Bow Families: building a cityscape through collective doodling with Katka Krajči
Sunday 24th November 2024 , 11:00am to 1:00pm
Come and join artist Katka Krajči for a huge group doodle as we dream up and map out what our collective landscape of east London looks like and explore the new connections formed when creating on a large-scale together. Open to children and families of all ages – all materials provided
Equipped with a range of fun mark-making and drawing materials, Katka will encourage children to respond to an initial outline sketch, inspired by the streets and scenes of the east London we all know as well as artworks from the In the footsteps of the East London Group exhibition.
Children will have the chance to recall and re-imagine the streets, people, places, and faces they encounter and interact with every day, exploring what happens when our different memories and versions of east London collide in the form of a large-scale drawing exercise. What imagined and real neighbourhoods can we bring to life? And what future cities can we build together?
In this workshop, children will learn about the possibilities of monochrome colour palettes, a range of drawing and mark-making techniques, group work, collaboration, and how to create artworks on a large scale.
This event is an inclusive, friendly environment which is accessible to all abilities and age groups.
Bow Families is a series of free, drop-in family art workshops that take place on the last Sunday of every month in the Bow Arts Courtyard. These sessions are a wonderful opportunity for local families to get creative and try something new! Each session is led by a Bow Arts’ Artist and all materials are provided.
More about Katka Krajči
Katka Krajči is an artist and educator living and working in London, UK. She graduated from the Bartlett School of Architecture minoring in Philosophy and Fine Art. With a passion for art education, Krajči successfully completed the Teach First Leadership Development Programme and currently works as an Artist Educator at Bow Arts and the V&A whilst continuing to work as a freelance illustrator and animation director. Krajči works at the intersection of fine art, documentary film, history of architecture, philosophy and art theory to address the issues of alienation and the creation of alternative communities in a modern city. She often uses poetry, sound and musical elements to contextualise her research enquiry across the media of moving image, collage and photography.
Access information
The Bow Arts Trust courtyard room has step-free access throughout from street level, including to the accessible toilet, and is service animal friendly. This venue does not have a hearing loop system. Accessible parking is not available on-site but blue badge parking can be found 500m away on Fairfield Road.
If you have any questions regarding accessibility at this venue or event, would like to make us aware of any access requirements that you have in advance of visiting, or would like this information in an alternate format including Easy Read, please email nunnery@bowarts.com or call 020 8980 7774 (Ext. 3)
Access requirements could include things like providing equipment, services or support (e.g. information in Easy Read, speech to text software, additional 1:1 support), adjusting workshop timings (e.g. more break times), adjustments to the event space (e.g. making sure you have a table near the entrance) or anything else you can think of!
Transport Information
Opening hours: Mon-Friday, 9am to 5pm
Address: Bow Arts Trust, 183 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ
Nearest station(s): Bow Road (District and Hammersmith and City lines) is a 6-minute walk away, and Bow Church (DLR) is a 3-minute walk away.
Bus: 205, 25, 425, A8, D8, 108, 276, 488 and 8 all service the surrounding area.
Bike: Bicycle parking is located at Bow Church Station. The nearest Santander Cycles docking station is at Bow Church Station.
