Join and learn during Family Day in Chisenhale Gallery on Sunday afternoon, 7th December 2008.

Your family is warmly invited to join artist educators Jenny Hendra, Alice Finbow and Sarah Michaels, from the Institute of Education's Artist Teacher Programme, for a family afternoon of art workshops inspired by Simon Martin's exhibition. Come ready to investigate and reinterpret objects!

With drawing, storyboarding and bite sized performance, families will think creatively about familiar objects, work together to bring life to everyday items and have a family friendly introduction to the exhibition. See you there!

Family Day is in the gallery on Sunday December 7th, from 2pm-5pm.

Find out more about Chisenhale Gallery (this website is in development, so scroll down for information and click under Simon Martin about Family Day), email or call 020 8981 4518.

How to get there:

Trains - The closest train station is Cambridge Heath (London) Rail, then London Fields and Bethnal Green.

Underground - The closest tube stations are Mile End and Bow Road, then Bethnal Green.

Buses - 277 (to Victoria Park); 339, 8 and D6 (get off at Grove Road junction with Roman Road); 338 (get off at Grove Road junction with Victoria Park Road); 25 (get off at Mile End station).

Plan your visit to London with Transport for London's Journey Planner, whether you are walking, cycling or using the public transport system.

Sponsored by United House and Londonewcastle, 'Drawntogether' is a new exhibition of drawings and etchings by current and former students of The Prince's Drawing School's Public Programme.
 
The exhibition is organised around the theme of 'how artists see' and has been organised by the students themselves to showcase their work. The exhibition is open to the public 11.00am to 7.30pm between 21 November and 29 November 2008, admission is free, more than 100 artists' works will be on display, and on sale to visitors.
 

On 18 November 2008, an exhibition at the Camberwell Art College opens showcasing 2,500 recently uncovered drawings of artist Dickie Orpen.  Orpen uniquely used her talent in art and passion for medicine in creating pencil drawings that recorded complex operations and pioneering techniques that helped change the face of plastic surgery.

During the Second World War both civilian and military personnel with horrific injuries were treated using plastic and reconstructive surgery at Hill End Hospital St Albans.  A pioneering surgeon, Rainsford Mowlem headed the team that conducted ground-breaking surgery to rectify injuries sustained in combat.

The drawings making up the exhibition "Dickie Orpen, Surgeon's Artist" were only recently discovered in archived records when the plastic surgery unit at Mount Vernon Hospital was closed last year. The rest were given to the BAPRAS Archive by the Plastic Surgeon Mr Magdy Saad who received them from the estate of Mr John Barron who worked with Mowlem at Hill End St Albans during the war. 

The exhibition is a joint initiative by Camberwell College of Art and the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS).  The collection of the drawings and the exhibition has been organised by retired plastic surgeon Brian Morgan and Jeanne Woodcraft, lecturer in drawing at Camberwell.

Between 18 and 23 November, the exhibition will be housed at Camberwell College of Art, Wilson Road, SE5 8LU.

The exhibition will be open to the public between 10am to 4pm on weekdays and entry is free. 

The drawings will then be exhibited at the Royal College of Surgeons at Lincoln Inn's Fields, WC2A 3PE from 3 December 2008.

En route from their hugely successful debut art show the nomadic Sketchbook collective seek refuge in East London's Jago Gallery from Monday the 10th of November to Wednesday the 19th.

Recently home to the Vice Magazine's Photo Book exhibition, the Jago will become the stage for Sketchbooks next eclectic, 'put-me-up' extravaganza: 'Voyage voyage'.

Drop the anchor as this enchanting collective transforms the Jago into a variant treasure chest of contemporary art. 'Voyage voyage' will feature a cohesion of inspired and original works of illustration, video works, photography and installation from the depths of London's young, artistic talent.

The gallery is open from 12 noon to 12 midnight seven days a week.With a fully licensed bar and coffee area the Jago is the perfect venue to rest weary souls. Private view: Thursday the 13th from 6pm to 9pm.

