Location Central Saint Martins, Granary Building, 1 Granary Square, London N1C 4AA
Overview
This series of workshops will consider what strategic approaches to practice we can adopt to foreground ethical considerations that help to communicate our message when producing creative work as a form of protest.
Through a series of 3 discursive and hands-on workshops we will focus on collaborative working, and the production of a series of outcomes relating to the climate emergency. Explore the challenges, inconsistencies and opportunities presented by creative activism whilst developing a varied skill-set and deeper connections with your fellow students.
19/05/2025 10:00 - 12:00 Workshop one: Communicating a message
Debate about specifically what we want the message to be and what medium is best to communicate this. A group brainstorm will help determine the function of various methods of delivering our message. E.g. – what is a banner? A statement of intent? a call to action? a future historical artefact? an object to congregate around?
02/06/2025 10:00 - 12:00 Workshop two: Methodologies of practice
How do we embed sustainable practices in our approach to making? Considerations like the socio-political narratives in our work, approaches to labour practices and sourcing materials are all key in ensuing we ‘practice what we preach’ in a sustainability-oriented project. Group discussion with outcome mapping to decide on strategy
09/06/2025 10:00 - 12:00 Workshop three: Making
In this session we will agree approaches to production with pieces pre-sourced/prepared from last session. Each group member will be clear on their role and contribution and an outcome will be produced collaboratively
Locations: ALL workshops will take place at Central Saint Martins
Please book for each workshop separately as we need to have a rough understanding on numbers - many thanks
The outcome of these workshops will be on display at our Central Saint Martins Arts SU Exhibition + Project Space throughout June and July.
Facilitator bio: Jill Kennedy-McNeill is an artist and educator with a background in collaborative community working. Her early training in Fashion and Textiles resulted in an art practice that focuses primarily on the emotional resonances of economy and exploring the complexities of labour relations whilst attempting to redress their resultant social impact.
https://www.jillkennedy-mcneill.com/
instagram.com/jillkmcn