Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies
4 – 17 July 2025
Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.
The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.
After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.
Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30
Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies
4 – 17 July 2025
Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.
The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.
After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.
Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30
Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies
4 – 17 July 2025
Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.
The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.
After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.
Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30
Exhibition at Highgate Gallery: Fates and Furies
4 – 17 July 2025
Vivien Thomason is a consummate colourist. She drips, swirls, layers and streams colour sometimes balanced and harmonious, sometimes menacing and unexpected. Her abstract works are a clear statement about the power of colour to energise our senses and feed our thoughts and fantasies.
The traumas of the earth and the rage of long-forgotten victims are all recurring themes. Unashamedly gothic, Vivien often incorporates apocalyptic figures storming from the canvas like ‘Furies’ on a quest to avenge the injustices and misogyny of the world. Vivien also re-works Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings, reclaiming the exploited young women as empowered ‘witches’, no longer weak or submissive. Other compositions include ‘maps’ of the sea and land incorporating bird and animal motifs, ‘necklace’ paintings with large carved beads layered over mourning ‘figures’, lost in lament. Regardless of the dramatic themes, touches of humour are also in evidence. Her paintings are rendered and dripped in liquid acrylics.
After a lengthy career in fashion, Vivien picked up her paints and poured her passions onto canvas. Her career made her profoundly aware how colour can appeal and affect mood. It also clarified how women are treated and often exploited in the industry. After years of faster and faster fashion, Vivien seeks to make amends by creating work that references the state of our world today and the climate catastrophe.
Gallery times: Wednesdays to Fridays 13:00-17:00,
Saturdays & Sundays 10:00-16:00
Mondays & Tuesdays Closed
Private View: Friday 04 July 2025 18:00-20:30
Wilma Johnson
Ghosts of the Madruga
12 – 25 September
The Madrugada – the time between midnight and dawn when barriers between
the worlds are fragile and dreams and reality mingle.
Wilma Johnson creates vivid dreamscapes in which real people cross paths
with goddesses, gorgons and mythological creatures.
Many are set in her childhood home in Highgate which was destroyed by fire
– the spirit of the house has presence of its own.
Highgate Gallery. Wilma Johnson: Ghosts of the Madrugada will be open:
Friday 12 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 13 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 14 September: : 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 17 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 18 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 19 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 20 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 21 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 24 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 25 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Wilma Johnson
Ghosts of the Madruga
12 – 25 September
The Madrugada – the time between midnight and dawn when barriers between
the worlds are fragile and dreams and reality mingle.
Wilma Johnson creates vivid dreamscapes in which real people cross paths
with goddesses, gorgons and mythological creatures.
Many are set in her childhood home in Highgate which was destroyed by fire
– the spirit of the house has presence of its own.
Highgate Gallery. Wilma Johnson: Ghosts of the Madrugada will be open:
Friday 12 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 13 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 14 September: : 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 17 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 18 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 19 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 20 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 21 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 24 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 25 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Wilma Johnson
Ghosts of the Madruga
12 – 25 September
The Madrugada – the time between midnight and dawn when barriers between
the worlds are fragile and dreams and reality mingle.
Wilma Johnson creates vivid dreamscapes in which real people cross paths
with goddesses, gorgons and mythological creatures.
Many are set in her childhood home in Highgate which was destroyed by fire
– the spirit of the house has presence of its own.
Highgate Gallery. Wilma Johnson: Ghosts of the Madrugada will be open:
Friday 12 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 13 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 14 September: : 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 17 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 18 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 19 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 20 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 21 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 24 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 25 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Wilma Johnson
Ghosts of the Madruga
12 – 25 September
The Madrugada – the time between midnight and dawn when barriers between
the worlds are fragile and dreams and reality mingle.
Wilma Johnson creates vivid dreamscapes in which real people cross paths
with goddesses, gorgons and mythological creatures.
Many are set in her childhood home in Highgate which was destroyed by fire
– the spirit of the house has presence of its own.
