Hi everyone!

May is super busy for me, and I really hope to see you somewhere sometime soon...

ARTISTS' OPEN HOUSE

This coming weekend - May 9th and 10th - you can find me at The Wood House pub in Sydenham for East Dulwich Festival's Artists' Open House. Find more information here also here and the brochure is here

URBAN FOREST

Also opening on Saturday it's Urban Forest! I've got a small piece of work in this exhibition, at Art Hub's Apparatus Gallery on Stanley Street, SE8 4BL. It opens on Saturday May 9th, 5.30 - 8pm and then runs for a week, until Sunday May 17th, 10.30am - 4pm with a cafe serving tea and cake in a relaxed atmosphere, and loads of exciting free workshops throughout the week.

The exhibition is part of the Urban Tree Festival, a London wide festival celebrating our wonderful tree population, with more than 70 events across 1 week. Find more information on that here and there's information about the Urban Forest exhibition here. I'm really pleased that my miniature landscapes made it into the show!

COMPOUND NOTIONS

I've been working with fellow directors of Collaborative Arts CIC Frog Morris and Sarah Sparkes to deliver Compound Notions, an exciting exhibition on the theme of collage. It's also at Art Hub's Apparatus Gallery, SE8 4BL. 

The show opens on Thursday May 21st at 11am, with the opening party the same evening. It runs for 4 days from 21st - 24th 11am - 6pm. We've got 3 free workshops (optional donations welcome) running alongside the exhibition, that you can book on Eventbrite here, here and here, and there'll be live art and performances at the opening party! Grab a copy of the press release here

 Hi everyone!

I hope spring is making you smile!

I'd be delighted to see you at the opening of Down the Rabbit Hole this Thursday April 16th, from 6  - 8pm RSVP ESSENTIAL to: downtherabbitholeexhibition@gmail.com

It's a group show, in memory of artist

Katya Kan (1987 - 2023) and brings together
over 30 artists in an immersive and
ground breaking exhibition to celebrate her
all-too-brief life.
Curated by Katya's Space CIC, the exhibition
takes place in the labyrinthine tunnels of The Crypt Gallery at Saint Pancras New Church,
165 Euston Road London, NW1 2BA, where the metaphorical "rabbit hole" unfolds to reveal displays of multidisciplinary art.
The exhibition runs for 3 days from April 17th - 19th, 10am - 6pm. 
The private viewing is 16th April 6-8pm (RSVP here to attend) and the exhibition has its closing party Sunday April 19th 6-9:30pm. More information can be found here

On 9th and 10th of May you can find me at East Dulwich Open House, part of Dulwich Festival. I'll be selling a variety of crafty items, including miniature collage, embroidered cat wallets, and funky fingers. I'll be at The Woodsman pub, SE26, between 11am and 6pm both days. I hope to see you!

SAVE THE DATE! I've been working with Frog Morris and Sarah Sparkes as directors of Collaborative Arts CIC, on Compound Notions, an exciting art exhibition on the theme of collage. The show opens on Thursday May 21st, at 11am, with the opening party that evening from 6-8.30pm. 

We'll be running a free drop in workshop at the party, and we'll weave the results into the exhibition. So come along for your chance to have your work on display at this ground breaking show! 

If you can't make it on Thursday, Claire Russell will be running a textile collage workshop on Sunday May 24th at 2pm.

The exhibition will run from May 21st  - May 24th, exhibiting over 60 contemporary artists unique responses to the theme.

More details soon!

 

I've got work in Parallax Art Fair this coming weekend, and the private view is on Friday from 6 - 9.30pm. I'd love to see you!

It's in a stunning old building - Chelsea Old Town Hall, and tickets are free, with the chance to win £1,000 to spend on art. 

What I love about Parallax is the eclectic mix of art that's on show with loads of really interesting and varied artists selling all sorts of things.

Here are the details:

https://www.parallaxaf.com/tickets.php

I've also got one of my collage pieces in the Apparatus #2 at Art Hub Studios CIC in New Cross/Deptford. It's a 5 minute walk from New Cross station, in the old Mornington Centre on Stanley Street - another lovely old Victorian building that used to be a school. The show's open across the second weekend in March, from Friday 6th - Sunday 8th, with the opening party on Thursday March 5th from 6-9pm. I'll be around on Saturday March 7th, so please come and say hello!

More details can be found here:

https://www.arthub.org.uk/events/apparatus-2

News on the next round of Exploring Creativity will be hitting your inbox soon, with the first of the 10 weeks starting on March 17th.

I hope to see you somewhere soon!

 Hi everyone! Me again!

