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Thu 10 Sept
|ESEA Community Centre
Offshoots Festival 2026
Five artists working across sculpture explore growing, rooting, ageing and the life cycle at the ESEA Community Centre in Dalston. Featuring Yarli Allison, Aaron Li-Hill, Milo Li-Ren Mckeand, Jessica Mok and Sue Man, with a private view on 9 September. Part of ESEA Offshoots Festival and ESEA Heritage Month, and open to anyone who wants to wander among the works.
Time & Location
10 Sept 2026, 10:00 – 27 Sept 2026, 17:30
ESEA Community Centre, ESEA Community Centre, 12-14 Englefield Road, London N1 4LS
About the event
A volunteer is a plant that sprouts where it wasn’t planted.
In the crack of a pavement or the edge of a garden bed, a volunteer takes root and grows.
This idea underpins Offshoots Festival 2026: three weeks of sculpture, film, food and workshops circling around what it means to take root somewhere you weren’t originally meant to be.
Come and wander among the works. Stay a while. See what’s growing.
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
Botanical Ink Workshop — Sun 6 Sep. Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/offshootsfestival/2351991?date=2026-09-06
The Volunteer — Sculpture Exhibition Private View — Wed 9 Sep, 17:30–20:00. Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/offshootsfestival/2354445?date=2026-09-09
Tending to the Compost Workshop — Sat 12 Sep. Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/offshootsfestival/2352063?date=2026-09-12
Memory Makers: Nature Mobile Workshop — Sun 13 Sep. Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/offshootsfestival/2352158?date=2026-09-13
Ketupat Weaving Workshop — Sun 13 Sep. Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/offshootsfestival/2352164?date=2026-09-13
Finding Phong (2015) Screening — Thu 17 Sep. Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/offshootsfestival/2352571?date=2026-09-17
See the full programme and book individual sessions at offshoots.xyz/programme
Curated and programmed by SUE MAN with thanks to BIK YU LIAN for his coordination support. Graphic design by SIU YEN LO. Website built by ELLIOT ELLIS.
12 – 14 Englefield Road, London N1 4LS
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Find out more info or book your tickets on https://offshoots.xyz/programme
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