FOLLOW THE ARROW 

IN THE FOUNTAIN

Hello everyone!

I am very pleased and excited to be taking part in Search Party, this Sunday March 20th.

Search Party is a treasure hunt in search of… a secret party!  4 routes, 4,000 free tickets and 1 secret party – if you can find it. Organised by Sing London.   

This Sunday, March 20th, for one day only, London’s pocket parks, squares and piazzas will be transformed into an immersive green playground. 

Four trails of clues and capers will lead and mislead participants through hidden gardens, secret squares and side streets.

Participants will need to collaborate, take risks and interact with strangers as they make their way through 2 miles of London’s open spaces. En route, they’ll find themselves solving riddles, taking taste tests and even herding sheep.   Each solved clue yields part of the party address.  Clues have been commissioned by artists, actors, gardeners, bakers and magicians.  50 volunteers will line the route, helping perplexed searchers get back on track - or to trick them off course… 

Search Party is a free event but places are strictly limited.
Pre-registration required:

www.eventbrite.com/e/search-party-registration-21781936358

https://www.facebook.com/events/241971149468504/247448255587460/

Search Party is suitable for all ages. There is a "mini route", specially designed for children.

I will be manifesting as a Mermaid, and I hope to see you there!


​

Meanwhile, I've been teaching art courses at The Thomas Calton Centre in Peckham, through Southwark Adult Learning Services. The centre is on Choumert Road, just off Rye Lane, nearest station Peckham Rye.
 

Come and enjoy my courses in Life Drawing, Still Life Drawing and Painting, or Exploring Creativity. Start from scratch and learn new skills, or hone, cement and progress the skills that you already have. Enrolment week starts on April 18th, and courses begin in the last week of April.

Courses run for 10 or 15 weeks, and my Art Extravaganza summer course is for 3 consecutive days in July.

There's also Marathon Life Drawing on two Saturdays in a row - June 4th and 11th, from 10am til 3.30pm. This is taught in collaboration with Rebecca Allen.

More information can be found here:

 http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/100009/leisure_and_culture/1001/adult_learning

 

 

 

I've also been thoroughly enjoying myself running art sessions for Union Chapel's weekly Wednesday coffee mornings.

You can find me there from 10am - 12, every second Wednesday in the month.

Union Chapel is just off Upper Street in Islington, entrance on Compton Terrace, nearest station Highbury and Islington.

On March 9th we made flower sculptures,(see above), and next month we will be making egg tempera from scratch and painting using this fine ancient medium. More info at:

http://store.unionchapel.org.uk/events/23-mar-16-open-wednesday-union-chapel/

Finally, here is a picture of my recent oil painting commission, with Andy, its happy new owner:

 

 

With love and best wishes - Joanna

Hello everyone!

I'm very pleased and excited to have been awarded a commission from Camberwell Arts, to decorate the Christmas Tree at the new Library in Camberwell.

Working with Rubbish Artist as Trash Twins, we have decorated a traditional Xmas tree using incredibly beautiful and eye catching decorations crafted from recycled materials and "rubbish".

But we need your help!

We need to make a fairy for the top of the tree.

Tomorrow, December 12th,2015 between 2 and 4pm, bring your recycling and your precious rubbish to Camberwell Library at 48 Camberwell Green SE5 7AL...

We will be there to show you how to transform it into a unique Christmas sculpture for the top of the tree, or make something to decorate your own tree at home.

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/437/libraries_and_locations/990/camberwell_library

​Photo by Jordana Leighton

And on Sunday - December 13th - from 2-5pm I will be at Union Chapel's Christmas Fair. I'll be helping you to make cards and decorations, singing with the Union Chapel Singers, watching The Snowman on the big screen, and drinking mulled wine.

More info here:

http://store.unionchapel.org.uk/events/13-dec-15-winter-warmers-christmas-fair-union-chapel/

I hope to see you! Wishing you the very best of Christmas cheer and a super fun New Year.

With love and best wishes - Joanna

Hello everyone!

I'm delighted to have been invited to feature in Deptford X's Literary Ping! Pong event at Deptford Library, Giffin Street SE8, from 1 - 3.30pm this Saturday September 26th.

