William Morris Birthday Lecture: The Socialist Diary

A fascinating insight into a period of intense political activity. Ahead of a new edition, Professor Florence S Boos reveals the essence of Morris’s Socialist Diary. 

Hey Clay! An extra Family Day

Brought to us by the Crafts Council on William Morris's birthday.

Volunteering information drop-in

Find out more about volunteering at the William Morris Gallery and Vestry House Museum

Family Day: Forest Cyanotypes

Taking Gayle Chong Kwan's work as inspiration, use paper collage and light sensitive paper to explore your experiences of Epping Forest.

Volunteering information drop-in

Find out more about volunteering at the William Morris Gallery and Vestry House Museum

The People's Forest Artist Talk with Gayle Chong Kwan

Join Gayle Chong Kwan for an artist led exploration of her latest exhibition The People's Forest.

Survival skills workshop for young people

Can you brave the wilderness? 

Private View of The People's Forest & Cultural Learning TeachMeet

The William Morris Gallery, Chingford Academies Trust & A New Direction invite arts teachers to come along to our TeachMeet and share your experiences of a successful arts projects and collaborations , Find out about lots of projects your school can engage with. Talk to like-minded professionals who share your passion for the arts. Find out about BoroughCulture, Cultural Learning offers in Waltham Forest and network with local Arts organizations over a glass of wine.

Creative Learning Teachmeet / Private View of Gayle Chong Kwan's The People's Forest

An exclusive evening viewing of this new exhibition with a chance to share practice and network with arts colleagues

Blood in the Forest

A journey through fear and fantasy inspired by Britain's ancient woodlands.

Family Day: Celebrate St George

Explore medieval stories of knights of yore, then design and make a heraldic shield

Wood block carving and printing with Laura Anderson and Lola Lely

Create natural pigments and carve a wood block to print your own patterns.

Creative Kids: Royal Romance and Weddings

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Wood block carving and printing with Laura Anderson and Lola Lely

Create natural pigments and carve a wood block to print your own patterns.

CANCELLED: Hand-Tinting Photograph Workshop with Artist Gayle Chong Kwan

This workshop has been cancelled

Family Day: Morris in May

Celebrate Maytime and summer's arrival by making a decoration inspired by Morris’s Labours of the Months and enjoy some Morris dancing!

Creative Kids: Animal Ceramics

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Weaving New Worlds Curator Talk

Join curator Prof Lesley Millar to explore the exhibition Weaving New Worlds.

BSL Interpreted Weaving New Worlds Curator Talk

Join curator Prof Lesley Millar for a BSL interpreted introduction to the exhibition Weaving New Worlds.

Family Day: Weaving New Worlds

Join award-winning weaver Rezia Wahid MBE to explore our summer exhibition Weaving New Worlds and have a go yourself

Weaving New Worlds: Colour Blending Workshop

Advance your colour blending ability in this lively one day tapestry weaving workshop

Creative Kids: Wonderful Weaving

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Walthamstow Garden Party: The Big Weave

Join the Big Weave to discover for yourself how enjoyable weaving can be

Walthamstow Garden Party: The Big Weave

Join the Big Weave to discover for yourself how enjoyable weaving can be

Family Day: Bugs & Beasties

Make your own junk sculpture bugs or beasties inspired by Suntrap's wonderful animals

Weaving New Worlds: Card Weaving Workshop

Learn the basics of card weaving, one of the oldest and most versatile textile techniques

Creative Kids: Rhythm, Melody and Rhyme

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Weaving New Worlds: Hoop Weaving Workshop

Make a fabulous circular weave on a simple hoop and enjoy the process of creating an individual piece to take home

