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The Making of Mothers
Come along to the show!
Garage Gallery is located at 39 Wingfield Road, London E17 9NN.
Walthamstow Central station is about 10 minutes' walk away (Victoria Line or Weaver Line Overground from Liverpool St). Lots of buses come to Walthamstow too.
Dates and times
Private View: Friday 18 Sept, 6-8pm. Please reserve your free space using the booking link below.
Daytime opening: Thursday 17 - Sunday 20 Sept, 10am-5pm daily.
Mending workshop: Thursday 17th, 12.30-2.30pm. A relaxed group session lead by a textile artist; learn about simple mending & darning techniques. Materials provided, just bring along some knitwear needing repair! Reserve your free place using the booking link below.
'Always a Mum': Friday 18th, 10.00am-12.30. A gentle creative creative workshop lead by artist Laura Villares House in collaboration with Daphne & Friends. Participants will create artwork inspired by their baby’s name, nickname or a significant date, exploring motherhood, memory and continuing bonds. Reserve your free place using the booking link below.
Family Workshops: Sat 19th & Sun 20th, 10- 11am. Let's create together! Families welcome - join us for some drop-in arts activities, many using repurposed or recycled household items. Drop in, all welcome, free to attend and no booking needed.
Private View
Mending Workshop
'Always a Mum' workshop
Open House festival 12 - 20 September
Laura Villares House curates a group show bringing together 17 women artists who create alongside, with, about and around motherhood. Works will explore questions about becoming/ being/ not being/ or losing a mother, and the artists’ responses to these experiences. Mothering is in itself a creative act; the exhibition also aims to offer insights into a range of ways that women maintain or develop their creative practice inspired by and along with family life.
As well as visiting the show you can join us for a Mending Workshop, 'Always a Mum' - a creative workshop for bereaved mothers - and two Family Workshops.
Featured artists are: Abigail Brown, Bernadette Clarkson, Chiron Cole, Tiffany Day, Anum Farooq, Laura Villares House, Helen Jury, Kazvare, Laura Martinez, Katie Miller, Marian Obando, Bronwyn Opland, Sophia Platts-Palmer, Jane L Ralston, Ashley Simpkins, Inbar Tamari, BC Taylor.
See below for images of three of the artists' work: Bronwyn Opland (whose work also features on the poster), Abigail Brown and Laura Villares House.
Garage Gallery is proud to be part of the 2026 Open House Festival, which runs 12 - 20 September. See link opposite for details of other venues in our area.
