Art by Offenders
Art By Offenders is a free exhibition in the Southbank Centre
See some Art By Offenders from Saturday 27th September until Friday 7th November for free in the Southbank Centre. The mediums include photography, painting, match stick sculpture and the exhibition has been curated by young offenders of the Lambeth borough who selected works from the 5,000 entered in the annual Koestler Awards For those who are interested to know more, they are holding free tours of the exhibition every Saturday at 3pm and Thursday at 6pm.
Art By Offenders is essentially what it says in the title, although also included are high security patients and immegration detainees. So really, it is art of the detained, from all across the UK.
Art By Offenders is free of charge in the Spirit Level of the Southbank Centre from 27th September - 7th November. The Southbank Centre is open daily. For more information call 0871 663 2500.
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.
