“Artichokes”
This exhibition celebrates the life and work of Judith Downie (1934-2016), Kentish Town painter, etcher, teacher and cook.
Judith was born in Ashington, Northumberland and studied painting and etching at King’s College, Newcastle in the 1950s, under Lawrence Gowing, Richard Hamilton and Victor Pasmore. This was at the time when Newcastle was pioneering the famous ‘Basic Design’ course, which created a revolution in art education in the UK. Judith went on to teach at Newcastle before going to Paris to work at SW Hayter’s etching studio, Atelier 17.
After leaving Art School, Judith lived and worked in Paris, London and New York. She taught at Leicester Polytechnic and Chelsea School of Art. In 1968 she and her friend Zena Flax established a group of printmakers in North London, called Printers Inc, holding annual exhibitions of their work. In retirement Judith continued to teach etching from her home in Kentish Town – her kitchen famously was dominated by her large etching press which doubled as a kitchen counter.
Judith’s early work was largely abstract and concerned with process, but counter-intuitively became increasingly figurative as her natural pre-occupation with landscape, animals and food re-asserted itself. Her later work expresses her life-long obsession with drawing, form, pattern and technique while anchoring itself explicitly in her day-to-day life and cultural influences.
Her love of animals began in childhood; after retiring from teaching she owned a pet shop, and for the last twenty years of her life she lived with a tyrannical ‘free range’ cockatiel called ‘Beaky’, who features prominently in her work, along with the pets of friends and other animals that caught her eye; all were closely observed. Food was the other lifelong passion, which increasingly found expression in both her etching and painting. Judith was a semi-professional cook and generous host who owned over 1000 cookery books; the place food occupies in her work expresses the excitement of her post-war generation newly brought into contact with French and Mediterranean cooking. Just as Cezanne was a continuous reference point in her painting, so Elizabeth David was her touchstone in cooking. Her etching ‘Homage to Elizabeth David’, which depicts both the casserole belonging to David, which Judith bought at auction, and her well-used copy of French Provincial Cooking, perfectly captures both these influences.
‘I paint and etch the things I live with, like and eat, as I need to gaze at them for a long time. Richard Gregory (he of ‘The Eye and the Brain’) says that painting is impossible, but I think of figurative painting as more like magic. It is wonderful that some brush, pencil or ink marks on a flat surface can vividly conjure up the three-dimensional world. It is magic to look at paint and feel the weight of an apple, to know that brush-marks are brush-marks, but to see in them the distance between solid objects or between trees and hills. The complexity of perception is a mystery and the ultimate subject matter.’
All work will be for sale.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays. Exhibition continues until 16 May.
The highly anticipated UK and European Premiere of Off-Broadway smash-hit comedy musical The Marvelous Wonderettes is being produced at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village, from 9 April until 12 May 2019, with Press Night on 11 April 2019 at 7.30pm.
Written and created by Roger Bean, the multi-award winning show opened in New York at the Waterside Theatre in 2008 to outstanding critical acclaim. It takes a cotton-candied musical trip down memory lane to the 1958 Springfield High School Prom, where we meet The Wonderettes: four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts. The show follows their lives and loves from Prom Night to their 10-year Reunion.
This musical features over thirty hit songs from the 1950s and 1960s by artists such as Aretha Franklin, Neil Sedaka, Connie Francis and Dusty Springfield, including “Stupid Cupid”, “Son of a Preacher Man”, “I Only Wanna be with You”, “Secret Love”, “Lipstick on your Collar”, “Respect”, “Rescue Me”, “Dream Lover” and “Heatwave”.
Casting and Creative Team to be announced. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainment.
Tickets are now on sale from the Box Office at Upstairs at the Gatehouse on 020 8340 3488 or online at www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com. Performances run Tuesday to Saturday at 7.30pm and Sunday at 4.00pm.
You can find The Marvelous Wonderettes on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @WonderettesLDN.
This exhibition celebrates the life and work of Judith Downie (1934-2016), Kentish Town painter, etcher, teacher and cook.
Judith was born in Ashington, Northumberland and studied painting and etching at King’s College, Newcastle in the 1950s, under Lawrence Gowing, Richard Hamilton and Victor Pasmore. This was at the time when Newcastle was pioneering the famous ‘Basic Design’ course, which created a revolution in art education in the UK. Judith went on to teach at Newcastle before going to Paris to work at SW Hayter’s etching studio, Atelier 17.
After leaving Art School, Judith lived and worked in Paris, London and New York. She taught at Leicester Polytechnic and Chelsea School of Art. In 1968 she and her friend Zena Flax established a group of printmakers in North London, called Printers Inc, holding annual exhibitions of their work. In retirement Judith continued to teach etching from her home in Kentish Town – her kitchen famously was dominated by her large etching press which doubled as a kitchen counter.
