The Plant that Stowed Away Celebration

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Join us on Saturday 3 May for a special day of art, dance performances and craft activities with a chance to explore our display The Plant that Stowed Away before it closes on 11 May.

Get creative with a display-themed workshop and learn more about the movement of plants in Liverpool. Explore the full programme below.

Programme

Croxteth Hall botanical display

Atrium

11.00-15.00

Explore a display of plants from Liverpool’s famous Botanical Garden. You’ll hear from Gerry, a horticulturalist who cares for the glasshouse collection. He’ll be on hand to speak to visitors about the plants and their histories.

Movema dance performance

Atrium

11.30, 11.45 and 12.30

Enjoy 3 dance performances by Movema; the multi-award winning, charity based in Liverpool. They engage with people through accessible dance programmes. Each performance will last approximately 15 minutes.

Nkembo Moswala display

City Gallery, first floor

11.00-15.00

Experience a textile, light and sound sculpture created by Congolese (DRC) artist Nkembo Moswala in collaboration with people of the Congolese community living in Liverpool. It explores the migration histories linking Congo and Liverpool. Drawing on motifs from 19th and early 20th century objects from Congo in museum collections in the city, the sculpture also brings to life stories shared by participants in workshops led by the artist in 2024.

Relax in our Learning Space

Ground floor

11.00-15.00

Relax in our family space. Chill out, spend time together and unleash your creativity with our free activities including Mildred’s Albert Dock Art Trail and Art Games booklet.

Natural paint workshop

Atrium

13.00-15.00

Create a painting inspired by nature using soil, natural dyes and plants. You’ll be led by artist Hellen Songa.

Biographies

Nkembo Moswala

Nkembo Moswala is an artist from the Democratic Republic of Congo, based in the UK. His work articulates around a technique of incision called ’Nzoloko’, and questions how these Congolese motifs have made their way from skin to textiles. Moswala has developed participative works in the past showcasing the migration stories of participants in Levis (Quebec), Canada, in his solo exhibition In the Skin of Isidore Bakanja at the Regart Art Center in December 2022.

Hellen Songa

Hellen Songa is a Rwandan-Zambian-British nature guide, land worker, socially engaged visual artist, creative producer, community activist and certified climate aware photographer currently based in northwest England.

Their practice is diverse and centred around community, land regeneration, food sovereignty, and natural lifestyles. Hellen has facilitated many nature connection opportunities in collaboration with community hubs and fellow artists, including wild foraging, herbal recipes, gardening, forest school, seasonal supper clubs, visual storytelling – to name a few. They are also extremely passionate about working with communities in the UK and Africa to create and share visual stories that offer solution perspectives to the global environmental and food related issues of our time.

The Plant that Stowed Away Celebration
Saturday 3 May, 11.00-15.00
More information

Tate Liverpool + RIBA North
Mann Island
Liverpool L3 1BP
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Supported by

Art Friends Merseyside