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Are you looking for a fun and engaging creative activity in February? 
Do you like hearing about sustainable art? 
Would you enjoy a free community event showing off your art while enjoying live music?

Look no further than Eltham Arts’ Fill the Light event! A FREE community event designed to bring people together and spread joy and happiness in what can be a quieter month.

Join Eltham Arts at the following events, which lead up to the celebratory art & music Fill The Light finale event on 17th February.

TALKS and WORKSHOPS

Creative Practitioner Talk (Wednesday 24th January) - Book Now
Venue: Eltham Library (Archery Road, London SE9 1HA) 
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm 
The talk will be given by creative practitioners Nicola Reid, Diana Jones, and Pragya Kumar, who will discuss using natural sustainable materials to make art.

Design a Mood Palette with artist Pragya Kumar (Sunday 28th January) - Book Now
Venue: Eltham Library (Archery Road, London SE9 1HA) 
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm 
In this session, you will use pieces of plywood to create mood palettes through drawing/writing or by using any other medium to express your thoughts and emotions. The artist will take these pieces and turn them into an art piece that will become part of her upcoming exhibition at Gerald Moore Gallery in March 2024

Lantern-Making Workshops - Book Now
Venue: Eltham Library (Archery Road, London SE9 1HA) 
Join professional artists for guided lantern-making sessions and create a beautiful lantern to bring to the Fill the Light celebration.  
* It is recommended that one lantern is made between two people or as a family, as it needs some team effort.
* Tickets are per lantern, not per person.

Perfect for families or friends – teamwork makes the dream work!                                    

Saturday 3rd February
Workshop Time: 10:00am - 12:30pm / 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Sunday 4th February 
Workshop Time: 12 noon - 4:00pm

Fill the Light Celebration (Saturday 17th February) - FREE Admission
Venue: Passey Place, SE9
Time: 4:30pm - 7:00pm 
The celebration will feature music, choral singing, food by local artists and performers, and of course, your lanterns. People can join in for a sing-along music performance and hold up their lanterns (and there may be some other artistic surprises along the way too!). 
* For this event there is NO need to book, just come along!

Let the festivities begin! Immerse yourself in live music, singing, and of course, your own handcrafted lanterns. Join the sing-along music performance. You might also encounter some unexpected artistic surprises along the way. No need to book for this event, just show up and enjoy!
Live entertainment by prolific local duos The Gillies and Pytchwood, and ukelele/vocalist Tony Tang to entertain us. Make A Noise choir will also join in for this event – they love singing some of the biggest songs from the world of musical theatre, tunes which you’re sure to know and want to sing along to!

* All events are FREE but it’s ESSENTIAL to book as space at the Talk and Workshops have limited capacity.

* Eltham Arts is collaborating with artist Pragya Kumar for this creative project. We are grateful to Royal Greenwich for Ward Funding for this project and to Eltham Library for their valuable contributions. Pragya’s ‘What’s on your Mind?’ project (Arts Council funded) overlaps with Fill the Light – it is a community-based, participatory arts and well being project culminating in an exhibition at Gerald Moore Gallery from 29th February 2024.