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PPD – SLWA’s Personal Professional Development program

Reminder: Monday December 7th -  Angela Schütz

At this busy time of year, as we prepare for the Christmas break – traditionally a time of activity followed by a period of reflection – we welcome your attendance to hear our third speaker Angela Schütz, who will be asking us to examine the creative process itself.

CREATIVITY AND THE CREATIVE BLOCK

Angela Schütz, a practising artist and psychosynthesis counsellor will present a psycho-spiritual view of creativity and the creative block. Using examples from her own artwork she will be sharing her personal experience as well as inviting us to reflect on our own art practice and to gain a deeper insight into the creative process and what makes it flow.

“Creativity is being in the world soulfully, for the only thing we truly make, whether in the arts, in culture or at home, is soul.”
Thomas Moore

Looking forward to January: on Monday 18th Edward Birch of the Southwark Arts Forum will start our SLWA year off by encouraging us to get out of our studios and work places and reap the benefits of networking. Also, gleaned from time spent at the Arts Council, Edward will give his top tips for making succesful funding appliactions.

We look forward to seeing lots of members and friends at these talks.

Best wishes,

Laura and Liz

PPD is a series of talks specifically for SLWAs, aiming to enhance the personal and professional development and artistic practice of contemporary women artists, especially those who are balancing career and family. We have eight great speakers, one talk a month, on a range of topics. Held at Dulwich Library from 6-9pm they are informal, fun and informative. Read this review of the first event, here.  Topics include time management, women in visual culture, the creative process, effective networking, selling work, exhibition submissions, and more. Read on for info on future talks.

Call for Bankside Gallery Show 28 April- 3 May

Good news!

 We have 85 artists taking part in our SLWA Bankside show

But we have space for another 65 pieces of work.
So we can now offer you an opportunity to exhibit further pieces of work up to 120cm x 120cm in size.
The cost will be £60 for each additional piece.
There is also a limited opportunity to submit larger pieces, up to 200cm X 200cm.
The cost for a large piece is £120.

The deadline to register for second pieces is Dec 15th.
These second places will be allotted on a first come first served basis.

PPD – a reminder of Monday’s talk with Angela Schütz

At this busy time of year, as we prepare for the Christmas break – traditionally a time of activity followed by a period of reflection – we welcome your attendance to hear our third speaker Angela Schütz, who will be asking us to examine the creative process itself.

CREATIVITY AND THE CREATIVE BLOCK

Angela Schütz, a practising artist and psychosynthesis counsellor will present a psycho-spiritual view of creativity and the creative block. Using examples from her own artwork she will be sharing her personal experience as well as inviting us to reflect on our own art practice and to gain a deeper insight into the creative process and what makes it flow.

“Creativity is being in the world soulfully, for the only thing we truly make, whether in the arts, in culture or at home, is soul.”
Thomas Moore

Looking forward to January: on Monday 18th Edward Birch of the Southwark Arts Forum will start our SLWA year off by encouraging us to get out of our studios and work places and reap the benefits of networking. Also, gleaned from time spent at the Arts Council, Edward will give his top tips for making succesful funding appliactions.

We look forward to seeing lots of members and friends at these talks.

Best wishes,
Laura and Liz

1 DAY ONLY: Julie Bennett Platform1 Wandsworth Common

You are invited to the private view of JULIE BENNETT’s painting installation at Platform 1 Gallery, Wandsworth Common Railway Station. On Tuesday 8 December 2009 at 7 – 9pm. ALL WELCOME!

The exhibition is open for one day only. Open to the public 7am-10am and 4pm-6pm on Tuesday 8 December 2009. Platform 1 Gallery, Wandsworth Common Railway Station, St James Drive, Nightingale Lane, London, SW12 8NL www.platform1gallery.com

DIRECTIONS: Train from Victoria, London Bridge and Clapham Junction. Bus 319 from Clapham Junction
Car pay and display parking at station. Bicycle locking facilities

25% discount for SLWA members on Framing

Need a good framer at a good price?
Try Jamie Booth at Read & Booth, who are offering SLWA members a 25% discount.

