This year’s theme for the Summer Reading Challenge across Libraries will be ‘Marvellous Makers’, and happy to say I’ll be delivering ‘Marvellous Caps with PiNS’ workshops across 6 Croydon libraries. A special one, being my local Endz. Central Croydon Library (The Clocktower) was proper active back in the day. I remember going to the children’s library with Dad / Mum on a Saturday as a nipper, and then my teenage days doing my college work up on Level 2, often getting distracted by everyone & anything else, was a more a social club back then, somewhere between youth club & school, was a vibe.…
My time as an arts facilitator at the Rose Community Clubroom has come to an end due to term time break for school holidays, so thought we’d run a Zine Making workshop with the community in the final session, sharing stories and artwork reflecting the last couple weeks at the space. The whole process was fun & moving, especially seeing both the young people & parents really think & express themselves freely through mark making, collaging & design.…
Once upon time, there lived an artist named PiNS. He loved to create & so pursued his passion for art & design. One day he was very unhappy. He had completed a degree in Fashion Design but couldn’t get a job after months of trying. Feeling frustrated, he went off for a wander around town. One particular shop caught his eye…it sold baseball caps with cool designs.…
A large part of my creative practice is focused on providing better access to the arts for young people & under represented groups. I recently got the opportunity to deliver a co-created mural workshop with local residents in an unused green space in Wandsworth, as part of a community open day & a wider initiative to increase more positive growth in the area.…
Captured some moments during a visit to the Ranjit Singh exhibition at the Wallace Museum curated by Davinder Toor. Been coming here for years on & off, yet this exhibition connected more due to my own cultural roots being Punjabi. It reaffirmed the richness & abundance there once was, through the arts & way of life, and how necessary it is to continue with that very same warrior spirit Ranjit embodied & represent authentic narratives.…