Open House London

Curator led behind the Scenes Tour of Wiliam Morris Gallery

Family Day: Bookmaking

Have a go at creating your own book and paper-marbling for the cover

Creative Kids: Celebrate the Big Draw in a playful way

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

The Big Draw x The Enchanted Garden

Help-yourself drawing activities inspired by The Enchanted Garden

The Big Draw x The Enchanted Garden

Help-yourself drawing activities inspired by The Enchanted Garden

The Big Draw x The Enchanted Garden

Help-yourself drawing activities inspired by The Enchanted Garden

Family Day: Black History Month

Bring the family to explore traditional West African Adinkra printing

Young Curators Event: Community Halloween Party

Join the William Morris Gallery Young Curators for a spooky afternoon at The Sunken Garden

Curatorial Tour of The Enchanted Garden

An in-depth look at The Enchanted Garden

Cultural Learning Teachmeet / Private View of The Enchanted Garden

An exclusive evening viewing of this new exhibition, launch of Borough of Culture education plans, and a chance to network

Creative Kids: Pot around with Peter Rabbit

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Friends Talk: Rooms of Their Own

Nino Strachey explores the homes of three writers linked to the Bloomsbury Group

The Enchanted Garden: Introduction to Basket Making

Learn to weave a small basket using a simple and very contemporary basketry technique

Christmas Night Market with E17 Designers

Our Christmas shopping late returns

Family Day: Monet's Masterpiece

Create a mini garden inspired by Claude Monet's painting in The Enchanted Garden exhibition

Kids in Museums Takeover Day

Join pupils from Walthamstow’s Our Lady and St George Primary School as they give guided tours of the Gallery

Islamic Gardens in the UK: Quiet Places of Meditation?

Mark Bryant discusses his research into Islamic community gardens

The Enchanted Garden: Christmas Wreath Workshop

Get festive, learn a new skill and make your very own door wreath to take home with you

Rob Ryan: Artist's Talk

Join Rob Ryan for a personal introduction to the exhibition

Creative Kids: A Winter's Scene

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Paper Craft Lanterns (Winter Warmer family event with the Friends of Lloyd Park)

Decorate your own lantern to take home!

Creative Kids: Fairies and Angels

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Teachers' Course: Developing Painting Skills at Key Stage 1 & 2

 A new course in two parts looking at colour mixing and brushwork inspired by The Enchanted Garden

Curatorial Tour of The Enchanted Garden

An in-depth look at The Enchanted Garden

Family Day: "En Plein Air"

Wrap up warm and enjoy painting outdoors

Teachers’ Course: Developing Sketchbooks at KS 1 & 2

Learn to kick start a sketchbook habit with artist and primary art specialist Sarah Lowe

* Rescheduled from October

Teachers’ Course: Developing Sketchbooks at KS 1 & 2

Learn to kick start a sketchbook habit with artist and primary art specialist Sarah Lowe

* Rescheduled from October

Creative Kids: A gift of love

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Family fun with printing this Half Term

Join artist Antonietta Torsiello to create your own prints just like William Morris did

Family Day: Screen & Shout

Screen-print a poster inspired by our exhibition of Chinese art

Creative Pathways: An insight to creating unforgettable events

Have your chance to hear from creatives and entrepreneurs featured in the first London Borough of Culture's 2019 Programme. Hear about their own unique journeys, gain advice on flourishing in the Arts and network with others.

Artsmark for Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture 19 /The Cultural Revolution Educators' Private View

An exclusive opportunity to find out about bespoke Artsmark support for LBoC schools 2019 and ejoy an exhibition private view

Chinese brush painting workshop

Learn how to paint some of the most renowned motifs in Chinese painting

Teachers' Course: Safe & Simple Printmaking across the Primary Curriculum

This course offers both primary art co-ordinators and non-specialist primary staff an in-depth opportunity to develop new practical skills and shows how to integrate these into cross-year curriculum planning to enrich the artistic output of the whole school.

Safe & Simple Printmaking for Key Stages 1 &2 Wednesdays, 6 &13 March 2019 (£65)

A day course split into two twilight parts to make it easy to attend.

How to integrate a range of print-making techniques into cross-year curriculum planning to enrich the artistic output of the whole school.

