EXHIBITION "HACKNEY UTOPIANS AT ABNEY PARK "

To culminate the "Hackney Utopians" art project at Abney Park, we would like to invite you to our exhibition at Stoke Newington Gallery, which open Thursday 29th of September  until Sunday 2nd of October.

The exhibition will include works by:

Hackney Utopian’s Collective  Eva Bachmann, Frank Creber and Maria Alvarez Echenique, and our special guess artist Mina Nelson.

It will also include the works made in collaboration with the local community at the Family Arts Week in Abney Park.

WORKSHOPS AT ABNEY PARK- DAY 2

The workshop today involved making owls and night creatures on clay, painting night landscapes and finishing the map. Amazing results by the little artists and their parents! 

In the afternoon participants took a board with their clay tiles on it out into the Park. They had to find something of interest to make an impression of, a leaf, some lettering or motif on a gravestone etc.

Then they came back and shape their piece of clay in the workshop space, in order that it fits into the overall shape of an angel. 

Everyone did amazing prints and got a little bit wet  from the summer rain!

The clay pieces will be fired and  on display at the exhibition in the Stoke Newington Library in September.

Again many thanks to Abney Park Trust for their help and letting us put this on, to the wonderful volunteers Nina and Delphine, and especially to everyone who came and participated.

Keep an eye on this blog for future projects and exhibitions with the Hackney Utopians!

Night creatures and landscapes!

Map in progress

The little artists!

Clay Angel in progress

WORKSHOPS AT ABNEY PARK- DAY 1

Everyone had  great fun and produced lots of beautiful work!

The workshop today involved making hats, birds and masks in the morning, colourful and innovative work was produced! 

In the afternoon John from the Abney Park Trust told us some fascinating stories about the Park, then we divided into groups, each group was in a particular area of the park  according to a map given by the artists.  Back in the art studio they placed their drawings in the correct area of  the "New Map of the Park ", then they used ink to draw their favourite spot.

There was a stretched canvas available all day for the children to draw on freely, inspired by the park.

One of the highlights was an improvised, creative and magical funeral ceremony and burial for Mrs Rat, which some of the children came up with on their own initiative, though obviously inspired by their surroundings!

Many Thanks to Abney Park Trust for their help and letting us put this on, to the wonderful volunteers Nina and Delphine, and especially to everyone who came and participated.

Come for more tomorrow including ceramics!!!!

Angel Mask

Drawing on canvas

Birds in Abney Park

Making Arts!

Drawing outside

Mrs Rat's Grave

More Arts!

HACKNEY UTOPIANS AT ABNEY PARK- 6-7 TH OF AUGUST

Join us for a weekend of Arts at Abney Park 6-7th August

Artists- The Hackney Utopians- Eva Bachmann, Frank Creber, Maria Alvarez-Echenique

HACKNEY UTOPIANS IN HACKNEY WICK-ED FESTIVAL

Join us in Eva Bachmann’s open studio during Hackney Wicked Festival.
The exhibition alongside Eva Bachmann installation will also feature 3 pieces of Maria Alvarez Echenique's work and paintings by Frank Creber.

The 3 of us form a collective called the HACKNEY UTOPIANS and in addition to our individual work we will have a display about our activities in the collective.

For more info go to: www.hackneywickedfestival.​co.uk

THE HACKNEY UTOPIANS IN THEIR STUDIO

HACKNEY UTOPIAN'S EXHIBITION

From the 29th September-3^rd of October

Hackney Gallery- Stoke Newington

The proposed exhibition would be a celebration of the people who lie in the graves in Abney Park Cemetery and of the people who live in the locality.

The park is a local landmark attracting visitors who enjoy its quiet, contemplative quality, the abundant natural world of the space and its rich history.

The process of preparation towards the exhibition will involve, an Arts Day that will include workshops run by the Hackney Utopian collective in collaboration with Abney Park Trust and Learning Centre. Work which will take the form of ceramics pieces and a ‘community game map’, made by Children and adults during the Family Arts day at Abney Park over August will be exhibited as part of the exhibition.

Each artist will make a series of works of art (comprising mainly, painting, printing, photography and ceramic-sculpture) in response to the community comments, the space itself and its history.

Previous projects by The Hackney Utopians have focussed on how the city environment affects the circumstances of communities. Running community art workshops, managing art projects, organising exhibitions and involving larger groups of artists is part of The Hackney Utopians’ artistic practice. Please see the links below to view our previous projects and individual websites

Links:-

Maria Alvarez-Echenique

http://www.mazchenik.co.uk/

Eva Bachmann

http://www.evabachmann.co.uk/

Frank Creber

http://www.frankcreber.co.uk/

Humanize Magazine, review article, pages 35-43

http://www.humanizemag.com/

WORKSHOPS FOR ARTS DAY AT ABNEY PARK- 6-7 TH AUGUST

ARTISTS- The Hackney Utopians, Eva Bachmann, Frank Creber, Maria Alvarez

Open to all ages, parents and children together

10.30-12.30

Ceramic workshop, a walk around Abney Park Cemetery,

children picking up objects and leaves and press these onto pre prepared slabs

1.00-3.00 pm

Small groups to take pre-prepared activity maps around cemetery,

these will create a set of quests and actions to do and things to find at certain places.

They will return with the maps, which they will have personalised and drawn on, in order to go to the next level of the quest.

At the workshop space, they will come together and work on one joint Map which will complete their imaginative journey.

The Map will be completed and ceramics pieces fired. The outcome of both workshops will be exhibited alongside the artists work in the proposed exhibition at Stoke Newington Library Exhibition space.

We would welcome other artists to join in with the project.