Rachel Ara (TB-05) is part of TECHnique talk at the V&A on 24 September 2017 from 12-1.30pm.

Why do some artists stick with traditional techniques, while others use digital? At TECHnique, Rachel Ara, Nick Rothwell and Shelley James, three artists from different fields, will tell their stories, explain their choices and the lessons that they have learned. Together, they will explore the impact that technology is having on the arts.
This event is part of the V&A's Digital Design Weekend, bringing together artists, designers, engineers, technologists and the public to celebrate and share contemporary digital art and design. It is also a part of the London Design Festival, celebrating contemporary digital art and design.

The talk is free to attend but booking is essential.
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL

Womenswear designer Emile Carr (TB-26) is taking part in ONLINE:OFFLINE Pop-up on Saturday 14 October 2017 at 22 Hanbury Street, Shoreditch, London E1 6QR.

ONLINE:OFFLINE is providing twenty selected businesses with an affordable way of taking their online business offline and setting up shop on a busy High Street in Shoreditch.

The experience aims to help the selected businesses meet their online customers offline, attract new customers and ultimately help them to generate more income.

For more information on HHLUK go to www.hhll.co.uk

Caroline Hands (7-101) is participating in TRIBE#17 Festival taking place at OXO Bargehouse, London SE1 9GY (12-15 October 2017). Full details here: www.chrom-art.org/tribe17

Sebastian Pintea (7-220) is running a free computer aided design workshop in the Education Space (Unit 2) this Saturday 12 August, 2pm.

This is an opportunity to learn some basic computer aided design tools to use in your creative practice and understand how to send off models to be 3-D printed.

Please Subscribe at sebastianpintea.com/courses to attend.
You will need to bring your own laptop with the demo of Rhino and T-Splines pre-installed. Further information will be supplied following subscription.

Links:
sebastianpintea.com
Rhino 3D
TSplines Rhino add-on

Gerri Grogan (7-115) exhibits small paintings in Brunel Museum's cafe gallery in Rotherhithe from 7 August - 30 September.
Open daily 10am - 5pm. Private View: Sunday 10 September 2017, 6-8.30pm, all welcome.

Brunel Museum, Railway Avenue, Rotherhithe, London SE16 4LF. Open Daily 10am-5pm.
More information here: brunel-museum.org.uk

Stephen Stockbridge, Robin Stratton (TB-12) and Paul Hughes (TW-40) have set up Creative Nature.

"Most schools benefit from large pieces of art being hung strategically in and around their premises. When the pupils are directly involved in creating that art, it instils a pride in their surroundings as well as allowing them to discover their power to shape the environment around them. Creative Nature will run workshops with your pupils to produce pieces of artwork along a chosen theme and specifically suited to being fitted in a suitable location. Once created, the work is digitised and the collections are laid out on computer to create large designs which can be hung. The team get the opportunity to see mocked up versions before any last minute changes and the final approval. The print is ordered and the Creative Nature team arrange a time to install the art"

To learn more download their pdf here

Jennifer Farmer (5-223) has a performance as part of America Dreaming taking place at the Royal Academy on Saturday 22 April 2017.

"Urban dustbowls and Emerald City dreams. Cotton pickers tend a suffocating Mother Earth. White roses carrying white Harlem heels”. In a series of performance provocations to be sketched, Art Macabre and live artist Jennifer Farmer throw down the pitchfork and centre the marginalised narratives of the American landscape. Grab a pencil and let the tableaux inspire your drawings and ignite your imagination."

For more information click here

The next Thames-Side Studios get together takes place on Friday 5 May, 11am in The Arts Cafe.

All studio holders are welcome.

As usual, a complimentary cup of tea or coffee is provided courtesy of Emafyl.

Tall Ships Regatta takes place this weekend 13-16 April 2017.

We expect the site to be busy with people making the most of our great vantage point.

For more information go to www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/tallships2017

A ceramics firing service is available at the London Sculpture Workshop (Unit 0) upon request to studio holders. We can fire to various temperatures, from bisque to glazed work, including decals and lustre. It is possible to group together and share the cost. Prices vary depending on the temperature and time taken.