Highgate Gallery. Wilma Johnson: Ghosts of the Madrugada will be open:
Friday 12 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 13 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 14 September: : 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 17 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 18 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 19 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 20 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 21 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 24 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 25 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Wilma Johnson
Ghosts of the Madruga
12 – 25 September
The Madrugada – the time between midnight and dawn when barriers between
the worlds are fragile and dreams and reality mingle.
Wilma Johnson creates vivid dreamscapes in which real people cross paths
with goddesses, gorgons and mythological creatures.
Many are set in her childhood home in Highgate which was destroyed by fire
– the spirit of the house has presence of its own.
Highgate Gallery. Wilma Johnson: Ghosts of the Madrugada will be open:
Friday 12 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 13 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 14 September: : 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 17 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 18 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 19 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 20 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 21 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 24 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 25 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Wilma Johnson
Ghosts of the Madruga
12 – 25 September
The Madrugada – the time between midnight and dawn when barriers between
the worlds are fragile and dreams and reality mingle.
Wilma Johnson creates vivid dreamscapes in which real people cross paths
with goddesses, gorgons and mythological creatures.
Many are set in her childhood home in Highgate which was destroyed by fire
– the spirit of the house has presence of its own.
Highgate Gallery. Wilma Johnson: Ghosts of the Madrugada will be open:
Friday 12 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 13 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 14 September: : 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 17 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 18 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 19 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 20 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 21 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 24 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 25 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Wilma Johnson
Ghosts of the Madruga
12 – 25 September
The Madrugada – the time between midnight and dawn when barriers between
the worlds are fragile and dreams and reality mingle.
Wilma Johnson creates vivid dreamscapes in which real people cross paths
with goddesses, gorgons and mythological creatures.
Many are set in her childhood home in Highgate which was destroyed by fire
– the spirit of the house has presence of its own.
Highgate Gallery. Wilma Johnson: Ghosts of the Madrugada will be open:
Friday 12 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 13 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 14 September: : 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 17 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 18 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 19 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 20 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 21 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 24 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 25 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Wilma Johnson
Ghosts of the Madruga
12 – 25 September
The Madrugada – the time between midnight and dawn when barriers between
the worlds are fragile and dreams and reality mingle.
Wilma Johnson creates vivid dreamscapes in which real people cross paths
with goddesses, gorgons and mythological creatures.
Many are set in her childhood home in Highgate which was destroyed by fire
– the spirit of the house has presence of its own.
Highgate Gallery. Wilma Johnson: Ghosts of the Madrugada will be open:
Friday 12 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 13 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 14 September: : 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 17 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 18 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 19 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 20 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 21 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 24 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 25 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Wilma Johnson
Ghosts of the Madruga
12 – 25 September
The Madrugada – the time between midnight and dawn when barriers between
the worlds are fragile and dreams and reality mingle.
Wilma Johnson creates vivid dreamscapes in which real people cross paths
with goddesses, gorgons and mythological creatures.
Many are set in her childhood home in Highgate which was destroyed by fire
– the spirit of the house has presence of its own.
Highgate Gallery. Wilma Johnson: Ghosts of the Madrugada will be open:
Friday 12 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 13 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 14 September: : 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 17 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 18 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 19 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 20 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 21 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 24 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 25 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Wilma Johnson
Ghosts of the Madruga
12 – 25 September
The Madrugada – the time between midnight and dawn when barriers between
the worlds are fragile and dreams and reality mingle.
Wilma Johnson creates vivid dreamscapes in which real people cross paths
with goddesses, gorgons and mythological creatures.
Many are set in her childhood home in Highgate which was destroyed by fire
– the spirit of the house has presence of its own.
