Unfolding Cultural Heritage Echoes is a solo exhibition features work by illustration artist Wing Sze Kung. The exhibition explores the preservation and transformation of cultural heritage in the dynamic contexts of Hong Kong and London.
Dates: 20 – 22 Nov 2024, 11am – 6pm
Private View: Wednesday 20 Nov 2024, 6.30 – 8.30 pm
“In the face of rapid social and economic change, the exhibition showcases a collection of spatial design, illustration, and animation works. Together, that explores how culture and craftsmanship can persevere and transform, inspiring new connections to our shared past, present and future.
Through the lens of collective memory and sense of place, the exhibition explores the multi-layered dimensions of community, traditional practices and cultural environments, highlighting how these elements bridge generations, time and place. Celebrating the spirit of Hong Kong’s bamboo crafts and London’s Chinese New Year parade, the exhibition invites viewers to interact through narrative illustration and animation, facilitating public awareness and appreciation of cultural preservation.” — Wing Sze Kung
This workshop aims to facilitate cultural exchange by encouraging you to share and deepen your understanding of cultural heritage through creative making, sharing, and transformation. Together, we will explore and share cultural traditions, developing a “visual toolkit” and mask to helps transform cultural elements into visual expressions and narrative storytelling. This process builds appreciation for cultural diversity and raises awareness of the importance of cultural preservation. After the making session, we will have a mini exhibition to showcase and celebrate our collective cultures.
UAL’s 3rd Intercultural Zine Fair at Peckham Levels, where showcases zines and publications made by students and staff at UAL and external publishers from South London.
Stall holders include: PageMasters, Books Peckham, Mosaic Rooms, The Feminist Library, CSM Publications, Poetry Translation Centre, Assemblage Collective & more!
Free workshops and talks to join throughout the day.
There are a programme of workshops and talks in the gallery space next to the UAL studio on the fifth floor, including
The UAL Intercultural Zine Fair 3.0 has now wrapped up! Don’t miss this insightful story by Anita Strasser, UAL Visiting Practitioner, sharing her observations and reflections on the incredible day.
Over 500 people at the Intercultural Zine Fair
Anita Strasser Visiting Practitioner
Friday 8 November saw the third Intercultural Zine and Publishing Fair at the Gig Space in Peckham Levels. And what a fair it was! Over 500 people attended!
Walking up the stairs, you were guided to the fair by posters made by students: the main poster was a collaborative design by students Tra Nhu (IC ambassador and Camberwell student) and Poan Pan (UAL alum); other posters were hand-drawn direction signs by Kesiah Ide (IC ambassador and Camberwell student).
When I arrived at the Gig Space just after 12, I was greeted by a buzzing atmosphere. Music was playing, the tables were lovingly decorated by the many stallholders, and people – professional publishers, established artists, UAL staff and students, and other people – were busy chatting, showing each other their own or others’ publications, buying and selling publications, networking and making. The zine drop-in workshop table was busy all day, with Tasch from Assemblage Collective showing people at one point a brand new technique of zine-making called the lotus fold. There was a constant coming and going and the atmosphere was one of a festival: full of excitement and joy. Everybody seemed to be buzzing and smiling and everyone I spoke to commented on this atmosphere. You couldn’t help noticing it.
Organisers Adam Ramejkis and Annie Loebig were also busy checking up on and chatting to stallholders and dealing with all sorts of organisational matters. Thankfully they were supported by a group of IC Ambassadors who minded the communal and ‘amaziners’ tables, as well as tables of stallholders who went off on a break. They also helped with setting up workshops, directing people to places and with whatever else needed doing. Catherine Li and Ana Teles (who manage the CCW studio and gallery spaces at Peckham Levels) also helped ensure the smooth running of the day, while I was busy documenting everything on camera.
