Coming soon: talks and demos at Skylark

During the Skylark Galleries group show at Oxo Tower Wharf, which runs from 29 July to 15 August (see previous posts), participating artists are taking part in a series of free talks and demonstrations at the gallery@oxo. There's need to book - just turn up on the day. This programme is being added to, so check back for more information.

See the previous post for details of workshops - you need to book these.

Fri 30 July 5pm and Sat 31 July 2pm
DEMO: Screenprints with Kelly Stewart – artist
Kelly, just arrived from Edinburgh, will demonstrate how she uses several acetates to create each of her unique prints
www.skellydesigns.com

Mon 2 August and Fri 6 Aug 2pm & 5pm
DEMO: What IS a Collograph? With Eileen Martin – artist
Eileen, one of the well-established Richmond Printmakers, will reveal some of the mysteries of how a collograph print is made

Thur 5 Aug and Sat 7 Aug 2pm & 5pm
TALK: Why I paint Happy Cells with Gill Hickman– artist
Gill (artist and director of Skylark) will explain how the first Happy Cells emerged in her paintings in 2006
www.gillhickman.com

Fri 13 Aug 2pm & 5pm
TALK: Tactile Ceramics
Ceramic artist Ruty Benjamini will talk about her inspirations and techniques and will encourage you to touch and hold some of her organic, tactile work that is on display www.rutybenjamini.com

Sat 14 Aug 2pm & 5pm
DEMO: Using Real Gold Leaf with Gill Hickman– artist
Gill (artist and director of Skylark) will demonstrate how she applies 23 carat gold leaf to the mitochondria in her Happy Cells paintings
www.gillhickman.com

Workshops by Skylark artists: book now!

Details of workshops, talks and demonstrations at Skylark's group show at the gallery@oxo on London's South Bank (see previous post) are just in.

Workshop spaces are limited, so book now to avoid disappointment at info@skylarkgalleries.com.

Fri 30 July and Tues 3 Aug, 10 – 11.30am
Collage Creations with Christine Moores - artist
Use mostly recycled materials to create your own artworks to take home and hang on your wall
Cost: £5/ £8 per person – all materials included
Age group: 5 – 95 years

Sat 31 July 11.15am – 12.00 midday
Doodles & Drawings with Sara Sherwood - artist
Sara will encourage you to play with pencils. Create hand-drawn greetings cards or bring your own sketch pad
Cost: £20/£25 per person
www.sarasherwood.com

Weds 4 Aug and Tues 10 Aug, 10 – 11.30am
Marvellous mosaics with Concetta Perot – mosaic artist
Concetta will demonstrate how to decorate a picture frame, a small tile or a stone paperweight using vibrantly coloured soft glass pieces 

Cost: £25/£30 per person – all materials included

Age group: 8 – 88 years
www.glitteringshards.com

Mon 9 Aug and Weds 11 Aug, 10am – 12 midday
Silk Painting with Gill Hickman - artist
Use gorgeous colours and soft natural silk to create one or maybe two A4 silk paintings to take home and hang on your wall or in your window. Bring your A4 design ideas
Cost: £25/£30 per person – all materials included
Age group: 8 – 87 years
www.gillhickman.com

Details of talks and demonstrations will appear here shortly.

Killing Time, by Kate Pelligrini

Back in April, Kate Pellegrini gave a talk about ‘Painting Space’ from the Killing Time Series. This was part of our regular Late Last Thursday event where Skylark invites the public to visit the gallery after-hours and find out a bit more about our artists.

The 'Killing Time' series, pictured here, is based on Simon Armitage's brilliant poem of the same title, commissioned by the Millennium Committee. The thousand line poem is divided into sections, which explore different aspects of man's relationship with his fellow man, and the state of civilisation at the beginning of the 21st Century. Each section of the poem revolves around a specific theme for example bullets of the Colombine School massacre transferred to flowers (‘Suburban Idyll’), the lunar eclipse of the sun (‘Any Minute Now’). The poem provided the springboard for Kate’s painterly investigations. The paintings are door sized stretched canvases, unframed, featuring impasto oil paint on a thin acrylic base.

Please join us for Late Last Thursdays
The last Thursday of every month
6-8pm
Skylark 2 Gallery
Unit 1.09, Oxo Tower Wharf, SE1 9PH
(First Floor Riverside up the stairs)
Tel 020 7401 9666
www.skylarkgalleries.com

Spirit of the Southbank for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad

Skylark Gallery is delighted to be partners in this years Open Rehearsal as part of the build up to the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

Open Rehearsal gives audiences a unique opportunity to get behind the scenes and experience how London's world-class creative and cultural organisations create everything from performing arts to fashion, from art and film to museum collections.

This pan-London season, a Mayor of London’s initiative, is in its 4th year and forms the core London element marking the launch of the Cultural Olympiad, the 4-year cultural programme running until London 2012.

Open Rehearsal takes place across London's 33 boroughs from 26th-28th September

Skylark Galleries will be hosting THE SPIRIT OF ART ON THE SOUTHBANK with a FREE ARTISTS' EVENT

Friday 26th September (6-8pm)
Skylark 2 Gallery 1st fl OXO Tower
Come and join the artists at Skylark Galleries, hear them share their personal stories of empowerment and discuss the ideas and inspirations behind their most recent work.
Including Gill Hickman, Kathleen Dutton and Steve Yeates

• Gill Hickman believes art & particularly the "happy cells" she's been visualising for years have kept her well without medication for 20 years after HIV diagnosis
  
  
• Kathleen Dutton Artist and Illustrator talks about her recent advertising commission for an environmental awareness campaign in Italy and her work with social enterprise.
  
  
• Steve Yeates Empowering the self and surviving cancer through art. A personal account of Steve's experiences and processes. (A donation made to Cancer Research UK with every sale)

Skylark 2 Gallery • Unit 1.09 • Oxo Tower Wharf • SE1 9PH
(First Floor Riverside up the stairs) Tel 0207 401 9666

www.skylarkgallery.com

For more information please go to www.openrehearsal.co.uk

Images above, left to right: Healing Earth - Give and Take, by Kathleen Dutton Energy Cells, by Gill Hickman Empowering, by Steve Yeates