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SUMMARY:Soft Ground: Textiles and Self-Soothing Workshop Series
DESCRIPTION:Soft Ground is a four-month programme of free weekly drop-in textile-based art sessions\, designed to support mental wellbeing through creativity\, routine\, and communal making. \n\n\n\nDrawing from neurodivergent practices and trauma-informed methodologies\, the sessions are open to all\, with a particular welcome extended to neurodivergent participants. The programme offers a gentle\, sensory-aware environment where participants can engage with textile processes at their own pace\, using tactile making as a tool for self-soothing\, co-regulation\, and creative exploration. \n\n\n\nEach two-hour session is led by a rotating group of women artists recognised for their inclusive practices and lived experience of neurodivergence: Kim Chin\, Birungi Kawooya\, Sue Mayo\, and Jenny McIlhatton. Participants are invited to drop in\, try different approaches to textile making\, and take part in a supportive communal space focused on reducing isolation\, building trust\, and nurturing emotional wellbeing. \n\n\n\nSessions follow a consistent weekly format designed to create structure and accessibility\, particularly for those who experience anxiety\, sensory overload\, or social isolation. While the programme centres neurodivergent experiences\, it is open to anyone in the local community interested in creativity as a pathway to wellbeing. \n\n\n\nAll sessions take place at SET Social\, our arts and social club in Peckham. Each session concludes with refreshments\, creating a relaxed environment for conversation and connection. \n\n\n\nEvent details\n\n\n\nDates: Every Friday\, from 20 February – 5 JuneTimes: 2-4pmWhere: SET Social\, 55a Nigel Road\, Peckham\, SE15 4NPTicketing/registration: All workshops are free\, available to book via Eventbrite. \n\n\n\nBook ticket\n\n\n\nProgramme credits \n\n\n\nCurated by Sylvia Keck\, Community Engagement Curator at Looking Forward.Realised in partnership with SET and with support from the National Lottery Community Fund. \n\n\n\nAbout the organiser: Founded in 2019\, Looking Forward works internationally across contemporary art\, design\, and socially engaged practices. As curators and cultural producers\, they bring together artists\, researchers\, institutions\, and publics through medium and long-term projects that span exhibitions\, publishing\, public programming\, outreach\, communication and critical research.
URL:https://setspace.uk/event/soft-ground-textiles-and-self-soothing-workshop-series/2026-04-17/
LOCATION:SET Social\, 55a Nigel Road\, London\, SE15 4NP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Art,Collaboration,community,Social,Workshops and Talks
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SUMMARY:SET Stage Gallery – Softer/Harder
DESCRIPTION:Social’s SET Stage Gallery presents Softer Harder\, a performance night and exhibition examining female sexuality and desire. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition considers how women are reclaiming their bodies and sexualities in a digital-first world. Inspired by millennial and Gen Z adolescence shaped by nights on Omegle\, reading erotica on Wattpad\, and reposting lewd gifs on Tumblr\, it offers an intimate and often humorous exploration of digital culture and sex. \n\n\n\nEvent details\n\n\n\nPublic opening night and performance: Friday 17 April\, 6-10pmExhibition run: Friday 17 April – Sunday 19 April\, 2-8pmLocation: SET Stage Gallery\, 55a Nigel Road\, Peckham\, SE15 4NPTickets: \n\n\n\n\nEarly Bird – £6.13 \n\n\n\nGeneral – £8.30\n\n\n\n\nBook tickets\n\n\n\nExhibiting visual artists\n\n\n\nAarony Bailey\nAarony Bailey is a filmmaker and photographer based in South London. Through an honest and intimate lens\, Bailey uses the camera to capture semi-autobiographical narratives surrounding femininity and sexuality\, looking at the complexities of womanhood and the female body. Her honest and nostalgic explorations of intimacy\, both platonic and romantic\, invite the viewer to indulge in their own voyeurism\, unpacking the nuances of shame and desire.  \n\n\n\nShe materialises her work through the use of analogue film\, specifically super 8\, 16mm\, and 35mm\, as well as using various other vintage methods of image capture and production\, such as polaroid photography and risograph printing. \n\n\n\n\nLily Bunney\nLily Bunney is a London-based artist whose work explores the intersection of vulnerability and digital consumption. Bunney’s process and aesthetic is key to reading her work. Inspired by the interwoven history of the computer and the jacquard loom\, her pointillist drawings play with the analogue and the digital; offering work which looks hyper-digital on the screen\, and tactile in person.  \n\n\n\nHer practice investigates how we construct and witness our own stories in an age of overwhelming narrative abundance\, particularly examining the ways we use social media and popular culture. \n\n\n\n\nCharlie Henzi\nBorn in 2001\, Seattle\, USA\, Charlie Henzi grew up in the UK just outside of London. In 2023\, she graduated from Central Saint Martins\, UAL. She recently received her Masters in Contemporary Art Practise (2024) at the Royal College of Art. She is fascinated by images of women in popular culture\, the gaze\, the performed female\, consumption and consumerism. After studying visual codes and language for years\, she now creates works that draw directly from this and her personal experiences\, that comment on the current zeitgeist. \n\n\n\n\nPerformance artists\, readers\, and poets\n\n\n\nFopé Ajanaku\, Tara Baukovic\, Chloe Borthwick\, Daisy Norris\, Sabirin Osobole\, Maricel Reinhard \n\n\n\nAbout SET Stage Gallery\n\n\n\nLaunched in 2023\, SET Stage Gallery is a volunteer-led\, non-profit contemporary art space based at SET Social. The gallery prioritises artists with limited access to exhibition opportunities and supports a programme of monthly workshops\, talks\, screenings\, reading groups\, and exhibitions. All proceeds go directly to participating artists\, supporting accessibility and sustainability within the space.Curator: Ayiesha Sankoh (@thereturnofshe) \n\n\n\nContact\n\n\n\nFor questions\, please email setstagegallery@gmail.com
URL:https://setspace.uk/event/set-stage-gallery-softer-harder/
LOCATION:SET Social\, 55a Nigel Road\, London\, SE15 4NP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Art,Comedy,community,Exhibition,Music,Opening Night,Performance
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