Create & Illustrate - Friendships by the River

St George's Arts Centre is pleased to collaborate with Artist & Writer, Nadia Perrotta in bringing this exhibition, Friendship by the River to the Arts Centre.

Nadia worked with students from three local primary schools; Lawn Primary, Cecil Road Primary and Springhead Primary.

Friendship by the River draws inspiration from Gravesend’s rich identity as a riverside town — a place where stories, cultures, and people have long flowed together. Through the lens of friendship and connection, this project invites primary school students to explore imaginative storytelling using the Japanese Yonkoma format: a four-panel comic structure.

This project combines creative writing and illustration in an accessible, culturally rich format that promotes self-expression, visual communication, and narrative structure.