Hello everyone,

Lots of life drawing to choose from this November!

Marathon Life Drawing is a two day course taking place on two consecutive Saturdays at The Thomas Calton Centre in Peckham SE15, on Nov 4th and 11th:

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​http://www.southwark.gov.uk/schools-and-education/adult-learning


The course runs all day from 10am to 4pm on both Saturdays Nov. 4th and November 11th, and is priced very reasonably at only £40 standard, £20 concessions.
You must bring your own paper and whatever mediums you want to use. We provide the drawing boards and easels. There will be a mixture of poses, both short and longer ones, and the opportunity to learn different exercises and techniques. I will be teaching the class on Nov. 4th, and my colleague Rebecca Allen will be teaching it on Nov. 11th, so it's a great opportunity to experience different teaching styles!

You can email me if you have any questions: vox@joart.info

Or phone the centre on 0207358 2100

There is also a £5 registration fee for taking courses at the centre. 

My Monday evening class at the Thomas Calton Centre also has places available. It runs from 7-9pm on Mondays. There are 11 weeks still left to run. We try out different mediums and exercises for short and long poses each week. Come along and enrol! If you want to start this evening, we are having a special Halloween theme, with hints and tips for drawing circles and spheres and learning how to tackle "negative space".​ There will be pumpkins!

On Sunday November 19th, from 6-9pm I will be running a very special one off session in the bar at Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, Islington N1. Called Five Alive!

There will be five models, acrobatic and yoga poses, feats of strength, music, paper and charcoal provided, and drinks available for purchase from the bar. The cost is £20. For more info and to book tickets go here:

https://store.unionchapel.org.uk/events/bb532870-947e-0135-696d-7a259d08b8f3

 

 

This month you will also find me at Union Chapel running my Shrine to the Seasons session, all day on Wednesday November 8th. Drop in between 11am and 1pm or 2pm and 6pm to join me in making a contemporary icon wooden panel, on the theme of winter and the moon. The sessions are free, and all materials are provided, as well as tea, coffee and biscuits! The panels will be going on display at the chapel for Christmas, and will find a permanent home there next year.

And on Saturday November 25th from 6-9pm, I will be at the Hill Trader's annual Christmas Market, selling homemade bath salts, cards, watercolours and oil paintings. Come along to find an unusual Christmas gift, drink some mulled wine, eat a pie, or just have a look and a mingle. The Hill Trader cafe is situated on Kitto Road, at the top of Telegraph Hill, near the lovely Telegraph Hill Park, SE14 5TW.

 

 

And finally, here is a picture of one of my Boudieware Cake Smash Crash cakes that was on show at Vanya Balogh's Q Park car park exhibition The Crash, that took place during Frieze week, earlier this month. Thanks to Vanja Karas for the photo:

 

 

And thanks to Sarah Sparkes for this pic. of me with the cakes:

 

 

The cake shapes are cast in plaster from plastic food packaging, and decorated with broken toys, glass, crockery, beads, edible glitter and ephemera, discarded, found or salvaged from everyday life. The work was inspired by Boudieware - a little known eighteenth century craft technique and form of upcycling, from the North East of England. The sculptures reference environmental concerns, waste and value, indulgence, decorative aesthetics and beauty, the links between cooking and art, our English heritage and lost crafts. They are a development from my live art interaction "Cake Smash" and my Nippy Maid Vox Chocs work.

​Happy Halloween!!!

With love and best wishes - Joanna