Artist-Educator and Education Coordinator @Estorick. Views my own.

London, England
Joined March 2010
A VERY special guest from The @Estorick Collection will be hosting our upcoming #PaintingAppreciation session on March 16th! Jenny Pengilly will be introducing a #Futurist favourite from the UK’s only museum devoted to #ItalianArt! FREE booking➡️bit.ly/3kAHE7L #Islington
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There is still ⏰!!!! There are still places!!! Come to our new forum for all parents/carers/advocates of Black and Brown children at risk of exclusion (or already excluded). The conditions are ripe for exclusions to keep rising. Join us.
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***NEW Monthly Parent/Carer Forum 🚀 on Sat. 6 Feb 1-2pm*** If your child is at risk of exclusion (or has already experienced it) come along to get support, skills, knowledge & community care. We centre the exp. & needs of Black & Brown families, but all welcome. Email us 2 book
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Celebrate the holidays by making a Futurballa style tree! Buon Natale! 🎄 Download full instructions here: bit.ly/3ktg3V6
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Had a lot of freestyle zooming fun with @colourcollider and friends following some animation style instructions, overlapping all sorts till we scrambled up zoom. Lush images emerged!!
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Drawings can be hard to start so here are some games, inspired by artist Bice Lazzari featured in our Italian Threads exhibition, to help you put pen to paper and keep entertained during the holidays. Download full instructions: bit.ly/3ktg3V6
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Join us for a free online workshop with art historian @selenadaly (@royalholloway) as part of @beinghumanfestival. Learn about the lives of Italian migrant artists in the 20th century through a talk and sensory art activity exploring memory and place. bit.ly/2UaLBDE
Happy half term! Get all the family to have a go at creating their own tessellating pattern with our free art activity inspired by our exhibition #ItalianThreads. 🧩 Instructions can be downloaded from our website along with other activities to enjoy over the holiday. 🖍
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Inspired by Faggioni's leaf fabric pattern designs in our Italian Threads exhibition we've been designing patterns using colours and shapes from this autumn's trees. Download free instructions from our website to make the most of the season! 🍂 bit.ly/3ktg3V6
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Following on from our last DIY Loom activity we've been learning to weave and reclaiming materials from plastic bags to old socks. 🧦🛍️ 🧵 Download instructions from our website estorickcollection.com/educa…
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Fortunato Depero's iconic Bolted Book, 'so dangerous and scratchy the only place for it is a fluffy cushion'. Perfect conversation starter for any Futurist party. 🔩🎉🥳 @bbcarts #BestPartyObject #MuseumPassion #CURATORBATTLE
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We still have some spaces available for our Education Afternoon this Tuesday 6 October 4-6pm for teachers and educators to see Italian Threads: MITA Textile Designs 1926 - 1976 and find out about our offer of visits, workshops and learning resources. 👉 bit.ly/3jCVx3W
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To celebrate the opening of our new exhibition Italian Threads: MITA Textile Design 1926- 1976 we had a go at making our own loom to start learning the art of weaving! 🧶 Download the instructions from our website: estorickcollection.com/educa…
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Schools in England told not to use anti-capitalist material... like this: @YanisVaroufakis on Capitalism in Crisis
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Museum Maquette🖼️ - Decide what orientation you'd like your box (gallery) to be - Find some objects and images or make your own - Cut egg boxes and loo roll tubes to make display tables and plinths - Stick/tape/pin/string up your pictures - Arrange the artworks in different ways
To say farewell to our Tullio Crali exhibition which finished on Sunday, try creating this long distance paper glider and see how far you can make it go! 🛩️
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Survey report: museum re-opening and live-streamed events vocaleyes.co.uk/survey-museu… via @vocaleyesAD
1) Create a square piece of paper 2) Fold it corner to corner then open it up 3) Mark 1/3 from the centre and cut along the folds to it 4) Gather alternate corners and pin them in the middle 5) Stick the pin into a cork at the back 6) Fix a wooden skewer into the cork 7) Blow!🌬️