Calendar
We have an exciting programme of events planned for autumn/winter 2024
Starting with our FREE Creative Soul Dance sessions for adults, Creative Soul Café workshops, plus a very special Christmas project - details coming soon!
Creative Soul: Dance | Adult Wellbeing Sessions
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Workshop: Paper Cutting | Creative Soul Café Tuesdays
Papercutting Workshop - Wellbeing Event: Creative Soul Cafe Tuesdays - Nine Elms Arts Ministry
Creative Soul: Dance | Adult Wellbeing Sessions
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Creative Soul: Dance | Adult Wellbeing Sessions
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Creative Soul: Dance | Adult Wellbeing Sessions
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Tuesdays at 11am at The ROSE Community Club Room, Ascalon Street, SW8 4DL
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Tuesdays at 11am at The ROSE Community Club Room, Ascalon Street, SW8 4DL
Happy Streets Festival
Join us at the 5th Annual Happy Streets Community Arts Festival!
Find us in the Happiness Garden at St George’s CE Primary, Thessaly Rd, Battersea, SW8 4JS, from 12.30-4.30pm on Saturday 6th July.
Alongside a fabulous programme of events, we will be offering a whole range of free nature-crafts for all ages – yes grown-ups too!
Come and model clay bees, create cute cork creatures, craft beautiful rainbow butterflies, draw your own flower designs and have fun painting insects on beautiful stones.
Get crafty! Nurture your wellbeing! Entertain the kids! – all for free!
We cant wait to welcome you. No need to book, but come early to enjoy the fun!
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Stencils of Summer Fun & Freedom - Creative Soul Café Tuesdays
CREATIVE SOUL CAFE TUESDAYS
Stencils of Summer Fun & Freedom
For our latest Creative Soul Café Tuesday we are delighted to welcome back Battersea-based visual artist Felicity Prazak to lead this summer-themed session. Using paints and specially designed stencils, you will create stunning layered artworks incorporating words and images that epitomise the joy and freedom of the best summers you have known.
A chance to let yourself go creatively, learn new artistic skills and reflect on our theme.
Felicity in a multitalented artists, specialising in painting in watercolours, acrylics and oils, as well as drawing, mixed media, collage and crafts. She believes that everyone is creative and passes on her skills and passions by running a wide range of art workshops locally and internationally.
Tuesday 2nd July 6.30pm-8.30pm
Two Little Giraffes, 184 Thessaly Rd, SW8 4ED
These new midweek evening sessions are more intimate, designed round an uplifting theme and with more time for mindful reflection. Absolutely no experience needed. Adults of all ages and abilities welcome. Only 10 places available so book quickly!
After the success of our first ‘Creative Soul Café Tuesday’– the latest addition to our FREE Creative Wellbeing programme. We are delighted to open booking for another relaxing and creative session. This new initiative is kindly supported by Westhill Endowment
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Tuesdays at 11am at The ROSE Community Club Room, Ascalon Street, SW8 4DL
The Art of Upcycling with Nirali - Creative Soul Café
CREATIVE SOUL CAFE at The Alchemist
Calling all fashion and sustainability enthusiasts!
Join us for our latest FREE Creative Soul Café at The Alchemist to celebrate the art of upcycling.
Artist Nirali will guide you through a creative journey into bespoke fashion.
Nirali’s bespoke trainers wowed visitors to our Porsche NOW Pop-Up last year as part of the Creative Soul NOW exhibition.
In this workshop you will learn Nirali’s secrets of upcycling, from simple clothing refurbishments to custom creations, step by step.
Unleash your inner fashionista and become the champion of sustainable style with skills you can use at home. Go home with a customised upcycled bag expressing your own unique style.
Creative Soul Cafés focus on nurturing your wellbeing through creativity and getting to know your neighbours. No experience needed. Adults of all ages and abilities welcome
Book soon as places are limited and book up fast
Saturday 29th June 10.30am-12.30pm
The Alchemist, 1 Ponton Rd, Embassy Gardens, SW11 7BD
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Tuesdays at 11am at The ROSE Community Club Room, Ascalon Street, SW8 4DL
Unity in Motion A FREE Community Dance Performance
An inclusive community dance project in Nine Elms, Battersea, working with local residents and professional dancers.
Led by Hallomai Dance practitioner, Anna Nicholls, a group of community dancers – including participants from Nine Elms Arts’ Ministry’s Creative Soul Dance project - has been working to create a joyous evening of dance.
Drawing inspiration from the themes in Hallomai Dance's recent Joy is Ours performance, Unity in Motion revolves around celebrating the power of unity, the joy of movement, and the rich tapestry of life.
Hallomai's professional dancers will also be sharing their new work-in-progress Patēr.
We can’t wait to welcome you!
Book your free place here:
This project is a collaboration between Hallomai Dance and Nine Elms Arts Ministry for Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2024
We are very grateful to Wandsworth Council for funding the project.
