Workshop

Now in its eighth edition, Upgrade Yourself Festival is back, connecting emerging creatives ages 16 to 30 with trailblazing talent and industry experts.

Join us for our next Upgrade Yourself Monthly with Hetain Patel – a featured artist in Holy Pop! Hetain’s work explores identity, belonging, and self-expression through the stories, objects and materials that shape our everyday lives.

Join us for our July Upgrade Yourself Monthly to explore programming live events with intention and specificity with Somerset House Residents Dialled In - where grassroots energy meets global intent. Dialled In celebrate the depth and diversity of alternative South Asian music and culture through experiences and events.

Spaghetti Club will host a group of up to 20 kids (aged 7-10) to explore DIY zine-making during The Artists' Fair.

Join us for our June Upgrade Yourself Monthly to explore poetry as a creative and professional practice with Forward Arts Foundation, a national charity that gives people confidence to create and communicate.

Join us for our May Upgrade Yourself Monthly, for an exploration of DIY publishing and zine making with PageMasters, a sustainable print studio specialising in artist books, zines and prints.

Join Dr. masharu, founder of the Museum of Edible Earth as they guide you through a unique geophagy experience

Join Jealous Print Studio for a free hands-on screen printing drop in workshop like no other

Join us as we explore together our memories of food, imagining them within the constraints of our local natural environments through discussion and mapping.

Join us for our April Upgrade Yourself Monthly, where Somerset House Studios Artist and photographer Joy Gregory, invites you to rediscover photography through light and analogue process.

Join us for our March Upgrade Yourself Monthly, where Somerset House Studios Artist and composer Felix Taylor leads a sonic journey into exploring sound, score making and play.

A fun, creative, family-friendly workshop, where participants will discover how to turn their drawings into floating holograms.