Workshops
EMOTIONS IN PICTURES
Edinburgh Multicultural Festival 2023
SEPTEMBER 2023
Once again, due to popular demand, we welcomed the invitation from African Connections CIC to facilitate our Emotions in Pictures workshops during the Edinburgh Multicultural Festival 2023 at Edinburgh College Granton Campus.
This time we run two sessions of our workshop. Equipped with coloured and textured paper, hundreds of crayons and felt-tip pens, colourful ribbons and soft, rustling tissue paper we greeted the participants and asked them to express their mood or feeling accompanying them on that day using the visual materials available on the table and techniques of their choice. Led by their own creative voice and artistic intuition, the participants created stunning artwork and until now we find it hard to say whether the children or adults had more fun! Again, the workshops proved how imaginative, original and inventive we are regardless of age and our artistic experience.
We were also extremely touched meeting the boy who turned out to be the biggest fan of our Composition no 1 animation!
EMOTIONS IN PICTURES
Broughton Primary School
JUNE 2023
These vibrant workshops focused on creating pictures of 6 basic emotions and exploring visual elements such as colours, lines, patterns and textures that the children associated with each emotion. The children used intuitive body movement, e.g. by drawing ‘angry lines’ or ‘calm lines’ and the colour palette of their choice. They also used their own imagination to experiment with a range of materials and techniques in a safe, creative and supported environment. Each session covered two emotions: happiness and sadness; anger and calm; fear and surprise and the results were simply stunning!
A selection of the artwork created during these workshops will form a deck of Emotion Cards: a community-based project and an innovative visual communication tool which is created by the children for the children.
EMOTIONS IN PICTURES
‘Warm and Welcome’ event organised by The City of Edinburgh Council
APRIL 2023
This time we were invited by The City of Edinburgh Council to facilitate workshops for the Wester Hailes community members. Our Emotions in Pictures workshop was a great opportunity to celebrate Easter and welcome spring in its full blossom. As part of the Family Fun Day at Wester Hailes Library we ran two sessions of workshop for children, encouraging their carers to grab a crayon and a pair of scissors as well!
Each participant had an opportunity to create a unique piece of art showing their own exceptional way of portraying an emotion, feeling or mood that accompanied them that day. Whatever emotion our participants felt, they were encouraged to explore the joy of artistic creation and expression through creative experiment, letting the curiosity and creativity lead the way.
EMOTION IN PICTURES
Edinburgh Multicultural Festival 2022
OCTOBER 2022
We were delighted to join the next edition of the Edinburgh Multicultural Festival 2022 organised by African Connections CIC. This time we were invited to run our Emotions in Pictures workshop along with other great artist and performers.
Having a foyer of the Edinburgh College Granton Campus at our disposal, we could organise our art & craft session on a larger scale. The workshop tables were covered with colourful crayons, markers, ribbons, all kinds of paper, tissue and patters. Before the participants dived into the richness of visual materials, we warmly invited them to enter a little cove to watch our Composition no 1 animation. The projection was to encourage all the participants to think how we can express emotions and feelings intuitively and creatively, following our own unique voice in the most non-judgemental way. After a while the tables were buzzing with the sounds of the torn paper, scissor cuts and interesting conversations. One of the participants decided even to create a sculpture instead of the painting! We couldn’t help but admire how creative the children are. We were also delighted to see adults willing to explore their creative side as well.
IMAGINATION IN MOTION
Edinburgh Multicultural Festival 2021
OCTOBER 2021
Visual Literacy Workshop was organised as part of Edinburgh Multicultural Festival 2021 and was addressed at all members of the community, regardless of age, ethnicity, education level or artistic ability. It was an opportunity to explore the joy of artistic creation and expression through visual means across generations and cultural background, uniting children and adults of different races, languages and artistic abilities. The workshop consisted of a short stop-motion animation as a guide through the process of creating an abstract masterpiece, inspiring the participants to produce a piece of work that was a visual expression and a record of all the participants’ moods, creative experiments and fun of the day and was a tribute to the community’s artistic diversity. The participants used their own initiative and intuition in exploring a variety of artistic tools from brushes, through combs, sponges, own fingers, stamps, to leaves and many more. Together, they created a vibrant piece of art which was later exhibited to the public.
