Workshops

I am an experienced educator, storyteller, and published author/illustrator.

I have produced and designed learning resources, exhibitions, interactive, STEM, and art workshops for museums and London institutions such as Royal Museums Greenwich, Horniman Museum & Gardens and Old Royal Naval College; primary schools, and care homes across Wealden District Council; local charities such as Little Green Pig and facilitating workshops as part of the government’s HAF scheme for local business such The Art House.

My learning and art practices focus on exploring complex relationships between humanity and our shared ecosystems, with imagination and creativity playing a key part in my work.

Get in touch to organise a workshop with me.

Previous Workshops

Cuckoo Trail Workshops

Giulia was commissioned by award-winning PR and marketing consultancy Prowse & Co and Wealden District Council to develop a series of STEM and creative workshops, inspired by the history of the Cuckoo Line and the Wildlife that now populates the Cuckoo Trail, to deliver between March 2024 – December 2025 in different local primary schools and care homes across Wealden District, as part of the UKSPF (UK Shared Prosperity Fund).

You can read the press release here.

Wildlife Zine Workshop

In this workshop attendees had the opportunity to not only learning about the wildlife the populates the Cuckoo Trail, but also creating their very own wildlife zine, using different mark making techniques, alongside collage, inspired by the "Big Lookout Challenge". Participants had access to photographic and illustrated references, along information and facts, to help them shape their zines.

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Cuckoo Collage Workshop

Using leaves, pressed flowers and different textured paper, attendees had the opportunity to create their own collage masterpiece, inspired by the birds that now populates and live on the Cuckoo trail.

Artworks created by pupils from Punnets Town Community Primary School, Parkside Community Primary School, and Manor Primary School.

Nest Building and Flower Pressing Workshop

Using twigs, leaves and flowers collected along the trail, and traditional binding materials like clay, yarn wool and paper, children had the opportunity to recreate and build magnificent bird's nest replicas.

Nests created by pupils from Manor Primary School, Maynards Green Community Primary School and Polegate School.

Drawing with Ink Workshop

This playful and fun activity didn't require the use of any pencils, instead attendees would use twigs and sustainable support materials (ink brushes, ink pads) to create their own wildlife masterpiece, through a series of quick and timed warm-up exercises, focusing on mark-making and with absolutely no expectation!

In the final part of the workshop pupils had a deeper look at the nature they could can find along the Cuckoo Trail, using a combination of photographic references and some of the natural materials collected along the trail, putting into practice the techniques they previously learnt.

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Artworks created by pupils from Blackboys Church of England Primary School.

Cuckoo Line Accordion Book Workshop

In this exciting workshop attendees created a train-shaped “accordion book” about the history of the people who lived and worked along the Cuckoo Line. This activity combined historical facts and imagination, with the use of techniques such collage, drawing, and painting.

Artwork samples created by Giulia Casarotto.

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Accordion Books created by pupils from Park Mead Primary School.

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Paint Class: Go Wild! Illustrate your Wildlife postcard

In this fun and informative workshop, students learnt how to create stunning postcards inspired by the curious animal characters in the vibrant natural world found along the coasts of England.

Fantastical Figureheads

Cutty Sark is looking for a new figurehead! After more than 150 years of service, Nanny the Witch has decided to retire and create trouble elsewhere. Taking inspiration from Royal Museums Greenwich vast collection of figureheads we invited families to reimagine and design a new figurehead for the ship!

The new Cutty Sark figureheads that families created during this 3-day workshop, during Easter Half Term 2023.

The Wild Escape: Make a Wildlife Comic

As part of The Wild Escape project, Prendergast Ladywell School and Trinity Primary School joined me for a day of workshops, where together we created colourful comic strips, depicting storylines which saw the animals escaping the Horniman Natural History Gallery, and returning to their wild habitat.

Two of the five boards, that pupils from Prendergast Ladywell School and Trinity Primary School created as part of the Wild Escape project, in collaboration with Art Fund. These boards were on display between April and June 2023 in the Horniman Gardens.

Earth Day Workshop

Choose your favourite animal and imagine its wild escape to a habitat rich in life. Does your wildlife hero run, swim, crawl or fly? Draw pictures to illustrate your story and let your imagination go wild! Get ready to design your comic book inspired by the wildlife found inside the Horniman Museum & Gardens Collections.

This workshop was part of The Wild Escape, a major new project led by Art Fund uniting hundreds of museums with schools and families in a celebration of UK wildlife and creativity. The pictures and stories children create were brought together in a collective work of art that imagined a better future for the wildlife on our doorstep, launched online and in venues across the UK on Earth Day 2023.