Positivity Beads and Living Mobiles

Make a tiny world and decorate with Camilla’s signature heat set plastic sheets.

Following on from Earth Day 2024 we will make and design flags and explored flying away to a new planet!

Join ACAVA’s creative team and artist Camilla Brendon to build a fun collaborative installation using re-purposed materials from the National Theatre’s production department.
Drop into the Lyttelton theatre Foyer throughout the afternoon to be inspired by the river Thames and the city landscape and create!

You will create masks based on eye witness sightings of sea creatures around the immersive installation called Kelp Forest. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, Camilla Brendon and the Totally Thames team will guide you every step of the way.

Reserve your free ticket and support us HERE.

Creatures of the Kelp explores the crossover between mythology, eyewitness sightings and scientific research between UMO’s (Unidentified Marine Object). The most famous such creature is the Loch Ness Monster, but in fact sightings off the British Isles over the last two hundred years have been plentiful.

Reserve your free ticket and support us HERE.

Creatures of the Kelp explores the crossover between mythology, eyewitness sightings and scientific research between UMO’s (Unidentified Marine Object). The most famous such creature is the Loch Ness Monster, but in fact sightings off the British Isles over the last two hundred years have been plentiful.

Reserve your ticket and support us HERE.

Reserve your free ticket HERE.

This family friendly workshop explores making using card and other recycled materials. Participants will explore layering and adding textures to the masks. They will be inspired by story telling based on scientific research into UMO’s and eye witness sighting accounts. 

Register for your ticket here.

Creatures of the Kelp explores the crossover between mythology, eyewitness sightings and scientific research between UMO’s (Unidentified Marine Object). The most famous such creature is the Loch Ness Monster, but in fact sightings off the British Isles over the last two hundred years have been plentiful. 

Performers embody the creatures spotted in such sightings whilst accounts are narrated. Costumes are bright and bold and made from found and recycled materials.

Spoken word performance looking at the lives of unidentified marine objects.

Make your own puppet with eco-warrior Camilla Brendon whilst you learn about how she uses recycled materials to visualise ocean issues.

Living River Mobiles is being run by artist Camilla Brendon at LDM to mark Earth Day. This informal and creative workshop will explore how nature coexists with the River Thames and Docklands. 

Work with artists Anna Reading, Camilla Brendon and Nicole Morris between 14–16 February to create large-scale ‘word soups’ and stories, an outdoor installation using recycled materials, and to invent and make plants that have the power to grow anything you can imagine

These workshops were funded by The Natural History Museum. Watch out for the communal artwork which is to be displayed at Meanwhile after their classroom referb!

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Relaxed afternoon learning about, making non-toxic cleaners and creating art inspired by Tiny Ocean Plants with artist Camilla Brendon.

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Relaxed afternoon learning about, making non-toxic cleaners and creating art inspired by Tiny Ocean Plants with artist Camilla Brendon.

Get your ticket HERE

We invite you to join us for a panel discussion exploring how we can affect positive change in this time of climate and socio-economic crisis. Speaking with local experts from the environmental sector we will discuss the environment, energy, climate justice and environmental movements. Questions from the audience are encouraged. This talk is part of a series of events accompanying the exhibition Community of Hope (19th - 30th November) at Centrespace Gallery Bristol.

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Running as part of our exhibition Community of Hope - exploring creative responses to the climate crisis - this workshop with artist Camilla Brendon (https://www.camillabrendon.com/kelp-forests/) will explore marine life and the habitats of kelp forests. Participants will be able to make their very own sea critters using all recycled materials, whilst learning all about kelp forests and the amazing creatures that call them home.

River Critters: Art workshop exploring making animals that live in and around the River Thames, using recycled materials - - book your free ticket HERE.

Re-Wild

This opening event is to celebrate Re-Wild taking place in Ilford for 6 weeks between 19th August-25th September

For 5 weeks, artists will research and respond to 5 different green spaces (parks, rivers, forests) in or near Ilford and run art workshops open to all members of the public.

So do visit and take part in the art workshops!

All materials provided and open to all ages and abilities.

Take part in our hands-on, fabulous family art workshops run by professional artists Rachel Lindsey-Clark and Camilla Brendon. Will you try your hand at collage and create a serene canal scene or explore the canal critters that live beneath the water and make your own out of recycled materials? Reserve your free place here.