Judith’s early work was largely abstract and concerned with process, but counter-intuitively became increasingly figurative as her natural pre-occupation with landscape, animals and food re-asserted itself. Her later work expresses her life-long obsession with drawing, form, pattern and technique while anchoring itself explicitly in her day-to-day life and cultural influences.
Her love of animals began in childhood; after retiring from teaching she owned a pet shop, and for the last twenty years of her life she lived with a tyrannical ‘free range’ cockatiel called ‘Beaky’, who features prominently in her work, along with the pets of friends and other animals that caught her eye; all were closely observed. Food was the other lifelong passion, which increasingly found expression in both her etching and painting. Judith was a semi-professional cook and generous host who owned over 1000 cookery books; the place food occupies in her work expresses the excitement of her post-war generation newly brought into contact with French and Mediterranean cooking. Just as Cezanne was a continuous reference point in her painting, so Elizabeth David was her touchstone in cooking. Her etching ‘Homage to Elizabeth David’, which depicts both the casserole belonging to David, which Judith bought at auction, and her well-used copy of French Provincial Cooking, perfectly captures both these influences.
‘I paint and etch the things I live with, like and eat, as I need to gaze at them for a long time. Richard Gregory (he of ‘The Eye and the Brain’) says that painting is impossible, but I think of figurative painting as more like magic. It is wonderful that some brush, pencil or ink marks on a flat surface can vividly conjure up the three-dimensional world. It is magic to look at paint and feel the weight of an apple, to know that brush-marks are brush-marks, but to see in them the distance between solid objects or between trees and hills. The complexity of perception is a mystery and the ultimate subject matter.’
All work will be for sale.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays. Exhibition continues until 16 May.
The highly anticipated UK and European Premiere of Off-Broadway smash-hit comedy musical The Marvelous Wonderettes is being produced at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village, from 9 April until 12 May 2019, with Press Night on 11 April 2019 at 7.30pm.
Written and created by Roger Bean, the multi-award winning show opened in New York at the Waterside Theatre in 2008 to outstanding critical acclaim. It takes a cotton-candied musical trip down memory lane to the 1958 Springfield High School Prom, where we meet The Wonderettes: four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts. The show follows their lives and loves from Prom Night to their 10-year Reunion.
This musical features over thirty hit songs from the 1950s and 1960s by artists such as Aretha Franklin, Neil Sedaka, Connie Francis and Dusty Springfield, including “Stupid Cupid”, “Son of a Preacher Man”, “I Only Wanna be with You”, “Secret Love”, “Lipstick on your Collar”, “Respect”, “Rescue Me”, “Dream Lover” and “Heatwave”.
Casting and Creative Team to be announced. The production is produced by Joseph Hodges Entertainment.
Tickets are now on sale from the Box Office at Upstairs at the Gatehouse on 020 8340 3488 or online at www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com. Performances run Tuesday to Saturday at 7.30pm and Sunday at 4.00pm.
You can find The Marvelous Wonderettes on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @WonderettesLDN.
We are now taking bookings for the Summer 2019 term of Portraiture & Figure Drawing!
Working from a live model, this class is aimed at artists of all levels, including beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills in portraiture and figure drawing. Taught by our experienced art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this course looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on drawing a single pose.
Materials will be provided.
The cost for the entire term is £205 (concessions £185).
The class is suitable for beginners and is friendly and inclusive. Style is Hatha yoga with various influences – gentle, but still delivering strength and flexibility. Come and try a class to enhance your sense of wellbeing, release stress and tension and to experience deep relaxation. Mats provided, free parking (for now, but check signs!) no need to book – just turn up. The class is in the beautiful church – it’s set back a bit and has big blue doors. The class is mixed level/mixed ability/mixed age. I am a registered BWY teacher and fully insured. For more info about me/my yoga, have a look at my website
“Artichokes”
This exhibition celebrates the life and work of Judith Downie (1934-2016), Kentish Town painter, etcher, teacher and cook.
Judith was born in Ashington, Northumberland and studied painting and etching at King’s College, Newcastle in the 1950s, under Lawrence Gowing, Richard Hamilton and Victor Pasmore. This was at the time when Newcastle was pioneering the famous ‘Basic Design’ course, which created a revolution in art education in the UK. Judith went on to teach at Newcastle before going to Paris to work at SW Hayter’s etching studio, Atelier 17.
After leaving Art School, Judith lived and worked in Paris, London and New York. She taught at Leicester Polytechnic and Chelsea School of Art. In 1968 she and her friend Zena Flax established a group of printmakers in North London, called Printers Inc, holding annual exhibitions of their work. In retirement Judith continued to teach etching from her home in Kentish Town – her kitchen famously was dominated by her large etching press which doubled as a kitchen counter.
Judith’s early work was largely abstract and concerned with process, but counter-intuitively became increasingly figurative as her natural pre-occupation with landscape, animals and food re-asserted itself. Her later work expresses her life-long obsession with drawing, form, pattern and technique while anchoring itself explicitly in her day-to-day life and cultural influences.
