AYIEHSA SANKOH & LULU WILLIAMS
EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION
On the 5th of July, local residents of Southwark council took part in Stage Gallery’s collaborative mural workshop. This workshop was facilitated by community co-ordinator Ayiesha Sankoh & artist Lulu Williams. Each participant was asked to bring an object that they felt represented themselves and/or their community. Participants discussed the colours, textures, shapes & memories of each object: choosing these details to depict in the mural. The participants used multi-media techniques such as paint rollers, markers, & print making to work with materials such as ink, paint, and oil pastel, resulting in this large-scale mural.
This workshop was for members of Southwark council to have a fun day expressing themselves. No prior artistic experience was required - beginners were encouraged! The participants used a range of materials such as glitter, feathers, paint, pastels & pens to bring this work life!
WORKSHOP
WORKSHOP
WORKSHEETS
WORKSHEETS
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION
About the Artists
Lulu Williams and Ayiesha Sankoh were the facilitators of the Stage Gallery mural.
About Ayiesha Sankoh:
Ayiesha Sankoh is Stage Gallery’s fantastic Event & Community Coordinator, who you’ve been introduced to via her wonderful interview with Ellen Angus.
Driven by her deep connection to sound and culture, Ayiesha’s artistic ventures—whether in digital illustration or mixing—are rooted in championing underrepresented communities.
Ayiesha made sure everyone is comfortable & confident in sharing ideas during the creation of the mural. Ayiesha prompted discussion points, lead conversations around shape & colour, worked 1 on 1 & in groups during mark making, & helped generate inspiration !
By day, Ayiesha works as a Label Assistant at Rhythm Section International; by night, she hosts ‘Kelly Avenue’ on Voices Radio, where she explores left-field sounds and experimental happenings, always keeping a little SE15 at the heart of her practice.
About Lulu Williams:
Lulu Williams guided participants through the composition of the workshop, helping everyone to think about shapes, colours and mark making. She helped structure the physical making of the mural in the second half of the day!
Lulu Williams is an artist practising in South East London. Her multidisciplinary practice covers zines, video and performance installation, concerned with reimagining popular culture figures and decoding the spectacle.
Lulu received her BA in Fine Art from Westminster University in 2020, and since then, her publications have been distributed internationally across Japan, Los Angeles and Europe via Antenne Books. She has also collaborated with the Martin Parr bookshop and PageMasters.
Lulu’s compositional practice in self-publishing and large-scale installation makes her a wonderful artist to aid the creative direction of the mural.