STST Makes | Summer Art Club with Manu Calvo Perez

Join Staffordshire St studio holder Manu Calvo Perez for a series of children’s art workshops helping young people to express their ideas and feelings through creativity, running throughout the summer on Tuesdays. Working across drawing, sculpture, ceramics, illustration and comics, Manu’s playful and imaginative practice explores organic forms, symbolism and science fiction encouraging young people to experiment creatively across materials and ideas. Manu also runs Kiln Club at Staffordshire St.

Open to children aged 12 – 15 years. 

Tickets:
£15

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Materials:

All materials will be provided. 

Manu Calvo Perez:
Manuel Calvo is a Spanish visual artist and ceramicist with over 20 years of experience in artistic practice
and education. In his practice, he brings together ceramic sculptures and drawings into multilayered
narratives of the human condition, drawing inspiration from pulp culture imagery and biological mutations.
He has showcased artistic projects with ceramics & drawings internationally (Maneu Gallery, The Zetter
Hotel).

Recent ceramic exhibitions include Art in Clay Windsor, Chelsea Fringe Festival and concept stores at s.z.n Gallery & Clay Habitat. He has been awarded with a DYCP grant in 2024 and has been an artist -in-
residence at Guldagergaard Ceramic Centre, Denmark and Sargadelos Ceramic Seminar, Spain. As a professional illustrator he has exhibited at Comic Nostrum Festival in Mallorca, Spain and painted several
mural commissions in South London.

Manuel co-directed the educational art space Can Danus in Spain (2008-12) and holds extensive
experience teaching ceramics, printmaking, watercolour, drawing and painting classes for children and
adults in multiple settings in London, including including primary and secondary schools, leisure centres
and hospitals (The Kiln Rooms, St Georges Hospital, Malden Centre, City Of London Academy). Manuel develops his ceramic and drawing practice in his studio at Staffordshire Street CIC in Peckham,
London.

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. View our accessibility rider 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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