Our Beautiful Neighbourhood
Delivered in partnership with the Royal College of Art, this visual art project for pupils age 9-13 will work with schools across Wandsworth to shine a light on how connecting with nature can support and improve our mental health and wellbeing.
Focusing on the themes of biodiversity and place, this will be our most ambitious schools art project to date. Schools will be able to take part in two ways; either through artist led workshops or teacher-led sessions supported by CPD.
Art created in these workshops will come together to form public exhibitions and an art trail across different public venues in Wandsworth, to which participating schools will be invited for a facilitated visit in Spring 2026.
The story so far...
Hotham Primary School
Pupils in year 5 at Hotham Primary School worked with artist Ruth Martin, spending time outside looking at the natural world and collecting items to bring into the classroom for inspiration. The children learnt about local biodiversity in Wandsworth, sketched different flora and fauna and transformed what they found into colourful collages.
Smallwood Primary School
Smallwood Primary School were led by artists Isabel Fletcher and Ruth Martin for their workshop. Pupils in year 5 learnt about different habitats in Wandsworth before heading out into the sunshine to find and sketch nature specimens in the school field and allotment. Then they returned to the classroom to make colourful collages based on what they found.
