Summer Together! 2018

Drawing of a poppyIn addition to our year-round Clubs programme, which continues throughout the school holidays, we offer an enhanced summer programme of creative and showcase opportunities for Disabled people and their companions. Everything is FREE and all Disabled people are welcome. NB: Our summer programme for Disabled children and young people and their siblings is being delivered in association with and at Richard House children’s hospice and the Discover storytelling centre.

Saturday 9 June 2018 1-4pm Join us for an afternoon of drawing, painting and flower collage at the Rose Garden in West Ham Park, celebrating Dr Fothergill’s botanical legacy. Bring your own materials or use ours. Light refreshments provided. At West Ham Park. Meet at the Upton Lane gate at 1pm or follow the event signage. Click here to view images of the Together! Art Club in West Ham Park on 9 June and 7 September.

Together with Paracarnival at Hackney CarnivalTuesdays 31 July and 7, 14 and 21 August 2018 2-4pm Carnival Arts workshops with Paracarnival, combining dance, signed song and costume making on the theme of Kings and Queens, leading to participation in Hackney Carnival on Sunday 9 September 2018. At Vicarage Lane Community Centre, Govier Close, Stratford E15 4HW. Click here to view Carnival images.

29 August 2018 11am-4pm (arrive from 10.30am) Street Art Development Day with Natural Diversions Our street art ensemble consists of performers from our associate company Act Up! Newham, along with Starpad DJs and Powerhouse women and individuals. We perform at festivals and local shopping centres; our first original piece was Alien Tourists. At Vicarage Lane Community Centre, Govier Close, Stratford E15 4HW.

Street art workshop

30 August 2018 11am-5pm (arrive from 10.30am) Guitar skills for songwriting and accompanying, a one-day workshop with Robin Surgeoner MBE aka Angry Fish.  At Vicarage Lane Community Centre, Govier Close, Stratford E15 4HW.

Guitar workshop on 30 August

Drawing and painting in West Ham Park7 September 2018 10am-1pm Together! Art Club visits West Ham Park to make work about the impact of the summer heatwave. Meet at the Upton Lane gate at 10am or come and find us later. Click here to view images of the Together! Art Club in West Ham Park on 9 June and 7 September.

14 September 2018 10am-1pm Together! Art Club visits Wanstead Flats to make work about the impact of the summer heatwave. Contact us for more details.