A weekend celebration of a year-long learning project with local school children.
Do not step on the Flwowos (Flowers) is a project led by artist Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck working with every pupil from year 1 to 6 at a nearby school in Brent. Through a series of workshops, participants have been encouraged to experience the links between creativity and the environment.
Using the key themes of “Joy and Togetherness” activities included collaborative collage, ikebana-style arrangements using fresh flowers and composing and planting their own garden designs at the school using organic seeds. The programme is designed to inspire pupils to think expansively about what art and horticulture is and who can do it.
This showcase event will feature artworks created by the children throughout the year alongside project documentation, photography and a new video work created by Johanna. Together with the workshops, Johanna has also been working in our ceramics studio to create a new series of works in terracotta using the kurinuki method, which will be displayed here for the first time.
We will also host a seed swap where attendees can donate and take seeds to plant elsewhere, and on Saturday 1st there will be a pop-up planting station using surplus stock from the project, which will be available for visitors to use.
Visitors can drop in during the day, or book a free entry ticket.