Highgate Gallery. Wilma Johnson: Ghosts of the Madrugada will be open:
Friday 12 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 13 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 14 September: : 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 17 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 18 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Friday 19 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 20 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Sunday 21 September: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 24 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Thursday 25 September: 13.00 – 17.00
Lesley Dabson: A London Year
10 – 23 October 2025
Lesley Dabson describes herself as a “literal painter”. “When a scene has hooked my attention,
I can’t wait to capture it in oil”. And so it was at our first meeting: within minutes Dabson’s keen eye
has captured shapes, colours, textures; a particular vista or view in and from the HLSI building where
we meet.
In this exhibition, A London Year, Dabson shares city scenes throughout the seasons and in all lights.
She works in oil paint, both in her studio and en plein air directly in front of her subject.
Both practices bring different elements to her work. The immediacy of a changing scene, where
light, tides and weather influence a plein air piece and the calmer atmosphere of her studio where
she can take a more considered approach. “There is no difference in style or brushwork” Dabson
explains,“ but both aspects are important and complementary in my practice”.
Draughtsmanship is fundamental to Dabson’s practice. She is a member of the Hesketh Hubbard
Life Drawing Society, meeting weekly in the Mall Galleries to draw. The professional models, who
live and work in the city choose their own poses; Dabson works at speed and with accuracy. The
studies, primarily in charcoal on textured paper, are included in A London Year.
Dabson has lived in London for over forty years and her work is firmly rooted in the changing
seasons of the city.
In 2024 her work was included in Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, she is an elected member
of Chelsea Art Society and the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists.
For further information:
Artist: Lesley Dabson: www.lesleydabson.co.uk/ Email: lesley.dabson@hotmail.com
Co Ordinator: Trisha Dale, Email: trisha.dale@me.com
Gallery opens: Weds – Frid 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Lesley Dabson: A London Year
10 – 23 October 2025
Lesley Dabson describes herself as a “literal painter”. “When a scene has hooked my attention,
I can’t wait to capture it in oil”. And so it was at our first meeting: within minutes Dabson’s keen eye
has captured shapes, colours, textures; a particular vista or view in and from the HLSI building where
we meet.
In this exhibition, A London Year, Dabson shares city scenes throughout the seasons and in all lights.
She works in oil paint, both in her studio and en plein air directly in front of her subject.
Both practices bring different elements to her work. The immediacy of a changing scene, where
light, tides and weather influence a plein air piece and the calmer atmosphere of her studio where
she can take a more considered approach. “There is no difference in style or brushwork” Dabson
explains,“ but both aspects are important and complementary in my practice”.
Draughtsmanship is fundamental to Dabson’s practice. She is a member of the Hesketh Hubbard
Life Drawing Society, meeting weekly in the Mall Galleries to draw. The professional models, who
live and work in the city choose their own poses; Dabson works at speed and with accuracy. The
studies, primarily in charcoal on textured paper, are included in A London Year.
Dabson has lived in London for over forty years and her work is firmly rooted in the changing
seasons of the city.
In 2024 her work was included in Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, she is an elected member
of Chelsea Art Society and the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists.
For further information:
Artist: Lesley Dabson: www.lesleydabson.co.uk/ Email: lesley.dabson@hotmail.com
Co Ordinator: Trisha Dale, Email: trisha.dale@me.com
Gallery opens: Weds – Frid 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Lesley Dabson: A London Year
10 – 23 October 2025
Lesley Dabson describes herself as a “literal painter”. “When a scene has hooked my attention,
I can’t wait to capture it in oil”. And so it was at our first meeting: within minutes Dabson’s keen eye
has captured shapes, colours, textures; a particular vista or view in and from the HLSI building where
we meet.
In this exhibition, A London Year, Dabson shares city scenes throughout the seasons and in all lights.
She works in oil paint, both in her studio and en plein air directly in front of her subject.
Both practices bring different elements to her work. The immediacy of a changing scene, where
light, tides and weather influence a plein air piece and the calmer atmosphere of her studio where
she can take a more considered approach. “There is no difference in style or brushwork” Dabson
explains,“ but both aspects are important and complementary in my practice”.