Her love of animals began in childhood; after retiring from teaching she owned a pet shop, and for the last twenty years of her life she lived with a tyrannical ‘free range’ cockatiel called ‘Beaky’, who features prominently in her work, along with the pets of friends and other animals that caught her eye; all were closely observed. Food was the other lifelong passion, which increasingly found expression in both her etching and painting. Judith was a semi-professional cook and generous host who owned over 1000 cookery books; the place food occupies in her work expresses the excitement of her post-war generation newly brought into contact with French and Mediterranean cooking. Just as Cezanne was a continuous reference point in her painting, so Elizabeth David was her touchstone in cooking. Her etching ‘Homage to Elizabeth David’, which depicts both the casserole belonging to David, which Judith bought at auction, and her well-used copy of French Provincial Cooking, perfectly captures both these influences.
‘I paint and etch the things I live with, like and eat, as I need to gaze at them for a long time. Richard Gregory (he of ‘The Eye and the Brain’) says that painting is impossible, but I think of figurative painting as more like magic. It is wonderful that some brush, pencil or ink marks on a flat surface can vividly conjure up the three-dimensional world. It is magic to look at paint and feel the weight of an apple, to know that brush-marks are brush-marks, but to see in them the distance between solid objects or between trees and hills. The complexity of perception is a mystery and the ultimate subject matter.’
All work will be for sale.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays. Exhibition continues until 16 May.
SingingTreeYoga New /Fun / Yoga Classes For Children at United Reformed Church – Pond Sq Chapel in the heart of Highgate Village. 3.45pm – 4.45pm . Ages 4 – 10/12. Join other local children to have fun with learning a classical form of Iyengar Yoga in the Church Hall – Warm / Comfortable / Reception area/ suitable for mothers with babies also. Early -Bird sign ups Receive 20% discount on Term. email Kirsty singingtreeyoga1@gmail.com or call 07951584460 for bookings & more info. Namaste 🕊🧘🏼♀️
How Many Yogis KIDS yoga classes:
Specialised sessions focussing on the benefits of yoga, mindfulness and meditation for children, aiding their physical, intellectual, social,
emotional and spiritual development.
We meet the children where they are and take them on a yoga adventure,
incl. story telling and movement.
Summer Term Dates at Highgate Library
Block 1: Friday 26-Apr, Tuesdays 30-Apr, 07-May, 14-May and 21-May
2019
Block 2: Tuesdays 04-Jun, 11-Jun, 18-Jun, 25-Jun and 02-Jul 2019
Online Booking:
www.howmanyyogis.com/booking
– 5 classes @ £30
– drop in rate £8
– class starts 4pm
– duration 45 mins
Yoga Teacher Sytske Kamstra
is DBS checked (Enhanced), Certified 200+ hrs RYT, insured via YogaAlliance UK & has completed the YogaBeez Foundation Course, currently regulary assisting at Forest School
For more information: HighgateCal@howmanyyogis.com
– Please contact us to discuss younger children (from age 3) joining the class before booking for them.
– Please arrive 10 mins early so we can start & finish the class on time
– Parents are welcome to wait downstairs in the library
– Comfortable clothes, layers
– Please bring a (basic) yoga mat, we will have a couple of spares but it is nice for a child to have their own mat to start developing a practice at home. Alternatively a towel to start creating a personal space in the class.
We are now taking bookings for the Summer 2019 term of Still Life – Introductory Art.
This weekly class offers both beginners and developing students the chance to explore their creative potential in drawing, focusing mainly on Still Life. During the term the class will explore essential drawing techniques – observation, perspective, negative spaces, mark-making and composition.
Taught by art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this is a general art course suitable for anyone looking to expand and practice their skill set. An informal, friendly and loosely structured class, Introductory Art allows participants to explore the areas and techniques that they find most useful.
The cost for the entire term is £205 (concessions £185).
“Artichokes”
This exhibition celebrates the life and work of Judith Downie (1934-2016), Kentish Town painter, etcher, teacher and cook.
Judith was born in Ashington, Northumberland and studied painting and etching at King’s College, Newcastle in the 1950s, under Lawrence Gowing, Richard Hamilton and Victor Pasmore. This was at the time when Newcastle was pioneering the famous ‘Basic Design’ course, which created a revolution in art education in the UK. Judith went on to teach at Newcastle before going to Paris to work at SW Hayter’s etching studio, Atelier 17.
After leaving Art School, Judith lived and worked in Paris, London and New York. She taught at Leicester Polytechnic and Chelsea School of Art. In 1968 she and her friend Zena Flax established a group of printmakers in North London, called Printers Inc, holding annual exhibitions of their work. In retirement Judith continued to teach etching from her home in Kentish Town – her kitchen famously was dominated by her large etching press which doubled as a kitchen counter.
