Community & Educational Projects

Hanna Martynenko leading a family art workshop with children during a community creative session.

Alongside my picture book practice, I create workshopsand participatory art projects for children, families, schools, and community groups.

Through storytelling, drawing, painting, and collaborative making, I explore themes of home, belonging, community, imagination, resilience, and emotional expression.

REFUGEE WEEK & STORYTELLING

As part of Refugee Week 2024, I delivered storytelling and creative engagement sessions at a UK primary school and nursery. Across three assemblies, I shared a presentation, picture book reading, and discussions exploring themes of home, kindness, friendship, and belonging.

In 2026, I facilitated a Refugee Week session with a Girlguiding Rainbows group, where children responded to the story through conversation and a watercolour activity exploring the question: “What does home mean to you?”

Picture book artist Hanna Martynenko reading her illustrated story to primary school children during Refugee Week.

Children painting their own family illustrations after listening to Hanna Martynenko's picture book.

Children's family-themed drawings paintings created after Hanna Martynenko's Refugee Week picture book workshop.

Hanna Martynenko presenting her picture book during a storytelling session at a primary school.

Children taking part in an interactive picture book storytelling session.

Handmade thank-you card created by children after a storytelling visit.

Recommendation letter following Hanna Martynenko's storytelling and community art project.

COMMUNITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER

Created in June 2025 with children from different classes at a UK primary school, this collaborative art project explored themes of community, inclusion, and belonging. I developed and led the project from concept to final installation, guiding pupils through a shared creative process using handprints, drawing, and collective imagemaking. The finished artwork is permanently displayed in the school foyer.

Children creating a collaborative artwork using natural materials and handprints.

Close-up of the collaborative community artwork created during the project.

Children's ART CLUB

Year 5 Watercolour Art Club — UK Primary School

In Spring and Summer 2025, I created and led a watercolour art club programme for Year 5 pupils at a UK primary school. Across a series of workshops, pupils explored colour, texture, layering, observation, and visual storytelling while developing confidence in their artistic abilities and creative expression.

Watercolor cherry blossom painting created during a children's art club session.

Children's floral artwork shared as part of the Art Club creative programme.

Children's watercolor cat painting created during an Art Club session.

Children's illustrated rabbit artwork shared through the Art Club programme.

Expressive black cat illustration created during a children's painting workshop.

Spring tulip painting created during a children's art workshop.

Personalized floral painting created by a child during an art class.

Watercolor poppy illustration painted by a child during an Art Club session.

Floral watercolor painting created by a child during an art workshop.

Children's mixed-media painting featuring a cat and a dog created during an Art Club session.

FAMILY ART SESSIONS

Small-scale creative workshops designed for children and families.

These sessions encourage experimentation, imagination, and shared creative experiences through drawing, painting, collage, and paper-based activities in informal community and family settings.

info@hannamartynenko.com

London UK