WORKSHOP / STUDIO 2.05 @ 13:30 (45 min), SAT & SUN

KIDS 5+

Cressida Cowell, author of How to Train Your Dragon and Wizards of Once, will talk about her inspiration, sketchbooks and original drawings and host a dragon illustrating workshop + book signing if you bring your copy!

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INSTALLATION / BY STUDIO 1.09 @ all day, SAT & SUN

A series of sculptures by award-winning artist Abbas Zahedi transform discarded architectural materials into a sonic environment, and invites visitors to reflect on ecological grief. The installation is related to Abbas’ work for ‘Gathering Ground’ group exhibition at Tate Modern.

GUIDED TOUR / MEET AT THE INFO POINT / RECEPTION @ 14:00 (45 min) SAT & SUN

Kindred’s founder Angelique Schmitt will walk you through a curated tour of Kindred and talk about how our artist community is building its own Web of Life.

MUSIC / OUTSIDE @ 18:00 (30 min), SAT

BATALA drummers are bringing Afro‑Brazilian rhythms, movement and colour to Kindred’s courtyard to get the party started!

MUSIC / PROJECT SPACE @ 16:00 (1hr), SUN

ŚŪNYA ŚŪNYA duo Kiran and Joe will close the weekend with an immersive multi-instrumental performance, weaving a reflective and atmospheric soundscape.

PERFORMANCE / PROJECT SPACE @ 15:00 (30mins), SAT

Experience a mixed media performance by Abbas Zahedi and David La Rocha, using shamanic drums, visuals, recordings, spoken word and live playing.

PERFORMANCE / PROJECT SPACE @ 16:00 (15mins), SAT and 14:30 (15mins), SUN

Jig Collective return to the canal side with their joyous and curious dance work Gulls, exploring flocking and environmental pollution.

MUSIC / OUTSIDE @ 15:00 (30mins), SUN

Get ready for a spectacular mariachi performance, bursting with colorful costumes, uplifting melodies, and infectious festive energy!

WORKSHOP / 3RD FLOOR WORKSHOP SPACE @ 11:30 & 15:30 (1hr), SAT and 12:00 & 15:00 (1hr), SUN

With Claire, participants will mindfully repair broken ceramics with gold-accented seams, transforming imperfections into beautiful symbols of resilience and renewal. Bring a small piece you would like to mend!

DEMO / STUDIO 2.17 @ 12:00 (30mins) and 16:30 (30mins), SAT & SUN

With printmaker Rudolph Taylor, learn about the process behind printing multiple plates to create a colorful intaglio print.

WORKSHOP / STUDIO 2.08 @ 12:00 & 16:00 (45 mins), SAT & SUN

KIDS 7+

Join Belén and Renata for playful clay and mixed media workshops, exploring textures, shapes and creativity in a fun and welcoming environment.

TALK / 1ST FLOOR WORKSHOP SPACE @ 12:00 (30mins), SAT

Published author, Hattie Edmonds, takes you on a personal journey into the heart, discussing human anatomy, emotional insights and spirituality.

WORKSHOP / GROUND FLOOR @ 12:00 (1hr), SAT & SUN

KIDS 7+

Faber and Emily will help you create your own quirky clay bug in this fun, hands-on workshop using the pinch pot technique! Get creative and bring your little critter to life.

WORKSHOP / OUTSIDE STUDIO 1.27 @ 12:00 (3hrs - drop in), SAT

Artists Debra and Judith guide you through experimentations with drawing and collage in a relaxed, supportive environment.

DEMO / STUDIO 2.24 @ 12:00 (4hrs), SAT & SUN

See jewellers Joanne, Jane, Lama, Katie and Alyssa demonstrate jewellery and light metal techniques.

TALK / STUDIO 2.07 @ 12:30 (30mins), SAT and 11:30 (30 mins), SUN

Come and explore the origins of modern alphabets through the Phoenician script with Nayla.

