Bake & Create – Sourdough & Art Making Retreat with Eleanor McColl – Sep 2025

Eleanor McColl is a multi-disciplinary artist, based in Hong Kong. She studied Fine Art at U.W.E Bristol, in England and came to Hong Kong in 1999 to pursue her career as an artist and art educator.

McColl’s work is rooted in place with a focus on the urban environment.   Her work draws the eye to the often unnoticed details of the city, casting the “shadows on the wall” of the modern human condition: often solitary, hardworking and hardwearing.  Through manipulation of focus, her work explores the delicate points of contact in the otherwise ceaseless blur of the everyday anonymous citizen.

Drawn to the dramatic palate of dilapidation, refurbishment and renewal, her cityscapes explore the interface between Hong Kong’s unique verticality and it’s impact on its people.

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The class was a great success! We held our first 2 classes in September 2025, and we received positive feedback on the full day art retreats. Our attendees got to learn first hand the steps on starting a dough from a starter, all while creating their own personal mixed media art piece.

For food and beverages, we served tea and coffee, and we partnered with On the Wagon and Bon-Eat-O to provide locally brewed kombucha, artisan cheeses and charcuterie to accompany the fresh sourdough bread at lunch.

More classes are lined up for the coming months! Check out the schedule under our Happenings page.