HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

For the New Year we have printed some bags of the Abney Park Community Map made by local people & Hackney Utopians. You can purchase them at Abney Trust information centre in Stoke Newington High Street. Half of the profit goes to Abney Trust and the other half to the Hackney Utopians.

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