, a keepsake or another meaningful personal item, which is scanned during the session and returned the same day. It is a collaborative artwork by artist Molly Gochman, created in 2009, exploring how the objects we hold on to carry personal histories, connect generations and bring communities together. For this iteration, Gochman works with Ibraaz to gather the intertwined histories, migrations and lived experiences of Global Majority communities, drawing on family photographs, mementos and objects that tell stories of journeys, belonging and home. The digitally captured objects are woven into a shared visual narrative, with contributions brought together in a public display at Ibraaz in 2027.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/memory-collage-111996/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/afd7e4a94b56900a8d0a7f2276de4a8d4978d94f80025eb9bfed6731178378a4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Curator Tour – Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now", "start": "2026-11-11T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Guildhall Art Gallery", "address": "Guildhall Yard, EC2V 5AE London", "price": "Free. Booking required.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/textile-art/tapestry"], "description": "A curator-led tour of the exhibition 'Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now' at Guildhall Art Gallery. The gallery's curator guides visitors through works by over 20 major British artists transformed into tapestry by Dovecot's expert weavers. The tour explores how art and craft intersect and how the heritage of tapestry has become a thriving contemporary medium, with expert commentary and the chance to ask questions. The tour lasts approximately one hour, is designed for adults with accompanied children welcome (suggested minimum age 8), and places are deliberately limited.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/curator-tour-beyond-bayeux-tapestry-now-37605/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c2efddba802b65606caa30901b5b082ca1db04fa0fd5f7d7f9aefface1933516-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Mixed Media Art Session", "start": "2026-11-10T13:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-10T14:30:00Z", "place": "Lordship Hub", "address": "N17 6NU London", "price": "£7.00", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "7.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/collage"], "description": "Mixed Media Art Session is an adults-only workshop at Lordship Hub, a community centre and cafe in Tottenham, London. It is run by Sandra, who teaches tips and techniques for using found and bought art resources to create collage, recycled mixed media art journals and visual journaling. Participants are invited to treat the session as creative self care, with some resources provided.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mixed-media-art-session-74294/", "official_url": "https://lordshiphub.org.uk/class/mixed-media-art-session-for-adult/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/73dab8cab463f33404515cb202ab069ed190e9285dca3b20d6d4447acd3469f2-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Mend and Upcycle", "start": "2026-11-13T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Christopher's", "address": "All Saints Hall, Surrey Square, SE17 2JU", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/repair/textile-repair"], "description": "Mend and Upcycle is a relaxed Friday session where people come together to mend, upcycle and make in a shared, welcoming space. It takes place at Walworth Living Room and includes clothing repair, small item fixes, jewellery work, collage and open creative projects. You can bring something from home to work on or simply drop in, with the focus on creativity, sharing skills and connecting rather than following a fixed structure. The sessions run on the second and fourth Friday of the month, and places can be booked through Tara Mack.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mend-and-upcycle-93241/", "official_url": "https://www.pembrokehouse.org.uk/events/mend-and-upcycle-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e08ecd0ca756e16a0848f0d8df59c9b929c4dfb86311127430d96eae1ab27c67-2000.webp"}]}