Hope 03
The Hope of Creative Children || Alara Hindle || Lots of Lovely Art
Welcome to Episode Three of our series on Hope. Today we are thinking about the hope of creative children. At this time of ‘home schooling’, I think that many of us have come to see how important and rewarding it is to foster creativity in the next generation.
Our guest today lives and breathes this sentiment. Alara Hindle is the co-founder of Lots of Lovely Art. They aim to support creativity in children through art. The sad decline of art education in schools motivated Alara and her sister-in-law Selina to do something about it.
Image Credit: Lots of Lovely Art
They run art clubs, pop up workshops, birthday parties and art groups for tiny toddlers. They also create extraordinary art boxes. Each is themed, contains lots of information and activities as well as being jam packed with beautiful art materials.
I can’t tell you the relief I felt when I discovered LOLA - its bought art into our home and the fridge has never been so beautifully adorned. Frankly, other than the milkman, it’s the only subscription service that never disappoints.
We are going to find out about where the idea came from, the importance of championing creativity in children, running a subscription services, creativity in business and enjoying a family firm and the hope of changing perceptions of art education in this time of national home schooling.
Image Credit: Lots of Lovely Art
“When people began to realise that the schools were going to shut, we became the loo roll of home education! It was insane!”