After School Studio | Summer Term

Studio practice means children develop their own work over time. They return each week to the same piece, or start something new. They make decisions: what to add, what to remove, when it's finished, when it isn't. This is how artists actually work, and it builds focus, critical thinking, and confidence in their own ideas.

What they'll work with:

Collage, clay, plaster, paint, print, and papier-mâché. Working with professional-grade materials, Sennelier pastels, archival paper, real clay. Sessions are inspired by contemporary artistic practices and current cultural contexts.

Who leads the sessions:

Sessions are led by Mariana Mauricio, Wild Trumpets' founder and practicing contemporary artist (Goldsmiths MFA, Distinction). We invite guest artists throughout the term, working painters, sculptors, printmakers, so children experience different approaches and ways of making.

What we don't do:

• No step-by-step instructions

• No "everyone makes the same thing"

• No themed templates

• No 20-child groups in a church hall

What you get:

• 8 children maximum per session

• A working studio off Portobello Road

• Ongoing work that develops over the term

• Guest artists alongside Mariana

• We support children to develop their own works and visions

Bring:

Clothes that can get messy advisable. We provide aprons and everything else.

Early drop-off from 3.30pm-3.45pm

Pick up at 5pm

We don't teach creativity. We protect it.