Creative Groups London

Hampstead Heath Spiritual Gathering & Walk

Our 48th Spiritual Creatives gathering - in person! Come and join us for a lovely walk and talk around Hampstead Heath. We are meeting just outside Hampstead Heath station (London Overground train) at 11.00 on Sunday the 20th of September. Please note: This is NOT Hampstead Station on the Northern Line! It is the Hampstead HEATH station. The Google link is here: [https://goo.gl/maps/AJCNoxkKNj6K9Gp77](https://goo.gl/maps/AJCNoxkKNj6K9Gp77) We will wait for people to arrive until 11.15am and then we will begin walking. If you arrive later, you will only be able to catch up with us at Kenwood House approximately between 12 and 12.30pm. You should be able to find us sitting around as a group having a drink. If the weather permits, you'll find us outside the main café, towards the back. After a short break of 20-30 minutes, we then walk back through the Heath, taking the long way round to Parliament Hill, and conclude our stroll back to Hampstead Heath overground station around 2 to 2.30pm. (Please note that you may become so involved in your conversations that you end up losing sight of the main group! Unfortunately, there is no way for you to catch up with us once we have become separated (and we do NOT check our phones for texts or messages during our walk) so please be mindful and conscious to stay with the main group if you want to keep up. Also please bear in mind that Hampstead Heath can be muddy sometimes, so please wear the appropriate shoes). After returning to Hampstead Heath Overground station, many of our (usually hungry) members like to continue the camaraderie over lunch at one of the local cafés or restaurants. As our group has grown over the years, these gatherings can be quite large, so we usually have to split into smaller parties and explore different venues. Some of our favourite spots are Dominique’s Café (dominiquescafe.co.uk) and Silverberries (silverberry.net), both of which offer a welcoming atmosphere and delicious food. It’s a great way to wind down the walk and continue our conversations. Spiritual Creatives is a warm-hearted and popular meetup group, as you can see from our ratings and comments! We hope to meet you then! :-) Best wishes Cliff **Find out more about us at [https://www.spiritualarts.org.uk](https://www.spiritualarts.org.uk/).**

REBEL - PROTEST! - Creative Writing + a FREE Book!

YOU CAN ALSO BOOK HERE AT OUR SITE: https://www.writeandpint.com/events/rebellion-protest-a-midweek-creative-writing-revolution ... Hi there! For this session, we'll be venturing into the space where rebellion meets creativity, channelling protest, satire, and the swagger of dissent through our imagination. 🔥 The session will be hosted by Stu, a teacher, writer, and lover of everything from the classics through to contemporary literary fiction and comedy. ✍️ If you're already writing something, great! And if you're approaching the page for the very first time, that's great, too! 🌱 Whoever you are, we'd love you to come and join us. When you arrive, please feel free to buy yourself a drink at the bar, then come and join us in the upstairs function room and say hello to some new, friendly faces before we begin. 🍺 \*\*\*No experience of creative writing is necessary. \*\*\*No pressure to read your work in front of the group. All you need is a pen and pad, or your laptop, as we'll be using guided prompts, freewriting, and open discussion, inspired by rebellious voices, protest songs, satire, and rhetorical swagger, to write our own creative protest pieces, from the serious to the satirical. ✊ You're welcome to use this session to work on something you're already writing, but if you're just starting out, this will also be the perfect opportunity to bring your own casual sense of the world's injustices to the page and see what surfaces. 📣 We've been hosting writing workshops, social events, retreats, and courses for 10+ years now and we strive to make our events inclusive, friendly, informative, and highly creative. 🎉 If you have any questions whatsoever, you're very welcome to text 07891948039 and we'll answer as soon as possible! 📱 Otherwise, please RSVP, book the date in your diary: Tuesday 15th September, 7–9:30pm at the Sutton Arms near the Barbican, and join us for what promises to be a fun, rousing, and rebellious evening. ✊ Cheers! Write & Pint

