Bow Families: sketching snapshots of East London with Katka Krajči
Sunday 27th October 2024 , 11:00am to 1:00pm
Taking inspiration from our everyday encounters in and memories of east London, join artist Katka Krajči as we capture the essence of these familiar streets and scenes through drawing and mark making. Open to children and families of all ages – all materials provided.
Taking the small details and happenings that bring our local east London neighbourhoods to life as our starting point, Katka will encourage children to work on a small A5 scale, responding to her initial outline sketches and filling them in with details that they recall from their everyday ramblings.
Whether it’s people, shops, nature, windows, characters, architectures, or textures, we will sketch, doodle, draw, and build out small artworks that pay homage to our memories of space and place.
In this workshop, children will learn about the possibilities of simple colour palettes, a range of drawing and mark-making techniques, and drawing from memory.
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.