Stallholders included the LCC Zine Collection, PRESS – A Rolling Drum, The Mosaic Rooms (with Chelsea MA Curating and Collection students), Assemblage Collective, The Feminist Library, Poetry Translation Centre, BOOKS Peckham, PageMasters, CSM Publications, Flipped Eye Publishing, Goldsmiths Liberate! Zines Collection, Camberwell Comic Club, Camberwell MA Illustration, Chelsea Cwiklik, POW!, Stroll Press, Naiyue Zhang, Aghh! Zine and Writing Our Legacy, as well as a communal table and a table of amaziners (from @ual.amazines). While the drop-in zine-making workshop table was also in the Gig Space, this time there was also a programme of events in the gallery space around the corner. Walking up the ramp to the gallery space, you could admire more posters, including a series of posters from Camberwell Comic Club.
The workshop programme was not to be missed. In fact, each workshop was very well attended, with one attracting over 40 people! The first DIY zine ‘talkshop’ was run by UAL alum Lucie Russell (@drawing.people.together) and LCC student and IC ambassador Rosie Wellman (@r0siegd) and focused on experiences of neurodiversity. One attendee said she had travelled all the way from north-west London to attend this workshop and hear others’ stories of being neurodivergent. The second workshop was led by Mosaic Rooms and Chelsea MA Curating and Collection students, a collaboration titled Under the Dining Table. During the session, attendees learnt about the creative journey that inspired their publication Honey-Moon, which explores food as a site of cultural practice, of caring, crafting and sharing. After that, The Poetry Translation Centre conducted a cut-up poetry and zine-making workshop, using the centre’s anthology My Voice: a decade of poems from the Poetry Translation Centre as the source of materials for participants to make their own poems. The programme finished with four live poetry performances, featuring the curators of poetry platform POW! Play On Words Lee Campbell (Senior Lecturer in Academic Support at Wimbledon College of Arts) and Colin B Osborn, as well as Hannah Wallwork and Redeeming Features. These poetry performances were incredibly dynamic, powerful and thought-provoking, touching on themes like poverty, homelessness, stigmatisation, bullying and death. Everyone was glued to their seat, and nobody left disaffected by what they had heard. It was great to see UAL staff and students and outside audiences together in a room.
As we were tidying up the spaces at the end of the day, the same comments were made over and over by all kind of people: that this zine fair was the most diverse they had ever been to; that it had the nicest and most buzzing atmosphere, and the highest attendance of all three fairs. Above all, everyone was clear that these fairs bring together a wonderful community; it is a gathering of creative people with established publishers and artists and students dazzling with their designs and selling work in equal measures. This cannot end… so prepare yourself for a fourth intercultural zine fair in May 2025.
PDF – Public Dissemination Festival is a four-day event filled with exciting activities, workshops, exhibition and pop-up shop all about sharing with the public what we were working on during our MA Illustration course.
Programme details
Illustrators working with/in Education
4th of November, 11:30-15:30
Illustrators working with/in Education is a series of creative workshops designed by second year MA Illustration students, who have chosen education as their focus! These sessions are tailored for first year MA Illustration students and offer a unique opportunity to collaborate, explore and learn from your peers.
Illustrators working with/in Research
5th of November 17:00-20:00
We explore the vast potential of practice-based research, diving deep into illustration from diverse perspectives and methodologies. Each topic will unfold as a visual essay, connected by a common thread that ties our creative inquiry together. Join us for a journey into research – reimagined in a more artistic, engaging, and thought provoking way.
Illustrators working with/in Publishing
6th of November 17:00-20:00
Illustrators working with/in Publishing is a vibrant showcase of creativity where book pitches take the center stage! This event brings together a diverse array of commercial book pitches, from picture books to graphic novels, recipe books and more.
Illustrators working with/in Residency
7th of November 17:00-20:00
Illustrators working with/in Residency is a V&A inspired Residency exhibition by second year MA Illustration students, where we will be showcasing our work inspired by the collection of the V&A. Each of the students has produced an artwork based on an item or collection from the museum in theme with their Final Major Project. The exhibition displays a wide range of works exploring different themes and visual approaches to the V&A’s collection.
Lost and Found is a UAL (University of the Arts London) exhibition based at Peckham Levels during Black History Month, that seeks to provide space for the often-unseen stories, narratives and histories from the local community of Peckham.
