Join us for a weekend of Arts at Abney Park 6-7th August

Artists- The Hackney Utopians, Eva Bachmann, Frank Creber, Maria Alvarez-Echenique

Open to all ages

Clay arts trail

Participants will take a board with their clay on it out into the Park. They will find something of interest to make an impression of, a leaf, some lettering or motif on a gravestone etc.

They will come back and shape their piece of clay in the workshop space, in order that it fits into an overall shape.

The clay pieces will be fired and will be on display in the exhibition in the Stoke Newington Library, which is linked to the project.

Mapping the park

Participants will take a quest map and a panel with a number on it. They will use the quest map to find their place in the park. At their place they will find a flag with their number on it. When they have found their place they will draw whatever catches their eye, they will draw directly onto the panel and return to the workshop space.

I would like to invite you  to a showcase art fair called Parallax AF, which features two exhibitions of international contemporary art. As well as emerging and established artists from Europe and the UK, there will also be work from Russia, Japan, Korea, Brazil and the USA. All sales go directly to the artists and work ranges up to £3000.

The private views will take place on:

Thursday 30th June, 7pm – 9pm and

Saturday 2nd July 7pm – 9pm

at La Galleria, The Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, London, UK.

The exhibitions have been guest curated by Ms Gayane Umerova, Senior Curator at the Art Gallery of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. The online catalogue contains an essay by Ms Umerova, as well as a brief overview of the cultural event by the art historian Dr Chris Barlow.

You can find more information about the exhibitions and the artists at this website: www.barlowfinedrawings.com/parallaxaf.html.

I would be grateful if you could RSVP your attendance at one of the above private views by Friday 24th June, 6pm to: privateviews@barlowfinedrawings.com.

I look forward to seeing you at what will be a ground-breaking event.

Thank you for your time

Maria

Check the ten metre mural we’ve just finished (Signs of Life youth enterprise ) at Charlton School, click on the link bellow to see Greenwich press release :

Signs of Life Mural April 11

We made a Puppet theatre and a series of socks puppets, inspired  by the theme of circus, during a week of workshops at Willowdene School.

Art and Craft Fair at Darnley Gallery. I’ve curated the show and exhibited my work at

Darnley Road Gallery in Hackney.