Vivienne has a passion for teaching creativity and knowledge through art. She facilitates a tactile and experiential approach to nature related education.

In addition to her art practise she runs art classes, workshops and corporate events. Vivienne is also available for speaking engagements and a talk can also be combined with an art workshop! 

Most recently she is developing a sustainable syllabus and is teaching art at the first Montessori secondary school in London. Cosmic Education is a cornerstone of the Montessori Philosophy. At its core, it tells the story of the interconnectedness of all things, which is closely related to Vivienne’s environmental art. Dr. Maria Montessori describes the role of education as comprehensive, holistic and purposeful; to encompass the development of the whole person within the context of the universe.

Vivienne has several years of experience teaching art at the Maria Montessori school and obtained AMI certification at the Maria Montessori Institute.

If you would like more information about how Vivienne is running the workshops, talks or classes please get in touch via the contact form to discuss your workshop location or agenda of how to connect to nature.

Art classes range from:

making natural inks and natural painting tools, drawing, painting, printmaking, colour theory, brush & ink painting, bookbinding, sculpture to collage and sketchbook keeping. 

Workshops include:

Connect to your immediate landscape: using of a selection of locally foraged natural materials that make up the landscape — painting with and onto them. This workshop can be adapted to any of your surroundings and is a wonderful way to engage on a deeper level with the nature you are closest with. Vivienne will make nature brushes out of twigs and other materials. This foster our relation with the seasons and all the organic materials that make up your natural environment.

Making inks from the edible garden and afterwards paint the fruit and vegetable that were foraged with those inks.

Ink and wash painting (brush painting/sumi-e)

Printmaking – mono printing (a form of printmaking without a press where the image can only be made once)

How to draw endangered flowers

Art as a cross curricular tool for schools and educators – there are different modules available, please get in touch for more information

Vivienne’s art classes and workshops are calming and playful. The participants are encouraged to interact with nature. You will feel nurtured by being guided by her broad experience of different techniques and by being encouraged to develop your unique language. 

 Talks – topics Vivienne can focus on:

Women in creative industries - personal journey

Environmental art, endangered flowers

Environmental art, endangered food, future foods, food thriving in extreme weather conditions

Observing nature within the 72 Japanese micro - seasons

Can science based environmental art by being visual help – with the topics of plant species loss, clean air, fresh water and healthy soil related to climate change and biodiversity loss – to start and encourage the conversation ?

Recent events include :

— Workshop at The Kindred House in Margate — February 2024 — working with ink and nature. To connect to your landscape, Vivienne foraged nature in Margate — sticks, tree buds, stones, shells, drift wood, chalk, seaweed — she taught some pen and ink techniques and the students painted and printed nature with leaves, with Japanese brushes with handmade nature brushes, buds, onto paper, seaweed and stones .

This workshop can be adapted to any other natural surroundings and is a wonderful way to connect to your landscape.

This way of working creates an understanding of how to connect to the seasons nature by drawing and observing the plants and using some materials that come directly from nature itself to engage even deeper with the natural world.

This workshop encourages to think about the role of art as a catalyst for collaboration and exploring our continuous process of our relations with the natural environment.

— Artist Talk at OmVed Gardens during the TRACE exhibition curated by Thrown Contemporary – part of the Chelsea Fringe Festival 2023

Vivienne Schadinsky's Magic Hour paintings raise questions about vanishing food plants. The talk informs about her extensive ongoing research on endangered and extinct plants and fungi and how she interprets them within her art.​

Can environmental art - Vivienne's science based art projects – make the topics of plant species loss, clean air, water and soil – by being visual – connect us more, emphasise a stronger connection to earth and nature and raise awareness of the current plant food extinction and other environmental and biodiversity issues related to climate change?

— Pre-recorded talk – International Woman's Day 2022

Hosted by an educational organisation for female UK secondary schools coinciding with an event ‘Women in Creative Industries’ aiming to encourage the students to consider careers in the creative industries.

— FB Live talk for Southwood Social Hub – network for women in business 2022

— Painting workshop - endangered plants in London – London Open House Festival 2022

— Teacher training art workshop – Montessori elementary 2022