Find out more about the Jago Gallery and Sketchbook.

How to get there

The closest overground train station is Old Street, then Liverpool Street, Moorgate and Bethnal Green Rail.

The closest underground tube stations are Old Street, Liverpool Street, Moorgate, Aldgate, Aldgate East and Whitechapel.

If travelling by bus the 21, 43, 55, 76, 141, 205, 214, 243, 271 and 394 all serve Old Street.

This year - 2008 - marks the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War and the 90th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Air Force.

'Lest we forget' is a poignant and unflinching exhibition that celebrates both events and highlights the sacrifices made during human conflict. It takes place at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon and runs from 30 October to 19 December.

As an act of remembrance visitors are invited to interact with the exhibition by recording their thoughts and feelings on paper 'bricks'. These will be used to produce a 'Wall of Remembrance' in the Museum's Historic Hangars Gallery.

In the run up to Remembrance Sunday members of the public will be able to contribute to our Poppy Collage by dedicating a petal,on the 8th and 9th of November, to the memory of the fallen.

For more information visit the RAF Museum website.

"Possibly the best family art class in London..."

Free family workshops
Saturdays, 14.00-15.30

Somerset House, and their creative workshops will help you discover the artistic treasure in your little treasure.

Created by the in-house learning team, workshops take inspiration from the collections, exhibitions and magnificent architectural surroundings at Somerset House.

Children aged 6 to 12 years and their families are warmly welcomed at the free Saturday workshops, which begin at 14.00 and take an hour and a half to complete.

Family Workshops take place in the Learning Centre, Embankment level, South Building. Free tickets can be collected  at 13.00 on the day from the information desk in the Seamen's Hall. Spaces are limited, so tickets are allocated on a first come first served basis. Workshops are from 2pm until 3.30pm.

Somerset House family workshops and holiday drop-in workshops are for families and are not suitable for play schemes.

How to get there:

There's still a couple of days left to catch Our Lives at the Mall Galleries where the short-listed amateur photographers who entered this year's Currys' Digital Photography Competition are having a West End show of their very own.

The 145 people who made it through to the last round were asked to submit an image that captures their world as a Briton, from culture to work, play, environment and beyond. The result is a hugely diverse body of photos focusing on every possible aspect of life, from the most intimate private moments to the emotional bombast of sporting events. The winner of the £1,000 prize is announced on Saturday 16th August at a private evening do, but the exhibition is open to all until 4pm that day. You might even be inspired to upgrade that mini-pixel camera and brave a better model.

Open 10-5pm (except on the last day when the gallery closes at 4pm).

For more info tel: 020 7930 6844 or email info@mallgalleries.com

How to get there:

By tube:
Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly, Bakerloo Lines)
Charing Cross (Bakerloo, Northern Lines)

By bus: 3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 23, 24, 29, 53, 87, 88, 91, 139, 159, 176, 179, 453

IBID PROJECTS is pleased to present 'Sights from a Steeple', a group show of six international artists.

Each of whose work deals with issues such as a romance that has failed, a Poe-esque approach to the subject of the night or attitudes of austerity and self-restraint.

The exhibition takes its title from the chapter of a book by the Nineteenth-century novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne. Each story in the book had previously been published or told before. In the chapter 'Sights from a Steeple', an all-seeing narrator surveys the world around him from the heights of a church tower. His reflections create a sense of dizzying vertigo but also relay a sense of liberation that can come from looking at an environment from a distance, whereby the past and future can be seen together in one moment.

In a similar way, many of the artists in the exhibition can appear forward-looking in their vision whilst equally sharing a fascination for pre-Modernist canons. Through multiple references from Post-punk music to Nineteenth century literature and scientific photography, each have found similar possibilities in the past in the way that music groups such as The Cure or Joy Division explored Nineteenth century links between disaster and romance, and saw them as closely related; or, looked at recent subcultures that are still somehow unknown or have already been claimed by others.

