{"title": "Transformative Futures", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-07-03T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Camden Art Centre", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transformative-futures-tickets-2000155349493?aff=oddtdtcreator&_gl=1*12fqdd6*_up*MQ..*_ga*OTg4MzQ1ODQ5LjE3ODg4NjkzMzM.*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODg4NjkzMzIkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODg4NjkzMzIkajYwJGwwJGgw&keep_tld=true", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "Transformative Futures is a free weekly collective for young people aged 15-25 to discuss, explore and create art together. It is run by Camden Art Centre and led each week by a practising contemporary artist, letting participants try processes and techniques used by artists working today, including drawing, video, sound art and assemblage. This year's programme includes photography walks around North London with artists Sana Badri, Alisa Oleva and Adam Wiseman, in collaboration with Ceci N'est Pas London, with the photos going towards an exhibition and publication. 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Royal Museums Greenwich runs it at the museum, where members learn techniques like printmaking, sculpture and collage, explore the museum's collections and stories, and work towards a Bronze or Silver Arts Award. 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Donations welcome.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000576910393?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/textile-art", "society/sustainability"], "description": "Made By Hands: The Fabric of Creative Action is an intergenerational textile workshop series held fortnightly at The Showroom in London. It is led by artist Kim Chin, a multidisciplinary artist, designer, facilitator, curator, and community organiser. Through textile banner-making, silk-screen print and conversation, participants will explore themes such as connection to place, re-claiming 'waste' within circular economic frameworks, and inspiring agency and action within communities, in the context of The Showroom's annual Mural Commission by Bahar Noorizadeh. 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