Friday 28 May 2010

Gregor Harvie's Gene Meme, 9-20 June


Skylark artist Gregor Harvie is creating an installation about population in the crypt underneath St Pancras church, Upper Woburn Place, London NW1 2BA. Fifty beautiful paintings replicate and mutate, evolving from simple cells to complex crowds. Fifty elegies remember past societies whose rapid growth led to collapse. For each painting sold, Street Child Africa will offer a vulnerable child in Ghana a year's apprenticeship to help raise them out of poverty.

You can listen to Nicky Barranger of The Interview Online talking to Gregor about Gene Meme here.






Gene Meme runs from 9-20 June, Monday-Sunday 11am-7pm. On 10 June a public debate about population will take place in St Pancras Church from 6.30-8.30pm chaired by Radio 4's Geoff Watts with speakers including Professor Aubrey Manning of the University of Edinburgh, and Fred Pearce of the Guardian. Tickets are £6 - for tickets call 07949 093885.







Sunday 23 May 2010

Skylarks in the Park


Skylarks in the Park, an exhibition of works by 17 artists from Skylark Galleries and their friends, opens on Monday 24 May in Mile End Art Pavilion, in east London. The gallery is set next to a lake in the 90-acre Mile End Park in Tower Hamlets, a perfect place to relax in the sun and see the latest work from artists from the South Bank-based artist-run galleries.

There are works by Melissa Alley, Amando Averillo, Lucinda Beatty, Carol Edgar, Saskia Ellis Holden, Michelle Elwell, William Frost, Keith Gretton, Gill Hickman, Clare Johnson, Orson Kartt, Deana Lee, Eileen Martin, Ben Mosley, Sara Sherwood, Sally Swingewood and Steve Yeates.

Opening hours: 11am – 6pm daily
Dates: Monday 24 May – Sunday 30 May 2010
Venue: Mile End Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, Clinton Road, Off Grove Road, Tower Hamlets, London E3 5BH
Public transport: 5 minute walk from Mile End tube

Wednesday 19 May 2010

Skylark 1 is on the move

Skylark 1 is moving - but not too far. Work is currently underway in Unit 5 at Gabriel's Wharf to prepare a brand new exhibition space in preparation for the move in a few weeks' time.

Gill Hickman, Skylark's director, said: "Unit 5, which is at the centre of the Wharf, is closer to the river, closer to the other galleries, and has a fantastic open outlook. I believe that we are really fortunate that this opportunity has presented itself just now."

The move is expected to be completed by the beginning of June - check back here for more details and images of the new space.