The exhibition runs from Saturday July 5th until Sunday August 24th. The gallery is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 12pm to 6pm.

Find out more about IBID PROJECTS.

How to get there

The closest tube station is located at Bethnal Green. The closest overground station is located at Cambridge Heath.

If travelling by bus the 26, 48, 55, 106, 254, 309, 388, 394, D3 and D6 all serve Cambridge Heath.

Many people identify the Golden Age of aviation as the period between the two World Wars, a time when young men and women sought thrills, danger and, ultimately, international recognition through trailblazing aviation exploits that set the world alight.

This small group of pioneers were the first to conquer oceans and seas or just the physical and mental demands of long distance flying, without the comfort of the modern technologies that we take for granted today, making their achievements, for many, even more wondrous.

In this the Centenary Year of British Powered Flight, the Royal Air Force Museum has decided to honour this band of intrepid aviators with a free six month exhibition. 'Trailblazers' focuses on four individuals whose courage, grit and determination captured the world's imagination during the 1920s and 30s.

Those featured in the exhibition include Alex Henshaw, Amy Johnson, Francis Chichester, Charles Lindbergh and many more.

The aim of 'Trailblazers' will be to re-introduce these pioneers, their achievements and aircraft associated with them to a new generation of young explorers in the appropriately named Milestones of Flight Hall at the Museum's London site.

The exhibition runs from Saturday May 31st to Wednesday December 31st. The museum is open daily from 10am to 6pm.

Find out more about the RAF Museum.

How to get there

The closest tube station is located at Colindale.

If travelling by bus the 303 passes the museum entrance and the 32, 142, 204 and 292 all serve Colindale.

Head down to the Viewfinder Gallery in Greenwich for a fantastic photography exhibition.

These photographers use the camera to create innovative, poetic images rather than simply to record: photographing scenes where there is no immediately obvious subject matter (as with Gerd Hasler's waterscapes, in which water is reduced to monochrome images; Mike Whelan's series of interiors abstracted to light and form; and Mark Bellingham's photographs taken from moving trains, allowing for chance compositions), photographing what is not quite there (Nicola Probert's photograph of her parents' half-hearted redecorating attempts), or photographing the outright invisible (Isidro Ramirez's documentation of the scenes of his dreams and longings).

Nearly Nothing runs from Saturday 12th July to Sunday August 17th. The gallery is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm and Saturday and Sunday from 12pm to 4pm.

Find out more about the Viewfinder Gallery.

How to get there

The closest tube and DLR stations are located at Greenwich.

If traveling by bus the 129, 177, 180, 188, 199, 286 and 386 all serve the area.

The Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2008 will take place this June/July - it's open to everyone and free to attend.

The interactive exhibits cover topics from how electrical stimulation of the skin can reduce pain, to whether picture passwords are the solution to identity fraud, and you get to meet the scientists behind some of the UK's latest scientific advancements.

The exhibition runs from Monday June 30th to Thursday July 3rd, opening times do vary so check out the official website.

How to get there

The closest tube station is located at Charing Cross.

If travelling by bus the 1, 4, 6 (24 hour service), 9, 11, 15, 23, 26, 59, 68, 76, X68, 91, 168, 171, 172, 176 (24 hour service), 188, 243 (24 hour service), 341 (24 hour service), 521 and RV1 all serve the area.

Feeling High is a fantastic series of art events taking place at the Trinity Buoy Wharf.

With over 6.6 billion population and more than 50% population in world's cities, how our cities tackle the balance between desire on space and land resources in the future is questionable. The scale of cities is insignificant when compared to their wider landscape context.

High rise development is always a controversial issue especially London. There are a lot of discussions on opening up London's skyline to meet the competitiveness from globalization while conserving London's unique historical cityscape. Can London keep its skyline and global competitiveness at the same time or can London develop high rise buildings without destroying its skyline? What does high rise mean? How can it affect our lives? It is hard to judge how high rise built environment may benefit or threaten our lifestyle and comment it without personal experience.

