The Summer Studio: Belinda Zhawi

Serpentine Gallery

9 Jul 2019 - 10:30 AM to 12 Jul 2019 - 2:45 PM

The Summer Studio:
Belinda Zhawi

Free, booking required

Fully booked. Please email [email protected] to join a waiting list.

The Serpentine's Schools Artist-in-Residence 2019, poet and writer Belinda Zhawi, will lead a series of creative writing workshops with school groups.

Zhawi’s poetry reflects the dialogue between multiple cultures and places as well as how art and education can be used as intersectional tools.

Zhawi and an invited guest will lead a series of creative writing workshops with school groups exploring the themes of home, memory and cityscapes.

All the July workshops are now fully booked.

The workshops are free to state-funded schools in the Greater London area and for groups of up to 30 students, 8-15 years old (Years 4 – 10).

For more information or to enquire about October workshops please contact: Joanna Slusarczyk, Assistant Education Curator: [email protected]

Serpentine Galleries supports Artsmark Schools. Artsmark is Arts Council England’s nationally recognised flagship programme. For further information about Artsmark please follow this link artsmark.org.uk.

Featured Artist

Belinda Zhawi

Belinda Zhawi is a Zimbabwean born writer & educator currently based in London. Her work explores Afro-diasporic research & narratives; how art & education can be used as intersectional tools. She was the 2016/17 Institute of Contemporary Arts Associate Poet & is co-founder of, literary arts platform, BORN::FREE. Belinda is the author of Small Inheritances (ignitionpress, 2018).