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Join a teddy bear’s picnic like no other, led by Sarabande artist in residence Dean Hoy. Ignite your inner childlike curiosity, tap into your feelings and make a communal work with fellow creatives.

Informed by Dean’s signature style and his series that aims to materialise emotions, guests learn patchwork quilting and sewing practices to create a larger-than-life teddy bear picnic rug together.

‘Bears Who Care’ blossomed out of both a need to feel connection and emote in an isolated world, and a way to give new life to the bears Dean saw discarded outside charity shops and the wayside of London streets that pulled on his heartstrings.

At the end of the workshop, the communally-created picnic blanket is laid out and guests are given the option to either take the piece they were working on, symbolising self-care, or leave it behind to be sewn together by Dean, symbolising collective-care.

Teddy bears invited!