Join us for a series of Discursive Talks as part of Ilona Sagar’s Fellowship exhibition Other Actors. Each session will be held in the exhibition space. In the first hour you are invited to watch the Other Actors film (59’40” minutes) followed by a discursive talk with invited guest speakers. Wed 11 June 2-3pm Film … Other Actors Discursive Talks
Stanley Picker Print Tutor, Isabella Tessier presents her solo exhibition Seeing The Unseen at the Stanley Picker Gallery’s Project Studio. Isabella Tessier was awarded with the Stanley Picker Print Tutorship 2025 for her project, The Unsettled Body, that explored an unfixed representation of the performing body, fluidly captured in print, drawing and motion capture. In her most … Seeing the Unseen
Stanley Picker Gallery and our partner venue Dorich House Museum are pleased to stage two creative and free events as part of Refugee Week 2025, with our long-term partner Ariadne’s Thread. Kantha’s of Friendship Tuesday 17 June 12-3pm, Stanley Picker Gallery Kantha’s of Friendship is a cross-cultural participatory textile project based on the ancient craft of … Refugee Week with Ariadne’s Thread
Stanley Picker Gallery will host a unique exhibition of embroideries by adults and children living in the UK and across Europe. More than 280 individuals contributed to the works in the exhibition Flowers III. The community of stitchers was brought together through an integration textile programme, ‘Flowers We Give To Ukraine developed by local curator and … Flowers III
A Journey Through Kingston presents an original large-scale drawing by London-based ActionSpace artist Ian Wornast as part of the Kingston 2025 festival. Following a series of research trips to Kingston upon Thames, Ian has interwoven references to the local area and the town’s history, constructing a landscape that centres on the idea of journeying in … A Journey Through Kingston
Help us complete our riverside Sauna! MA Architecture students from the Department of Architecture and Landscape at Kingston School of Art invite all to join them for a special clay plastering workshop in which participants will learn how to prepare and clad recycled clay to the natural fibres covering their hand-built sauna, and add flourishes with … Under Construction: Clay Plastering Workshop
Join us for the launch of Other Actors, a new three-channel film piece by Stanley Picker Fellow Ilona Sagar, exploring the links between bodies and buildings, health and architecture through the lens of the Paimio Sanatorium in Finland. Designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto and completed between 1929 and 1933, the sanatorium represents a radical … Exhibition Launch, Other Actors
Join us in participating with Sow to Sew, a free educational programme of workshops and textile demonstrations run by local community partner Ariadne’s Thread Group. The full programme focuses on cultivating flax and processing it into fibres which subsequently become linen threads for sewing. The workshops will encompass all stages of textile production, from seed … Sow to Sew with Ariadne’s Thread Group
Stanley Picker Gallery and Kingston School of Art at Kingston University are pleased to be hosting a new exhibition showcasing artwork created by adults with diagnoses of Autism and/or ADHD, initiated by at Your Healthcare CIC. Through their creative practice, these artists express their experiences—in ways that may not always be visible to others. Each piece … Art, Meaning & Diagnosis: A Celebration of Neurodivergent Art
To accompany Stanley Picker Fellow Débora Delmar’s solo exhibition Trust, the Gallery is collaborating with Studio KT1 to host a series of workshops and a one night only event of live art, dance and poetry performances. Workshops: Let’s Make Some Money Fri 4 April 2-4pm Join a linocut printing workshop to create your own bank … Studio KT1 Trusts Stanley Picker Gallery