Book by Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safe-simple-printmaking-at-key-stage-1-2-613-march-2019-tickets-51512597566?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Or email wmg.schoolbookings@walthamforest.gov.uk  with any enquiries

Teachers' Course: Safe & Simple Printmaking across the Primary Curriculum

This course offers both primary art co-ordinators and non-specialist primary staff an in-depth opportunity to develop new practical skills and shows how to integrate these into cross-year curriculum planning to enrich the artistic output of the whole school.

Safe & Simple Printmaking for Key Stages 1 &2 Wednesdays, 6 &13 March 2019 (£65)

A day course split into two twilight parts to make it easy to attend.

How to integrate a range of print-making techniques into cross-year curriculum planning to enrich the artistic output of the whole school.

Book by Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safe-simple-printmaking-at-key-stage-1-2-613-march-2019-tickets-51512597566?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Or email wmg.schoolbookings@walthamforest.gov.uk  with any enquiries

LBWF Arts Award & Beyond Network: Spring Term Meeting

A chance to share practice and network with other colleagues Arts Award colleagues (rescheduled from 13 February 2019)

Creative Kids: Tale as old as time

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

William Morris's influence on British Muslim architecture

Architect Shahed Saleem explores parallels between the work of William Morris and the architecture of Islam in this country

Volunteer Open Day

Gain new skills and experiences by volunteering at the William Morris Gallery or Vestry House Museum

Volunteering information drop-in

Find out more about volunteering at the William Morris Gallery and Vestry House Museum

Private view and talk: Paul Bevan on the art of the Cultural Revolution

Exclusive private view and talk by Dr Paul Bevan, Christensen Fellow in Chinese Painting, Ashmolean Museum

Alternative Japanese calligraphy and haiku workshop

Explore traditional Japanese calligraphy through an alternative medium

Volunteering information drop-in

Find out more about volunteering at the William Morris Gallery and Vestry House Museum

Making the Case for the Arts: Conference for LBWF Educators

Giving teacher and senior leader the argument and evidence for sustaining arts provision in schools

Family Day: Happy 185th Birthday William Morris

Celebrate Morris's birthday and make a gift inspired by the Arts and Craft movement

Creative Kids: Red is for... Revolution

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Rough Trade Books presents...William Morris Gallery series

To celebrate the publication of a brand new set of works in collaboration with Rough Trade Books we present an evening with the authors and artists involved.

Family Day: Thaumatrope and Flipbook Animation

Create your own flipbook and thaumatrope

Cultural Revolution Curator's Tour

Creative Pathways: An insight into the music industry

Have your chance to hear from creatives and entrepreneurs featured in the first London Borough of Culture's 2019 Programme. Hear about their own unique journeys, gain advice on flourishing in the Arts and network with others.

Book sculpture workshop

Learn how to create a book sculpture using origami and folding techniques

Creative Kids: Oh So Natural!

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

The Craft of Games

Discussion and performance exploring videogames as a contemporary craft discipline

London Craft Week: The Art of Wallpaper Printing

Join award-winning designer Daniel Heath for a free wallpaper-printing demonstration

Stanisław Wyspiański and the Polish Arts and Crafts movement

Art historian Julia Griffin introduces the Polish Młoda Polska (Young Poland) movement and the work of its foremost representative, Stanisław Wyspiański

Family Day: Hey Clay! Special - Made in London

Build a London landmark from clay

Creative Kids: Fabled Beasts

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Creative Kids: Fabled Beasts

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Art Night

The Gallery opens late as part of Art Night, Europe’s large free contemporary arts festival

Creative Pathways: An insight into Spoken Word and Poetry

Have your chance to hear from creatives and entrepreneurs featured in the first London Borough of Culture's 2019 Programme. Hear about their own unique journeys, gain advice on flourishing in the Arts and network with others.

