The working life of Museum of London

On Thursday 5th June we held our first Late:Create workshop, an exciting creative session for participants to use our collections as inspiration for mini-masterpieces . Each month we work with a different artist, and this month 15 Londoners worked with artist Tunde Akkiniranye to create ceramic African masks. We looked at the bronze Yoruba busts in Museum in Docklands London Sugar & Slavery exhibition for ideas. You can see the Yoruba busts here. 

A group member tells us more:

‘The theme was to create African tribal clay masks, with help from Tunde a professional ceramicist. He showed us the techniques like how to make the base and to add the nose, eyes, and lips. After that we were free to add our own patterns and designs.’

This link takes you to more photographs from the workshop.

Late: Create is free and takes place 6 – 8pm on the 1st Thursday of every month and is aimed at Londoners who are currently not working. Future workshops include creative writing and photography. The sessions are coordinated by the Museum’s Inclusion Officer, Lucie Fitton. To find out more contact community@museumoflondon.org.uk