National Saturday Art Club Masterclass

Last weekend Cullinan Studio was very pleased to host an online National Saturday Club Masterclass for the Nottingham Trent University Club of 13-16 year old students from the Nottingham area.

Our Masterclass drew on the cross-disciplinary and future-facing brief of our current InnovateUK funded project GreenSCIES, which is looking at innovative ways of integrating green energy infrastructure in a dense urban setting.

The Club members were tasked with taking this brief and creating a “mollage” (model + collage = mollage) exploring how distribution piping could playfully integrate into the street. There were some wonderful creative interpretations, from an integrated community pizza oven to hanging gardens of edible greenery.

Club member: "I don't think I'd ever thought that I would have a say in what's being built around me, but today has made me realise I actually should have my say."

This is a challenging time for young people and we relished the opportunity to support the programme and its aims to bring art and design to students from different backgrounds.

We look forward to welcoming Club members back to our studio in the future!