Term 2: Translating Ideas into Artistic Practice
Led by artists Paola Estrella and Joshua Woolford, this second term of ICA Creatives × Diasporas Now focuses on translating ideas and stories across different artistic mediums.
Participants will experiment with how ideas transform as they move from drawing to sound, text to performance, or from video to installation. Considering how translation can both reveal and conceal, the group will explore creative ways to narrate, interpret, and inhabit collective and personal stories.
By the end of the term, each participant will develop a new work (such as a sound piece, live performance, or video) that translates their ideas across forms and languages. These works will be shared in a final session, reflecting the diverse approaches and collaborative processes explored throughout the term.
ICA Creatives is our core young artists programme, offering free artist-led creative workshops for people aged 16-30. The 2025/2026 edition of ICA Creatives will take a multidisciplinary, genre-fluid approach to creativity in collaboration with live art collective, Diasporas Now.
Bios
Paola Estrella is a multimedia artist from Mexico based in London. Her work shifts across painting, video, installation, and performance, with speculative fiction serving as a core element of her practice. Estrella delves into the impact of new technologies on public and private spheres, examining how the imaginary shapes social conventions, identity, and our notion of reality. Her interest lies in the intricate tensions and complexities of belief systems and worldviews, the intersection of imagination and perception in relation to transcendent experiences.
Joshua Woolford is a transdisciplinary artist working between performance, painting, sculpture, sound, video, and installation. Their work is rooted in cultural research, drawing from literature, music, and art, as well as their own personal experiences of being a member of the queer Black Afro-Caribbean diaspora living in England. Alongside their artistic practice, Joshua takes on design commissions and lectures at both UAL (London College of Communication) and the Royal College of Art (School of Architecture).
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Deadline: 14 December
Term 2 takes place between 10 January – 21 March, on the following dates:
• Saturday 10 January
• Saturday 24 January
• Saturday 7 February
• Saturday 21 February
• Sunday 8 March
• Saturday 21 March
Further Information
• Participants must commit to all session dates.
• All workshops take place between 2 – 4.30pm.
• Workshops take place in the ICA Studio. The Studio is wheelchair accessible through the Carlton House Terrace entrance. Please contact access@ica.art or call 020 7930 3647 in advance for more information or to arrange access.
• The Studio has hard backed seats.
• Please note there isn’t a wheelchair accessible toilet in the Studio. For further questions, please contact access@ica.art or call 020 7930 3647.
• For more info about the venue, photos, and maps, go to the Access page.
For more information, please email Eray Yilmaz, Assistant Producer, Talks and Engagement Programme: Eray.Yilmaz@ica.art
no. 236848.