In January 2020 we delivered our first funded project - a 6-week wellbeing project at the Cartoon Museum, called The Art of Self-Love. Since then, we have run a series of exploratory projects that have enabled us to prove and activate the benefits that drawing and communal creativity can have on our mental health.
Each of these projects have combined the core ingredients of a Sketch Appeal workshop - playful drawing challenges, uplifting music, and FUN! Using portraiture as a catalyst, we have shown that drawing is a great leveller that can unite and empower people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds.
LATEST PROJECTS
aRT FOR LIFE @ St Augustine’s CE High School
Throughout 2022, thanks to funding from the Young Westminster Foundation, we worked in partnership with St Augustine’s CE High School in Kilburn to deliver a series of pilot creative wellbeing projects. The aim was to re-connect and uplift the school community after 2 turbulent years of COVID-19, to demonstrate and activate the mental health benefits of drawing and getting creative, and to encourage students to see Art from a fresh and exciting new perspective.
East London Social Sketchclub
Having moved online due to COVID, our East London Social Sketchclub came back to live at the Canvas Cafe on Brick Lane. Funded by the East End Community Foundation, these Saturday social sessions ran throughout Spring/Summer 2022 and were free to local residents aged 18+. The club was funded by the East End Community Foundation between 2020-2022 and we are hoping to resume sessions in 2023.
THE ART OF SELF-LOVE
The Art of Self-Love was our first creative wellbeing project, which we delivered in January-February 2020 at The Cartoon Museum. It was designed for people experiencing mild-moderate mental health issues, to offer dedicated creative time and space for self-reflection, self-expression, conversation and connection with others.
This project was funded by the the Mayor of London Culture Seeds fund