Just before Christmas, we held the first workshops for the Michael Aldrich Foundation x Drug of Art collaboration. Led by the inspirational Nadia Chalk of Worthing's Creative Waves, children aged 7-11 from Chesswood Primary School were challenged to get creative: designing and cutting shapes out of adhesive vinyl to make stencils. designing, cutting and drawing
Michael Aldrich and the Mrs Snowball story featured recently on BBC 2's The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Series 1: 2. Food Delivery App (at 9.27 mins). Good to see a credit to the (Michael) Aldrich Archive which designer, Peter Barr worked on with me over lockdown. You can watch the episode HERE
Today The Drug of Art launches an exciting art competition to coincide with Children’s Mental Health Week. This is an extraordinary opportunity for young people under 25 to win a chance to have their own art exhibited alongside the work of artists Alison Lapper, Marc Quinn and Rankin, with the aim of demonstrating the power art
We are really excited to announce that Cass Art, the UK’s leading art supplies retailer, have come on board to help us with art materials for our Drug of Art x Michael Aldrich Foundation workshops. With the generous support from Cass Art we will be able to reach more young people and help support their