SOLD OUT • ZINE MAKING with LESS STRESS PRESS: cultivate creativity

This event is full. Join the **[WAITLIST](https://thoughtexperiments.kit.com/waitlistlessstresspress)** and we'll let you know if a place becomes available. A special event to share the creative practice of zine making 💭✍️✂️🎨📖 IN A NUTSHELL, zine making creates opportunities to: * spend time exploring ideas * hone in on something you love or care about: a cause, a message, a skill, a place (the possibilities are endless) * get creative with collage, drawing, writing, printmaking (etc.) * produce compelling and unique booklets that you can print cheaply and share with friends and strangers offline After lots of creative brainstorming of their own, Bonny and Ellie have landed on zine making as the perfect way to both open up space for playful, low stakes creativity, and focus their minds on bite sized projects. You will soon be able to see some of their zines [here](https://www.instagram.com/lessstresspress). They’re excited to share with you! **IN THIS WORKSHOP, we will:** * Introduce the practice * Share some examples: brief history of zine making, LessStressPress examples * Get to know each other’s interests * Brainstorm using collage and scribbles: get into a low stakes, creative headspace * Use a template to plot our zines: 2 covers and 6 pages of content * Design our first zines (everything is possible with analogue materials, but if you love digital design, bring a laptop) * Sharing circle * **Optional finale:** * Visit the print shop visit together * Print copies of our new zines * LESS STRESS PRESS Pop Up: hand out copies of our new zines to strangers :-) **BY THE END OF THE DAY, we'll have** * learned a new practice to spark creativity and clarify thinking * met a new group of people and learned about the things they care enough to make a zine about * had some thought provoking conversations * produced our own original zines, ready to share :-) **NOTES ON THE GENERAL ATMOSPHERE:** Although we’ll be learning a new practice we'll also be aiming to have an enjoyable day, with good humour and fun. This will be less like school and more like a relaxed hang out in a café with an additional creative twist. **WHO SHOULD COME:** Everyone! We believe that the more perspectives, the richer the experience. This group is not about being experts, it is about thinking creatively together and learning new ways to develop and communicate ideas. **WHERE WE'LL MEET:** We'll be meeting in a beautiful little creative studio in Stoke Newington. The exact address will be provided to attendees directly. **[SUBSTACK](https://experimentsingroupwisdom.substack.com/)** \- newsletter and reflections **[WHATSAPP GROUP](https://chat.whatsapp.com/DcSICl49X509EFdGBo3hKg)** \- stay in the loop **[INSTAGRAM](https://www.instagram.com/lessstresspress)** \- see what we look like \(content coming soon 😅\) **[WEBSITE](http://www.alltogether.one/)** \- everything else **#creativity #inclusivity #openmindedness #creativepractices #community #newskills #zinemaking**

LONDON SOCIAL CREATIVE EXCHANGE

# 🎨 SOCIAL CREATIVE EXCHANGE ## Meet. Create. Connect. ### 🎟️ TO ATTEND **Please join the waiting list.** As part of the registration, please share a **short bio about yourself and your creative work/activity**. **A social night for people who love ART, MUSIC & CREATIVITY.** Are you an artist, musician, photographer, filmmaker, designer, performer, writer, or simply someone who loves creative ideas? Come and meet people, discover new talent, share your work and find potential collaborators. ### 🎨 WHAT TO EXPECT **Creative Spotlight** Discover local artists, musicians and creators presenting their work. **🤝 Creative Networking** Meet people who share your interests and discover potential collaborators. **💡 Share Your Ideas** Bring your project, artwork, music, photography, business or creative idea and tell people about it. **🌍 Meet New People** Connect with creatives from different backgrounds, cultures and industrie **EVERYONE IS WELCOME** Artists • Musicians • DJs • Photographers • Filmmakers • Designers • Writers • Performers • Creators • Entrepreneurs • Students • Beginners • Creative enthusiasts **You don't need to be a professional. If you love creating, you're welcome.** ### 📍 LONDON 🗓️ **Date:** Saturday 26 Septembre ⏰ **7:00 PM – 10:00 PM** 📍 **Venue:** Aviary Montcalm Royal London ### 🎟️ LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE **Places are limited — register early to secure your spot.** **Everyone is welcome.**

PINK INK WORKSHOP

Join us for Pink Ink - our LGBTQ+ creative writing support group! Pink Ink offers a safe writing space to all LGBTQ+ people to come together to write, share and discuss work. Each workshops will offer up 2-3 creatives writing exercises in a a fun sociable setting - refreshments, snacks and an opportunity to chat about writing, poetry, authors and a whole lot more! Our January workshops will also include a poetry exercise which will support any creative writers looking to enter the LGBT Swichboard [Poetry Competition ](https://switchboard.lgbt/switchboard-news-poetry-comp/) Every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month 7-9pm 86 Caladonian Rd

Show and a tell + Social. Corner Corner- Canada Water station

\*Disclaimer: All are welcome. Students, professionals, non professionals, business owners, curious cats. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Come along to the Corner Corner venue, located just a few minutes walk from Canada water, for a few hours to meet friendly faces, work on your personal projects, or just come and share what passion projects you are all working on. Feel free to bring your laptop, tablet, sketchbook, and notes on the day. Whether you work in Animation, Art, Design, Film, Games development, or storytelling, you are welcome to come along. We love being around diverse creatives who want an opportunity to showcase their talents. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to socialise with like-minded people and to get friendly feedback on their work. All backgrounds are welcome to join us, even if your just curious about Animation/Art/Storytelling \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* I Look forward to seeing you there.