Family Day: Colourful Textiles

Make colourful textiles with crafts expert Momtaz Begum-Hossain

Creative Kids: Block Print Party

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Sew Together Mindfulness Journal Workshop

Create a sew-together journal cover and buildable mindfulness inserts to create a personalised journal that suits your needs

Summer holiday activity: Traditional Block Printing

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: 3D Sculpture Workshop

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: Marvellous Marbling

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: Marvellous Marbling

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: Wonderful Weaving

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: Textiles Self Portrait

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: Wonderful Weaving

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: Marvellous Marbling

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: Traditional Block Printing

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: Wonderful Weaving

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: Textiles Self Portrait

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: Marvellous Marbling

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: Printing With Nature

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: Textiles Self Portrait

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Summer Holiday Activity: Printing With Nature

Free summer holiday workshop inspired by our collection and special exhibitions

Family Day: Mud Cloth Animals

Meet the Suntrap animals and have a go at making a traditional textile from Mali

Creative Kids: Make a Happy Mark

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Postcard Embroidery Workshop with Lola Lely

Experiment with free flow embroidery in the style of Madge Gill to create a series of stitched postcards.

Open House London Guided Tour- morning

A Curator led behind the scenes tour of the William Morris Galley and collections store

Curatorial tour of Madge Gill: Myrninerest

Join curator Sophie Dutton for a free tour of our Madge Gill exhibition

Open House London Guided Tour- afternoon

A Curator led behind the scenes tour of the William Morris Galley and collections store

Creative Pathways: An insight into film

Have your chance to hear from creatives and entrepreneurs featured in the first London Borough of Culture's 2019 Programme. Hear about their own unique journeys, gain advice on flourishing in the Arts and network with others.

Family Day: Icelandic Stories

Hear stories, decorate story telling stones to help you make your own magical tales

Morris: A Ghost for Today Symposium

An exploration of Morris’s relevance and why he matters in these times of ecological and political instability.

Women of Walthamstow: Cloth, Activism and Empathy

Rose Sinclair discusses the presence of Dorcas Clubs and Societies in and around Walthamstow

Creative Kids: Big Draw Special

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Children’s Mask Making Half Term Workshop

Join artist Nicholas Pankhurst to create Bauhaus-inspired masks

Family Day: Big Draw Special

Join us by the walled garden for outdoor ceramic tile drawings

Bauhaus Acrylic Jewellery Workshop

Create your own Bauhaus-inspired necklace, brooch or earrings

Creative Kids: Build A Geometric Mobile

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Study Day: Introducing William Morris and the Bauhaus

Curator talks and private view of Pioneers: William Morris and the Bauhaus

Creative Pathways: An insight into Street Art

Have your chance to hear from creatives and entrepreneurs featured in the first London Borough of Culture's 2019 Programme. Hear about their own unique journeys, gain advice on flourishing in the Arts and network with others.

Christmas Night Market

Handmade gifts, art and accessories from local designer makers

Family Day: Bauhaus Costume Design

celebrate 100 years of Bauhaus and create your own tabard inspired by the works of Bauhaus tutor Oskar Schlemmer

William Morris’s Flowers

A talk on the floral designs of William Morris

Letterpress Postcard Printing Workshop

Explore traditional printing techniques using typefaces created by Morris and the Bauhaus

Creative Kids: Shine A Little Light

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Christmas Wreath Workshop

Get festive, learn a new skill and make your very own door wreath to take home with you

Creative Kids: All Aboard!

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

D&T Teachers Course: Exploring Bauhaus Design (in partnership with Blackhorse Workshop)

 A course for Design teachers introducing Modernist design principles and developing accessible metalworking skills with Blackhorse Workshop artists

Volunteer Drop-In Day

Find out about volunteering at the William Morris Gallery or Vestry House Museum.

Study Day: Bauhaus and Beyond, from Britain to North Africa

Join curators, researchers and artists to explore the Bauhaus's postwar legacy in the UK and North Africa

Volunteer Open Day

Gain new skills and experiences by volunteering at the William Morris Gallery or Vestry House Museum

Volunteer Open Day

Find out about volunteering at the William Morris Gallery or Vestry House Museum.