PERFORMANCE / PROJECT SPACE @ 13:00 & 15:30 (15 mins), SAT

Witness a ritual performance that communicates with ancestral lineages and entities through the Sonic Painting Machine (SPM), invented by artist Elena Shkvarkina.

TALK / 1ST FLOOR WORKSHOP SPACE @ 13:00 (45 mins), SAT

Join Saira for a talk about how AI tools can elevate your creative practice and assist you in making a more efficient workflow.

WORKSHOP / 3RD FLOOR WORKSHOP SPACE @ 13:30 & 17:00 (1hr), SAT and 13:30 (1hr), SUN

Join Claire for a hands-on adult workshop where participants use the historic cyanotype printing technique to create striking blue-and-white botanical artworks.

WORKSHOP / GROUND FLOOR @ 13:30 (1hr), SAT & SUN

KIDS 12+

Faber and Emily teach you how to build your own clay plant head in this fast paced, hands-on, fun workshop.

TALK / 1ST FLOOR WORKSHOP SPACE @ 14:00 (30mins), SAT

Artist Kate Lowe explores how hands-on making, through crafts, art, or simple creative acts, can regulate the nervous system, reduce stress, and promote a sense of calm.

PERFORMANCE / PROJECT SPACE @ 14:00 (10mins), SAT

Watch a theatrical performance by the oversized whimsical whispering whelks!

WORKSHOP / 2ND FLOOR WORKSHOP SPACE @ 14:00 (2hrs - drop in), SAT & SUN

KIDS 7+

Come and make strange and wonderful life‑size imagined foods, fabulous paper creations, and surreal masks, hats, or costume accessories for the Surrealist Restaurant with Emma and Ania.

PERFORMANCE / 3RD FLOOR @ 14:30 (20mins), SAT

Witness a curated selection of wearable artworks, created by our artists in a live, moving format.

TALK / STUDIO 1.22 @ 14:30 (30mins), SAT

With practices that expand beyond sculpture and into painting and drawing, Emma and Lydia discuss the ways making moves between dimensions, and how material thinking carries across different forms.

WORKSHOP / OUTSIDE STUDIO 1.24 @ 15:00 (1hr), SAT & 13:00 (1hr), SUN

KIDS 8+

Jump right in and paint your own canvas tote bag with Ammar. Bag is supplied but feel free to bring your own clothing item to paint on!

WORKSHOP / GROUND FLOOR @ 15:00 (1hr), SAT & SUN

ADULTS & KIDS 12+

Faber and Emily will teach you how to scratch an image of your choice into soft coloured clay moulded dishes, with a technique called sgraffito.

TALK / 1st FLOOR WORKSHOP SPACE @ 15:30 (30mins), SAT

Simon Tolhurt, Portrait Artist in Residence since 2013, gives an illustrated talk about the setting up, experience and impact of the heart warming Portrait Project at University College London Hospitals.

TALK / STUDIO 1.11 @ 16:00 (30mins), SAT

Jo Heckett talks about her paintings, the importance of ceremony and how connecting to Nature strengthens our lived experience, exploring concepts such as science, magic, paganism, mythological archetypes and ancestral practices.

WORKSHOP / STUDIO 3.06 @ 16:00 (1hr), SAT

With artist Raya, listen and partake in sharing prose or fragmented writing of your own in a communal circle.

WORKSHOP / 2ND FLOOR WORKSHOP SPACE @ 16:00 (1hr), SAT

Gather with Polly Green, Founder of Long Lunch, for an unhurried makers session focusing on paper, colour and form. Leave with an everlasting flower.

PERFORMANCE / GALLERY @ 19:30 (30MINS), SAT

Roots, performance by Angaqquk Collective., explores cyclicity, interconnectedness, and the relationship between the human body and nature through performance, movement and sound.

POP UP SUPPER CLUB / CAFE @ 18:15 (1hr), SAT / £30pp

Sumptuous two-course meal, served in our beautiful Kindness cafe, ready for you when Open Studios closes and before the evening kicks-off. Not to be missed!

