By Ee Teo
The Kindness Studio started as an initiative to counter the pandemic through kindness in Art. We believe in using art to educate the next generation to be kind and love Planet Earth - help us grow! 💚
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Following our success with the Elderly workshop with Age UK and Children Workshop with the Westminster Library, The Kindness Studio would like to grow this project further by developing original content and provide 10 free art workshops for both the elderly and children community in Westminster. Running in Marylebone library since 2019, the kindness studio will organise 5 free monthly workshop for the children. Each month the workshop will focus on a theme such as zero waste, upcycling, endangered animals, to inspire the young minds to be kind to Mother Earth . Working with Memory Cafe and Aged UK, the kindness studio will also organise 5 workshop for the elderly. Designed with a Neurologist, the activities will target to help the elderly to combat neurodegenerative disease by improving their memories, mobility through calligraphy & Pastel Art therapy. It can be an opportunity for the elderly to make new friends and improve their quality of life through art.
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Why it's a great idea:
- Promote inclusivity by attracting a more diverse and intergenerational audience with the free workshop. - Foster Community spirit by providing an activity for the community to come together and make new friends. - To inspire the local community to think about Kindness through Art. - To educate the young mind about climate change and do their part to a carbon neutral future through upcycling art workshop. - to improve the elderly quality of life by encouraging activities to combat neurodegenerative disease such as Parkinson's, Alzheimers and Down Syndrome. - To broaden the community with new skills and culture through art - Chinese Calligraphy, Japanese Nagomi Art. - To provide Art as a form of therapy for participant who might be suffering from isolation, or bullying in school. - Publicity of Westminster library, Ebury Edge and other Westminster venues such as Regent Hall as a community venue.
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VolunteerThe Kindness Studio started as an initiative to counter the pandemic with kindness through Art in Jan this year. Situated in Ebury Edge, next to the historical Chelsea Barracks and the Garrison Chapel, the pop-up studio started with the aim to encourage the community to start 2022 with kindness through a series of exhibitions and Workshop.
To date, the studio has organised 13 free weekly art exhibitions for
the community to initiate conversations about kindness through art. The studio also aims to be a happy sanctuary for a diversified portfolio of artists. We are proud to have showcased works by artists from a diverse background, of which Charlie French, our down syndrome artist was selected by Tate for an art collaboration on World Down Syndrome Day
In a span of 3 months, with only a tenner spend on Instagram ad, the studio grew organically through words of mouth, expanding from a portfolio of 2 to 21 artists, website sessions growing from 5 to 700 and Instagram followers from 10 to 300 plus. We were very lucky to have established partnering opportunities with Berkeley Group and Aged UK.
After this pop up, The Kindness Studio would like to continue bring kindness to the community with more art exhibitions and to focus on developing more art workshops and to combat neuro degenerative diseases such as Parkinson and down syndrome and continue with the existing upcycling kids’ workshop to promote sustainability and zero waste.
Project Owner: Ee Teo The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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