Draughtsmanship is fundamental to Dabson’s practice. She is a member of the Hesketh Hubbard
Life Drawing Society, meeting weekly in the Mall Galleries to draw. The professional models, who
live and work in the city choose their own poses; Dabson works at speed and with accuracy. The
studies, primarily in charcoal on textured paper, are included in A London Year.
Dabson has lived in London for over forty years and her work is firmly rooted in the changing
seasons of the city.
In 2024 her work was included in Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, she is an elected member
of Chelsea Art Society and the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists.
For further information:
Artist: Lesley Dabson: www.lesleydabson.co.uk/ Email: lesley.dabson@hotmail.com
Co Ordinator: Trisha Dale, Email: trisha.dale@me.com
Gallery opens: Weds – Frid 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Lesley Dabson: A London Year
10 – 23 October 2025
Lesley Dabson describes herself as a “literal painter”. “When a scene has hooked my attention,
I can’t wait to capture it in oil”. And so it was at our first meeting: within minutes Dabson’s keen eye
has captured shapes, colours, textures; a particular vista or view in and from the HLSI building where
we meet.
In this exhibition, A London Year, Dabson shares city scenes throughout the seasons and in all lights.
She works in oil paint, both in her studio and en plein air directly in front of her subject.
Both practices bring different elements to her work. The immediacy of a changing scene, where
light, tides and weather influence a plein air piece and the calmer atmosphere of her studio where
she can take a more considered approach. “There is no difference in style or brushwork” Dabson
explains,“ but both aspects are important and complementary in my practice”.
Draughtsmanship is fundamental to Dabson’s practice. She is a member of the Hesketh Hubbard
Life Drawing Society, meeting weekly in the Mall Galleries to draw. The professional models, who
live and work in the city choose their own poses; Dabson works at speed and with accuracy. The
studies, primarily in charcoal on textured paper, are included in A London Year.
Dabson has lived in London for over forty years and her work is firmly rooted in the changing
seasons of the city.
In 2024 her work was included in Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, she is an elected member
of Chelsea Art Society and the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists.
For further information:
Artist: Lesley Dabson: www.lesleydabson.co.uk/ Email: lesley.dabson@hotmail.com
Co Ordinator: Trisha Dale, Email: trisha.dale@me.com
Gallery opens: Weds – Frid 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Lesley Dabson: A London Year
10 – 23 October 2025
Lesley Dabson describes herself as a “literal painter”. “When a scene has hooked my attention,
I can’t wait to capture it in oil”. And so it was at our first meeting: within minutes Dabson’s keen eye
has captured shapes, colours, textures; a particular vista or view in and from the HLSI building where
we meet.
In this exhibition, A London Year, Dabson shares city scenes throughout the seasons and in all lights.
She works in oil paint, both in her studio and en plein air directly in front of her subject.
Both practices bring different elements to her work. The immediacy of a changing scene, where
light, tides and weather influence a plein air piece and the calmer atmosphere of her studio where
she can take a more considered approach. “There is no difference in style or brushwork” Dabson
explains,“ but both aspects are important and complementary in my practice”.
Draughtsmanship is fundamental to Dabson’s practice. She is a member of the Hesketh Hubbard
Life Drawing Society, meeting weekly in the Mall Galleries to draw. The professional models, who
live and work in the city choose their own poses; Dabson works at speed and with accuracy. The
studies, primarily in charcoal on textured paper, are included in A London Year.
Dabson has lived in London for over forty years and her work is firmly rooted in the changing
seasons of the city.
In 2024 her work was included in Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, she is an elected member
of Chelsea Art Society and the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists.
For further information:
Artist: Lesley Dabson: www.lesleydabson.co.uk/ Email: lesley.dabson@hotmail.com
Co Ordinator: Trisha Dale, Email: trisha.dale@me.com
Gallery opens: Weds – Frid 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Lesley Dabson: A London Year
10 – 23 October 2025
Lesley Dabson describes herself as a “literal painter”. “When a scene has hooked my attention,
I can’t wait to capture it in oil”. And so it was at our first meeting: within minutes Dabson’s keen eye
has captured shapes, colours, textures; a particular vista or view in and from the HLSI building where
we meet.
In this exhibition, A London Year, Dabson shares city scenes throughout the seasons and in all lights.
She works in oil paint, both in her studio and en plein air directly in front of her subject.
Both practices bring different elements to her work. The immediacy of a changing scene, where
light, tides and weather influence a plein air piece and the calmer atmosphere of her studio where
she can take a more considered approach. “There is no difference in style or brushwork” Dabson
explains,“ but both aspects are important and complementary in my practice”.
Draughtsmanship is fundamental to Dabson’s practice. She is a member of the Hesketh Hubbard
Life Drawing Society, meeting weekly in the Mall Galleries to draw. The professional models, who
live and work in the city choose their own poses; Dabson works at speed and with accuracy. The
studies, primarily in charcoal on textured paper, are included in A London Year.
Dabson has lived in London for over forty years and her work is firmly rooted in the changing
seasons of the city.
In 2024 her work was included in Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, she is an elected member
of Chelsea Art Society and the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists.
For further information:
Artist: Lesley Dabson: www.lesleydabson.co.uk/ Email: lesley.dabson@hotmail.com
Co Ordinator: Trisha Dale, Email: trisha.dale@me.com
Gallery opens: Weds – Frid 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Lesley Dabson: A London Year
10 – 23 October 2025
Lesley Dabson describes herself as a “literal painter”. “When a scene has hooked my attention,
I can’t wait to capture it in oil”. And so it was at our first meeting: within minutes Dabson’s keen eye
has captured shapes, colours, textures; a particular vista or view in and from the HLSI building where
we meet.
In this exhibition, A London Year, Dabson shares city scenes throughout the seasons and in all lights.
She works in oil paint, both in her studio and en plein air directly in front of her subject.
Both practices bring different elements to her work. The immediacy of a changing scene, where
light, tides and weather influence a plein air piece and the calmer atmosphere of her studio where
she can take a more considered approach. “There is no difference in style or brushwork” Dabson
explains,“ but both aspects are important and complementary in my practice”.
Draughtsmanship is fundamental to Dabson’s practice. She is a member of the Hesketh Hubbard
Life Drawing Society, meeting weekly in the Mall Galleries to draw. The professional models, who
live and work in the city choose their own poses; Dabson works at speed and with accuracy. The
studies, primarily in charcoal on textured paper, are included in A London Year.
Dabson has lived in London for over forty years and her work is firmly rooted in the changing
seasons of the city.
In 2024 her work was included in Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, she is an elected member
of Chelsea Art Society and the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists.
For further information:
Artist: Lesley Dabson: www.lesleydabson.co.uk/ Email: lesley.dabson@hotmail.com
Co Ordinator: Trisha Dale, Email: trisha.dale@me.com
Gallery opens: Weds – Frid 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Lesley Dabson: A London Year
10 – 23 October 2025
Lesley Dabson describes herself as a “literal painter”. “When a scene has hooked my attention,
I can’t wait to capture it in oil”. And so it was at our first meeting: within minutes Dabson’s keen eye
has captured shapes, colours, textures; a particular vista or view in and from the HLSI building where
we meet.
In this exhibition, A London Year, Dabson shares city scenes throughout the seasons and in all lights.
She works in oil paint, both in her studio and en plein air directly in front of her subject.
Both practices bring different elements to her work. The immediacy of a changing scene, where
light, tides and weather influence a plein air piece and the calmer atmosphere of her studio where
she can take a more considered approach. “There is no difference in style or brushwork” Dabson
explains,“ but both aspects are important and complementary in my practice”.
Draughtsmanship is fundamental to Dabson’s practice. She is a member of the Hesketh Hubbard
Life Drawing Society, meeting weekly in the Mall Galleries to draw. The professional models, who
live and work in the city choose their own poses; Dabson works at speed and with accuracy. The
studies, primarily in charcoal on textured paper, are included in A London Year.
Dabson has lived in London for over forty years and her work is firmly rooted in the changing
seasons of the city.
In 2024 her work was included in Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, she is an elected member
of Chelsea Art Society and the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists.
For further information:
Artist: Lesley Dabson: www.lesleydabson.co.uk/ Email: lesley.dabson@hotmail.com
Co Ordinator: Trisha Dale, Email: trisha.dale@me.com
Gallery opens: Weds – Frid 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Lesley Dabson: A London Year
10 – 23 October 2025
Lesley Dabson describes herself as a “literal painter”. “When a scene has hooked my attention,
I can’t wait to capture it in oil”. And so it was at our first meeting: within minutes Dabson’s keen eye
has captured shapes, colours, textures; a particular vista or view in and from the HLSI building where
we meet.
In this exhibition, A London Year, Dabson shares city scenes throughout the seasons and in all lights.
She works in oil paint, both in her studio and en plein air directly in front of her subject.
Both practices bring different elements to her work. The immediacy of a changing scene, where
light, tides and weather influence a plein air piece and the calmer atmosphere of her studio where
she can take a more considered approach. “There is no difference in style or brushwork” Dabson
explains,“ but both aspects are important and complementary in my practice”.
Draughtsmanship is fundamental to Dabson’s practice. She is a member of the Hesketh Hubbard
Life Drawing Society, meeting weekly in the Mall Galleries to draw. The professional models, who
live and work in the city choose their own poses; Dabson works at speed and with accuracy. The
studies, primarily in charcoal on textured paper, are included in A London Year.
Dabson has lived in London for over forty years and her work is firmly rooted in the changing
seasons of the city.
In 2024 her work was included in Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, she is an elected member
of Chelsea Art Society and the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists.
For further information:
Artist: Lesley Dabson: www.lesleydabson.co.uk/ Email: lesley.dabson@hotmail.com
Co Ordinator: Trisha Dale, Email: trisha.dale@me.com
Gallery opens: Weds – Frid 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Lesley Dabson: A London Year
10 – 23 October 2025
Lesley Dabson describes herself as a “literal painter”. “When a scene has hooked my attention,
I can’t wait to capture it in oil”. And so it was at our first meeting: within minutes Dabson’s keen eye
has captured shapes, colours, textures; a particular vista or view in and from the HLSI building where
we meet.
In this exhibition, A London Year, Dabson shares city scenes throughout the seasons and in all lights.
She works in oil paint, both in her studio and en plein air directly in front of her subject.
Both practices bring different elements to her work. The immediacy of a changing scene, where
light, tides and weather influence a plein air piece and the calmer atmosphere of her studio where
she can take a more considered approach. “There is no difference in style or brushwork” Dabson
explains,“ but both aspects are important and complementary in my practice”.
Draughtsmanship is fundamental to Dabson’s practice. She is a member of the Hesketh Hubbard
Life Drawing Society, meeting weekly in the Mall Galleries to draw. The professional models, who
live and work in the city choose their own poses; Dabson works at speed and with accuracy. The
studies, primarily in charcoal on textured paper, are included in A London Year.
Dabson has lived in London for over forty years and her work is firmly rooted in the changing
seasons of the city.
In 2024 her work was included in Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, she is an elected member
of Chelsea Art Society and the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists.
For further information:
Artist: Lesley Dabson: www.lesleydabson.co.uk/ Email: lesley.dabson@hotmail.com
Co Ordinator: Trisha Dale, Email: trisha.dale@me.com
Gallery opens: Weds – Frid 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.
The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.
Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:
Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.
The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.
Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:
Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.
The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.
Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:
Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.
The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.
Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:
Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.
The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.
Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:
Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.
The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.
Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:
Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.
The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.
Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:
Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.
The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.
Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:
Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.
The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.
Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:
Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Highgate Gallery in conjunction with The Wolf Collective is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by acclaimed British artist Adrian Hemming.
This exhibition brings together a significant body of work spanning Hemming’s decades-long career,
including oil paintings, prints, drawings, and watercolours.
Known for his meditative landscapes and luminous handling of colour, Hemming’s practice invites viewers
to reflect on how memory shapes perception—and how the land itself becomes a repository of both
personal and collective experience.
The Shape of Memory engages deeply with themes drawn from cultural history and philosophy.
Echoing Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory, the exhibition explores landscape not merely
as a backdrop, but as a force through which identity, myth, and memory are forged. Hemming’s
work also resonates with both Nietzsche and Proust’s reflections on conscious remembering in the
body, where memory is not only stored in the mind but experienced viscerally—through rhythm,
sensation, and image.
As noted in the late Professor Denis Cosgrove’s essay on Hemming, his landscapes are “charged with the
geography of emotion,” operating between place and psyche. Hemming’s canvases often blur the boundary
between inner and outer worlds, rendering terrain that is at once real and remembered, abstract and intimate.
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to engage with the full emotional and intellectual range of
Hemming’s work—a practice deeply rooted in the poetics of place and the subtle architectures of memory.
Adrian Hemming at Highgate Gallery opening times:
Friday 14 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 November: 10.00 – 16.00
Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November: 13.00 – 17.00
Handmade In Highgate, the Winter/Christmas fairs 2025
28 – 30 November 2025
This year Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution will be hosting 2 Christmas/Winter fairs back to back.
Each show will feature different designer/makers and artists, with the exceptions being our resident artisan baker The Two Shuks and brilliant horticulturists John Cullen Gardens.
As ever we are overwhelmed with amazingly talented makers in all disciplines. Expect some of the Uk’s finest glass makers, artists, jewellers, ceramicists, paper and textile artists: makers working in all disciplines and all price ranges.
Handmade In Highgate also offers visitors the opportunity to look around the beautiful, historic , normally closed to the public Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution (HLSI). Founded in 1839, the HLSI was established to deliver arts and sciences through the provision of lectures, classes a library and gallery. Still in operation, the HLSI is now also a membership building.
Located in the heart of Highgate Village, entry to Handmade in Highgate is always free, and everyone is welcome.
Handmade in Highgate will take place on:
Friday 28 November: 5pm -8pm
Saturday 29 November: 10am – 6pm
Sunday 30 November: 11am 0- 5pm
Handmade In Highgate, the Winter/Christmas fairs 2025
28 – 30 November 2025
This year Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution will be hosting 2 Christmas/Winter fairs back to back.
Each show will feature different designer/makers and artists, with the exceptions being our resident artisan baker The Two Shuks and brilliant horticulturists John Cullen Gardens.
As ever we are overwhelmed with amazingly talented makers in all disciplines. Expect some of the Uk’s finest glass makers, artists, jewellers, ceramicists, paper and textile artists: makers working in all disciplines and all price ranges.
Handmade In Highgate also offers visitors the opportunity to look around the beautiful, historic , normally closed to the public Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution (HLSI). Founded in 1839, the HLSI was established to deliver arts and sciences through the provision of lectures, classes a library and gallery. Still in operation, the HLSI is now also a membership building.
Located in the heart of Highgate Village, entry to Handmade in Highgate is always free, and everyone is welcome.
Handmade in Highgate will take place on:
Friday 28 November: 5pm -8pm
Saturday 29 November: 10am – 6pm
Sunday 30 November: 11am 0- 5pm
Handmade In Highgate, the Winter/Christmas fairs 2025
28 – 30 November 2025
This year Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution will be hosting 2 Christmas/Winter fairs back to back.
Each show will feature different designer/makers and artists, with the exceptions being our resident artisan baker The Two Shuks and brilliant horticulturists John Cullen Gardens.
As ever we are overwhelmed with amazingly talented makers in all disciplines. Expect some of the Uk’s finest glass makers, artists, jewellers, ceramicists, paper and textile artists: makers working in all disciplines and all price ranges.
Handmade In Highgate also offers visitors the opportunity to look around the beautiful, historic , normally closed to the public Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution (HLSI). Founded in 1839, the HLSI was established to deliver arts and sciences through the provision of lectures, classes a library and gallery. Still in operation, the HLSI is now also a membership building.
Located in the heart of Highgate Village, entry to Handmade in Highgate is always free, and everyone is welcome.
Handmade in Highgate will take place on:
Friday 28 November: 5pm -8pm
Saturday 29 November: 10am – 6pm
Sunday 30 November: 11am 0- 5pm
Handmade In Highgate, the Winter/Christmas fairs 2025
This year Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution will be hosting 2 Christmas/Winter fairs back to back.
Each show will feature different designer/makers and artists, with the exceptions being our resident artisan baker The Two Shuks and brilliant horticulturists
John Cullen Gardens.
As ever we are overwhelmed with amazingly talented makers in all disciplines. Expect some of the Uk’s finest glass makers, artists, jewellers, ceramicists, paper and textile artists: makers working in all disciplines and all price ranges.
Handmade In Highgate also offers visitors the opportunity
to look around the beautiful, historic , normally closed to the public Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution (HLSI). Founded in 1839, the HLSI was established to deliver arts and sciences through the provision of lectures, classes a library and gallery. Still in operation, the HLSI is now also a membership building.
Located in the heart of Highgate Village, entry to Handmade in Highgate is always free, and everyone is welcome.
Handmade In Highgate will be open:
Friday 5 December: 5pm -8pm
Saturday 6 December: 10am – 6pm
Sunday 7 December: 11am – 5pm
Handmade In Highgate, the Winter/Christmas fairs 2025
This year Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution will be hosting 2 Christmas/Winter fairs back to back.
Each show will feature different designer/makers and artists, with the exceptions being our resident artisan baker The Two Shuks and brilliant horticulturists
John Cullen Gardens.
As ever we are overwhelmed with amazingly talented makers in all disciplines. Expect some of the Uk’s finest glass makers, artists, jewellers, ceramicists, paper and textile artists: makers working in all disciplines and all price ranges.
Handmade In Highgate also offers visitors the opportunity
to look around the beautiful, historic , normally closed to the public Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution (HLSI). Founded in 1839, the HLSI was established to deliver arts and sciences through the provision of lectures, classes a library and gallery. Still in operation, the HLSI is now also a membership building.
Located in the heart of Highgate Village, entry to Handmade in Highgate is always free, and everyone is welcome.
Handmade In Highgate will be open:
Friday 5 December: 5pm -8pm
Saturday 6 December: 10am – 6pm
Sunday 7 December: 11am – 5pm
Handmade In Highgate, the Winter/Christmas fairs 2025
This year Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution will be hosting 2 Christmas/Winter fairs back to back.
Each show will feature different designer/makers and artists, with the exceptions being our resident artisan baker The Two Shuks and brilliant horticulturists
John Cullen Gardens.
As ever we are overwhelmed with amazingly talented makers in all disciplines. Expect some of the Uk’s finest glass makers, artists, jewellers, ceramicists, paper and textile artists: makers working in all disciplines and all price ranges.
Handmade In Highgate also offers visitors the opportunity
to look around the beautiful, historic , normally closed to the public Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution (HLSI). Founded in 1839, the HLSI was established to deliver arts and sciences through the provision of lectures, classes a library and gallery. Still in operation, the HLSI is now also a membership building.
Located in the heart of Highgate Village, entry to Handmade in Highgate is always free, and everyone is welcome.
Handmade In Highgate will be open:
Friday 5 December: 5pm -8pm
Saturday 6 December: 10am – 6pm
Sunday 7 December: 11am – 5pm