Arts, Culture & Heritage

Fitzrovia is an area rich with culture and history, and we want to help keep the creative spirit in our community alive.

Come along to our ever-expanding arts activities. We have arts for wellness, crochet and crafts and more in store!

Got a creative skill you’d like to share with your community? Get in touch and let us work with you!

Sewing: Make and Mend

Mondays 1pm - 3:30pm

13th Jan - 31st Jan 2025 (term-time only)

Learn to sew and improve your skills! Work on a set or individual project. Learn techniques to make bags and clothes. Gain machine and hand sewing skills to mend or alter clothes for you and your family! Materials are provided and the course is FREE!

To book a place or for more info, please email info@fitzroviacommunitycentre.org

This course is delivered by Camden Adult Community Learning and supported by Mayor of London, Education & Skills Funding Agency, Matrix and Ofsted.

FNA Arts and Crafts

Wednesdays 1pm - 3pm

15th Jan - 2nd Apr 2025 (term-time only)

Arts and Craft group run by the Fitzrovia Community association, materials are provided and the course is FREE!

Class fully booked

Contact Samina at samina@fitzrovia.org.uk to sign up.

Design & Make - Autumn in the City

Thursdays 1pm - 3:30pm

16th Jan - 3rd Apr 2025 (term-time only)

with Linda from Camden Adult Community Learning

The Design and Make class will be exploring Fabric Painting and Printing with the emphasis on botanical drawing and pattern.

Learners will make a fabric sample notebook.

We will hand paint fabrics using different techniques.

Block printing, vegetable dyes, stencils and shibori techniques, among others.

Booking required. Beginners and all ages are welcome. All materials are provided and the course is FREE!

To book a place or for more info, please email info@fitzroviacommunitycentre.org

This course is delivered by Camden Adult Community Learning and supported by Mayor of London, Education & Skills Funding Agency, Matrix and Ofsted.

Groove Chorus (NEW!)

Thursday 7 - 8.30pm

Start on 9th Jan 2025

Not your average choir! The Groove Chorus is your happy place. A chance to sing with incredible musicians, challenge yourself, and make great friends along the way. You will groove to iconic dance music inspired by queer culture from the 1970s to the present day. Each arrangement is seasoned with an eight-piece professional band to add extra spice!

Groove Chorus provides an opportunity to get away from the stresses of work or studies and feel like the main character! There's no audition process to join in – this is aimed at people who studied singing at school, college or university but let adulthood get in the way of pursuing it further. Some people read music fluently, some people not at all.

If you are a local resident in Fitzrovia and in receipt of means-tested benefits, you are eligible for a special 50% discount, which works out to £6 per session.

To book a place or for more info, please email https://thegrooveschorus.com

Art for Wellness

Fridays 11:00am - 13:00pm

17th Jan - 4th Apr 2025 (term-time only)

Refresh, rejuvenate, restore!

Explore and create art in our weekly art for wellness workshops with qualified mental health arts practitioner and local artist Lucia Jaffer.

£3 suggested contribution.

Call 020 7580 8680 or email info@fitzroviacommunitycentre.org to book your place.

Lucia Jaffer is an artist, designer, maker and organiser. She has a special interest in carnival arts and has worked on many large and small-scale events and festivals including Thames Festival, Notting Hill Carnival, Gay Pride and Glastonbury. Additionally, she is a is a qualified Mental Health Arts Practitioner and has training in arts for wellbeing subjects and trauma-informed practice. She enjoys utilising and transforming recycled materials.

Connect & Do (NEW!)

Fridays 14:00 - 16:00pm

Start on 10th January 2025

Connect & Do offers the opportunity to undertake a range of art activities including ceramics, model making, collage making, printmaking, sewing, painting and jewellery making. Wow – something for everyone!

Contact Jade at Certitude to sign up: jhanicotte@certitude.london