Workshop Below the Surface – Walking with Kin

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iniva together with Grand Junction, Climate Reframe, and artist Maymana Arefin to present ‘Fruitings Will Come’ a four part workshop series taking place every Tuesday from 1 to 3 PM at Grand Junction. 

The first session, Below the Surface — Walking with Kin, is a nature walk and workshop that explore natural kinship and interdependence through an intergenerational walk and acts of creative making.

Join artist Maymana Arefin and collaborator Charlie Nwanodi for an outdoor exploration at Westbourne Green Open Space, discovering the hidden networks of life that thrive within the urban landscape. The walk focuses on local plants and green spaces, reflecting on how connection and collaboration sustain both ecosystems and communities.

This event is part of The Fruitings Will Come, a four-part workshop series at Grand Junction developed in collaboration with Climate Reframe members, bringing communities together to share knowledge, lived experience and creativity. Through nature walks, textile craft, soil play and storytelling, we will nurture radical intergenerational dialogue around care, climate justice and belonging.

What to bring

Be prepared for a little rain, bring a raincoat or umbrella

Artist

Maymana Arefin (she/they) is an artist, community organiser and writer based in London. Through leading nature immersions, plant and fungi walks, her work centres deep rest, care work and restoring communion with our more-than-human kin. In 2020, Maymana founded @fungi.futures, a space to map radical alternative futures guided by the wisdom of mycelium. Maymana’s current practice responds to themes of ecological grief, embodiment and the power of collective imagining.

Collaborator

Charlie Nwanodi is a wildlife lover, nature photographer, wellbeing facilitator, and crafter. Through holding nature connection spaces for people from marginalised backgrounds, their work weaves creative practices with holistic care to build reciprocal relationships between communities and the natural world. They love providing people with foraged materials, art supplies and the confidence to draw inspiration from nature whilst nurturing a community of people and wildlife. In their spare time, you’ll find Charlie somewhere scenic, connecting with the land through their camera lens, collaging, painting and the occasional spontaneous sketch. 

Accessibility

Participants with accessibility needs or allergens, please inform us through email: vasita@iniva.org