I forgot to mention that I'll have my work for sale at Art Hub's Xmas Market this Saturday December 6th. The address is The Mornington Centre, Stanley Street, London SE8 4BL 

The event runs from 11am - 5pm. Come and find some unique and quirky gifts and stocking fillers, including funky cat wallets and spooky fingers!

Sat 6th Dec / Free Entry / 11am - 5pm Location: Art Hub Studios, Stanley Street, SE8 4BL

MAP

Join us this Saturday for our annual xmas market, celebrating local creativity and making. Browse 30+ stalls, screen-print your own xmas cards and try your luck on our art Tombola (everyone is a winner). There will also be hot food, ping-pong and bar selling warming drinks and ice cold bevs.

There's also a link to book for the lantern making workshop on December 13th, please follow the link below to Eventbrite:

Make A Lantern

Date: 13 dec • 12:00

Location: Stanley Street, London, SE8 4BL

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/make-a-lantern-tickets-1976599324789?aff=ebdsshother&utm_share_source=listing_android

I hope to see you somewhere soon!

Best wishes - Jo

 Hi everyone!

I've been super busy with lots of exciting projects happening, and there are more to come!

I left my teaching post for Adult Learning Lewisham, so I won't be teaching there any more. But I have lots of independent classes running and more in the pipeline. Watch this space!

I'm running drop in life drawing sessions at my Art Hub studio in Deptford on Wednesday evenings, 7-9pm. There are 3 left, and this week - December 3rd - I've got Alice and Gordon doing a multi model medley. The cost is £10 on the door, cash or card, no need to book, and the address is Art Hub Studios CIC, Stanley Street SE8 4BL. It's 3 minutes walk from New Cross Station, entry is through the gallery door. I hope to see you there!

Yesterday I installed "Please Leave a Message", my mini installation for Big Local Works' Festive Window Trail. I'm number 15 on the map, at Morocco Bound Books on Morocco Street, just around the corner from the White Cube Gallery. You can find out more by following this link:

https://www.biglocalworks.org.uk/bermondsey-christmas-trail/

My Exploring Creativity classes have just started up again, there are lots of really interesting artists to explore this term, so if you fancy a cosy zoom class on a Tuesday morning - 9.30am - 12.30pm - to keep your creative juices flowing, please email me for more information. You can join as many or as few as you want, prices start at £45 per class, but there's a pay what you can option, minimum suggested payment £5 per class or anything in between. If you'd like to know more please email me! Here's the timetable:

On Saturday December 13th, between 12 and 3pm, I'm teaming up with Sarah Sparkes and Frog Morris to deliver a one off Xmas lantern making workshop. It takes place at Art Hub Studios CIC on Stanley Street SE8 4BL, and costs £20, including materials. Please email me for more information.

I'm also planning some studio style drop in watercolour classes on Friday mornings starting in January 2026.

These classes will offer you the space to experiment and develop your work, with close guidance and suggestions from me.

They'll take place at Art Hub Studios CIC, Stanley Street SE8 4BL. 

They'll run from 10am - 12.30pm on Friday mornings  

January 16th, 

23rd and 30th 

February 6th and 13th. 

The cost, including art materials, is £15 per class, but if you are struggling please email me to discuss the pay what you can option. Please email me to find out more and book your place! All materials are provided.

I hope to see you somewhere soon!

 

Hi everyone!

I hope you're all fine and dandy.

I'm running a life drawing drop in tomorrow, Thursday October 9th, 2-5pm at my art studio space Art Hub studios CIC, Stanley Street, London SE8 4BL, downstairs in the project space.

The model is Tattooed Nude aka Craig.

 

It's £10 cash or card. Pay on the day and no need to book. I hope to see you!

And on the weekend of October 18th I have a small wall with Parallax Art Fair at Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London SW3 5EE . I'll be showing my new semi abstract miniature landscape paintings. These works have never been exhibited before. 

The private view is on Friday 17th from 6pm, please email vox@joart.info to rsvp. 

The fair runs over Saturday and Sunday, open from 11am - 5pm. Tickets are free and you can book by following this link:

https://www.parallaxaf.com/tickets.php

I hope you can join me!

 Hello everyone!

I'm very happy that my exhibition Fenestration has been included as part of the East Dulwich Open House festival. I'll be there in person to chat with you on Saturday May 17th and Sunday May 18th from 12 midday to 6pm. Please pop along and see my new work! I'll also have a table of small artworks and cards for sale on those days, including some very special brand new pieces inspired by my time in Ohio USA!

You can find out more about DOH by following this link:

https://dulwichfestival.co.uk/open-house/jo-mccormick/

I also have a small watercolour piece in the Happenstance Gallery's new exhibition Age of Flourishing, more details at the end of this post.

