Art Waves
Welcome to Art Waves, a new creative club for children and young people.
Art Waves offers affordable workshops and activities covering printmaking, clay, painting, drawing and much more!
Children aged 7 to 13 can be dropped off. Anyone under 7 must be accompanied by an adult.
Art Waves was founded by ZEST artists Alex Sutherland, Alice Louisa, Lucie Smith, and Sophie Rawlingson.
Stay tuned for upcoming events!
Upcoming Events
Recycled Ocean Mobiles
Thursday 2nd April, 11am - 12:30pm
Ticket price - £12.50 (for participating people only - accompanying adults can come for free)
Join us for a family-friendly creative workshop this Easter, led by artists from ZEST Collective.
Join local artists Alice and Sophie at God’s House Tower for a hands-on workshop.
Inspired by our oceans and the beautiful creatures that inhabit them, we’ll use recycled materials and found treasures to create magical hanging mobiles. We’ll explore how the sea provides and sustains life, and share our wishes for the future of our oceans, weaving them into our floating worlds through playful making and construction.
All materials and guidance will be provided.
Wishes for the Earth - Paper Pop Ups
Friday 10th April, 2:30pm - 4pm
Ticket price - £12.50
Join us for a family-friendly creative workshop this Easter, led by artists from ZEST Collective.
Join local artists Alex and Lucie at God’s House Tower for a hands-on workshop.
Inspired by our beautiful planet we'll be using recycled papers and cardboard to construct clever pop up art works. We'll share our wishes for the Earth and work them into our inspiring pop ups using colourful collage and paper construction.
All materials and guidance will be provided.
Previous workshops
Alice Louisa (left) and Sophie Rawlingson delivering workshop
Workshop participants in ‘Foraged Brigid Dolls’ workshop
Art Waves x Nature Hubs
In August and September of 2025 and February 2026, Art Waves facilitated three creative, sustainable workshops at God’s House Tower, which were supported and funded by Caustic Bloom as part of their Nature Hubs project.
Nature Hubs aims to transform grasslands and verges around Southampton into wildflower areas, involving local people and the arts in the rewilding process.
Art Waves created and delivered bespoke workshops using sustainable artistic processes and natural materials to learn and respond to the importance of biodiversity in our local environments.
The three workshops ‘Clay Bee Villages’, ‘Hide and Seek in Nature’, and ‘Foraged Brigid Dolls’ encouraged workshop participants to get hands-on with a variety of natural materials, including foraged flowers and berries collected from local Caustic Bloom patches.
Left to right Alex Sutherland demonstrating clay sculpting techniques, workshop participant decorating a mask, completed clay bee village