Curatorial tour of Pioneers: William Morris and the Bauhaus

Curator Roisin Inglesby leads a free tour of Pioneers

Family Day: Celebrate Chinese New Year

Make a Chinese Dragon and have a go at gilding using imitation gold leaf

The Strange Case of Kandinsky, Klee and the Bauhaus Artists in Calcutta

In December 1922 an exhibition of Bauhaus art opened in Calcutta. Why is this major transcultural moment hardly remembered today?

Creative Kids: Say It With Flowers

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Family Day: Digital Self Portraits

To coincide with our new exhibition, have your self-portrait taken against a Morris pattern!

Creative Kids: Happy Birthday, William Morris

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

William Morris's Flowers - an online talk by Rowan Bain

Join this online lunchtime talk about William Morris's Flowers

William Morris and the Bauhaus - an online lunchtime talk by Roisin Inglesby

Join this online lunchtime talk about William Morris and the Bauhaus

William Morris and Colour

Discover Morris's distinctive palette and the techniques he used to achieve it

The Embroidery of May Morris

Join our senior curator Rowan Bain to hear about May Morris's extraordinary embroidery

Virtual Tour of Light and Shade

Arts and Crafts Animals

Discover the rich significance of birds and animals in the Arts and Crafts movement

William Morris’s Fantasy Fiction

Join assistant curator Ainsley Vinall in this online talk for an exploration of Morris’s fantasy worlds and their influence on later generations of writers

William Morris and Folk Traditions

Join Mhairi Muncaster to discover the folk inspirations behind objects in our collection

William Morris's Textiles

Discover the inspiration behind Morris’s textiles and the techniques he used to create diverse and beautiful designs

William Morris in Iceland

Join assistant curator Ainsley Vinall for a virtual exploration of Iceland with Morris’s journal as our guide

Morris & Co in the Art Gallery of South Australia

Rebecca Evans introduces AGSA's Morris & Co display, which has been reimagined with a new presentation of iconic works

William Morris's Design Process

Senior Curator Roisin Inglesby discusses Morris's creative process and the craft skills he used to bring his designs to life

Understanding Wallpaper Seminar

This online afternoon seminar focusses on historic wallpapers, coinciding with the Gallery’s exhibition The Yellow Wallpaper 

Printmaking online family workshop with Anna Alcock (am)

Relief printmaking at home: A William Morris Gallery online family workshop

Join artist Anna Alcock live from her studio for a virtual printmaking workshop  and get  first-hand expert guidance to create a 2-colour relief print with craft foam or polystyrene.

Printmaking online family workshop with Anna Alcock (pm)

Relief printmaking at home: A William Morris Gallery online family workshop

FJoin artist  Anna  Alcock live from her studio for a virtual printmaking workshop and get  first-hand expert guidance to create a 2-colour relief print with craft foam or polystyrene. For families with children age 5-15 years od

Arts Award Advice Session

Still time to join our summer Arts Award  Online programme and celebrate your childrens's  arts achievements

Each Friday morning of the summer vacation there will be 15 minute advice slots  for young people signed up with the LBWF Online Arts Award programme for Discover, Explore, Bronze or Silver. If you are new to Arts Award and want to find out more you can book one free advice slot before signing up.  For Discover you can use activities you have been doing over the holidays so for if you have a photo record of them. 

Creative Kids: Weave Anansi Spider

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Creative Kids: Fishy Tales

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular online session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Storytelling for Adults: Merfolk Tales from Trinidad and Tobago

Wendy Shearer shares her favourite fairymaid and merfolk tales from the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago

Introduction to Linocutting: Make Your Own Christmas Cards with Lou Tonkin

Create original linocut Christmas cards from the comfort of your own home

Family Day Online: Mermaids and More

Hear mermaid tales from around the world with storyteller Wendy Shearer.
Make a moving mer-tail with artist Esther Neslen. 

Creative Kids: Make a Jolly Holly Wreath

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular online session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers

Creative Kids: Make a Fairytale Crown for Cinderella & her Prince

Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular online session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers