Sunday 16 October 2022
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
On Sunday 16th October award-winning design collective Assemble will host an Open Day at Vestry House. There will be a series of workshops that activate the public space of the museum as a site to respond, react, contribute and interrupt. A physical endeavor to utilize the whole building as a site and provocation, inviting and thinking through public voice – who gives it and who has it?
The event is drop-in and will run from 11:00-15:00. Please join us for a series of exciting workshops to construct a collaborative social archive, culminating in a sharing reception at 2 pm. Refreshments will be provided.
Free and open to all ages. Please note: children must be accompanied at all times.
11am – 2pm (Drop in): Constructing a Collaborative Social Archive: Thinking through the role of history and Walthamstow itself, award-winning Audio Producer Jesse Lawson invites you to contribute stories of yourself. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to have your say and be part of the history of the museum.
11am – 2pm (Drop in): How High, How Low, How Loud? Join us for this creative workshop with artist Shepherd Manyika where you are invited to collect sounds using the surroundings of the museum to create a live ongoing score. You will become a composer and the museum will be your orchestra!
11am – 2pm (Drop in): Assemble Play! Join us in the garden of Vestry House for play sessions using ‘loose parts’. Run by Assemble Play, a playworker-led project within Assemble making space for children and play in the city.
1pm – 2pm (Drop in): Tea Tasting Learn about the museum garden and its herbal treasures with Vestry House Museum garden volunteers
2pm – 3pm (Drop in): Refreshments & Reflections, a chance to reflect on the conversations of the day and think about the future of Vestry House.