Friends of Waterlow Park are organising a coach trip on Saturday 30 May to this famous garden and plant nursery near Colchester in Essex. Beth Chatto, now in her 90s, is one of the country’s foremost plantswomen. Highlights are the gravel garden, the fabulous display of herbaceous plants and shrubs, and water and woodland gardens. Come along to get ideas for your garden or just to enjoy seeing great garden design. Coach will depart Highgate at 9.00 and return by 17.30.
A talk by the Head of Art History – Judith Jammers – on the architecture of Dyne House, opened in 1967.
Free to former parents, pupils and staff.
The 1932-33 England cricket tour of Australia was one of the most widely reported of all time. During a period when long-distance communications were either painfully slow or terrifically expensive, c. 130,000 words were wired across the world over a three-day period, costing a small fortune. Nor did interest in the tour wane within a few years, and even today, over eighty years after the victorious English side left Australia, more is written about this series than any other. The reason is simple: for the first time in the history of the game, controversy that took place on the field took on a political dimension, causing Dominions Secretary, Jimmy Thomas, to later recall: ‘no politics ever introduced in the British Empire caused me so much trouble as this damn bodyline bowling’.
The talk will be given by James Newton, Head of History at Highgate School.
6th February
The Ninth Annual Kyffin Williams Lecture
Vincent Van Gogh and Anthony Green
Martin Bailey
The art historian Martin Bailey has published two books in the past few weeks – one on Van Gogh (Studio of the South: Van Gogh in Provence) and the other on the former Highgate student Anthony Green RA (Painting Life), who was taught by Kyffin Williams in the 1950s. In his lecture, Bailey will explore the links, since Green has always been strongly influenced by Van Gogh’s Sunflowers.
1941. Egypt. WWII. An escaped German officer. A two day chase across the brutal Sahara. A triumphant capture. A hero’s return.
1991. England. Jack reigns from the armchair of his rest home, a local legend. Decorated veteran of Tobruk. Former river warden, boxer, horse whisperer, boat builder, charmer, prolific father and husband to a very unhappy wife. Dementia is eroding his mind. As the Gulf War rages, the past drags him back to the scorched sands. Inspired by the writer’s grandfather.
Following its critically acclaimed debut at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, Open Sky present Scorched, using new writing, visual physical theatre, period music and an innovative set to create the workings of a mind sinking into the sands of time. “Striking theatrical invention” The Stage
A collaboration between pop-up restaurant Fabulous 698b and specialist ceramics gallery Thrown brings a unique supper club experience to Highgate this summer.
Corresponding with an exhibition in the gallery celebrating tableware, the dinner will take place within the exhibition space with six creatively crafted courses served on handmade ceramics by the ceramicists involved.
Plus each evening, 2 of the emerging and established ceramists will be present at the table to personally present their collections.
Join them at the table for a £60 6-course menu plus complimentary cocktail, plated up on their work especially made for the event.
The experience will start at 7 pm with an introduction of the exhibition followed by the fabulous dinner. There will a selection of wines available for purchase at the bar. Should you wish to take any of the original ceramics involved home, there will also be the opportunity to purchase the pieces at an exclusive price.
A collaboration between pop-up restaurant Fabulous 698b and specialist ceramics gallery Thrown brings a unique supper club experience to Highgate this summer.
Corresponding with an exhibition in the gallery celebrating tableware, the dinner will take place within the exhibition space with six creatively crafted courses served on handmade ceramics by the ceramicists involved.
Plus each evening, 2 of the emerging and established ceramists will be present at the table to personally present their collections.
Join them at the table for a £60 6-course menu plus complimentary cocktail, plated up on their work especially made for the event.
The experience will start at 7 pm with an introduction of the exhibition followed by the fabulous dinner. There will a selection of wines available for purchase at the bar. Should you wish to take any of the original ceramics involved home, there will also be the opportunity to purchase the pieces at an exclusive price.
You are warmly invited to the private view of ‘Ripple Effect’, an exhibition exploring freedom and control.
The show brings together artists who allow intuition and chance to guide their processes, including: Great Pottery Throw Down winner Ryan Barrett’s 3D printed ceramic forms, the meditative ceramic sculptures of Matt Sherratt, award-winning ceramicist Jo Davies’ fluid bowls and vases and Beverly Isaac’s spontaneous, action-painting still lifes.
All four of the artists will be joining us for the evening with each giving a short introductory talk about their work at 7.30pm.
All welcome!
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Join local artist, Jo Pearl, ceramic sculptor and animation filmmaker, for a playful workshop that breathes clay into life while exploring OmVed Gardens’ flora and micro fauna. Inspired by her body of work ‘Unearthed’ on view at the Alchemy exhibition, ceramic artist and animation filmmaker Jo Pearl will host a playful workshop inviting participants to sculpt the fascinating microbes and mini critters that live beneath healthy soil and bring them to life using simple stop motion. This workshop is suitable for any age from 8 to 108. Participants must have a smart phone with the iMotion app (free to download) and be able to use it unsupervised. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. “Breathing life into clay and clay into life – has become my definition of animation. I have become fascinated with the soil that is at the root of the ceramic discipline, enchanted by the truly overwhelming richness of life beneath our feet. I celebrate that abundance here with ‘Unearthed’, a project that zooms us down and focuses in on the choreography of ever-more tiny beings that inhabit the soil, a largely unknown place that holds one of the keys to life on earth.” – Jo Pearl |