Summer Art Hang Out: Play with Print ✂️📄🎨

Summer Art Hang Out: Play with Print ✂️📄🎨
with Cubitt Artists

Get creative, learn new skills and make a zine together! 

Spend five days with artists Samuel Castro and Anahí Saravia Herrera exploring activities including drawing, collage, printmaking and photography, and be inspired by a trip to a gallery. Have the chance to make posters, photo collages, comics, illustrations, weird experiments, and anything in between.

We’ll gather our material into a zine printed on a risograph. What’s a risograph? It’s a big printer used by artists, activists and community groups to make thousands of bright posters in minutes. Think neon inks, layered colours, endless possibilities. What would YOU like to make?          

The hang out is a chance for young people aged 13-19, who live or go to school in Islington to develop their creativity, try something new and make friends in a relaxed space.

Materials, lunch and snacks provided. You’ll get to take home copies of the zine, cool posters and any work you make. 

Cubitt it taking part in Summerversity, Islington's free summer holiday programme for young people.

The banner image was taken at our last hangout in 2024 during a visit to the Barbican for an exhibition about play, below are some more photos from summer 2024!

FAQs

Who are Sam and Anahi?

Sam is a visual artist that works with many mediums including collage and drawing. He is the learning and engagement assistant at Cubitt, his role includes working in schools as well as public facing events. 

Anahi works with print to make flyers, posters, zines and books about everything from art to poetry, comics and community resources. At Cubitt her role involves working with the Cubitt Community Distribution centre where she operates and shares access to a risograph printer. 

What does a typical day look like?

We’ll welcome you into the space every morning with some snacks and refreshments followed by explaining the activities for the day, there will be plenty of opportunity for discussion and to hear from you! We’ll get creative and messy and then finally make sure you know what is to come the following day.   

What if I don't know anyone else going?

That’s ok, many of you will be in this exact position and this can be nerve wracking. We will make sure the space is friendly with a laid back environment. After all, hanging out and making art shouldn’t cause you stress or anxiety!

What is a Risograph? 

It’s a big printer used by artists, activists and community groups to make thousands of bright posters in minutes. Think neon inks, layered colours, endless possibilities. It is a mix between digital and analogue technologies.

What if I can't draw?

If you don’t feel so confident with drawing that's completely fine. We will be trying lots of different mediums and approaches to making, maybe we can convince you that you can draw 

What does the space look like?

Cubitt Artists is off pentonville road and down Angel Mews. You’re met with a grey door and are invited to ring the gallery bell. Inside you’ll find a gallery and long corridors that hold 32 artist studios! 

What have people who’ve joined before said?

• It was very enjoyable, hopefully I'll be able to participate in this again next summer.

• I enjoyed thursday the last day because we worked as a team to build a sculpture and talked to more people

• I loved using the cameras to take photos

What do I need to bring? 

• A water bottle! It’s going to be hot and we will be outside at different times of the week. Dont worry about food, a free lunch is generously provided at Lift. You’re welcome to bring your own if you prefer. 

• Clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. 

(Optional)

• We have all the tools you’ll need to make but feel free to bring your own equipment or work that you’d like to use or work on. 

• Ideas that you’d like to share, we are open to shifting and changing according to the group's desires. 

If you'd like to book please visit the Summerversity website and if you have any questions please email [email protected]