Sam is a textile artist and designer who has been working in the creative industry for 25 years. Three years ago, she decided to start ‘Child Of Project’. Sam says, ‘It was born from grief, from the death of my father, but it’s kind of turned into the most beautiful creative project which is all about resilience and human strength’. I’ll let her explain more, ‘The project… is all about opening up the conversation around addiction and recovery but in a really creative and contemporary way’. 

In fact, just a few weeks ago Sam had a meeting with the head of education and learning department at Saatchi Gallery who invited Child Of to do workshops and host an exhibition in December. Sam reveals, ‘it is an art project but it something we see long-term as a creative platform that’s going change the way we look at addiction and also feed people with great information about creativity, art and technique and introduce them to different artists who are from all over, from all disciplines’.

The exhibition will include ‘an ever-growing tapestry’ which everyone can get involved with. All you need to do is join the crowdfund and as your reward you can send in a word or phrase to remember someone, a song lyric, or a secret you are ready to tell which will be made into ‘small pieces of art’ and added to the tapestry. The exhibition will also include work Sam is doing with kids from the London East Alternative Provision School where they will produce designs which will be embroidered by @handandlocklondon. Plus, visual art she has been working on over the past few years based on conversations with people who have experienced addiction like ‘I was present for the first time’. The last piece of the exhibition is a film explaining all about the project. The interview was recorded on Monday 6th September at 9 am BST.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/child-of
www.samdcruze.com/blog/child-of 

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