William Blake Mosaics
Celebrate Willam Blake's 250th birthday at the Southbank Centre!
Head down to The Saison Poetry Library at the Royal Festival Hall to celebrate William Blake's 250th birthday in style!
The Saison Poetry Library is currently hosting an exhibition of mosaics based on William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth.
Blake was a visionary poet and artist who spent part of his life in Lambeth. These mosaics, created by local people, are one strand of the William Blake Heritage Project. This project aims to develop a shared understanding of Blake's work in the local community, and is run by Southbank Mosaics in partnership with Southbank Sinfonia and the Futures Theatre Company.
The mosaics are on display from Thursday January 29th to Sunday March 30th they are open daily (excepting Mondays) from 11am to 8pm.
Find out more about free events at the Southbank Centre.
How to get there
Rail - Waterloo, Waterloo East or walk over the Hungerford Bridge from Charing Cross.
Underground - The closest tube stations are Waterloo (on the Northern, Bakerloo & Jubilee lines), Southwark (on the Jubilee line) or walk over the Hungerford Bridge from Embankment (on the Northern, Bakerloo, District and Circle lines).
Buses - All the following buses stop on Waterloo Bridge and you can take the steps down to Southbank on either side of the bridge or use the pavements that slope down away from the river and then double back to take you to Upper Ground, which runs behind the Southbank Centre: 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341, 521, X68, Riverside Bus (RV1 - which also stops on Upper Ground which runs by the back of the Southbank Centre). 77 (Upper Ground near the Festival Hall), 211 & 507 (Waterloo Road near the main station), 381 (Stamford Street). 45, 63 & 100 all stop at the southern end of Blackfriars Bridge, and there is a 10 minute walk along the riverside to the Southbank Centre.