Judith’s early work was largely abstract and concerned with process, but counter-intuitively became increasingly figurative as her natural pre-occupation with landscape, animals and food re-asserted itself. Her later work expresses her life-long obsession with drawing, form, pattern and technique while anchoring itself explicitly in her day-to-day life and cultural influences.
Her love of animals began in childhood; after retiring from teaching she owned a pet shop, and for the last twenty years of her life she lived with a tyrannical ‘free range’ cockatiel called ‘Beaky’, who features prominently in her work, along with the pets of friends and other animals that caught her eye; all were closely observed. Food was the other lifelong passion, which increasingly found expression in both her etching and painting. Judith was a semi-professional cook and generous host who owned over 1000 cookery books; the place food occupies in her work expresses the excitement of her post-war generation newly brought into contact with French and Mediterranean cooking. Just as Cezanne was a continuous reference point in her painting, so Elizabeth David was her touchstone in cooking. Her etching ‘Homage to Elizabeth David’, which depicts both the casserole belonging to David, which Judith bought at auction, and her well-used copy of French Provincial Cooking, perfectly captures both these influences.
‘I paint and etch the things I live with, like and eat, as I need to gaze at them for a long time. Richard Gregory (he of ‘The Eye and the Brain’) says that painting is impossible, but I think of figurative painting as more like magic. It is wonderful that some brush, pencil or ink marks on a flat surface can vividly conjure up the three-dimensional world. It is magic to look at paint and feel the weight of an apple, to know that brush-marks are brush-marks, but to see in them the distance between solid objects or between trees and hills. The complexity of perception is a mystery and the ultimate subject matter.’
All work will be for sale.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays. Exhibition continues until 16 May.
We are excited to announce that Doodle Arts will be continuing its art classes for the Summer Term at Jacksons Lane in Highgate every Wednesday 4-5 pm.
All sessions are specifically design to help children develop their artistic skills and knowledge by using a combination of mediums and techniques such as painting, drawing and printmaking. Drawing inspiration from contemporary artists as well as the great masters and the History of Art we will be exploring fundamental notions in fine art like composition, prospective, tone and texture while at the same time encouraging creative thinking and imagination and most importantly having fun!
Starting date: 24th April – 17th July 2019 ( excluding half term week starting 27th May).
Participation fee: £144 for 12 sessions / Family offer: £230 for 2 siblings
Limited spaces. To reserve a space please contact Anastasia Mina on 07510898430 or email doodlecreativeactivities@gmail.com
All bookings and payments for the Summer Term should be made by Friday 19th April.
The May Music Hall Show features Tommy Parsons, Barbara Kealy, Sheila Miller, Martin Nail and Mike Francis, with Pamela Mundy in the Chair and Derek Marcus at the piano. We hope the audience will join in the choruses!
Iyengar Yoga Thursday Morning Classes for Adults / Beginners / Experienced /Newbies. Pond Square Chapel hall is Light /Bright/ Warm space with Wooden floors. Blocks, Straps, Blankets, Chairs provided. Kirsty is a IYANZ qualified Yoga teacher with 18 years Performing Arts experience. Gives you a relaxing / rejuvenating / integrated class. Bring a friend and sign up to receive 20% Early-Bird discount. Sign-Up Full Summer Term £96 Includes 20% Discount. Or drop-in £10 a class.
We are now taking bookings for the Summer Term of our Painting with Watercolours and Acrylics art course.
This class is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics of two wonderful paint mediums; how to mix, blend and layer watercolour and how to apply acrylic. Explore how to make dynamic compositions that produce interesting paintings using still Life, photographs and sketches as inspiration.
On warm days in the Spring and Summer, this class is sometimes taught outside, taking advantage of the stunning scenery of Waterlow Park.
Our art tutor, Sharon Finmark, lives in North London and studied at Central St. Martins School of Art. She has had several books published on painting and drawing.
The cost for the entire term is £225 (concessions £205).
“Artichokes”
This exhibition celebrates the life and work of Judith Downie (1934-2016), Kentish Town painter, etcher, teacher and cook.
Judith was born in Ashington, Northumberland and studied painting and etching at King’s College, Newcastle in the 1950s, under Lawrence Gowing, Richard Hamilton and Victor Pasmore. This was at the time when Newcastle was pioneering the famous ‘Basic Design’ course, which created a revolution in art education in the UK. Judith went on to teach at Newcastle before going to Paris to work at SW Hayter’s etching studio, Atelier 17.
After leaving Art School, Judith lived and worked in Paris, London and New York. She taught at Leicester Polytechnic and Chelsea School of Art. In 1968 she and her friend Zena Flax established a group of printmakers in North London, called Printers Inc, holding annual exhibitions of their work. In retirement Judith continued to teach etching from her home in Kentish Town – her kitchen famously was dominated by her large etching press which doubled as a kitchen counter.
