As part of London College of Communication’s ongoing support to our cultural neighbours, we’re featuring a weekly round-up of some of the activities and content provided by the fantastic museums, galleries and cultural venues in our local area.
From online events like Instagram drawing clubs and virtual exhibitions to physical activities like performances and screenings, here’s our guide to what you can get involved in with our Southwark and Lambeth friends and partners both online and in person.
Are you a London-based start-up or SME? Register for our free, upcoming webinar, ‘Staying Power: Engagement, purpose and reward in VR games’, where experts in virtual reality will discuss the rising success of VR gaming.
Hear Dan Bartlett and industry experts discuss the true power of play, as well as the ways in which of virtual reality can be used to develop broader immersive experiences.
This event is hosted as part of our ACE IT project in collaboration with London South Bank Innovation Centre, which supports start-ups and SMEs to develop their immersive tech offer by providing them with consultancy and access to resources.
Friday 6 November, 2-3pm
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DYLEMA presents What If a Black Girl Knew?, supported by Theatre Peckham.
Join them at the end of their Young, Gifted & Black season for an exhibition launch like no other from renowned artist and spoken-soul performer DYLEMA.
The evening promises to be a night of celebration with an exciting look at their eclectic range of paintings plus a live performance of the powerful spoken word piece What If A Black Girl Knew?.
You can also join DYLEMA in-conversation on our stage, featuring response performances from some of London’s hottest Black talent including poet and songwriter Chelle OT.
Saturday 7 November, 7pm
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Experienced creative practitioners Ghislaine Boddington, Shobana Jeyasingh, Richard Layzell, Rosemary Lee, Graeme Miller and Errollyn Wallen share their thoughts on how they, as creators, define a community. Together they pioneered 'practice as research' collaborative dialogues through ResCen at Middlesex University where they were research associate artists for twenty years.
This online event will include short presentations from each of the practitioners followed by questions from those attending and open discussion.
Wednesday 28 October, 7-8.15pm
Watch the presentations
Comfortable Classical concerts invite anyone and everyone, from young children to older adults, to experience orchestral music. These concerts are more relaxed than traditional classical concerts and feature introductions from the musicians, as well as inspiring performances of classical music. Our audience members are also encouraged to draw and colour while they listen to the music.
On Monday 2 November, you can watch French-inspired music for a brass trio in a programme featuring music by 20th century composers Poulenc and Stravinsky.
This concert will also be live streamed on City of London Sinfonia’s Facebook page.
Monday 2 November
Watch the concert
View the City of London Sinfonia’s Facebook page
Join the Centre of Cultural Value for ten days of free online events, probing and questioning the value of culture through a series of discussions and interactive workshops. All events will have live transcription.
This events programme will include workshops and webinars, with opportunities to hear about research findings and discuss questions of cultural value.
Monday 2 - Friday 13 November
Get involved with the events
A new theatrical reading of the story, directed by Ned Bennett.
Imagine the worst people you can think of, can you do that? Good. Then you’re just about ready to meet Mr and Mrs Twit, the nastiest couple you could ever hope (not) to meet.
We're overjoyed to be able to share our brand new theatrical reading of one of Roald Dahl's best-loved books about a most despicable couple, The Twits, the clever Muggle-Wump and the magnificent Roly-Poly Bird.
This unabridged reading, filmed in our theatre, is gleeful, gunge-filled digital storytelling aimed at children aged 6 - 12.
Until Monday 30 Nov 2020
Watch The Twits
This online session of presentations and discussions, selected from an open call, examines recent research and critical issues around contemporary drawing.
Presentations include:
Friday 6 November 2-3.30pm
Get involved with the session
This is one of two online drawing classes where tutor Frances Stanfield will guide you through Matisse's playful approach to art making. This second session adopts Matisse's use of scissors as an image making tool and the first is Drawing with Sticks. You don't have to attend both.
Drawing with Sticks is now available on our website.
Matisse is best known for both his delightfully fluid drawing style and exquisite use of colour, particularly in his simplistic cut out works. In both sessions you will be engaged in mimicking Matisse’s expressive and restlessly experimental way of working to inspire you in your own creative endeavours.
This class is suitable for all levels, and this is a Pay What You Can class.
Saturday 7 November 2-3pm
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To suggest an online activity organised by a venue local to LCC for inclusion in this weekly Canvas feature, please email: Gill Henderson, Cultural and Communities Partnerships Manager: g.m.henderson@lcc.arts.ac.uk.
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