Café sketching session (+ Movie hangout) ☕✏️🎬

Get ready to bring your sketchbook and art supplies for a chilled café sketching session! There'll also be a movie hangout afterwards! You're free to just attend the sketching session or the movie hangout. If you'd like to come to the movie hangout, scroll down for more info. No matter your skill level lets grab a coffee and unleash our creativity into our sketchbooks. There's no formal guidance, you'll be free to get on with your own drawings/personal art projects while being able to connect with other local artists. You're welcome to join in on the group conversations or quietly get on with your art studies whatever your preference. A few basic drawing supplies (pencils, colouring pencils, erasers etc) will be provided but please bring your own sketchbook / tablet / paper / something to draw on! We'll be on Level 2 inside the Royal Festival Hall (Level 2 entrance via Riverside Terrace or Mandela Walk). Message if you can't find us! After the sketching session at 7:30pm, we will make our way to the Vue in Leicester Square to see the video game based horror movie **Resident Evil (2026)** The film starts promptly at 8:15pm - approx 10:20pm. *I've booked seat C8 so make sure you book a seat in or around row C!* *[Link to buy your ticket](https://www.myvue.com/book-tickets/summary/10030/HO00020943/315779)* Hope to see you there 👋 (Also please feel free to join even if there's a waitlist / RSVPs are full!)

Navigating the Designer-AI Dilemma

We're back after a ridiculously long pause. For reasons, somewhat directly and indirectly to do with the topic of this event. How we are adapting ourselves, or need to in this strange age of AI. *Tickets are refundable if you request at the end in line with [our policy](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1011q0yqUr8qN0SWZauZnf2hdHyJLE1kITWW9A0IH0U0/edit?usp=sharing).* **Session overview** Designers face a dilemma: AI is reshaping how decisions get made and work gets done, but the stories around its benefits are polarized. What is authentic vs synthetic? Extreme points of view don't help you day to day. They keep you wrapped up in debates about process while the actual work still needs to get done, and the question around quality and value stay in question. In this session, Jason and Vic explore what's real: which skills stay irreplaceable, when AI genuinely saves time vs. when it wastes it, and how to build capability that keeps you relevant without losing what makes you valuable. Jason and Vic will walk you through frameworks, data, and exercises, that help you examine where you need to adapt, what to keep, and how to make decisions grounded in reality, not hype. Expect debate, and practical lessons, not cheerleading. **[Jason Mesut, Resonant Futures](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmesut/)** Jason Mesut has been a local leader for IxDA alongside Boon Chew for IxDA London since 2011. He works as a strategic consultant, a creative coach and as a shaper of designer capability through his Shaping Design work. He has 30 years of design behind him, and is questioning what the next 3–30 years ahead might look like for him, his clients and his peers. **[Victoria Lee Kirk](https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriakirkstrategy?skipRedirect=true&miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAAAD__wABvtUfrJ9mn2hLf1EPZN9ssWJcNyw)** Vic is a tech strategist, writer, and a TEDx speaker focused on turning data into meaning and bias into belonging. She helps teams ask better questions about their customers, their process, and themselves. She led user research that piloted an AI assisted service to map global supply chains within the UK government after lockdown and helped turn the tool and its consulting service into a standing business function, demonstrating how good people and better questions, not just better tools, actually create value. She joins IxDA London to explore where human intuition still outperforms AI in the design process, and where it doesn't.

Pitch your ideas for a short film

Pitch your story ideas All the participants will vote for the best one We will film it on the 20th Sept (Sun) at the location(s) we choose with Netflix-approved Canon C50 camera The short film will be shot by Cheuk Yin N.G Suggested donation £5

CO-MIX & CO Creative Forum (Lettering)

**CO-MIX & CO** is a community of enthusiastic storytellers, using Comics, Zines and Artists' Books to explore new ideas and challenge the preconceptions of medium/ form. These Creative Forums are our monthly meetups, to workshop the production (Processes/ Methods/ Techniques/ Materials) of Comic, Zine and Artists' Book Publishing Every **CO-MIX & CO** Creative Forum is someone’s first, so attendees learn from the collective knowledge of one another to develop new Comic, Zine and Artists' Book-making skills. We share whatever is produced collectively under the banner of **CO-MIX & CO** at Comic Art, Zine and Book fairs, as well as within a series of anthologies. At this month's Creative Forum: * Exploring Lettering & Sound Effects * Creating a Font for Comic Lettering * Project 2 Brief (This is Fanzine / Fanzine) * Drink & Draw Look forward to seeing you all there **CO-MIX & CO**

Typography Photography : Shoreditch

🌅Messy Is Welcome – Last Summer Session 🌅🎨 Sunset Painting Session #5

🎨**Messy Is Welcome – Last Summer Session 🌅🎨** **Sunset Painting Session #5** A gentle creative space with no pressure to perform. Join us on 25/09 for an evening of painting, music, sunset and quiet company in East London. This isn't an art class — there's no need to be good at drawing or painting. You can chat, stay quiet, create freely, listen to music or simply enjoy being in the space as you are. Bring: 🧺 A blanket 🍓 Food or snacks (if you'd like) 🎶 Your favourite songs or playlists to share ✨ Good vibes, relaxation and optional socialising to gently start the weekend and take a break from work pressures. **Everyone is welcome** — beginners, overthinkers, quiet people, curious people and anyone looking for a softer, more human way to connect locally. A £8 donation is kindly requested to cover materials (cash or bank transfer accepted). 📍 East London (exact location shared after booking) Messy sketches, unfinished paintings and quiet company are always welcome. Follow @**messyiswelcome** for updates and future sessions.