Events | West Norwood Cemetery

	Museum of the Moon: Luke Jerram 10am-last entry 10pm Sunday 8 June Live music and storytelling at 8.45pm The Museum of the Moon returns once again to West Norwood Cemetery. To mark the end of our six year National Lottery Heritage Funded project we are bringing the Moon down to Earth for six days (one day for each year of the project) with an extra special presentation of the Museum of the Moon as the centrepiece of our celebratory Illuminate creative arts festival running from Friday 30 May to Sunday 8…
	Illuminate Final Open Day Sunday 8 June Various times - read on for exact details Sunday 8 June is the final day of Illuminate, our creative arts festivals to mark the end of our six year long National Lottery Heritage Fund project. So what's on between 11am and 10pm? Open Day 11am-3pm With all your favourite stalls including stone carving, painting and clay - as well as Morris Dancing by the…
	Zoe Hodgson: Screen printing workshop with natural dyes Sunday 8 June 11am-12:30pm Workshop for paper screen printing with natural dyes. Participants will: Learn how to make printable natural dye ink for screen printing on paper and fabric. Make paper stencil designs. Make multiple layered paper prints. Paper and ink will be provided. Zoe Hodgson MA(RCA) is an artist and materials researcher, who works as a University Technical Associate. She is a printmaking specialist, expert in many techniques, more recently focused on bio material and natural…
	Sara Trillo: Underground Walk Sunday 8 June 1:30pm-3pm Please note: We will continue in all weather. No requirements except to come prepared for the weather on the day and to wear comfortable footwear For this event, Sara Trillo will recount ideas of entering the underland from sources including the mythological, folkloric, literary, and documentary accounts, and will connect these to the geology and ecology of the cemetery site. Sara Trillo is a visual artist based in East Kent, with a studio in Margate. She studied Fine Art at Norwich University of the Arts and in…
	Simple basketry and cordage workshop with John Page Sunday 8 June 3pm-5pm Please join John Page for an immersive workshop where you will learn the fascinating art of traditional basketry using plants such as brambles, ivy, dried leaves and grasses foraged from the cemetery. You will make a small basket and bases for this will be provided at the start. John has been teaching basketry techniques, mostly at the City Lit in Holborn, where he runs a two-year foundation course in basketry techniques. John specialise in rush basketry but has an interest in foraged and more traditional materials…