Looking to improve health, economic opportunity and cultural diversity in Kensington & Chelsea area.

Be part of the largest community arts project in RBKC: 1200 origami cranes, 600 hours, nearly half a kilometre of string, 1 community.
Kindred Artist Studios in collaboration with the Dalgarno Trust intend to engage their local community of all ages in a free workshop, on the weekend of 25-26th of June, making a colossal 3 by 5 metres mobile installation of origami cranes that will be suspended in the atrium of the Dalgarno Trust. The cranes embody the natural and beautiful migration of people, a theme that echoes the multicultural nature of The Dalgarno Trust whose facilities are used by 1,400 people each week, including 400 unique young people that access its youth services. The nature of the process is also symbolic, as members of the public take a seat at the long tables in our courtyard, get shown how to fold the cranes and pass the knowledge to their neighbour. The transference of knowledge and communal aspect of the process is part of the concept that underpins the installation. With a short film documenting the journey to be distributed virally to demonstrate the positive impact of togetherness.
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Both the making-of and the installation itself will bring our community together in a project that will improve quality of life. We strongly believe that bringing people together with art is always magical. The installation will enrich the lives of the 1,400 people that access the Dalgarno Community Centre every week whilst the short film will go viral to inspire future community-collaboration projects which aim to create more public works of art made by its inhabitants; it's not only fun but empowering. The origami workshops are part of Kindred Open Studios which opens its doors to the public 3 times a year. Participants will be able to walk-in and meet 95 makers of every discipline within the arts, all working under one roof that weekend. There will be live music and a real celebration. Creativity inspires and positivity radiates!
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Looking to improve health, economic opportunity and cultural diversity in Kensington & Chelsea area.
A great big warm thanks for all of you who donated to our project- with particular thanks to City Living, Local Life in both Dalgarno and St Helen's ward who were tremendously supportive. We at Kindred Studios & Dalgarno Trust are now very excited to bring this beautiful project to life. Please do join us for some crane-folding on Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June where the adventure continues. We will also be sending out links to the film of the event to all of you. Best wishes, Angelique, Jaime & Mackenzie
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