Back in the early 1970s I was a keen photographer with a home darkroom. Few venues exhibited photographs. Camera clubs and the Royal Photographic Society showed “pictorialism” which harked back to Edwardian times. These were
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Category: Arts in East End
Visual arts, theatre and music in and around the East End of London.
Newsletter: Shows for the Kids, Harley Grove, Mela, Dementia Meet-ups, Barbican Library, Facial Recognition
Above – I usually need a strong bag when I go to the Barbican Library Newsletter For the Children or the Grandchildren The Little Angel Theatre (puppets) have an interactive new take on Punch and
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Family events: Unity Festival, Africa Utopia, Community Fair & Dog Show
Africa Utopia Africa Utopia (photo above) is an annual festival celebrating the arts and culture of one of the world’s most dynamic and fast-changing continents. It’s on at the Southbank Centre from Thurs 19th July
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Things to do 1st to 3rd Dec 2017
1st – 10th Dec 2017 East London Printmakers Festival of Print at Mile End Art Pavilion, Clinton Road, E3 4QY. 11am – 6pm, free. Fri 1st Dec 2017 4-5pm Join the Wick Singers – a Community
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Paintings of Bow
Above: “East End’s Amateur Art Students” Daily Sketch 13th April 1927. Last week Sheila and I took the train to Southampton to see the big exhibition From Mile End to Mayfair, at Southampton Art Gallery which is
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