Judith’s early work was largely abstract and concerned with process, but counter-intuitively became increasingly figurative as her natural pre-occupation with landscape, animals and food re-asserted itself. Her later work expresses her life-long obsession with drawing, form, pattern and technique while anchoring itself explicitly in her day-to-day life and cultural influences.
Her love of animals began in childhood; after retiring from teaching she owned a pet shop, and for the last twenty years of her life she lived with a tyrannical ‘free range’ cockatiel called ‘Beaky’, who features prominently in her work, along with the pets of friends and other animals that caught her eye; all were closely observed. Food was the other lifelong passion, which increasingly found expression in both her etching and painting. Judith was a semi-professional cook and generous host who owned over 1000 cookery books; the place food occupies in her work expresses the excitement of her post-war generation newly brought into contact with French and Mediterranean cooking. Just as Cezanne was a continuous reference point in her painting, so Elizabeth David was her touchstone in cooking. Her etching ‘Homage to Elizabeth David’, which depicts both the casserole belonging to David, which Judith bought at auction, and her well-used copy of French Provincial Cooking, perfectly captures both these influences.
‘I paint and etch the things I live with, like and eat, as I need to gaze at them for a long time. Richard Gregory (he of ‘The Eye and the Brain’) says that painting is impossible, but I think of figurative painting as more like magic. It is wonderful that some brush, pencil or ink marks on a flat surface can vividly conjure up the three-dimensional world. It is magic to look at paint and feel the weight of an apple, to know that brush-marks are brush-marks, but to see in them the distance between solid objects or between trees and hills. The complexity of perception is a mystery and the ultimate subject matter.’
All work will be for sale.
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays. Exhibition continues until 16 May.
Robert Mitchell with Tom Mason (double bass) and Saleem Raman (drums)
Robert Mitchell is one of a newer breed of jazz artists seeking to go beyond easy, superficial flair, revealing an enormous strength in his playing, alongside lyricism and great beauty.
Mitchell’s album Epiphany was voted Jazz in Europe magazine’s No. 1 in 2018. The magazine said “he is the artist par excellence.”
Jazz in the House continues with the Robert Mitchell’s Epiphany 3 featuring Tom Mason and Saleem Raman. Doors open at 8pm and the concert begins at 8.30pm. The bar will be open from late afternoon for drinks and snacks.
Highgate School has amazing computer facilities, and the friendly and knowledgeable student volunteers always prove really popular with our Highgate Coffee & Computers visitors. The students will help with any computer question, from the simplest problem to the fiendishly tricky challenges, nothing seems to defeat them!
And of course, there’s the famous cake that comes with the coffee and tea. Worth a visit all on its own!
Please note the volunteers at these sessions are pupils from the school, ranging in age from 11 to 18 years old. The School has a duty of care to these young people and would be very grateful if you could be mindful of maintaining appropriate interaction with them. Please consider issues such as your language, your expectations regarding the type of matter you raise with the pupils, and the sort of information that the pupils may see on your documents or particular webpages.
If you have any queries then please don’t hesitate to raise them with the members of staff at the session.
Join us at the sea-side in Victorian England, where Partenope, proprietress of a leading establishment, faces takeover attempts (on her hotel and herself) from neighbouring hoteliers Arsace, Ormindo and Emilio, as well as the enigmatic Eurimene – can he really be what he seems? Threats, battles and surprises, and some thrilling singing, lead of course to a happy ending…..
Our brilliant cast of future opera stars, Ashley Pearson’s witty production and the talents of the HGO orchestra bring Handel’s sly take on opera seria endearingly to life. Our orchestra is conducted by Bertie Baigent, a finalist in the 2018 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition.
HGO – North London’s leading opera company
Thrown and OmVed Gardens are proud to present ‘From This Land’, a specially curated group exhibition for the Chelsea Fringe. The exhibition brings together artists who draw inspiration from and for nature, whether in responding to the landscape around them, collecting natural materials to use within their work or creating vessels to bring nature into our homes.
Featuring emerging and established names, the show will focus primarily on ceramics alongside a collection of abstract landscape-inspired drawings by recent graduate Samantha Silverton and handmade textile flowers by Isabel Dodd. The exhibition will also include Zulieka Melluish’s botanical-pressed wall plates, Simon Kidd’s wheel-thrown and slip-cast porcelain ceramics incorporating the materials and tools that have created the landscape of his home in Northern Ireland and Andrea Roman’s installation of 100 experimental terracotta vessels.
The exhibition will feature ikebana arrangements in response to some of the works on display by Aya Tanaka, professional Japanese flower designer and Ikebana professor, who will also be leading a series of workshops throughout the week.
‘From This Land’ will span both Thrown’s gallery space on Highgate High Street and the converted greenhouse exhibition space of OmVed Gardens at 1 Townsend Yard.