For those of you who attend my online Exploring Creativity classes on Zoom on Tuesdays 9.30am - 12.30pm, I hope you've all been enjoying the break! I've been having a lovely time in Ohio, and I found time while here to work on the new time table:

EXPLORING CREATIVITY TIMETABLE EARLY SUMMER 2025

10 weeks MAY 20th – JULY 22nd

Tuesdays 9.30am – 12.30pm online via zoom

Week 1

May 20^th - Picasso. Misogeny and cubism

Week 2

May 27^th - Hans Von Hayek. Sublime landscapes

Week 3

June 3^rd - Eric Tucker. Northern social realist watercolours

Week 4

June 10^th - Owen Jones. Colour theory & The Grammar of Ornament

Week 5

June 17^th - Glenys Cour. Soft semi abstraction without a brush

Week 6

June 24^th - Erwin Wurm. Contemporary Austrian sculpture

Week 7

July 1^st - Bessie MacNicol & The Glasgow Girls

Week 8

July 8^th - Anna Ray. Contemporary textile sculpture, abstract painting

Week 9

July 15^th- Philip Reinagle & Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora

Week 10

July 22^nd - Henrik Aarrestad Uldalen. Contemporary portraiture

I hope there's something you'd like to learn about and I'm really looking forward to seeing you in class when I return! 

If you haven't been before I'd love to welcome you to join too. 

We spend the first hour exploring an artist and learning about their life and work. I deliver a presentation, followed by a discussion and a tea break, after which I present a live art demonstration for you to follow along to. 

All the information and ideas for the practical arrive via email the Sunday before class, and there's an optional email sharing thread where you can post your work to get feedback and chat with each other if you wish after class, by hitting "reply all" when you send the email.

Choose as many or as few classes as you like, it's up to you! Just let me know which ones you want to attend. It's fine even if you only want to come once. The cost is "pay what you can", minimum £5 and maximum £45 per class. Pay whatever you can afford. My payment details remain the same:

My pay pal link is:

https://paypal.me/jomccArt?locale.x=en_GB

And my bank details are as follows:

HSBC First Direct account,
Joanna Caroline McCormick
Sort code: 404777

Account number:41102877.

If you'd like to do the online only version, I'll send you the information on Sundays and the practical demo video after class on Tuesdays. The cost of that is £40 for all 10 classes. Please let me know.

Classes will resume at 9.30am on Tuesday 20th May with Picasso!

I'm also returning to Adult Learning Lewisham, to teach a limited number of in person classes on Saturdays at their Brockley Rise Centre. 

The next one is Super Art Saturday, Landscape, on May 24th. 

After that there are sessions for Life Drawing All Day on Saturdays June 7th and July 5th and Super Art Saturdays Cubism on June 21st and Monoprinting (Exploring Drawing and Surface Techniques) on July 12th . 

The classes run from 10am - 3.30pm. 

You can find out more and book by following the links below:

Landscape: 

https://lewisham.gov.uk/cel/courses/app0151br---super-art-saturday---one-day-workshop---may---landscape---83436

Life Drawing All Day June:

https://lewisham.gov.uk/cel/courses/app0081br---life-drawing---all-day---one-day-workshop---june---83409

Cubism:

https://lewisham.gov.uk/cel/courses/app0152br---super-art-saturday---one-day-workshop---june---cubism---83437

Life Drawing All Day July:

https://lewisham.gov.uk/cel/courses/app0082br---life-drawing---all-day---one-day-workshop---july---83410

Monoprinting (Exploring Drawing and Surface Techniques):

https://lewisham.gov.uk/cel/courses/app0153br---super-art-saturday---one-day-workshop---july---exploring-drawing-and-surface-techniques

Here's information about The Age of Flourishing exhibition at Happenstance.

Age of Flourishing Exhibition at Happenstance Gallery

Age of Flourishing Exhibition at Happenstance Gallery 8 - 31 May 2025 Opening Reception: Thursday 8th and Saturday 10th   Group art show curated by Happenstance Gallery   The Age of Flourishing exhibition presents artworks that explore the state and experience of flourishing and the spaces — physical, emotional, psychological, ecological — that enable growth and transformation to happen. The exhibition is supported by: Flourishing Spaces     Exhibition dates: 8 – 31 May Book a time slot to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1338150838179 Participating Artists: Amel Mahfouf Andy Gashe Barts and the London Arts Collective Gunther Jancke Hanna Sepúlveda Hannah Battershell Jo McCormick Julia Engelhardt Kateryna Gudzenko Kateryna Horbatiuk Lyubov Minenko Margaret Ashman Rocío Romero Expósito Sarah Emily Porter Stephanie Mills Studio Marush Opening Receptions: Thursday 8th May 6-9pm Saturday 10th May 2-5pm RSVP is required. Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1336598866189 Header image © Detail of ‘Tranquil Reflections’ by OleKarako