Monday 4th April
We are inviting you to join us to come together as a community of creative minds and participate in a range of arts activities.
With in person events now allowed to take place again, we are to be able to provide a LIVE Dragon Cafe which includes our much loved core session with some special events! All of the events below will be taking place at Streatham Space Project on Monday 4th April.(Address Details Below)
There is no need to book, just come along and join us!
Timetable for Monday 4th April
11:45am: Doors Open - Come and relax, catchup, chat, and have a drink in the Café area.
12:30pm – 2:30pm: Angie Smith, Creative Reflections - In this special live two-hour workshop, led by the inspiring poet Professor Angie smith we will examine artistic poetry, and channel it into creative reflection. We will work, with Angie and special guests Tyler and Nairat from TSIPhttps://www.tsip.co.uk/ ), through a series of three creative activities stations we will explore what the creative process means to us all.
For more information about Angie and her Charity please click here - https://www.creativity-unleashed.org/
3:00pm - 4:00pm: The Dragon Café Singing Group - Come and join in the welcome of the Dragon Café singing Group where we will warm up our voices with simple chants and rounds, then learn and sing songs written by Dragon Cafe patrons, including 'Southwark Rebel Women' and 'Roots'. We'll also be learning 'Morning Noon & Night', written during online sessions in 2021 and 2022, which features in 'Our Journey' animation. Everyone is welcome!
4:30pm – 5:30pm - Ariella & Renzo Danceworks. Dearest Dragons, all are welcome to our Live Danceworks Special!!! let's celebrate this wonderful get-together with dancing, music and creative movement in the uplifting company of our fellow Dragons. No dance experience needed and...musica maestro!
6:30pm - 7:30pm: “Our Journey” - MFC Animation Project Sharing Session
We are excited to share our animation at the first of The Dragon Cafe's monthly in-person gatherings. We'll watch the animation and hear from animator Mark Elliott and patrons who have made the piece. We're really looking forward to feedback, and singing our song to a live audience!
'Our Journey' is an animation created by Dragon Cafe patrons with singer Vivien Ellis, film-maker Mark Elliott and composer Glenn Keiles, with financial support from The Wellcome Trust. It tells the story of creating something from our collective experience of the year 2020-2021, through challenging times - Patrons have shared ideas, experiences, made visual art, recorded sounds, written words, and composed and recorded a song. 'Our Journey' documents individual moments in a single day, from morning to night.
'Our Journey' was inspired by sculptor Antony Gormley's small folded clay figure 'Hold'. Gormley affirmed that everyone is an artist, and said: "...we have to ask ourselves: What do we care about? What do we value? What do we love?"
How to Find Us:
The Events listed above will be held at Streatham Space Project and all are welcome!
Full Address: Streatham Space Project, Sternhold Avenue, Streatham Hill, SW2 4PA
Route from Brixton: BUS from Brixton (Victoria Line)
Bus nos. 118/109/133/159/250/333
(10-15 mins)
Route From Central London: TRAIN from Victoria (18 mins)
The venue is a 2 minute walk from Streatham Hill station.