Featuring: Alistair Blair, Tom Crew, Isabel Dodd, Adam Frew, Lise Herud Braten, Simon Kidd, Joseph Ludkin, Zuleika Melluish, Lisa Ommanney, Andrea Roman, Samantha Silverton and Alison West.
Join us at the sea-side in Victorian England, where Partenope, proprietress of a leading establishment, faces takeover attempts (on her hotel and herself) from neighbouring hoteliers Arsace, Ormindo and Emilio, as well as the enigmatic Eurimene – can he really be what he seems? Threats, battles and surprises, and some thrilling singing, lead of course to a happy ending…..
Our brilliant cast of future opera stars, Ashley Pearson’s witty production and the talents of the HGO orchestra bring Handel’s sly take on opera seria endearingly to life. Our orchestra is conducted by Bertie Baigent, a finalist in the 2018 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition.
HGO – North London’s leading opera company
Thrown and OmVed Gardens are proud to present ‘From This Land’, a specially curated group exhibition for the Chelsea Fringe. The exhibition brings together artists who draw inspiration from and for nature, whether in responding to the landscape around them, collecting natural materials to use within their work or creating vessels to bring nature into our homes.
Featuring emerging and established names, the show will focus primarily on ceramics alongside a collection of abstract landscape-inspired drawings by recent graduate Samantha Silverton and handmade textile flowers by Isabel Dodd. The exhibition will also include Zulieka Melluish’s botanical-pressed wall plates, Simon Kidd’s wheel-thrown and slip-cast porcelain ceramics incorporating the materials and tools that have created the landscape of his home in Northern Ireland and Andrea Roman’s installation of 100 experimental terracotta vessels.
The exhibition will feature ikebana arrangements in response to some of the works on display by Aya Tanaka, professional Japanese flower designer and Ikebana professor, who will also be leading a series of workshops throughout the week.
‘From This Land’ will span both Thrown’s gallery space on Highgate High Street and the converted greenhouse exhibition space of OmVed Gardens at 1 Townsend Yard.
Featuring: Alistair Blair, Tom Crew, Isabel Dodd, Adam Frew, Lise Herud Braten, Simon Kidd, Joseph Ludkin, Zuleika Melluish, Lisa Ommanney, Andrea Roman, Samantha Silverton and Alison West.
Join us at the sea-side in Victorian England, where Partenope, proprietress of a leading establishment, faces takeover attempts (on her hotel and herself) from neighbouring hoteliers Arsace, Ormindo and Emilio, as well as the enigmatic Eurimene – can he really be what he seems? Threats, battles and surprises, and some thrilling singing, lead of course to a happy ending…..
Our brilliant cast of future opera stars, Ashley Pearson’s witty production and the talents of the HGO orchestra bring Handel’s sly take on opera seria endearingly to life. Our orchestra is conducted by Bertie Baigent, a finalist in the 2018 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition.
HGO – North London’s leading opera company
Thrown and OmVed Gardens are proud to present ‘From This Land’, a specially curated group exhibition for the Chelsea Fringe. The exhibition brings together artists who draw inspiration from and for nature, whether in responding to the landscape around them, collecting natural materials to use within their work or creating vessels to bring nature into our homes.
Featuring emerging and established names, the show will focus primarily on ceramics alongside a collection of abstract landscape-inspired drawings by recent graduate Samantha Silverton and handmade textile flowers by Isabel Dodd. The exhibition will also include Zulieka Melluish’s botanical-pressed wall plates, Simon Kidd’s wheel-thrown and slip-cast porcelain ceramics incorporating the materials and tools that have created the landscape of his home in Northern Ireland and Andrea Roman’s installation of 100 experimental terracotta vessels.
The exhibition will feature ikebana arrangements in response to some of the works on display by Aya Tanaka, professional Japanese flower designer and Ikebana professor, who will also be leading a series of workshops throughout the week.
‘From This Land’ will span both Thrown’s gallery space on Highgate High Street and the converted greenhouse exhibition space of OmVed Gardens at 1 Townsend Yard.
Featuring: Alistair Blair, Tom Crew, Isabel Dodd, Adam Frew, Lise Herud Braten, Simon Kidd, Joseph Ludkin, Zuleika Melluish, Lisa Ommanney, Andrea Roman, Samantha Silverton and Alison West.
Join us at the sea-side in Victorian England, where Partenope, proprietress of a leading establishment, faces takeover attempts (on her hotel and herself) from neighbouring hoteliers Arsace, Ormindo and Emilio, as well as the enigmatic Eurimene – can he really be what he seems? Threats, battles and surprises, and some thrilling singing, lead of course to a happy ending…..
Our brilliant cast of future opera stars, Ashley Pearson’s witty production and the talents of the HGO orchestra bring Handel’s sly take on opera seria endearingly to life. Our orchestra is conducted by Bertie Baigent, a finalist in the 2018 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition.
