Staffordshire St MAKES | BISONNE Heritage Prints with Bernice Mulenga | Wicker Arms x FoC workshop

A cyanotype printing workshop led by artist Bernice Mulenga, in which participants will create photographic prints that reflect their heritage or personal history, inspired by the folkloric elements of The Wicker Arms exhibition at Staffordshire St. Participants will be able to bring personal items, or use the objects provided, to create a cyanotype print to take home with them. 

Presented by the nomadic gallery BISONNE.

Image: Self Portrait I by Bernice Mulenga

Info:

Saturday 16th August
14.00 - 16.00

All materials are provided and covered in the ticket costs.

Tickets:
General Admission: £12

Unwaged/Concessions: £6

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Bernice Mulenga | @bernice.mulenga

CIRCA Prize winner Bernice Mulenga is a British-Congolese photographer with a distinct aptitude for archiving, documenting and interrogating the world around them. Their work centres around the search for intimacy. Primarily looking at themselves, the Black queer global/local community and the experiences found within them. This can be found in their ongoing photo series #friendsonfilm.

https://www.bernicemulenga.com/

BISONNE | @bisonne_gallery

BISONNE is a nomadic gallery rooted in heritage, art and design. Through storytelling and archival practice, it explores the art and design narratives which shape our contemporary world.

About the exhibition:

Staffordshire St presents The Wicker Arms. Inspired by a fascination with folk horror, curatorial platforms ha. lf and the icing room come together to transform the space at Staffordshire Street into an artist-inspired pub and immersive exhibition.
Incorporating work from 20 artists, The Wicker Arms materially explores ideas around community, through which we refocus narratives of belonging.
The suggestion of folk horror adds an edge to this narrative, where alternative realities creep to the surface, as a possible manifestation of a collective
(un)conscious.

The Wicker Arms will be the centrepiece of Staffordshire St’s annual Festival of Community 2025: a collaborative programme of workshops, events, exhibitions and drop-ins that will celebrate our neighbourhood and the communities that fill its streets. Exploring notions of community, place and belonging, Staffordshire St will become a locus for playful creativity and celebratory knowledge sharing.

Accessibility: There is step-free access to the gallery via the door to the left hand side of the main entrance. There is a wheelchair accessible toilet. The event will be taking place in the exhibition space, which is a large open room with bright lighting and some seating available.

Our Accessibility Pack is available here.

Staffordshire St is an independent project space in Peckham, South East London. The venue facilitates arts and cultural events and provides affordable studios for artists, makers and designers. ​

Staffordshire St is not-for-profit and all income is invested into developing our public programme which launched the summer of 2022. The venue was established as an art gallery in 2017, before then it was vacant for many years after a community centre closed. Originally it was built as a Methodist Hall. We intend to support a range of cultural events for the local community.

Staffordshire St will build on the established record of these histories, opening up again to the neighbourhood and developing a welcoming interdisciplinary arts space. More information on upcoming events at : info@staffordshirest.com or @staffordshirest

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