Alongside the exhibition, we hosted a series of free weekly workshops and talks, open to all. These gatherings fostered dialogue and connection among communities, encouraging creativity, hands-on making, and collaborative expression.
Lost and Found has now concluded, we invite you to explore a beautiful collection of moments and highlights from the event below.
Friday, 11 October 2 – 4pm UAL Space, Peckham Levels
Join us for an inspiring and creative printmaking workshop centered around the rich symbolism of Adinkra.
In this hands-on session, participants will explore the history and cultural significance of these West African symbols, which convey profound messages about wisdom, strength, and community. You’ll learn traditional and modern printmaking techniques to create your own Adinkra-inspired prints. As we create, we will also engage in storytelling, using the symbols to weave personal and collective narratives that might otherwise be lost to time. This workshop is not only about creating art, but also preserving cultural heritage through meaningful stories and symbols.
Lost & Found: High Street Memories Creative Collage and Video Mixing
Friday, 19 October 2 – 4pm UAL Space, Peckham Levels
Join artist Daniel Oduntan in this interactive, drop-in workshop where participants of all ages are invited to explore their local High Street memories through creative collages and live video mixing.
Using transparent sheets, participants will create visual collages inspired by their personal experiences, words, or stories from their local High Street. These collages will be layered over video loops of the workshop space, bringing each participant’s memories to life in real time. This workshop offers a unique opportunity to share and reflect on how High Streets have shaped our communities.
Image courtesy of Simone Williamson
Lost & Found: Reclaiming Afro Beauty (Afro hair workshop)
Friday, 25 October 2 – 4pm UAL Space, Peckham Levels
Join Simone Williamson, Co- founder of Afrocks for an exciting and informative exploration of afro hair.
“It’s only hair, what’s the big deal?”
Join Simone Williamson, Co- founder of Afrocks for an exciting and informative exploration of afro hair. From discussions around afro hair myths to the rich history of afro styling, including the role afro hair styles played in the emancipation of enslaved Africans.
Together we will explore why afro is more than just hair and why celebrating it is not just a big deal but imperative in reclaiming our beauty and identity. This interactive session will provide a great opportunity for all to share their hair-story, create their own braid maps and take beautiful photos. For all afro lovers and novices alike. All are welcome. Get ready to learn, share and have some fun.
Friday, 25 October 7.30 – 9.30pm The Auditorium, Peckham Levels
Join us at UAL’s first Black History Month Open Mic event. Come along & spit bars, sing, read poetry or prose, improvise or just listen! All welcome.
UAL (University of the Arts London) invites you to our inaugural Black History Month Open Mic event, hosted by Kat Francois, BBC TV and World Poetry Slam Champion. at London’s Peckham Levels.Come along & spit bars, sing, read poetry or prose, improvise or just listen! There’ll be music to get you in your groove should you want to dance or freestlye to some instrumentals. Feel free to bring your backing tracks too.Enjoy a drink at the bar and grab some nibbles too.
Lost & Found: Three Kingdoms film screening and Q&A
Sunday, 27 October 3 – 5 pm The Auditorium, Peckham Levels
Join us for an unmissable film screening event presented by Three Kingdoms, a collective of passionate filmmakers: Kaylen Francis, Judah Meade, and Anthony Ray Caballero.
They are all united by a common goal: to bring their unique visions to life through the power of storytelling. Each member of the group brings their own strengths and areas of expertise to the table, and together they create films that are greater than the sum of their parts. With a shared commitment to endless creativity and a deep love for the craft of filmmaking, whether exploring new genres, pushing the boundaries of technology, or telling stories that challenge our perceptions of the world around us, the collective’s films always leave a lasting impression. Join Three Kingdoms on their journey to bring their bold, innovative visions to the screen.
Join us for a fun and inspiring workshop with Tanya Galia where we will shape our dreams and affirmations through creative clay art!
In this creative 2-hour workshop, children (ages 9–13) will explore self-expression through air-drying clay and positive affirmations. The children will reflect on their strengths, dreams, fears, and expectations, transforming their thoughts into empowering statements. They will choose a personal affirmation and use it as inspiration to design two unique clay tiles.
About the exhibition
Lost and Found is a UAL (University of the Arts London) exhibition based at Peckham Levels during Black History Month, that seeks to provide space for the often-unseen stories, narratives and histories from the local community of Peckham. This exhibition was preceded by Portraits of Peckham in 2023.
Conceived by artist and UAL academic Sharon Bertram, Lost and Found is an extension of her practice, bringing together projects that she has worked on with local schools in Peckham. This exhibition and programme of events is an open invitation to all, serving as a starting point for exploring the concept of loss — be it through identity, knowledge, or history — and its connection to memory within the community of Peckham. Visitors are encouraged to consider how recovering elements of lost narratives can reveal new perspectives on our past, ourselves, and our communities.
As part of Lost and Found, we also reflect on the role of institutions like UAL, thinking of what may have been lost in education and what might be rediscovered. This year’s event will also once again involve local schools, emphasising the importance of connecting with the wider community of Camberwell and Peckham. Whilst Black History Month traditionally separates Black history from ‘general history’, we look forward to a future where Black history is naturally incorporated into everyone’s history.
Alongside the exhibition, we will be hosting a programme of free weekly workshops and talks every Friday. Stay tuned for updates on this page.
This project was developed in collaboration with the Public Engagement team at Camberwell Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts, UAL and Peckham Levels with student participants from Harris Girls Academy East Dulwich, St Gabriels College and The National Saturday Club.
University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. Our graduates go on to work in and shape the creative industries worldwide. UAL is ranked second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings by Subject ®.
The University has a world-class reputation and is made up of 6 equally renowned Colleges and 5 institutes: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion, Wimbledon College of Arts, AKO Storytelling Institute, UAL Creative Computing Institute, UAL Decolonising Arts Institute and UAL Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute. arts.ac.uk
About Camberwell College of Arts
Camberwell College of Arts, UAL is a renowned art and design college driving positive social impact through art and design. Its unique studio culture offers students the freedom and support to explore their individual creativity using facilities that embrace both traditional craftsmanship and digital technology. The College is passionate about social citizenship whilst maintaining the view that the arts must remain committed to the rewards of free inquiry and experimentation. Its students benefit from staff who take immense pride and care in guiding students in a journey of discovery helping them develop the critical thinking, making skills and social sensibilities that equip them to thrive both individually and in their communities.
Discover the intersection of design, narrative, and social justice in 12 Projects from Camberwell and Chelsea Colleges of Arts
Part of London Design Festival 2024
At ‘Evolving Stories’, engage with thought-provoking installations, interactive elements, and immersive storytelling. Witness how design can bridge gaps, challenge societal norms, and create a more connected, compassionate world.
This showcase brings together twelve projects from four UAL courses: MA Global Collaborative Design Practice, BA Interior and Spatial Design, Graduate Diploma Graphic Design and Graduate Diploma Textile Design, each demonstrating how design can narrate compelling stories and inspire meaningful change.
It delves into critical social, ecological, and political issues, pushing the boundaries of traditional design methodologies. The exhibition highlights the collaborative efforts of students, staff, and experts, addressing themes such as climate justice, social isolation, ecological awareness, and cultural dialogue. Each project emphasises the importance of community engagement and interdisciplinary approaches in crafting solutions to contemporary challenges.
Visitors will encounter projects that explore feminist storytelling for climate justice using digital knitting and augmented reality, reimagine public toilets to highlight their social and political significance, create learning tools incorporating other organisms, foster environmental literacy and mental wellbeing among children, and urban habitats that encourage multi-species engagement and ecological connectivity.
Other projects address social isolation through workshops that galvanise collective action and community representation, facilitate cross-cultural and intergenerational dialogue through mindful making and innovative methods for improving patient-clinician communication, with tools that externalise pain into physical forms, enhancing empathy and pain assessment.
The exhibition also features gamification to revitalise traditional crafts, engaging tourists and supporting local artisans and trauma-informed design initiatives aim to strengthen support networks for those facing poverty.
