To start this term, Stanley Picker Gallery are pleased to be hosting a special Saturday Art Club at our partner venue Dorich House Museum, the 1930’s former studio-home of artist Dora Gordine, located along Kingston Vale, a ‘deer’s leap’ from Richmond Park. This fun and free Saturday session for children ages 7-11 will be led … Saturday Art Club at Dorich House Museum
Stanley Picker Gallery is excited to continue running our popular Saturday Art Clubs for children and young people of the local community who are enthusiastic about art and design. Workshops are FREE for all and run most weekends 11am-12.30pm (ages 7-11) and once a term, 2-3.30pm (ages 14-18). Additionally, we run regular SEND-only events. All … Young Artists & SEND Art Clubs
A SYMPOSIUM ON THE POTENTIAL FUTURES FOR ARCHIVES OF ART, DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE This symposium, hosted and supported by Kingston School of Art, explores how archives can remain relevant and accessible in a rapidly changing world. Using the Ben Kelly Design (BKD) Archive as a starting point, it examines how archives can inspire new ideas … Future Ruins, Future Archives Symposium
Join us for the launch of new Fellowship exhibition Trust by Débora Delmar at Stanley Picker Gallery. Through her Stanley Picker Fellowship, Débora Delmar explored strategies of working within systems, contracts, relationships and institutions. By incorporating the contractual structure of the Fellowship and exploring how to set up a trust in her own name, she … Exhibition Launch: Débora Delmar ‘Trust’
Débora Delmar investigates the effects of globalisation on everyday life focusing on issues of class, gender, cultural hegemony and gentrification. This is borne from the omnipresent influence of the United States in Mexico (Delmar’s place of birth), and in the wider world. Within her practice she examines the contextual value of goods, analysing their systems … Trust
Stanley Picker Gallery is pleased to be re-starting ‘Kantha’s of Friendship’, a community project centred on traditional crafts, textile recycling and cross-cultural collaborations, led by Kingston-based textile group, Ariadne’s Thread. Participation is free, and all are welcome but regular attendance is encouraged. Initial workshops (4 & 11 February) will include a refresh of the kantha stitch … Kantha Workshops with Ariadne’s Thread Group