HGO – North London’s leading opera company
The NASA New Horizons missions, launched in 2006, successfully flew past Pluto in 2015 and then had an equally exciting encounter with the Kuiper Belt Object Ultima Thule in January of this year. Dr Mohamed Ramy El-Maarry from Birkbeck’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences was planning to spend the New Year in Maryland, USA, as a science team collaborator, undertaking data analysis from this close flyby. He will talk about the results received so far from the most distant object that we have ever visited as well as discussing other non-planetary members of our solar system.
Dr El-Maarry graduated from Cairo University with a Bachelor’s degree in Geology and Chemistry and subsequently studied for a PhD in Planetary Science at Göttingen University in Germany. His research interests were initially focused on Mars, but have recently extended to small bodies, particularly comets. During his post-doc career, he has initiated numerous collaborations spanning many European countries, the United States, and Australia. He is currently a Co-Investigator for a camera on board the Mars Trace Gas Orbiter, as well as a member of the science teams for cameras on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and also on Rosetta.
Thrown and OmVed Gardens are proud to present ‘From This Land’, a specially curated group exhibition for the Chelsea Fringe. The exhibition brings together artists who draw inspiration from and for nature, whether in responding to the landscape around them, collecting natural materials to use within their work or creating vessels to bring nature into our homes.
Featuring emerging and established names, the show will focus primarily on ceramics alongside a collection of abstract landscape-inspired drawings by recent graduate Samantha Silverton and handmade textile flowers by Isabel Dodd. The exhibition will also include Zulieka Melluish’s botanical-pressed wall plates, Simon Kidd’s wheel-thrown and slip-cast porcelain ceramics incorporating the materials and tools that have created the landscape of his home in Northern Ireland and Andrea Roman’s installation of 100 experimental terracotta vessels.
The exhibition will feature ikebana arrangements in response to some of the works on display by Aya Tanaka, professional Japanese flower designer and Ikebana professor, who will also be leading a series of workshops throughout the week.
‘From This Land’ will span both Thrown’s gallery space on Highgate High Street and the converted greenhouse exhibition space of OmVed Gardens at 1 Townsend Yard.
Featuring: Alistair Blair, Tom Crew, Isabel Dodd, Adam Frew, Lise Herud Braten, Simon Kidd, Joseph Ludkin, Zuleika Melluish, Lisa Ommanney, Andrea Roman, Samantha Silverton and Alison West.
We are now taking bookings for the Summer 2019 term of Portraiture & Figure Drawing!
Working from a live model, this class is aimed at artists of all levels, including beginners and advanced students, who wish to expand their skills in portraiture and figure drawing. Taught by our experienced art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this course looks at anatomy and spends some time focusing on drawing a single pose.
Materials will be provided.
The cost for the entire term is £205 (concessions £185).
The class is suitable for beginners and is friendly and inclusive. Style is Hatha yoga with various influences – gentle, but still delivering strength and flexibility. Come and try a class to enhance your sense of wellbeing, release stress and tension and to experience deep relaxation. Mats provided, free parking (for now, but check signs!) no need to book – just turn up. The class is in the beautiful church – it’s set back a bit and has big blue doors. The class is mixed level/mixed ability/mixed age. I am a registered BWY teacher and fully insured. For more info about me/my yoga, have a look at my website
SingingTreeYoga New /Fun / Yoga Classes For Children at United Reformed Church – Pond Sq Chapel in the heart of Highgate Village. 3.45pm – 4.45pm . Ages 4 – 10/12. Join other local children to have fun with learning a classical form of Iyengar Yoga in the Church Hall – Warm / Comfortable / Reception area/ suitable for mothers with babies also. Early -Bird sign ups Receive 20% discount on Term. email Kirsty singingtreeyoga1@gmail.com or call 07951584460 for bookings & more info. Namaste 🕊🧘🏼♀️
How Many Yogis KIDS yoga classes:
Specialised sessions focussing on the benefits of yoga, mindfulness and meditation for children, aiding their physical, intellectual, social,
emotional and spiritual development.
We meet the children where they are and take them on a yoga adventure,
incl. story telling and movement.
Summer Term Dates at Highgate Library
Block 1: Friday 26-Apr, Tuesdays 30-Apr, 07-May, 14-May and 21-May
2019
Block 2: Tuesdays 04-Jun, 11-Jun, 18-Jun, 25-Jun and 02-Jul 2019
Online Booking:
www.howmanyyogis.com/booking
– 5 classes @ £30
– drop in rate £8
– class starts 4pm
– duration 45 mins
Yoga Teacher Sytske Kamstra
is DBS checked (Enhanced), Certified 200+ hrs RYT, insured via YogaAlliance UK & has completed the YogaBeez Foundation Course, currently regulary assisting at Forest School
For more information: HighgateCal@howmanyyogis.com
– Please contact us to discuss younger children (from age 3) joining the class before booking for them.
