It’s been two incredible years of fostering creative practice in our growing artist studio, promoting craft and design in the UK and being at the forefront of London’s DIY Maker Movement. Here are a few of the highlights from our second year...
Barclay’s Take One Small Step Competition
After just 12 months of fun and games at the Parlour we beat 3,000 entries to be named as one of the UK’s ten most innovative small businesses – winning £50,000 to put towards the development of our arts space. You helped us to get the word out and voted for us overwhelmingly to win. Thank you again for all your support – we couldn’t have done it without you!
V&A Museum of Childhood Collaboration
Two collaborations with the V&A Museum of Childhood drew huge crowds to the East London venue, with over 1800 of you joining us to for our mini-festivals - Ethical Fashion in the Age of Austerity and It’s Your Write: A Celebration of the Self-Published. Highlights included panel discussions with Shiv Malik and Lindsey German, workshops with Tatty Divine and The Hat Collective & performances by Hannah Peel and Piney Gir. We have even bigger projects in the pipeline – so look out for information about our next festival later in 2011.
The Papered Parlour Studio’s Transformed
After six months of radical DIY, car boot collecting and interior styling we’ve completed the renovation of the Parlour studios. We’ve created a truly magical space for our studio artists and workshop participants to base their creative practice in. We can’t wait to share our creative skills with you in our amazing new space in 2011. Upcoming workshops include DIY Screenprinting (22nd May), Masterclass: Contemporary Quilting (12th June), Contemporary Photography (2nd and 3rd July) and Make Me a Domestic Sewing Goddess (24th July).
Click here to secure your place on one of our award-winning workshops!
What People Are Saying...
THE INDEPENDENT: ‘The hippest way to get creative with your friends!’ Kate Burt
THE GUARDIAN: ‘What a way to spend a Saturday!’ Huma Qureshi
AMELIA'S MAGAZINE: ‘A haven of creative inspiration’ Amelia Gregory
CELEBRATORY GIFT!
To celebrate our anniversary and thank you for supporting the The Papered Parlour we’re offering a limited edition hand-printed Parlour tote bag to everyone who books on to one of our 2011 workshops before Monday 16th May. Secure your place at one of our fabulous workshops now and we’ll pop your tote in the post to you!
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Looking forward to seeing you soon.
The Parlour girls xx
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