I'll be manifesting as progressive Victorian art teacher Miss Ping, and facilitating back spins, chops, counter smashes, japes and junk bats with an arty twist.

I hope to see you there.

Hello everyone!

 

Are you looking for something to do this Friday evening - June 26th? Well look no further...

Artist Rebecca Feiner has curated DEN-City as part of The London Festival of Architecture, and I'll be delivering The White House, a live art piece, at the opening party from 6pm. As recommended by Time Out:

http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/den-city​

This will be my last live art piece for a while, because I've decided to spend some focussed time on my painting practice. So don't miss it!

Also, it's your last chance to see Cake Smash3 in the window at artist Daniel Lehan's Kitchen Window Gallery:
http://thekitchenwindowgallery.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

Here are some photos from the opening event:

 

 

                                            Picture by Daren Callow

                                        Picture by Jemima Broadbridge

                                              ​Picture by Daren Callow

                                              ​Picture by Daren Callow

Toodlepip! - Joanna

Dear Everyone,

 

You are invited to the opening of Daniel Lehan's The Last Show at The Kitchen Window Gallery, where I will be performing Cake Smash for the first time this year.

"Cake Smash" celebrates the connections between art and food. If food nourishes the body then art nourishes the soul.

​THE LAST SHOW at The Kitchen Window Gallery opening party will be on Sunday 31 May from 2 to 5pm. 

THE LAST SHOW celebrates the year anniversary of The Kitchen Window Gallery 

and will also be the last show to be held at the gallery.

During the past year gallery shows have included an exhibition celebrating the work of Robbie Burns with visual poems and performances by 16 poets, story telling performances, a show which converted the kitchen into a giant camera obscure, and an international  group show.

Artists and poets who have shown at the gallery include Jessie Brennan, Daren Callow, Louise Carson, John 'Jazzman' Clarke, Josée Dubeau, Peter Evans, Charlie Fox, Mikey Georgeson, Caroline Gregory, Marie Pascal - Hardy, Louise Hart, 

Julian van Hauson, Anna Khan,  Miyuki Kasahara, Calum F. Kerr, Daniel Lehan, Jude Cowan Montague, Frog Morris, Frog Morris and Family, Susan Plover, Nicole Polonsky, Anne Robinson, Steve Rushton, Tim Siddall, Chris Simonite, 

Ted Smith - Orr, Veronika Spierenburg, and Jacqueline Utley.

THE LAST SHOW will feature performances of - Cake Smash - with Joanna McCormick, Alice Labant, Martha and Ruby, the World Premiere of - Show Me, Showing You, The Show In - 

a musical and text performance celebrating The Kitchen Window Gallery devised by Charlie Fox and Mikey Georgeson, and - CLOSING - text improvisations with Charlie Fox, Daniel Lehan and audience.

THE LAST SHOW will continue until 26 June and is viewable 24 / 7 from the balcony running outside the gallery further details of this, and previous shows at ~

http://thekitchenwindowgallery.blogspot.co.uk/

The Kitchen Window Gallery

66 Juniper House (3rd Floor)

Pomeroy Street

New Cross

London 

SE14 5

 

There will also be an edible cake sculpture, to celebrate Martha's tenth birthday.

And here are some pictures from "Moontime Wolverine & The Host Ghost". A collaboration with artist Sarah Sparkes.

It took place at the opening of The Fall of the Rebel Angels, curated by artist Vanya Balogh, in Venice, for the 56th Venice Biennale.

​Photo by Ashley Scott Fitzgerald

 

 

​Photo by Sandra Louison

 

 

Photo by Sandra Louison

See you Sunday! - with love and best wishes - Joanna

Hello!

Here are some photos of the artwork that I created as part of my Westminster Arts residency at The Butterworth Centre, back in 2011.
Over the course of the residency, which lasted for six months, I developed a strong creative relationship with residents, and worked on several  artworks that were placed throughout the home.
These were wall mounted collage pieces, made from original drawings and paintings and repeated copies, produced in collaboration with residents.
The drawings and copies were laminated and the collage created directly onto the walls. The resulting artworks were a permanent resource for residents, carers and relatives to enjoy.
The photographs below were taken by artist Hester Jones.

Best wishes - Joanna