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1st February 2020, I arranged to meet a group of friends to celebrate Lunar New Year in China Town but one of my friends wondered should we cancel the meet up as there was a fatal virus spreading around China. I said we will be fine as we were living in one of the...

Update 25th December 2020:Merry Christmas! We did it! Thanks to your kindness and generosity we have collected 200 gift packs, £1140 donations, bought 100 £5 Tesco vouchers, 40 pizzas and cakes for everyone at Brigstock House and StoneBridge Lodge on 23rd and 24th...

Remember the card we did last year? The children and I designed the lightning poem: “2020 will bring you plenty” (see below). It certainly did for all of us. A lot more than what we asked for. This year I have teamed up with cubs from The Croydon 44th Air...

ART PROJECT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN AT BRIGSTOCK HOUSE, THORNTON HEATH CR7 Starting from September 11th, 2017 to 23th March 2020, Free Art run a weekly art and craft session from 10am -11am at Brigstock House, Thornton Heath. All sessions are run by volunteers with great...

During the first lockdown Mar 2020, Free Art teamed up with Andrea Perry and Neil Tanner from THCAT to paint the two planters for two GP surgery in Thornton Heath. #PaintLondonWithLove

I was painting the front mural at Ambassador House when the first Covid-19 lockdown struck the UK on 23rd March 2020. I was then stuck in the house for months then the death of George Floyd shook the world. I am not black, I am not white either. People rarely view me...

During lockdown March 2020, Free Art worked with CALAT Croydon and Thornton Heath Community Action Team to create a walking map to guide local residents through all the art projects in the area. The project is well perceived by the residents and encouraged people to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvCklBzhX6k Thornton Heath stands with Black Lives Matter 11am Saturday 20th June 2020Ambassador House, CR7 7JG A small scale event which will demonstrate this communities support and show the importance of...

In February 2020, I had a chance to work with year 5 students at Ecclesbourne Primary school. We had 2 sessions on 2 Thursday afternoons. We read some books and I did a small presentation about refugees. The children then composed a poem about...

Running to Christmas 2019, my friend Caroline and I have spent a Friday decorating The Salvation Army Thornton Heath's shop window. The shop has an amazing collection of wonderful stuffs and has been a great help for the local community.Valentine 2020 It was good fun...

Croydon Council opened an ideas competition in December 2019 to improve the subway in Croydon town centre. We put in an application and got shortlisted in the non-professional category. Hurray!!! Here are our ideas on showcase by Fairfield Hall in February...

HOW WE DID IT! It is amazing how we did it and I still can't believe we did it! In September I have nothing but eagerness then Louise and Paul from the Salvation Army came onboard and gave us the hall for free. Ian McMeeken - the famous Santa Claus of...

That board! The one we all once or twice in our life poke our head in to take picture but never know what that call.We recently painted one at Grangewood Park. One side is for the fantastic Halloween event Spooktacular we have every year and the other side...

https://youtu.be/Y9eMgPsF9L8 Sometimes you start doing something and you think "s*** why did I do this!?!" It was my feeling the first morning we started painting Bensham Manor and Gillet Road footbridge. A pile of vomit greeted us in the middle of the...

In February 2019, Vân Dang was chosen by Croydon Council to work on the front walls of Ambassador House's forecourt, Thornton Heath, CR7 7JG. There was a workshop - part of the CR7 Square's project - at the old Weatherspoon Flora Sanders on Sat 2nd Mar 2019 to gather...

Thank you everyone who took your time to bake cakes and donated presents! We had our refugee week party this morning at Croydon Refugee Centre. The children enjoyed the dressing up, face paint, making the mask and especially the duck "fishing" and taking part in the...

In Autumn 2018, Averil - an active member of Thornton Heath Community Action Team has secured funding for a mural for platform 4 at  Thornton Heath station. Network Rail asked the community to submit the design so I came up with 3 options. The community vote for the...

Thank you everyone from Streatham Mums's network, Thornton Heath Community Action Team, Chetna from CR7 Culture, Mitra, Averil and Alicia from TFL and many others for your time, your kindness and your generous donations to put smiles on the children's faces....

Vân Dang is commissioned by Croydon Council to design and paint a mural at Ghanapathy Temple on Brigstock Road, CR7 7JJ. The Public Consultation Day was on 6th October 2018. 102 people voted for their favourite design, choosing one in the 3 proposed design. The online...

In October 2018, as part of Thornton Heath Community Action Team's Street Project, artist Samantha Warren led a project creating 10 street banners along Melfort Road in south London.Two of the banners chosen were from Free Art. The artworks included hand...

Following the success of Christmas Party, Brigstock House is going to organise a party on Friday 22nd June for Refugee Week 2018. Donations would be gratefully received of: Fresh fruit (grapes and strawberries): please drop off at Brigstock House 78-86 Brigstock Road,...

On Thursday 21st December 2017, Brigstock House organised a get together from 3 - 5pm. Donation of party food and especially fresh fruit are welcomed. If you would like to donate toys and presents please email share@freeart.org.uk to arrange a collectionFrom my...

In 2016, Free Art helped Thornton Heath Community Action Team to organise a competition to design a poster encouraging dog owner to pick up after their dog. The competition involved local schools and children to participate. The 3 winning designs were printed and...