Get creative this summer to celebrate The Mill’s 10th birthday! Join us for our series of free hands-on workshops for children aged 4 and over in our friendly community space, led by local artists. We’re running three workshops on Thursday’s during the school holidays, with a choice of two different times each day. Create your own party chameleon […]
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Bringing ‘Grandad’s Island’ to life throughout the summer
We were delighted to welcome lots of families to ‘The Mill Shipyard’ during this summer’s Walthamstow Garden Party, to bring to life the picture book ‘Grandad’s Island’ by local author-illustrator Benji Davies. Children helped to create a colourful boat, inspired by the ship that transports Grandad and Syd on their adventure in the award winning […]
Announcing the Grow Your Idea 2 winners!
We are really pleased to introduce the Grow Your Idea 2 competition winners, who will all be organising activities at The Mill over the next few months. Rasheeqa and Yanire: The Herbalistic Journal Project A creative collaboration between an artist and a herbalist in Walthamstow, our project seeks to connect our wild green spaces with […]
Practical Medicine Making
Two three-week courses: 25 February – 11 March 2018 and 8 April – 22 April 2018 2pm – 5pm £75 (£60 concessions) for whole series or £30 (£25) per session Learn how to make potent medicinal preparations with wild harvested and cultivated herbs for your home and community use: infusions & decoctions, tinctures, vinegars, syrups, […]
New Year, New Mug! With Pop-up Pottery
Thursday, 25th January 2018 7:15pm – 9:30pm £15 per person, max 10 people Booking and payment in advance. Join us for an evening of creativity and relaxation at our Pop-up Pottery. Experiment with a number of pottery decorating techniques to create a beautiful ceramic travel mug. Perfect for cold winter days outside! Included in the […]
Upcycle, Repurpose, Colour and Create furniture workshop
Saturday, 27 January 2018 2pm to 5pm £48 per person No experience needed, everyone welcome Join Nina’s Chalk Pot for a fun, relaxed 3 hour workshop and discover how you can use our special paints, pigments, accent colours and waxes to add a whole new layer of creativity to repurposing and upcycling. Learn how to […]
Get drawing in 2018!
Every other Sunday, starting 7 January 2018, 11am – 1pm £4 per session Adults of all abilities welcome After the successful launch of the Mill’s Art Cart, in the New Year we are starting a Sunday morning drawing group with the opportunity to work on still-life. This is not a class, just a relaxing two […]
Artworks is launching The Mill’s Art Cart
Sunday 12 November 11am – 1pm FREE All welcome Get Drawing! The Art Cart is an addition to The Mill’s Art Works programme. It will always be furnished with paper and great coloured pencils for the enjoyment of adults and children. Join us for some still-life drawing Sunday 12 November, 11 am to 1pm. With […]
Make your Mark – life drawing – November 2017
Monday evenings, 6 – 27 November 2017 7pm – 9pm The Chequers and The Mill £50 covers all materials, room hire and model hire. £40 for previous participants Run by artist Jason Hawkridge, Make your Mark runs its four weekly course once again at the Mill and the gorgeous leather seated back room at The Chequers. […]
Meet George the Chameleon
Thank you for all the suggestions to name the new resident of our Children’s Room. The name picked out of the hat on Apple Day for our beautiful, gloriously coloured Chameleon is George! George was made over one weekend in the Summer holidays by about 50 children, parents and carers. Vanessa Brightwell, artist, designer and […]