Art Workshops

Therapeutic art workshops

Focused on healing and wellbeing, these workshops aim at grounding participants with mindful techniques such as breathing pranayama and a sound healing guided meditation, while encouraging them to create a positive & healing self portrait, allowing them to reinvent new narratives of hope and self compassion in abstract ways, employing various art forms including photography, collage, painting, drawing, embroidery as well as textile materials. Depending on the length of the programme, they may also involve a self-love letter writing workshop.

Initially designed for female and children survivors of domestic abuse in partnership with charities across France and the UK, these workshops can however target any marginalized group or community including young children, elders, asylum seekers, people with learning difficulties or emotional & mental health issues, as its primary goal is to help participants practice creative ways to celebrate hope, trust and empathy. 

PARTICIPATORY PHOTOGRAPHY workshops

Commonly known as the ‘photovoice’ methodology, these workshops allow me to work with marginalised groups - including, but not limited to, female survivors of domestic abuse, young children, elders, asylum seekers, people with learning difficulties or emotional & mental health issues. By offering them a voice through participatory photography with which to tell their stories in a safe and accessible way using disposable cameras, the workshops increase their agency and self-confidence while allowing them to learn new skills in photography and art to develop their own creative practice and build personal narratives. I also encourage them to employ various art forms including collage, painting, drawing, embroidery as well as textile materials onto their photography work.

Art, Fashion & Design workshops for young people and children

Facilitated at charities specialized in Youth, Community Engagement & Development in areas of high need as well as in primary & secondary schools for children with special needs, these workshops are designed to help young people gain creative, artistic and wellbeing skills in photography and visual arts.

The images shown here were taken as part of a 3-month programme made at schools in partnership with ReGo, an initiative addressing knife crime through fashion & creative activism for young East Londoners, offering educational and employment opportunities for young people in the fashion industry.