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EXPERIENCE / STUDIO 2.08 @ 11:00 (1hr), SUN

KIDS 7+

Camilla invites kids to draw and write down memories, hopes and dreams about their favourite London's waterways - rivers, canals and other blue spaces.

PERFORMANCE / PROJECT SPACE @ 12:00 (15mins), SUN

Watch oversized mycelium creatures connect and interact!

PERFORMANCE / PROJECT SPACE @16:30, SAT

EVA is a teaser performance for a larger work by Angaqquk Collective, directed and choreographed by Kristina Baeva, which unfolds as a live, bodily process experienced by the performers in real time, marked by strong physical presence and vulnerability. Through movement, text, music and ritual, EVA asks the audience a simple question: what is love, and does this love exist in your life?

TALK / STUDIO 2.19 @15:00, SAT

Join Lucille Dweck in her studio as she explains how through portraits and nature work she explores presence, intimacy, and connection—between people, with nature, and with what lies beyond us that unifies humanity.

TALK / 1ST FLOOR WORKSHOP SPACE @ 12:00 (5hrs - drop in), SUN

With Maeve, transform discarded and found materials through simple embroidery techniques. Explore the histories held in what gets left behind through the healing act of stitch.

WORKSHOP / 1ST FLOOR WORKSHOP SPACE, @ 12:00 & 14:30 (2hrs), SUN

Chiara invites adults to explore colour, pattern, and creative expression through painting directly onto fabric using a few artisanal techniques.

STORYTELLING / PROJECT SPACE @ 12:30 (20mins), SUN

Listen to Charlotte share the rollicking story of 'Étaín' one of the strangest and most compelling tales from Irish Mythology, which tells of sacred wells, transformation and one woman’s resilience.

PERFORMANCE / PROJECT SPACE @ 13:45 (15mins), SUN

Watch the graceful pair of swans perform a story of charm, spectacle and love!

WORKSHOP / COURTYARD @ 13:00 & 15:00 (1hr), SUN

KIDS 7+

Take part in spray painting a large, colourful, collaborative mural with graffiti artist & muralist Jon Rees. Kids and adults welcome, no skill or experience needed.

TALK / STUDIO 2.02 @ 14:00 (30mins), SUN

Ana Inés traces how ideas evolve through research, sketching, and collaboration during the process of designing for theatre and opera.

PERFORMANCE / ACROSS ALL FLOORS @ 14:00 (30mins), SUN

Follow Kiran’s magical Bansuri, traditional Indian flute, around the building.

WORKSHOP / 3RD FLOOR WORKSHOP SPACE @ 15:00 (2hrs), SUN

With Kim and Linnéa, learn basic sewing and mending techniques to create a fabric "charm" to hold as a reminder of something you care about and inspire intention and conversation about material reuse.

PERFORMANCE / PROJECT SPACE @ 15:00 (20mins), SUN

Betül’s perfomance explores how artistic practice is shaped and validated through administrative systems, treating the UK Global Talent visa as both stage and material.

TALK / STUDIO 2.20 @ 15:00 (30mins), SUN

Join artists Monica, Sarah and Poppy as they discuss their shared interest in natural pigments and vital materials.

WORKSHOP / 3RD FLOOR @ 16:00 (45mins), SUN

KIDS 7+

Experiment with eco-friendly bioplastics, natural materials and found objects to make your own unique hanging artwork with Kirsten, Basak and Katia.

PERFORMANCE / PROJECT SPACE @ throughout the day, SAT & SUN

Blending costume couture and ephemeral performance art Syban will be creating a special spellbinding performance uniquely to you. Also, visit Syban in her studio 1.31 throughout the weekend!

@ all day, SAT & SUN

Starting the day with atmospheric soundscapes and evolving to those legendary dance beats that he’s well known for!

DEMO / CERAMICS @ all day, SAT & SUN