So back when I was a wee nipper, mum used to take us to the local Salvation Army in Croydon, the one near the main flyover, after school and on weekends for a kinda youth club based there. I remember a biggish hall, a tuck shop with all the freshest sweets, snooker / pool tables, arts n craft options, 5-a-side footy, basically a ‘vibe’ for any kid with bags of energy.…
BRIEF
As part of the Summer School Programme at King Solomon Academy, create a super sick mural with students in response to climate change *No cliche earthy globe imagery plz
OUTCOME
A super sick mural 😍✅ – incorporating stencils, pattern & the split in the wall to serve as a reminder that things may be breaking down & apart but we have to act now & help zip / patch things back up.…
Shout out collector & lovely human Helen, who’s selling her crib featuring some of my artwork on the Rightmove site, Just Lick It & Leopalicious canvases…looking swishhhh 🙂
So when I got the offer to deliver creative workshops as part of Westminster Libraries & Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea summer Holiday Programme, running at several libraries across London for young people aged between 7-16yrs, I thought this should be fun…and it bloomin’ was!
Not only did each library tick off my ‘visiting a new place of culture in London i’d never been before’ list, but it showed me a real need to activate dead spaces with creativity, colour & life!…