– Please arrive 10 mins early so we can start & finish the class on time
– Parents are welcome to wait downstairs in the library
– Comfortable clothes, layers
– Please bring a (basic) yoga mat, we will have a couple of spares but it is nice for a child to have their own mat to start developing a practice at home. Alternatively a towel to start creating a personal space in the class.
Join us at the sea-side in Victorian England, where Partenope, proprietress of a leading establishment, faces takeover attempts (on her hotel and herself) from neighbouring hoteliers Arsace, Ormindo and Emilio, as well as the enigmatic Eurimene – can he really be what he seems? Threats, battles and surprises, and some thrilling singing, lead of course to a happy ending…..
Our brilliant cast of future opera stars, Ashley Pearson’s witty production and the talents of the HGO orchestra bring Handel’s sly take on opera seria endearingly to life. Our orchestra is conducted by Bertie Baigent, a finalist in the 2018 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition.
HGO – North London’s leading opera company
We are now taking bookings for the Summer 2019 term of Still Life – Introductory Art.
This weekly class offers both beginners and developing students the chance to explore their creative potential in drawing, focusing mainly on Still Life. During the term the class will explore essential drawing techniques – observation, perspective, negative spaces, mark-making and composition.
Taught by art tutor, Zoe Hirson, this is a general art course suitable for anyone looking to expand and practice their skill set. An informal, friendly and loosely structured class, Introductory Art allows participants to explore the areas and techniques that they find most useful.
The cost for the entire term is £205 (concessions £185).
Thrown and OmVed Gardens are proud to present ‘From This Land’, a specially curated group exhibition for the Chelsea Fringe. The exhibition brings together artists who draw inspiration from and for nature, whether in responding to the landscape around them, collecting natural materials to use within their work or creating vessels to bring nature into our homes.
Featuring emerging and established names, the show will focus primarily on ceramics alongside a collection of abstract landscape-inspired drawings by recent graduate Samantha Silverton and handmade textile flowers by Isabel Dodd. The exhibition will also include Zulieka Melluish’s botanical-pressed wall plates, Simon Kidd’s wheel-thrown and slip-cast porcelain ceramics incorporating the materials and tools that have created the landscape of his home in Northern Ireland and Andrea Roman’s installation of 100 experimental terracotta vessels.
The exhibition will feature ikebana arrangements in response to some of the works on display by Aya Tanaka, professional Japanese flower designer and Ikebana professor, who will also be leading a series of workshops throughout the week.
‘From This Land’ will span both Thrown’s gallery space on Highgate High Street and the converted greenhouse exhibition space of OmVed Gardens at 1 Townsend Yard.
Featuring: Alistair Blair, Tom Crew, Isabel Dodd, Adam Frew, Lise Herud Braten, Simon Kidd, Joseph Ludkin, Zuleika Melluish, Lisa Ommanney, Andrea Roman, Samantha Silverton and Alison West.
We are excited to announce that Doodle Arts will be continuing its art classes for the Summer Term at Jacksons Lane in Highgate every Wednesday 4-5 pm.
All sessions are specifically design to help children develop their artistic skills and knowledge by using a combination of mediums and techniques such as painting, drawing and printmaking. Drawing inspiration from contemporary artists as well as the great masters and the History of Art we will be exploring fundamental notions in fine art like composition, prospective, tone and texture while at the same time encouraging creative thinking and imagination and most importantly having fun!
Starting date: 24th April – 17th July 2019 ( excluding half term week starting 27th May).
Participation fee: £144 for 12 sessions / Family offer: £230 for 2 siblings
Limited spaces. To reserve a space please contact Anastasia Mina on 07510898430 or email doodlecreativeactivities@gmail.com
All bookings and payments for the Summer Term should be made by Friday 19th April.
Join us at the sea-side in Victorian England, where Partenope, proprietress of a leading establishment, faces takeover attempts (on her hotel and herself) from neighbouring hoteliers Arsace, Ormindo and Emilio, as well as the enigmatic Eurimene – can he really be what he seems? Threats, battles and surprises, and some thrilling singing, lead of course to a happy ending…..
Our brilliant cast of future opera stars, Ashley Pearson’s witty production and the talents of the HGO orchestra bring Handel’s sly take on opera seria endearingly to life. Our orchestra is conducted by Bertie Baigent, a finalist in the 2018 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition.
HGO – North London’s leading opera company
Iyengar Yoga Thursday Morning Classes for Adults / Beginners / Experienced /Newbies. Pond Square Chapel hall is Light /Bright/ Warm space with Wooden floors. Blocks, Straps, Blankets, Chairs provided. Kirsty is a IYANZ qualified Yoga teacher with 18 years Performing Arts experience. Gives you a relaxing / rejuvenating / integrated class. Bring a friend and sign up to receive 20% Early-Bird discount. Sign-Up Full Summer Term £96 Includes 20% Discount. Or drop-in £10 a class.