Hi everyone!

I'm delighted to be involved with The Camberwell Arts Festival in 3 ways this year.

At the launch on Camberwell Green today - Saturday June 13th - between 11am and 5pm you can find me manifesting as The Camberwell Oracle. I'm offering pay what you want 3 card Tarot readings. Choose from a yes no answer, or past present future. Or treat yourself to both!

You can also see my patchwork square, Hair, Cats and Cakes in the window of Camberwell library as part of the community patchwork collage!

And I'm super pleased to have had my Love Cats collage made into a for sale sign for the "Not for Sale" exhibition. You can find it at

114 Benhill
Road, SE5 7LZ

I hope to see you somewhere, sometime soon!

With love and best wishes - Jo

 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!