The event aims at creating a platform to push visitors into reflections on high rise built environment by providing a new fresh visual experience. It will question on our conventional perceptions on high rise built environment and provoke visitors' thoughts to let them have their own perspectives.

Other events taking place at the Trinity Buoy Wharf include:

'The Shooters Fifteen' Design Forum
June 28th
Unconventional way to throw our audience with an hour of visual and verbal stimulants, from an exciting mix of speakers.

An Overpopulated Exhibition
July 15th to July 20th
Think you know it all about high-rise? We present you with some of the most high profiles projects in our City and question on your conventional perceptions.

Feeling High runs from Saturday June 28th to Sunday July 20th. Find out more about the event at the London Parks website.

How to get there

The nearest tube stations are located at Canning Town and East India DLR.

If travelling by bus the 5, 69, 115, 147, 241, 276, 300, 309, 323, 330, and 474 all serve the nearby Canning Town.

Tania Bruguera will be staging an intervention this June at Tate Britain.

Tania Bruguera is a Cuban artist who divides her time between Havana, Cuba, and Chicago, USA. Her interdisciplinary work focuses on the relationship between art, politics and life. Since 2002 she has been working on a series of projects in which she appropriates the structures of power, creating political situations rather than just representing them. For the second in the series Tate Triennial Prologues she will make an intervention based on her proposition of a political party for migrant people.

The event is taking place on Saturday June 28th from 10am to 5pm, spectators are free to come and go as they please.

Find out more about events at Tate Britain.

How to get there

Underground - Pimlico (Victoria Line, 600 metres approx.), Vauxhall (Victoria line, 850 metres approx.), Westminster (Jubilee, District and Circle Lines).

Buses - A number of buses service the area, including the 2, 3, C10, 36, 87, 88, 159, 185, 436 and 507.

Boat - Tate Boat runs every forty minutes along the Thames between Tate Modern, the London Eye and Tate Britain.

Train - Vauxhall or Victoria stations are both located nearby.

Taxi - A taxi drop off/pick up point is situated on Millbank, just outside the Millbank entrance.

Car - There is a limited amount of pay and display parking in the streets surrounding Tate Britain (free at the weekends and after 18.30). Free parking at other times is only available to SEN groups booked into sessions.

Coach - Drop-off point on Millbank

By bike - There are bike racks outside the gallery to the left of the Manton entrance (at the end of Atterbury Street on the corner with John Islip Street) and also on Millbank near the entrance to the Clore gallery.

The Gestalt Centre is proud to be hosting the artwork of Paul Harris and Paula Snow, young artists from West London, this April.

The artwork on show varies from abstract, cellebrity portraits, and animals to still lifes such as flowers etc...small and large! They demonstrate their passion for art through their recent work by exploring various styles, techniques and textures on stretched canvas.

All images will be up for sale during this one day spectacular on Saturday April 12th from 12.30pm to 4pm.

Find out more about the Gestalt Centre.

How to get there

The closest underground station is located at Old Street.

If travelling by bus the 21, 43, 55, 76, 141, 205, 214, 243, 271 and 394 all serve Old Street.

Alan Michael is a painter who lives and works in Glasgow. He is interested in the idea of things colliding and works a puzzling and eclectic array of imagery into his canvases, with references drawn from both high and low culture. Text, clothing, plants, cars and figures appropriated from art historical and media sources are grouped, repeated or reflected in his compositions with apparent indifference.

Sometimes reminiscent of the cool, slick finish of advertising, his painterly style, like his artistic intentions, is hard to pin down. Using a seemingly impenetrable and private language to skew the familiar, his paintings are impersonal yet beguiling and goad the viewer to disentangle a narrative of connections. For his Art Now exhibition the artist will present new paintings, not seen before in London.

How to get there:

Tate Britain
Millbank
London SW1P 4RG

Help plan your visit to Tate Britain using Transport for London's Journey planner, whether you're walking, cycling or using public transport. You can also access Journey planner on a WAP-enabled mobile by texting 'TfL' to 60835. Text is charged at standard rate. There is also a Google Map of the area.

