This professional development workshop is designed for artists interested in deepening their creative work with babies. Together, participants will explore what makes materials meaningful and engaging when working with the very young. Artists will have an opportunity to experiment with materials, reflect on their practice and collaborate with others in a hands on, process led, environment.

Requirements

Participants should preferably have a creative practice working with babies. If you're keen to attend, but do not have an existing practice working with babies, please share wth us your interest in this workshop and why it would be relevant to your work. This masterclass will be conducted in English.

Price

FREE for ASSITEJ Singapore Members

$25/pax for non-members

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**IMPORTANT**

Please note this event is free for ASSITEJ Singapore members, and priced at $25 non-members. If you've yet to sign up, please do so before filling in the form.

You can sign up to be a member ($20/annum) here:

https://www.theartground.com.sg/other/artists-registration

This workshop requires a minimum of 5 pax to start. Participants will be informed about their successful application by 9 June, 2025.

Thank you!

About The Artists

	Nicola Flower // www.nicolaflower.co.uk As one of four Playground Lead Artists, Nicola Flower curates the aesthetic, mentors artists, and drives new work, fostering high-quality, child-led artistic experiences. Her achievements include illustrating Playground publications, co-creating Digital Playground, and leading an international collaboration with Finland as well as supporting Playground collaborations with Scotland, Norway, and other early years organisations in the UK. Alongside her leadership in Playground, Nicola is a celebrated visual artist specialising in drawing and textiles, creating installations, performances, and sculptures that explore connections between objects, senses, and place.
	Abigail Huan // @abigailhyc Abigail Huan is a dancer, choreographer, and theatre maker who crafts movement-rich artistic encounters for children, babies and their carers. Her work honours the youngest audiences’ innate curiosity, using movement, sensory elements, and the abstract to invite authentic, open-ended engagement with art. As a Little Big Dance Cycle 2 artist and Playground Artist, Abigail’s creations— including SOAP, Heartstrings, and What Do You Do With an Idea? (Five Stones Theatre)— forego traditional instruction, favouring rich, immersive worlds where families can discover their own rhythms and meanings. Current productions under development are Wobble (for babies aged 0-18 months) and Look Up (for children aged 2-6), where she continues to shape experiences that celebrate each child’s capacity to connect, respond, and create.

Nicola Flower // www.nicolaflower.co.uk

As one of four Playground Lead Artists, Nicola Flower curates the aesthetic, mentors artists, and drives new work, fostering high-quality, child-led artistic experiences. Her achievements include illustrating Playground publications, co-creating Digital Playground, and leading an international collaboration with Finland as well as supporting Playground collaborations with Scotland, Norway, and other early years organisations in the UK. Alongside her leadership in Playground, Nicola is a celebrated visual artist specialising in drawing and textiles, creating installations, performances, and sculptures that explore connections between objects, senses, and place.

Abigail Huan // @abigailhyc

Abigail Huan is a dancer, choreographer, and theatre maker who crafts movement-rich artistic encounters for children, babies and their carers. Her work honours the youngest audiences’ innate curiosity, using movement, sensory elements, and the abstract to invite authentic, open-ended engagement with art. As a Little Big Dance Cycle 2 artist and Playground Artist, Abigail’s creations— including SOAP, Heartstrings, and What Do You Do With an Idea? (Five Stones Theatre)— forego traditional instruction, favouring rich, immersive worlds where families can discover their own rhythms and meanings. Current productions under development are Wobble (for babies aged 0-18 months) and Look Up (for children aged 2-6), where she continues to shape experiences that celebrate each child’s capacity to connect, respond, and create.

Baby Playground

Creative, sensory and non-verbal experiences for babies 0-18 months and their parents and carers to enjoy. Delivered by multidisciplinary artists, Baby Playground creates an experience for you to explore sound, textures and movement in your baby's world. These exciting sessions are a perfect opportunity for families to engage with new experiences, sensations and connect with each other through art.

Playground is a Kent County Council Early Years Creative programme and a partnership between KCC’s Culture and Creative Economy Service and Kent Libraries. ‘It became a National Portfolio Organisation with Arts Council England in 2023, with an ambition to empower the creativity of young children and their families through engagement with artists in libraries, Family Hubs and other venues in disadvantaged areas in Kent.