Grounding Practice

A rolling programme of workshops, presentations and peer-to-peer meetups, the series includes both recurring and one-off events. Shaped by Studios residents and members of the wider artistic and cultural community, each session explores different disciplines and themes.

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Grounding Practice: Art Aches with John Costi

Join artist John Costi for an afternoon of honesty, humour, and solidarity, drawing from Instagram story rants that call out the contradictions and injustices of the art world — from class exclusion to the daily grind of being an under-supported artist.

Sun 8 Jun 20252.30–3.30pm

Grounding Practice: A Somerset House Tour with Onyeka Igwe

Artist and filmmaker Onyeka Igwe will reflect on the layered histories of Somerset House — now home to the annual Artists’ Fair and over 70 studio resident artists.

Sun 8 Jun 202512.15 & 1.30pm

Grounding Practice: Canal Studies with Harun Morrison

Artist and writer Harun Morrison convenes a series of discussions, walks and screenings to consider the London canal system.

02 Mar - 02 Apr 2023

Grounding Practice: Collective Resourcing

Artist Rudy Loewe offers a Do-It-Together space to share the strategies and tools that make practices sustainable.

Thu 13 Apr 202318.45 - 20.30

Grounding Practice: Making (and Holding) a Crip Planetarium

In this Grounding Practice workshop with Kaiya Waerea, participants will use image making, collage and assemblage to construct constellations of crip futurity.

Wed 26 Apr 202318.45-20.30

Grounding Practice: Raquel Meseguer Zafe

Led by disabled artist Raquel Meseguer Zafe, this session explores rest and horizontality as methods for artistic strategy.

Wed 19 Apr 202318.45-20.30

Grounding Practice: DeForrest Brown, Jr.

Join writer and musician DeForrest Brown, Jr. as he shares from his work-in-progress research project, Rhythmanalytics.  

Thu 27 Mar 202518.45 - 20.30

Grounding Practice: Louis Morlæ & Aziza Kadyri

Join resident artists Aziza Kadyri and Louis Morlae for an in-conversation with invited guests

Thu 10 Apr 202518.45 - 20.30

Grounding Practice: Ellen Arkbro

Join composer and musician Ellen Arkbro for an evening of shared listening.

Tue 01 Apr 202518.45 - 21.00

Grounding Practice: Mykki Blanco

The first event in this series is a talk by multidisciplinary and award winning artist Mykki Blanco, following a short residency at Somerset House Studios.

Thu 26 Sep 201918.45 - 20.30

Grounding Practice: Victoria Sin

The second event in this series is a talk by multidisciplinary artist Victoria Sin, in conversation with curator Taylor Le Melle.

Tue 10 Dec 201918.45 - 20.30

GROUNDING PRACTICE: Juliana Huxtable

The third event in this series is a talk by multidisciplinary artist Juliana Huxtable.

Tue 26 May 202018.30 - 19.30

With thanks to the Garfield Weston Foundation

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