Event dates
14 – 20 Sep 10.00am – 5.00pm
Location
Studio 1 & 3, Floor 5, Peckham Levels 95A Rye Lane London SE15 4ST
‘It matters what stories we tell to tell other stories with; it matters what concepts we think to think other concepts with’(Introduction to Ursula K Le Guin’s Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction by Donna Haraway)
Join Carrier Bag Climate (title riffing off and in homage to Ursula K Le Guin’s Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction) a workshop that explores feminist storytelling for climate justice. It is a collaboration between the staff and students from the Graduate Diploma Textile Design and Graduate Diploma Graphic Design courses at UAL (UK) and The Rodina (NL) who specialise in design for environmental crises.
In your one-hour slot, you will identify feminist strategies in the form of more than human perspectives and approaches to storytelling in ecofictions by Season Butler, Rachel Carson, Heather Davis, and Donna Haraway. You will apply your learning in the context of the climate emergency, investigating related social, ecological, and political phenomena. Each participant will develop a story, using a visual language of abstract shapes that helps promote a critical awareness of the climate emergency!
Third year BA Graphic Design students present DISS-a s t e r : an exhibition of written and designed outcomes from their final year design-research projects. Turning our stressful graphic design dissertations into a collection of publications and artefacts.
During the exhibition they are running drop-in workshops everyday at both the gallery space and the kitchen area. (schedule below).
The exhibition is open from Tuesday 30 Jan – Friday 2 Feb from 10-6pm
PORTRAITS OF PECKHAM is a UAL (University of the Arts) exhibition based at Peckham Levels during Black History Month, that seeks to provide space for the often unseen stories, narratives and histories from the local community of Peckham.
Conceived by artist and UAL academic Sharon Bertram, the show is an extension of her practice, bringing together projects she has worked on with local schools in Peckham. The projects encourage a sense of belonging and a need for visibility, exploring individual identities through portraiture, and in this instance, working with ceramics.
Throughout the month of October, we invite you to visit and spend time in the space, view some of these projects, and add your memories, thoughts and portraits to an ever-growing display over the course of the exhibition. Alongside this, we will be hosting a programme of free weekly workshops and talks every Friday.
Developed in collaboration with the Public Engagement team at Camberwell Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges, UAL and Peckham Levels with student participants from Harris Girls Academy East Dulwich, St Gabriels College and The National Saturday Club.
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WORKSHOPS
Using photography to create meaningful portraits this Black History Month
Join a free photographic workshop led by India Mae Alby, a photographer who loves life and finds inspiration in her African-Asian heritage, her Blackness, and the Black community which has long made London and the UK so electric. For India, Black culture is best celebrated through the lens of a camera. Using India’s practice and inspirations as a basis for the workshop, participants will be asked to collectively think about and discuss the images that inspire them, before using these thoughts to create and capture their own.
Each participant will be able to receive digital files of their work, and their polaroid images will be exhibited at Peckham Levels as part of the exhibition Portraits of Peckham, for the rest of October.
Beading workshop
Discover the art of upcycling through a fun, creative paper bead-making workshop that is also eco-friendly. Led by Amal Aliyu, learn how to transform scrap and textured paper into stunning beads and explore various techniques, including layering, warping with text, incorporating written word and experimenting with bead shapes and sizes. You’ll be encouraged to select patterns, prints, or drawings, which will serve as templates for rolling into these unique paper beads, which will then be transformed into usable accessories such as bracelets and phone charms.
Portrait Drawing Workshop
Join a relaxed and informal portrait drawing workshop, led by Tanya Galia and Mario De Napoli, which will encourage you to live draw and experiment with different techniques. Using a series of suggested questions to help to personalise your portraits, you’ll create a booklet of your portraits that you’ll be able to take away with you after the workshop. This is also a great way to meet someone new and connect over your drawings!
Developed in collaboration with the Public Engagement team at Camberwell Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges, UAL and Peckham Levels with student participants from Harris Girls Academy East Dulwich, St Gabriels College and The National Saturday Club.
