Lewisham Arthouse Open Studios 2016

Saturday 4th June 12-8pm. Sunday 5th June 12-6pm

Lewisham Arthouse (140 Lewisham Way) throws open its doors for the public to explore the work of 30 different studios. Talk to the artists and buy their work.

In the evening, there will be DJs and a bar, while throughout the day, a cafe and jerk chicken stall will be open.

Turner Prize-winner Jeremy Deller has also selected a piece of work from each studio to curate a 'two-minute tour'.

Lewisham Arthouse Winter Fair 2015

The Arthouse team writes:

On Saturday December 12th 11.00 am – 6.00 pm, we’re hosting our poplar Winter Fair again, featuring an array of original artworks, hand made crafts and seasonal gifts. There’ll be something to fit all sizes of pocket, whether you’re a discerning Christmas shopper or art lover.

We’ll be featuring lots of local talent including our studio artists, producers of Mosaic, felted goods, linocut prints, ceramics and much more. Come join in the yuletide joyousness, warm your cockles with a seasonal beverage and a mince pie! And if that isn’t enough jingle all the way to the vibrations of our resident DJ.

Arthouse Winter Fair - 12th December 11am–6pm

Amanda writes: Just letting you and your readers know about our Winter fair featuring a scrumptious treats and hand crafted items ideal for Christmas stockings.

We're on the lookout for talented entrepreneurial types who'd like to join in... If you're an Artist, maker, a producer of Fine food or someone with a good idea then we'd like to hear from you.

Please visit our website for application details www.lewishamarthouse.org.uk

Broculus: Lewisham ArtHouse Open Studios, 2-4 October

The ArtHouse is baring its soul as part of the Deptford X art festival. The team writes:

We’re open again with a bumper selection of ocular delights…

Wander around a warren of studios, buy artwork from source, window shop or simply enjoy the grandeur of a beautiful Edwardian building.

Artists will be exploring the touchy-feely side of architecture in group exhibition Caesura et Vide Supra. Intrigued? Feel welcome to stimulate your cerebral bits, by participating in the related discussion.

Add a dollop of family fun activities - a pop-up café by GCDA providing scrumptious handmade sweets and savouries + bar and DJ’s on opening night…

Friday 2 October 6-10pm
Saturday 3 October 12-6pm
Sunday 4 October 12-6pm

A Public Discussion: Haptic Thinking and Architecture - Saturday 3rd October from 4pm.

The Arthouse Winter Fair, December 13th

Arthouse Open

As part of the 2014 Deptford X art festival (more details on that soon), Lewisham Arthouse is hosting another open day. The say:

Wander around a warren of studios, buy artwork from the source, window shop or simply enjoy the grandeur of a beautiful Edwardian building.

After the success of Lounge at the Arthouse, its back to provide a wide selection of scrumptious handmade cakes, savoury nibbles and drinks. Add a dollop of family fun activities - postcard-sized artworks by Arthouse artists, on view and sale in our pop-up café + bar and DJ’s on opening night.

Our gallery exhibition ‘Who thinks the Future? curated by Tom Trevatt and Peer Sessions, considers the future role of the artist. Feel welcome to stimulate your cerebral bits, by participating in a special series of discussion events throughout the weekend.

Check our website for details www.lewishamarthouse.org.uk, Friday 3 October 6-10pm Saturday 4 October 12-6pm Sunday 5 October 12-6pm.

Olly's Turkish Gourmet night

Previously, at the Turkish Gourmet

Olly, is part of the Meze Mangal family and will be running a pop-up down the road at the Lewisham Arthouse. He writes:

I am running a Turkish pop-up restaurant at the Lewisham Arthouse on the 28th of August 18:30 - 23:00.

I had my first pop-up at the Lewisham Arthouse during its pop-up cafe season earlier this year. It turned out to be a really lively night so we are doing it again!



There will be four dishes of classic Turkish food and refreshing Turkish beer. The menu will be inspired by my roots in Kastamonuo Kastamonu Turkey and the cuisine of the Black Sea Region - simple yet tasty dishes.

Tickets cost £22 and full details are available here.

Lounge Lovers

A recent dinner at Lounge

Amanda writes:

This is the penultimate week of our pop-up cafe Lounge @ The Arthouse. We haven't taken our foot of the pedal just yet:

Today, July 3rd, from 7pm onwards, we have Taste of Tapas a pop-up dining experience for as little as £22 For info and bookings please click here.

Friday 4th of July brings Independents Day, a rare opportunity to see a selection for films from the London Film Makers Co-op, curated by David Leister 7pm onwards.

Saturday 5th July is Kidatopia: Mystery film and quiz for kids 2-4pm

To find out more about this and next week's events programme visit our website.

The Live Lounge

Lounge at the Arthouse - Brockley's latest pop-up venue - began its six-week run this week and tomorrow will play host to Mana Greek (providing the food) and Rabbit, X-Amount and Charles Hayward + Mirei Yazawa (providing the live music and performance).

Full details of the upcoming events here.

The Arthouse Cafe

Amanda from Lewisham Arthouse writes:

Our gallery becomes a space to relax and refresh for 6 weeks (6th June – 13th July)! Greenwich Kitchen will delight your taste buds with a fantastic array of fresh food and drinks, all ethically and sustainably sourced.

Pop in for a quick snack or stay for something more substantial. Thursday nights are Foodie Nights. Bring friends and family and sample internationally inspired cuisine. Guest chefs each week will concoct marvellous menus from hot Caribbean spice to vibrant zest of the Mediterranean.

Side orders are a special programme of events to wet and nourish your appetite including; families craft activities with Arthouse artists, live music from internationally renowned musician Charles Hayward & Friends to Dansette record players politically spun by Rachael House’s Feminist Disco.

Monday – Saturday 9am – 6pm
Late night Thursdays and Fridays till 9pm

GOODjumble, May 31st

Bryony writes:

Set up by two friends in SE4 hankering after a good jumble, GOODjumble aims to be just that. Expect to find high quality women’s clothes and accessories at much less than the original selling price or even something altogether unique, in beautiful surroundings close to home.

Shopping second-hand is always exciting, because you never know what you might find, but we wanted to make the experience easier and generally more agreeable.

We have fitting rooms, lots of mirrors and everything is clean and beautiful. Customers can get a coffee (from Lawrence's Dark Fluid  - Brockley market star..) while browsing and even have clothes altered on the spot if they don’t fit perfectly.

Selling is simple too. Book a stall and decide on your own prices. Turn up on the day to your allocated space, man the stall for 3 hours and walk away with all the profits. Anything that doesn’t sell can be left and will be given to a local charity. (The Brockley sale's charity is Celia Hammond Animal Trust)

The first sale will be held at the Art House on Lewisham Way on 31st May with the second on 14th June at fh space in Forest Hill.

Entrance is £3 and sellers can reserve their seller space at www.goodjumble.com

Lewisham Art House Open Day 2014

FFWD the Revolution

Amanda writes:

In the hundredth anniversary year of the opening of Deptford Central Library, a FFWD the Revolution is a performative tour and publication by Ruth Beale that will chart the the history of the building, the uses of each space, and the political ambitions of its occupants.

Combining new writing and archive material, the work encounters presence and absence, ambition and legacy, from the Carnegie endowment to 75 years of public library service, from a brief occupation in the early 90s as a venue for raves to community protest, and the last 20 years' tenure as an artists' studio cooperative.

Ruth Beale is the current Graduate Studio Bursary Artist at Lewisham Arthouse.

Wednesday 16th April 2014
Book launch: 6-9pm
Tours: 8pm, 8.30pm
Tours are free but ticketed. Visit 44wd.eventbrite.co.uk to book a place.

www.lewishamarthouse.org.uk

Art House Open

It will start like any other day.

The Lewisham Arthouse team writes:

We invite you to come and explore 30 artist studios over three floors of our beautiful Edwardian building, the former Deptford Library.