Underground
Pimlico (Victoria Line, 600 metres approx.), Vauxhall (Victoria line, 850 metres approx.), Westminster (Jubilee, District and Circle Lines).

Buses
A number of buses service the area, including the 2, 3, C10, 36, 87, 88, 159, 185, 436 and 507.

Tate Britain is located on the north bank of the River Thames at Millbank, south west of the city centre and not far from the Houses of Parliament.

Boat
Tate Boat runs every forty minutes along the Thames between Tate Modern, the London Eye and Tate Britain.

Train
Vauxhall or Victoria stations are both located nearby.

Taxi
A taxi drop off/pick up point is situated on Millbank, just outside the Millbank entrance.

Car
There is a limited amount of pay and display parking in the streets surrounding Tate Britain (free at the weekends and after 18.30). Free parking at other times is only available to SEN groups booked into sessions.

Coach
Drop-off point on Millbank

By bike
There are bike racks outside the gallery to the left of the Manton entrance (at the end of Atterbury Street on the corner with John Islip Street) and also on Millbank near the entrance to the Clore gallery.

Access
There is level access at the Clore Gallery entrance for school groups using educational facilities with a lift to the galleries. There is also level access via the Manton Entrance on Atterbury Street, with a lift to the galleries (please do not use the Manton if you require an education booked service or educational facilities). To reserve a parking space or wheelchair please telephone 020 7887 3959.

"Possibly the best family art class in London..."

Free family workshops
Saturdays, 14.00-15.30

There are many delights in store for your family at Somerset House, and our creative workshops will help you discover them.

Workshops are devised by our dedicated learning team. Draw inspiration from the collections, exhibitions and magnificent architectural surroundings at Somerset House, then create your own masterpieces from what you learn.

Children aged 6 to 12 years and their families are warmly welcomed at our free Saturday workshops. Workshops begin at 14.00 and it takes an hour and a half to complete the activity.

Collect your free ticket at 13.00 on the day from the information desk in the Seamen's Hall. Spaces are limited, so tickets are allocated on a first come first served basis.

Please note: there will be no family workshop on Easter Saturday (22 March 2008).

Holiday drop-in workshops are suitable for families with children of all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. If the workshop is full, families are welcome to wait until spaces become available. The activity lasts about half an hour. Meet in the Learning Centre, Embankment level, South Building.

Somerset House family workshops and holiday drop-in workshops are for families and are not suitable for play schemes.

Somerset House Trust
South Building
Somerset House
Strand
London WC2R 1LA

Curated by composer, artist and sound designer Matthias Kispert (D-Fuse, WKsound, CrowdFormation), this series of soundworks present a slice of contemporary China that is not seen but heard, providing an aural glimpse of everyday life in China.

The installation features newly commissioned work by some of China's leading experimental artists including Zhong Minjie and Yan Jun, providing an aural glimpse of everyday life in China.

The event runs from Friday April 18th to Monday April 28th at The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, 10am-11pm (daily). Admission is free.

Find out more about this event and others 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.

Atlas Gallery presents an exhibition of work by British photojournalist and co-founder of the Magnum agency, George Rodger.

Rodger spent the Second World War as a correspondent covering Europe, Burma, and the North African campaigns - and it was after he caught himself aesthetically 'framing' an image of the heaped corpses at Belsen that he decided to leave war and Europe behind him. In 1947 he returned to Africa, embarking on a two-year long, overland journey from Cape Town to Cairo - with the intention of photographing the wildlife while also exploring something of Man's inseparable relationship with nature. He visited Nigeria, Uganda, and Lamberene in Gabon, photographing the little-known, day-to-day existence of the tribal peoples in this part of the world, from the Nuba tribe in Southern Sudan to Masai Warriors in Kenya. Much of Rodger's photojournalism in Africa was published in National Geographic as well as other magazines and newspapers.