Please contact us in advance to see how we can help you kiln@londonsculptureworkshop.org

Laura Hudson (TB-267) is participating in INTERACT, a group show by CULTIVATE at Coate Studios. Preview: Thursday 15 June, 6pm onwards. All welcome.

Coate Studios, 37 Coate Street, Hackney, London, E2 9AG (just off the Hackney Road by the Sebright Arms). coatestudios.com

Cynthia Cruz (TB-118) co-curated the exhibition Domain of Sensible Knowledge opening Wednesday 10 May at ASC Gallery, The Chaplin Centre, Taplow House, Thurlow Street, London SE17 2DG. The exhibition runs until 6 June. More info on the exhibition here ascstudios.co.uk

Menswear tailor Ché Reid (5-309) is hosting a small presentation event of her collection on Tuesday 4 April 2017 from 7pm in the Education Space (Unit 2). All Studio Holders are invited.

Please RSVP to info@chereid.com or if you plan to attend as spaces are limited.

chereid.com

Jenny Wiggins (TW-17) solo exhibition opens next week from 2-13 May 2017.
Paul McPherson Gallery, 77 Lassell Street, London SE10 9PJ. www.paulmcgallery.com

Sebastian Cox (TB-08) has bags of scrap hardwood for sale as firewood at £3 per bag.

Feel free to knock on their studio door.

The Arts Café is hosting its first Open Mic Night on Friday 7 April 2017 from 19.00-23.00. Poets, musicians, comedians, and any others with an intense urge to showcase a talent in front of a microphone are welcome! Sign up to perform at sara.soma@me.com Any performers will receive 30% off food. Entry is free for performers and studio holders at Thames-side Studios, or £3 pounds per person. Facebook event page here

Diana Savostaite (5-318) is exhibiting paintings and pastel drawings at Artfix, 51 Powis Street, Woolwich SE18 6HZ until Saturday 1 April 2017.

For more information go to www.artfix.org.uk/events/diana-savostaite

A display of recent, previously unseen and new work by Phil Ashcroft (TB-266) at Gamma/Sector25, 14 Portland Road, London SE25 4PF.

Phil Ashcroft: Milestones continues until Thursday 6 April 2017. Open daily 10am–6pm.

Nearest station Norwood Junction (1 minute walk from station, train 18 minutes from London Bridge or via London Overground).

Laura Hudson wins the Royal Watercolour Society Patron's Prize 2017

Congratulations to Laura Hudson (TB-267) who won the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) Patron's Prize 2017 in the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition held at Bankside Gallery, London. The exhibition continues until 15 March 2017. Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, Bankside, London SE1 9JH. Further details here: www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk

Our monthly get together takes place Friday 3 March. Open to all studio holders. Complimentary tea and coffee courtesy of Emafyl.

Please RSVP and we'll see you there!

Best wishes, Robin, Phil and Marta

Kate Stephens (TB-110) is currently showing work at the Petitou Cafe, 63 Choumert Road, Peckham SE15 4AR www.petitou.co.uk during March. To see Kate's work go to www.katestephensartist.com

Rachel Ara (TB-05) is currently exhibiting in Transgender, Gender & Psychoanalysis An Exhibition which continues until Wednesday 15 March, open 11am - 6pm (closed Wed 8 Mar - Fri 10 Mar re-opens Sat 11 March). Draper Hall, Hampton Street, London SE17 3AN. Nearest tube Elephant and Castle.

The exhibition is part of the conference fringe week facebook.com/sitefringe2017 The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis www.the-site.org.uk

click here to download fringe exhibition flyer pdf

Painter Lee Maelzer (0-09) has a solo exhibition of works on paper, Losing up For Made Time, which opens this Friday, 17th February, 6-9pm, at LUBOMIROV \ ANGUS-HUGHES, 26 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0PD www.lubomirov-angus-hughes.com

Anne Krinsky (7-113) is in Vis-à-Vis with Adria Arch, an exhibition of paintings inspired by traditional Indian folk arts, at ARTHOUSE1 in Bermondsey from 10 November - 4 December 2016. In 2014, Adria Arch and Anne Krinsky spent a fruitful, sensory-rich month as Artists-in-Residence at the Sanskriti Foundation in Delhi. Anne has created paintings on panel and on paper inspired by Phulkari embroideries from Punjab; Adria’s paintings were made in response to Hindu shadow puppets.