Summer fun

https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/whats-on/

Well, the days seem to be slowly getting warmer! Scribble and Smudge will be doing art workshops for The William Morris Gallery in May, June and July. A free under 5’s session where the families learn a craft and a little about the work in the William Morris Gallery. This May we will have sneak peek at the Morris Mania exhibition, celebrating all that has Morris patterns. Early years learning sequencing and counting to design a pasta medallion. I’m looking forward to making magic with the humble pasta.

Morris Mania is on May15th at The William Morris Gallery. See events

Walthamstow Toy Library’s 50th Birthday May Fair.
Come along and have fun for all of the family! This is a wonderful celebration of a service that has created friendships for families for life! A stalwart of our community and the launch pad to my company. I started volunteering at Walthamstow Toy library in 2008, creating a year long Arts programme for members and families within our community. Scribble and Smudge would not have been born without The Toy library.

I am forever grateful to Carolyn Sharma, who helped me on the programme all the while looking after 3 small kids! It was a frenetic and fun time. Here are some photos and a video from the Arts programme created for Walthamstow Toy library.

Celebrating Chinese New Year 2009. https://scribbleandsmudge.blogspot.com/search?q=chinese+new+year

Young Person’s Caribbean Carnival 2010. https://scribbleandsmudge.blogspot.com/2010/

English folk dancing 2008. https://youtu.be/veimIKd8ZLM?feature=shared

Toy chimes, with the @Barbicancentre in 2021 for Walthamstow Garden Party 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im7elGrH1nU

Chinese New year celebration for Walthamstow toy library in 2009, with a baby lion dance.

Young Person’s Caribbean Carnival with Church Hill nursery and Walthamstow toy library’s entry in 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veimIKd8ZLM

Walthamstow Toy Library is 50 this year! Join us for a fun celebration on Saturday 17th May. We'd love for past members, volunteers and Trustees to come along, share stories and photos for an exhibition that we will be running at the end of the year. Everyone welcome.

* Street Party
* Bouncy Castles
* Face Painter
* Music & Dancing
* Food & Drink
* Craft
* Games

Helen Crockford manager of Walthamstow Toy Library and Scribble and Smudge for the Toy chime project 2021.

February newsletter

Hello on this cold snowy February, Hope you are all doing well?

This month Scribble&Smudge officially becomes a teen! 13 years of creative workshops in and around London. Thank you to everyone who has ever supported us, joining our workshops and for everyone who has worked in front and behind the scenes to make our little business grow.

A MASSIVE HEART FELT THANK YOU.

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This month: Thursday 11th February: Creative Kids joins the #thegreatbigexhibiton. Making art in our windows as part of a national project to bring art galleries to our front gardens, balconies and homes. We are participating with the theme of animals taking inspiration from a stain glass artist of the Arts and crafts movement Christopher Whall. A Free online window art workshop for under fives with The William Morris Gallery. Details of how to join are here: https://www.scribbleandsmudge.com/new-events/creativekidswindowart

The #thegreatbigartexhibition runs on two weekly themes. we are joining the animal theme. Here’s Anthony Gormley explaining on BBC News the project here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55831841

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Things to do:

Chinese New Year Friday 12th: Celebrate the year of the OX, explore The Museum of London’s virtual workshops. All ages.

Pancake day Tuesday Feb 16th: Don’t forget to get your ingredients ready and have some flippin’ fun. https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/easy-pancakes

Walthamstow Toy Library is still open. Only for Click and collect toys or on the mobile toy loaning service see on face book or instagram for latest updates and news. Toys for under 7’s. https://www.instagram.com/walthamstowtoylibrary/

We are here , the Windrush exhibition is still running, see online here: https://weareherewf.org/family-days-events/

Talks from artists and writers at the South Bank through to April this year at the Inside out Festival: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/inside-out . young adults and up .

Theatre, Free digital story telling of Grimm fairy tales: by the UNicorn Theatre https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfRny0NepZ01dVt_G90tlIz-pFVtmVNFq Ages 8 to 12.

As part of story telling week, the cinderella crown making activity has been uploaded on The William Morris site: https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/learning/learning-at-home

Some highlights below from this year. Who would have thought it that In March 2020 we would have to think about sharing how to create online. Well, Here are our responses. It was challenging and at the same time very rewarding. Using our skills to help families across Waltham Forest at home, through food banks and created new friendships and ways of working with amazing organisations and artists alike.