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Tuesdays at 11am at The ROSE Community Club Room, Ascalon Street, SW8 4DL
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Tuesdays at 11am at The ROSE Community Club Room, Ascalon Street, SW8 4DL
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Tuesdays at 11am at The ROSE Community Club Room, Ascalon Street, SW8 4DL
Bookmarks of Kindness - Creative Soul Café Tuesdays
CREATIVE SOUL CAFE TUESDAYS
Bookmarks of Kindness - Floral Watercolour Workshop
Tap into your intuition in this creative wellbeing session, as we think about being kind to ourselves and others.
Local artist Roz Berkeley-Hill, will guide you through watercolour techniques, and a short reflection to help you find the perfect affirmation for you.
Relax and enjoy painting gestural, watercolour florals on 3 bookmarks and adding your chosen affirmation. Leaving with some beautiful pieces to keep or gifts to others.
Roz is from art duo Tipperleyhill. Absolutely no experience needed – if you think ‘I can’t paint’ this session is for you!
Tuesday 28th May 6.30pm-8.30pm
Two Little Giraffes, 184 Thessaly Rd, SW8 4ED
These new midweek evening sessions are more intimate, designed round an uplifting theme and with more time for mindful reflection. Absolutely no experience needed. Adults of all ages and abilities welcome. Only 10 places available so book quickly!
After the success of our first ‘Creative Soul Café Tuesday’– the latest addition to our FREE Creative Wellbeing programme. We are delighted to open booking for another relaxing and creative session. This new initiative is kindly supported by Westhill Endowment
Papercut Playing Cards - Creative Soul Café
CREATIVE SOUL CAFE at The Alchemist
Creative Soul Café at The Alchemist
- Make your own
Papercut Playing Cards
Are you the Queen of Hearts? The Ace of Diamonds? Or maybe a Joker? For our next FREE Saturday Creative Soul Café at The Alchemist, we are delighted to welcome back artist Chloe Campbell – by popular demand - for a workshop where you will design and papercut your own playing card, inspired by Chloe’s beautiful playing card designs.
Chloe will guide you through the process of how-to papercut. Then you will draw and cut your own unique and personal playing card design. An opportunity to immerse yourself in creativity and leave with something beautiful.
Papercutting is a unique art process and Chloe specialises in papercuts of architecture. In her 2023 London exhibition she showcased her playing cards and papercuts of the 52 churches in the city of London built by the office of Sir Christopher Wren.
Creative Soul Cafés focus on nurturing your wellbeing through creativity and getting to know your neighbours. No experience needed. Adults of all ages and abilities welcome
Book soon as places are limited and book up fast
Saturday 25th May 10.30am-12.30pm
The Alchemist, 1 Ponton Rd, Embassy Gardens, SW11 7BD
Creative Soul: Dance (Copy)
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Tuesdays at 11am at The ROSE Community Club Room, Ascalon Street, SW8 4DL
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Journal of Joy - Creative Soul Café Tuesdays
CREATIVE SOUL CAFE TUESDAYS
NEW Creative Soul Café Tuesdays! Create Your Own Journal of Joy
We are thrilled to launch ‘Creative Soul Café Tuesdays’ – the latest addition to our FREE Creative Wellbeing programme. These sessions – led by fantastic artists - will be more intimate, designed round an uplifting theme and with more time for mindful reflection. Only 10 places available so book quickly!
For our launch - at the wonderful Two Little Giraffes Café and Gelateria - we are delighted to welcome Community Textiles Artist Jasmine Karis, to help us create our very own 'Journal of Joy', prompting us to reflect on what happiness and joy mean to us.
The workshop will encompass simple processes allowing each participant to create their own journal base and also introduce simple stitching and embroidery techniques to decorate and embellish the fabric journal covers. We will be connecting with raw natural materials which you will be encouraged to touch and experiment with through stitching. You will also have access to drawing and collaging materials to visually express what brings you personal joy.
This Creative Soul Café is a wonderful opportunity get creative in a safe, low-pressure environment, focusing on nurturing your wellbeing and getting to know your neighbours. No experience needed. Adults of all ages and abilities welcome
Jasmine Karis is a freelance community textiles artist firmly rooted in creativity, community, nature and wellbeing. She was recently resident artist at art’otel London, Battersea Power Station.
This new initiative is kindly supported by Westhill Endowment
Tuesday 14th May 6.30pm-8.30pm
Two Little Giraffes, 184 Thessaly Rd, SW8 4ED
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Tuesdays at 11am at The ROSE Community Club Room, Ascalon Street, SW8 4DL
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Tuesdays at 11am at The ROSE Community Club Room, Ascalon Street, SW8 4DL
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Wednesday 7pm at St Mary’s Primary School at Battersea Exchange (opposite Battersea Park Station).
Creative Soul: Dance
Gentle movement sessions, taught by professional dancers - Tuesdays at 11am at The ROSE Community Club Room, Ascalon Street, SW8 4DL
Creative Soul Café - Workshop
Calling all budding artists - create a beautiful Easter themed artwork in our free ‘Master Class’ workshop - and have your work exhibited in our ‘Easter Hope’ exhibition at Two Little Giraffes Café in Nine Elms - only 10 places available.