275 Wandsworth Bridge Road, Fulham, London SW6 2TX
Tel: 020 7736 5352 Fax: 020 7751 0936 Email: info@readandbooth.co.uk
Opening times: Monday – Friday 10am – 6pm Saturday 10am – 5pm

Ask for Jamie and mention SLWA to get the discount.
Thanks to SLWA member, Julie Bennett, for organising this!

Painting in Pimlico…… with Liz Dalton

At Westminster Adult Education Service students/artists have been exploring their own creativity in relation to colour and its application. They enjoy a relaxed atmosphere in which ideas, experiments and experience is shared. Drawing skills are also taught and developed, using a variety of media.
My new work is informed by the colour theory I’m teaching at WAES. Sometimes it’s good to re-fresh skills and gain inspiration.

Would any members be interested in the ‘Dynamics of Colour’, Visual Arts course?
From 13th January 2010, duration; 10 weeks. Sessions are from 10.00am-1.00pm on Wednesday mornings.

For more info; www.waes.ac.uk
To enrol; t. 0207 297 7297 Or by post, fax or on-line
The Education Team, WAES, Amberley Road Centre, Amberley Road, London W9 2JJ

Exhibition: Girls at Gold, Goldsmiths Student Union

You are invited to the private view of ‘Girls at Gold’ an all female show at The Gallery, Goldsmiths Students’ Union.
Monday 23 November 2009. 6 – 9pm. ALL WELCOME!

The group show will be open Monday to Friday 11am – 6pm until 11 December 2009.
The Gallery, Goldsmiths Students’ Union1st Floor, Dixon Rd, New Cross, London

Features SLWA member, Julie Bennett

‘Girls at Gold’ is an exchange between two art colleges, and will comprise of two exhibitions, one based in The Gallery, in Goldsmiths Student Union, and the second will be based in a gallery in Camberwell. The show displays work from eight female artists with underflowing themes of feminism, domesticity, and the construction of false identities, creating a discourse and a sense of narrative that holds the work together. Across a range of different mediums, including painting, sculpture, sound, and video, ‘Girls at Gold’ is an exhibition that not only exemplifies the potential success of working together, but also shows off the talent and quality of work that is produced by women artists across both art colleges.

Featuring four Camberwell students Julie Bennett, Rosie Carr, Laura Davies and Meghan Heinl-Rimmer.
Plus four Goldsmiths students Jo Allen, Tatiana Baskakova, Jo Harrison and Terri Newman.

Open Studios

Lene Bladbjerg (Graphic Artist), Tine Bladbjerg (Designer Jeweller)
& Catherine Shaw (Bespoke Dress Designer)

would like to invite you for a drink and the opportunity to view our latest work and work by other selected artists

Friday 20th of November, 6pm-9pm
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd of November, 11am-5pm

The Overspill

4 Coopers Yard

London SE19 1TN

The Canvas Ceiling – lectures on Women in Art at Dulwich Picture Gallery

This Autumn’s Tuesday evening lecture series – The Canvas Ceiling, starting on January 12th, includes: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman? ; Frida Kahlo – a life on canvas ; Art and the F-Word: Feminism ; Modern Mothers ; Georgia O’Keeffe ; “Mad Tracey from Margate”

This series examines the involvement of women in art, not as models to be painted by men for men, but as significant artists in their own right. From the 17th century to the early 20th, female artists were very much in the minority. Two women were amongst the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768, but it was 168 years before another woman was permitted to add ‘RA’ to her name.

Read on for more details and tickets

Brockley Advent windows

LAURA MORETON-GRIFFITHS, TERRY RYAN  & TEALEAF ARTS PRESENT ‘BROCKLEY ADVENT WINDOWS’

Laura Moreton-Griffiths at Ryan Rooney Space

Linda Litchfield in London Group Open

Congratulations to SLWA member Linda Litchfield whose work “This
England” was selected for Part 1 of the London Group Open Exhibition
which ran from 21- 30 October 2009 at the Menier Gallery, Southwark
Street, London SW1. The piece is hand stitched on linen