Tend To It Events Programme
Tend To It Events Programme 11 December 2021
Join us for the first installment of Tend To It’s associated programme on December 11 2021. After a workshop on how to devise and run a workshop with artist Amy Pennington, the TOMA 2019-21 cohort have developed a wide ranging and exciting series of FREE public workshops. The first of these are detailed below with further events to be announced shortly. For more information on Tend To It click here.
Make Your Own Fridge Magnet Workshop with Lu Williams
The Old Waterworks
North Road
SS0 7AB
11 December
12:00pm to 15:00pm
Join artist Lu Williams in creating and casting your own fridge magnet. Looking at artist merchandise, slogans, nostalgia and local imagery; we’ll design, create and cast magnets using clay and plaster.
Please note that this will be a fast paced workshop, with a focus on local activism and will not be suitable for young children. Ages 11 - 15 should be accompanied by an adult. This workshop will be messy, so don’t wear fancy clothes or bring an apron!
Artist Bio:
Lu Williams creates cross disciplinary artworks, events and printed matter with a focus on do-it-yourself culture, process, social practice, activism, intersectional feminism and class. For the last three years, Lu Williams has been creating, self-publishing, platforming and archiving zines as Grrrl Zine Fair through live events, zine workshops, Grrrl In Print zine and a LGBTQIA+ feminist library- the Grrrl Zine Library; which now resides at The Old Waterworks arts space in Southend-on-sea.
Live Poetry Reading by Ruth Hazel
TOMA Project Space
The Royals Shopping Centre
High Street
SS1 1NG
11 December
14:00pm to 14:30pm
In a rare appearance Ruth will be performing as themselves to deliver their poem The Working Classes, a call to arms against the tired stereotypes that plague us. Followed by a live telling of their installation work Peanut Butter, a love affair, a memory, a story of overcoming trauma.
If you would like to also attend the later Creative Writing Workshop please book a separate ticket via Eventbrite.
Artist Bio:
Ruth Hazel aka Fanny von Beaverhausen is a working class queer artist from pitsea. Fanny uses memory and the recall of a moment in time to tell a story and create connection with the listener. Using settings seemingly insignificant, the ignored spaces of domesticity and servitude.
Creative Writing Workshop with Ruth Hazel
TOMA Project Space
The Royals Shopping Centre
High Street
SS1 1NG
11 December
15:00pm to 17:00pm
Ruth Hazel will lead participants through 3 creative writing exercises centering upon food, foods of comfort, joy and those evocative memories. Attendees are invited to bring some of their favourite foods, to share or just to provoke their own thoughts. Ruth will be sharing oily sweet and cheap peanut butter sandwiches.
No writing experience is necessary, this workshop is to inspire alternative ways of writing, an opportunity to express yourself in different forms; equally seasoned writers may also enjoy this fun approach to creative writing.
Artist Bio:
Ruth Hazel aka Fanny von Beaverhausen is a working class queer artist from pitsea. Fanny uses memory and the recall of a moment in time to tell a story and create connection with the listener. Using settings seemingly insignificant, the ignored spaces of domesticity and servitude.
Printmaking For The Complete Beginner Workshop with Peter Haugh
The Old Waterworks
North Road
SS07AB
11 December
15:00pm to 18:00pm
Join artist Peter Haugh to create your very own prints. No experience of printing, drawing or making art is necessary; all ages are welcome, although young children should be accompanied by an adult. You will start with a simple design (which you can trace from a selection available or bring your own), working on a small scale (about 11cm x 10cm). Peter will demonstrate various ways of transferring the image to the paper using small wood blocks, water based red, yellow and blue inks and printing by hand and/or with a small printing press.
This will be a relaxed workshop with plenty of help at all stages and an emphasis on having fun. Don't wear your best clothes as it can get messy and craft knives and scissors will be used to cut wood and paper.
Artist Bio
Peter Haugh lives and works in Leigh on Sea making woodcut prints and ‘wood cut effect’ model chairs and furniture, using these to make stage sets which he videos. Peter’s work explores loneliness, isolation and ageing.
Tickets to these events are free, however if you would like to make a donation to help support TOMA's education and exhibition programme, please do so by also selecting the 'Donate to TOMA' ticket in addition to a 'General Admission' ticket.
In the event that places on the workshops or performances sell out, please email elliotgibbonsapple@gmail.com to be added to a waitlist.
These events are part of Tend To It's associated programme brought to you by the 2019-21 cohort of the TOMA (The Other MA) course. The Tend To It exhibition runs until 15 January 2021 at TOMA Project Space. With thanks to our funders and supporters Arts Council England and Metal.