Friday 4 October 6 to 9pm
Saturday 5 October 12 to 6pm
Sunday 6 October 12 to 6pm
 
Don’t miss our special programme of exhibitions, events and site-specific works, during and preceding open studios weekend. On the ground floor, Arthouse artists will be demonstrating people power in the group exhibition POWERHOUSE. Back by popular demand is our Ping Pong Tournament with special cocktails to savour. In the gallery artist Rory Macbeth will be showing a site-specific work LOST PRAIRIE, and as a special treat he will be giving an artists talk. And last up, David Aylward and friends will be leading a parade through the streets of Deptford in tribute to our dearly departed anchor. You can catch the parade on route or at the Arthouse where things culminate in a striking crescendo.

Friday the Thirteenth at Lewisham Arthouse

An evening of music, film and movement Friday 13 September 2013, doors 7.45pm start 8.15pm - Entry £5/£3

Viv Corringham, electric voice, Nick Doyne-Ditmas, electric double bass, Charles Hayward, drums and keyboards. Watch.

Jo Thomas will unfold her elegant and mysterious soundworlds. Watch.

Gone House, Ghost House (film plus live soundtrack by RABBIT with butoh interventions/actions by Bridget Scott). Watch.

Room at the Arthouse

Amanda Francis writes:

There are three studio vacancies currently available at the Arthouse.

Two studios are available to let from 1 July (studios 1 and 2) and the other studio is available from 1 August (studio 3). Studio one is a shared studio space on the first floor and is a sublet for 6 months. Studio 2 is a partitioned space on the ground floor with window and step free access. Studio 3 is a basement studio with natural light and access to the yard. If you are interested in taking up any of these studios and becoming a member of Lewisham Arthouse please go to our website for more information and details of how to apply: www.lewishamarthouse.org.uk

This is a photo of the sublet - it isn't a great representation as its a lovely space with lots of natural light. It is also one half of a self-contained studio - with its own sink even.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 19 June 2013.

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed shortly afterwards and will have a chance to look at the studio. Owing to the large number of applications we are unable to organise viewings prior to the interview.

Contact: studios@lewishamarthouse.org.uk

Phonotropia, July 7th

Datenight and Popcorn

Lewisham Arthouse Exhibition: Datenight and Popcorn 1-12 February 2012, Open Wednesday to Sunday 12-6 pm. Free entry.

The venue will be hosting an exhibition featuring the work of Claire Boyd, Miranda Pissarides, Rose Rowson, Alex Springer and Tom Worsfold, five current students from the Slade School of Fine Art.

Thanks to Clare at BrocSoc for the information.

But is it art? Gas explosion outside the Art House

Thanks to Ben, who sent us the link. We have no more information, but as you can see for yourselves, there was a protracted flatulent incident on Lewisham Way today.

Lewisham Arthouse Open Studios

Lewisham Arthouse
Annual Open Studios                                                           
Friday 30th September 6-9pm
Sat 1st & Sun 2nd October 12-6pm

Cara Barry, Richard Buckle, Barry Cunningham, Ali Day, Mary Louise Evans, Val Fox, Amanda Francis, Pascal  Furminieux, Anita Gwynn, Charles Hayward, Pat Hextall, Terence Humphrey, Janet Hyde, Julia Mcneal, Nina Necak, Janine Nelson, Mark Nelson, Stephen Palmer, Rosey Prince, Ben Parry, Toby Rye, Joyce Saunders-Diop, Fiona Smithers, Heather Steed, Irene Stewart, Shirley Stewart, Derval Tubridy, Alexandra Valy, Benjamin Varney, Sara Willett, Alma Tishler Wood and Peter Wright.

Have a peek around 30 artists/makers studios and explore 3 floors of beautiful Edwardian building.

On the first floor Sara Willett will immerse you in an opulent halucigenic fantasy inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s Ligeia. In the bowels of the building Charles Hayward’s projects an archive of sound recordings collected during the midnight hour these ‘silences’ refill an empty space with traces, ghosts. In our gallery artists Zoë Walker and Neil Bromwich present ‘Dancing Borders’ a film work documenting a live event using dance, marching and pollination to transform the psychology of the much besieged border town of Berwick –Upon-Tweed. The film is accompanied by ‘Siege Weapons of Love’; a series of inflatable sculptures, which transform symbols of war into Flower Power.