coming up
June 2023
The Sitter And Their Stories
Life Drawathon Event
They say a picture paints a thousand words! But have you ever wondered what a picture would say if it could speak for itself?
In our 12-hour life drawathon, each of our clothed models will share stories of themselves through music, conversation, food and their bodies.
We invite you to immerse yourself in the experiences they choose to share and see if you can capture the moment that forged the twinkle in their eye, the work that has shaped their hands and the earth that has crumbled under their feet.
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£15/£10/ £5 Concessions
Saturday 24th June
12 noon to 12 midnight
Sew Social with Karen Arthur
Sew Social is a monthly gathering on the first Tuesday of the month for Black and people of Colour crafters.
We invite you to bring your handheld creative pieces or your mending pile. Sew on some buttons, come with a crafty dilemma or begin afresh! Knitters, sewists, quilters, artists and everyone in between.
Sew Social is a dreamy space, a space to enable like minded crafters to meet and chat and to help alleviate loneliness and promote positive mental well being through craft for Global Majority folks local and those just passing through.
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£15/ £10/ £5 Concessions
4th July | 1st Aug | 7pm-9pm
1st Tuesdays of the Month
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Dance class for all abilities, advance booking recommended. Get your joy on with movement director and choreographer Darragh O’Leary.
Pop routines to sweat and laugh too.
Mon 15th May 5.30 pm & 7 pm
Mon 22nd May 5.30 pm & 7pm
Mon 29th May 5.30 pm & 7pm
Mon 5th June 5.30 pm & 7pm
Mon 12th June 5.30 pm & 7pm
- Booking Essential
@Afri-Co-Lab
£10/ £5 Concessions
*4 Class Saver Bundle £32
Mondays 5:30pm + 7pm
Photography by Rafe Eddington
A Weekly Joyful Practice For Every Body
This invitation is simple.
Meet me as you are.
Using a combination of gentle stretching, breathing exercises, movement and joyful dance we will greet the day and start our weekend energised and refreshed.
Absolutely no experience necessary. Sessions suit every mind and body. Come with an open heart. Smiles will be provided but feel free to bring your own to share.
Friday 9th June 7:30 am
Friday 16th June 7:30 am
Friday 23rd June 7:30 am
Friday 30th June 7:30 am
- Booking Essential
Friday 9th June
7:30am - 8:20am
Weekly on Friday Mornings
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£65/£50/£35/£20 Concessions
Yoga For deep Rest And Recovery
with Janice Kate Fisher
We are excited to share with you our new Every Body Positive Yoga workshops for deep rest and recovery. These workshops are mini, half-day retreats taking place on Sundays.
Combining deep relaxation, yogic breathing, meditation, yogic exercise AND VEGAN SNACKS!
Perfect for those new to yoga, coming back to yoga or those that fancy slowing down, resetting and giving their body some attention in the form of space to rest and recover from the hecticness of life.
Sunday 18th June 1pm-5pm
Sunday 9th July 1pm-5pm
Sunday 30th July 1pm-5pm
- Booking Essential
Sunday 18th June 1pm - 5pm
It does exactly what it says on the tin! Join us for an eve of creative reflection through the art of collage. Using magazines, fabrics, wallpaper, banana leaf and whatever paper-like materials we can find. Cut and combine images and textures to reflect the world as you feel it.
Please pay it forward: This ticket costs a bit more but helps us to provide concessionary rates
Standard: This is our full-price ticket
Concessions: This ticket is our concessionary rate, if you need it please use it.
Thursday June 29th
7pm-9pm
The Last Thursday of the month
We are thrilled to have two amazing people under one roof! Join Marie-Claire Amuah and @WhatSarahReadNext as they dig into Marie-Claire's debut novel One For Sorrow, Two For Joy in an open conversation followed by a Q&A and an opportunity to buy a signed copy of the book.
Please pay it forward: This ticket costs a bit more but helps us to provide concessionary rates
Standard: This is our full-price ticket
Concessions: This ticket is our concessionary rate, if you need it please use it.
Friday 30th June 7pm - 9pm
@Afri-Co-Lab
£30/£15/ £5 Concessions
Release, Rest, Resistance with Omikemi
**Due to unforeseen circumstances the facilitator has needed to reschedule the workshop. We will share an update as soon as possible **
Release, Rest, Resistance is a three hour workshop sharing somatic (body based) practices as a way to explore and support our ability to recognise and release stress, respond to cues from our nervous system, improve our capacity for choice and deepen connection with ourselves, each other and environment in the midst of navigating living in violent and oppressive systems.
Postponed new date
coming soon
Our Artists Makers Shop Is Closing
But keep in touch with these wonderful creatives!
After a fantastic year of meeting folks, selling beautiful things and many, many random chats. We are closing the doors of our weekend shop. It's been a hard decision as we have loved amplifying so many amazing local artists and giving so many of you the chance to access their work and products. But change is-a-coming!!
As an experimental dreaming space we need to keep dreaming and so this year we are mixing it up to offer the space to more people in more ways! But please keep in touch with our wonderful local creatives! Click HERE to find out how and buy from them directly
Afri-Co-Lab is a community interest company based in
St Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex, headed up by fashion designer makers Anna & Lilly.
Combining their Ugandan cultural heritage, British seaside home and sustainability to create workshops, educational programmes, creative events and artistic interventions for seasoned and newbie creatives alike!
Hattie Spice shop front takeover. January 2021
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facilitating creative exploration.
discovering your inner maker.
Making Things Happen
identity
creativity
Never too young to create.
Mini-Makers.
Making
Uganglish Style.