Come transform your personal photographs into a zine using stitch, writing and collage.
"Reclaiming The Archives" is a hands-on creative workshop exploring the ways we preserve, remember and reinterpret our personal histories. Using personal photographs, participants will create their own zine/artist book through a combination of collage, writing, stitching and image-making. The workshop invites participants to think about the photographs they have inherited, collected or taken and to consider the stories these images tell us about family, identity, memory and belonging.
We will explore how your photographs can be cut, rearranged, layered and transformed into new narratives. Throughout this process, participants will be encouraged to consider what is visible, forgotten, undocumented or what can be preserved.
No previous artistic or zine/book-making experience required. All materials and equipment will be provided, and participants are welcome to bring a selection of printed personal photographs they would like to work on.
This workshop is an invitation to slow down, look closely and make something meaningful from what we already carry with us.
About Caroline Lacoma
This workshop is facilitated by artist Caroline Lacoma. Caroline Lacoma (b. 1997, Guadeloupe) is a London-based self-taught visual artist and Workshop Facilitator whose work explores themes of transformation, rebirth, and the self as experienced by a Black woman. She uses fine art photography, moving image and mixed-media to document the rich inner life of the Black Self. At the core of her practice lays a desire to witness intimacy and interiority. She has been published by several art International publications such as GUP Magazine or Amateur Photographer, and has exhibited her work across London notably at the Barbican Art Group Trust, The Black Cultural Centre.
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Contact: If you have any questions regarding this session, please email programming@stmargaretshouse.org.uk
Venue: The Create Place at St Margaret’s House, 29 Old Ford Road, London, E2 9PJ
Access: If you have any access needs of which we should be aware, please let us know. Entry to The Create Place is step-free, but the toilet is not accessible. If you require access to an accessible toilet, please get in touch with us on 020 8980 2092 or email programming@stmargaretshouse.org.uk so we can arrange this for you.
Dates: First Thursday of every Month
Thursday 1st October
Thursday 5th November
Thursday 3rd December
Times: 6.30-8.30pm
Tickets:
Pay Less (covers some of our costs) – I am a student, unemployed, on benefits or financially stressed - £12
Standard (covers most of our costs) – I am employed, have some expendable income, and manage to meet my basic needs - £15
Pay it Forward (covers all of our costs and supports our work) – I am employed or have enough savings to comfortably meet my basic needs - £17