THE BIG FAMILY PRESS

A risograph printing press for children and young people based in East London

V&A East – Stratford Olympic Park (2021)

This is a multisite collaboration with activities delivered by V&A East, Museum of Childhood and VARI

MOVEMENT MAGAZINE (2021)

The Big Family Press magazine Issue #1 MOVEMENT

MIMAZINA – Middlesbrough (2021)

MIMAZINA

Queens Market – Upton Park (2021)

What’s your message to the world

PRINT WORK SHOP – Ilford (2022)

badge making on Ilford High Street

AVACA – Ladbrook Grove to Manor Park (2021)

Christmas card making with AVACA

Plashet Park – East Ham (2021)

Make a Scene

V&A East – Stratford Olympic Park (2022)

Riso printing workshop with V&A East

Craft Council – online (2022)

craft council Zine Making Workshop

The Big Family Press is a community printing press developed with children aged 4-12 in after-school care and based at the Old Manor Park Library, east London. The press has been running since 2017, and brings children and their communities into a dialogue with artists to publish, archive and amplify young people’s otherwise marginalised experiences, knowledges and perspectives on the world. 

Using D.I.Y. publishing strategies and a collaborative, experimental, and child-led approach, young people are supported to articulate and share their personal stories, histories and demands for the world.

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