Wonderland – 2023 Art Exhibition and Scholarship ceremony
Wonderland
As we approach the Summer break it feels like the perfect time to look back at the incredibly special summer showcase event we held at the beginning of July. Sponsored by MTD Group and hosted by Conductor London, One Crown Place and Sun Street Hotel in the City of London, we celebrated the creative achievements of all our participants in the last year.
Wonderland Exhibition – July 2023. Big thanks to Patrick Fry for the amazing graphics!
The exhibition was absolutely brimming with incredible art, all produced by our participants during our programme of creative workshops throughout the year. Guests on the night viewed ceramics, visual art, fashion, film and photographs. All created by people affected by homelessness.
Headpieces on display from our ‘Wearable Art as Fashion’ series of workshops
Beautiful ceramics designed and created by participants
Images from our Analogue Photography workshops
This year we wanted to make the exhibition as interactive as possible so we treated our guests to live screen printing workshops run by the wonderful Nicole Line as well as drawing workshops led by Joshua Beatty. We even had our own DJ booth, designed, built and painted by a group of participants along with Poor Collective.
Screen printing workshop so guests could give it a go too!
One guest loved the print so much that she printed it onto her trousers! Looks so good!
Our DJ booth created together with Poor Collective
As we all gathered together to celebrate the creativity in the room, we felt so privileged that participants Sam and Deon agreed to speak to the audience about their own Accumulate experiences. Sam, as a participant and scholarship winner in 2022, and Deon who is taking part in the MATTA programme, working so hard to inspire creativity in others. Listen to their stories in their own words via our Instagram posts. Sam’s is HERE Deon’s is HERE
Sam spoke about this Accumulate journey
Deon spoke about her experience as a participant on our MATTA course.
As part of the evening were just so excited to present certificates to each participant who attended our workshops as well as the highly anticipated scholarships to selected participants so they can continue their developing their creativity in higher education.
Participants were all presented with a certificate by Chair of Trustees Michelle
After a heartwarming speech from our Director and Founder Marice Cumber, our Chair of Trustees Michelle presented the scholarships to each winner along with their delighted sponsor. They will study, fully funded, on Access to Higher Education courses in Fine Art, Design and Digital Media and Fashion at either Ravensbourne University or Morley College. Huge congratulations!
Stuart won the Accumulate Ian Shaw photography prize and also received an award of a camera and a year of mentoring by tutor Giulio Mazzarini.
Congratulations Alicia and thank you to sponsor Debra from Grove End Housing
Congratulations Ya’aesh and thank you to sponsor Debra from Grove End Housing
Congratulations to Alexandria and thank you to BOP Consulting for their sponsorship
Congratulations also to scholarship winners Hayley and Sana (not pictured) and sponsors AHMM Architects and EC Bid London.
To round off the celebrations, we were treated to a fashion show of participants all modelling the incredible headpieces they created in our series of workshops ‘Wearable Art as Fashion’. The show was led by previous Accumulate scholarship winner Nikol who really got the crowd going! Check out a video of the show HERE
Nikol led the fashion show!
Amazing pieces! Well done to all the participants.
Accumulate, after it all, is about community. We are so thrilled that so many participants past and present attend our events. A true testament to the experiences they have taken part in and the lasting friendships they have formed.
This was a truly special evening. The perfect showcase for all our participants for their achievements this year. We can’t wait to see what’s next for you all.
Photo credits: Ben Peters Photography
