Amy Leung is a London-based artist working across sculpture, drawing and workshops to explore the articulation and communication of joy. Working in art education, she is interested in the intersections in which community, craft, objects and cultural identity meet. Material exploration and playing collaboratively are key to her practice, with ideas emerging through making together. Her favourite materials are fabric, paper, ink and clay and she is interested in how we move through spaces and places. Amy has previously worked with schools, families and communities on projects at Camden Art Centre, Firstsite, the Royal Academy, South London Gallery, Towner Eastbourne and MK Gallery. She has a MA in Art and Design in Education from the Institute Of Education, University College London.
A Toolkit For Growing Together
23 May–25 May 2025
What makes you feel grounded and calm when everything is changing?
This is a special display of artworks created by Year 6 students at Heathbrook Primary School over the last twelve months.
Artist Amy Leung has led Growing Together, a year-long programme that focuses on the transition of Year 6 students to secondary school. The programme centres and supports students and teachers in developing well-being strategies through creative practice. Inspired by the natural world’s changes and cycles, students worked together to explore well-being and joy through a range of artmaking activities.
The programme encouraged students to reflect on their own experiences of a transitory time to create a personal and collective ‘toolkit’ for the next stage of their education and artistic practices.
By collaboratively designing their own ‘Growing Together Toolkit’ the students have creatively articulated their personal strategies exploring support, community, environment, nature, space and change through personal messages alongside illustrated feeling characters, field recordings, river paintings, woven baskets, sketchbooks and a ‘Growing Together Toolkit’ deck of cards for each student.
The resulting display highlights strategies for supporting ourselves and one another in times of change.
Supported by Freelands Foundation Spring Fund. With special thanks to Year 6 Students and teachers at Heathbrook Primary School and Chanthila Phaophanit.
Heathbrook Primary School, located in Lambeth, is committed to creating an environment that inspires children to learn. The school’s vision emphasises energising children to become lifelong learners within a thriving learning community, where each child aspires to achieve their dreams.
Heathbrook Primary School is a caring and welcoming environment where children are encouraged to aim high, fulfil their potential, and take advantage of all opportunities available. The school firmly believes in establishing a strong partnership between home and school, working closely with parents, carers, and the wider community to ensure the success of its pupils. Recognising that children deserve the best possible opportunities in life, Heathbrook prioritises building strong connections between home and school to support every child’s learning journey.
Dedicated to providing an emotionally supportive and creative environment, Heathbrook fosters strong, trusting relationships between staff, pupils, parents, carers, governors, and local partners. The school values the uniqueness of every child and strives to nurture their individual potential.
Heathbrook encourages children to reach their full potential and develop a love of learning in its broadest sense. To achieve this, the school offers exceptionally varied opportunities, including an extensive outdoor learning environment and a highly creative Community Curriculum.
In addition to maintaining high expectations in English and Maths, Heathbrook provides children with opportunities to participate in an orchestra, experiment in an art studio, and engage in a wide range of local sports activities. Strong relationships with families are central to the school’s ethos, and the Friends of Heathbrook Primary, a thriving Parent Teacher Association, plays a key role in supporting its vision and values.
Seating is available.
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Growing Together Weaving Workshop with Heathbrook School and Amy Leung, 2025. Photo: Zoë Maxwell.