The Atlas Gallery is open Monday - Friday 10am - 6pm, Saturday 11am-5pm. Admission is free.

Find out more about exhibitions at the Atlas Gallery.


How to get there

The gallery is on Dorset Street, which runs across Baker Street (towards the north end).

Underground: The nearest tube station is Baker Street.

Buses: Routes 2, 13, 30, 74, 82, 113, 139, 189, 274,and 453 all serve Baker Street.

In awarding the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature to Harold Pinter, the Committee Chair noted that: "with his 29 plays and about 100 that he has directed or acted in, he has made the theatre his own domain".

Drawing from the recently acquired Harold Pinter archive of unique manuscripts, letters, photographs, and sound recordings, this temporary exhibition at the Sir John Ritblat Gallery in the British Library charts Pinter's life in the theatre as an actor, director, and writer of some of the most significant and celebrated plays of the 20th century.

Find out more about events and exhibitions at the British Library.


How to get there

Underground/Rail: St Pancras and Kings Cross.

Bus the 10, 17, 30, 45, 46, 59, 63, 73, 91, 205, 214, 259 and 476 all serve nearby Kings Cross.

Steve McQueen's moving exhibition at the Imperial War Museum is dedicated to all the victims of the Iraq war.

Commemorating the British service personnel who have been killed in the war in Iraq, McQueen's project takes the form of a series of postage stamp sheets featuring photographic portraits of individual men and women who have lost their lives in the conflict so far. Each stamp also bears the standard profile of Her Majesty the Queen, the sovereign in whose name they went to fight.

Commissioned by the Imperial War Museum and the Manchester International Festival to respond to the conflict in Iraq, Steve McQueen wanted to find a way to bring these people into our everyday lives, our homes and workplaces as a reminder of our country's participation in the war. The project is both a tribute to the deceased and 'a reflection upon the validity of war, the structure of power and notions of national identity'. These stamps are facsimiles: the artist hopes that an official set of stamps might eventually be issued by Royal Mail.

Find out more about this and other exhibitions and events at The Imperial War Museum.


How to get there

Underground: The nearest tube stations are at Lambeth North and Waterloo.

Bus: 1, 3, 12, 45, 53, 63, 68, 159, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 344 and C10 all serve the area.

Which will be the next work of art to grace the famous Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square? Take a look at the shortlisted artists' work at the National Gallery - and leave comments on what you think should fill the space.

The exhibition will display models by the six shortlisted artists: Jeremy Deller, Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Yinka Shonibare MBE, and Bob & Roberta Smith.

Part of a rolling programme of commissions to add a new sculptures to the Fourth Plinth, the work selected this time will replace the recently unveiled 'Model for a Hotel' by Thomas Schütte (pictured) - a specially engineered, colourful glass sculpture of a 21-storey building which in turn replaced Marc Quinn's popular work 'Alison Lapper Pregnant'.

Find out more about the National Gallery and the Fourth Plinth Project.


How to get there

Underground: The closest tube and train station to Trafalgar Square is Charing Cross. Leicester Square is also a short walk away.

Bus: 3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 23, 24, 29, 53, 87, 88, 91, 139, 159, 176 and the 453 all serve Trafalgar Square.

This major exhibition features hundreds of the most arresting and iconic posters from the Imperial War Museum's internationally renowned collection.

'Weapons of Mass Communication' explores the relationship between advertising, publicity and government propaganda and policy, from the First World War onwards. It charts the poster's evolution as a tool of protest and counter-culture, incorporating powerful Peace, anti-Nuclear and anti-Vietnam designs of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as more recent material from the Iraq war demonstrations.

The museum is open daily (except 24, 25 and 26 December) 10.00am - 6.00pm.



How to get there

The closest tube stations to the Imperial War Museum are Lambeth North and Waterloo. If travelling by bus, the 1, 3, 12, 45, 53, 63, 68, 159, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 344 and C10 all serve the area.