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We are proud to present our latest online exhibition, showcasing the outcomes of our Folk Beasts project.

Artists at Art Rack, The National Autistic Society

About the Project

We’ve created a magical world full of reimagined folk beasts.

Folk Beasts is a collaboration between Hart Club and The Golden Thread Project, exploring the magical and diverse creatures celebrated via folklore throughout time. Initially conceived as a extensive group exhibition created via artist-led workshops, the current global pause led us to adapt the concept.

We invited 17 artists and illustrators to create make-at-home Art Packs, enabling people to participate remotely, resulting in our user-generated online art exhibition.

Combining The Golden Thread Project’s extensive knowledge and love for all things folklore with Hart Club’s diverse audience we created a magical world full of freshly conceived and reimagined folk beasts.

For the project, we created 100 copies of each art pack. That’s 1700 free art packs in total that was distributed amongst our network – this includes people of all ages and backgrounds and artists with disabilities, dementia, brain injury, autism and other neurological variations.

Folk Beast Generator by Amber. Pack No.1
Folk Beast Generator by Amber. Pack No.1
Giant Sea Serpent by Mariana. Pack No. 14
Giant Sea Serpent by Mariana. Pack No. 14
Forest Auntie By Mhairi. Pack No. 10.
Forest Auntie By Mhairi. Pack No. 10.

Pack No. 9

Our art pack by Jay Cover saw artists create new folk beasts by combining their favourite animals.

Pack No. 9 Jay Cover
Bower Bird by Ozzy. Pack No. 4.
Bower Bird by Ozzy. Pack No. 4.
Serafina. Pack No. 3
Serafina. Pack No. 3
Art in the Park. Pack No. 17
Art in the Park. Pack No. 17
Tree In The Woods by Julie Compton Pack No. 17.
Tree In The Woods by Julie Compton Pack No. 17.
Giant Sea Serpent by Stephen Fowler. Pack No. 14
Giant Sea Serpent by Stephen Fowler. Pack No. 14
Wallydugs by Claire Harmer. Pack No. 12
Wallydugs by Claire Harmer. Pack No. 12

Learn more about Folk Beasts

Check out our journal below and take a look behind the scenes at Hart Club HQ.

Tree In The Woods by Joyce Leipertz. Pack No. 17.
Tree In The Woods by Joyce Leipertz. Pack No. 17.
Medusa Headdress by Lorna Thompson. Pack No. 7.
Medusa Headdress by Lorna Thompson. Pack No. 7.
Toby, Stanley and Ida.
Toby, Stanley and Ida.
Folk Beast Generator by Cara
Folk Beast Generator by Cara
Sea Serpent Stories by Katherine.
Sea Serpent Stories by Katherine.
Lilphin by Gjaerlian, Age 9.
Lilphin by Gjaerlian, Age 9.

What do we do?

Hart Club’s mission is to champion neurodiversity within the Arts.