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Open Studios 2024

Open Studios 2024

We look forward to welcoming you to our annual Open Studios on November 9th and 10th, 12-6PM.

Enjoy :
⭐️ Visits to our 40 members’ studios
⭐️ An exhibition of members’ work in our Project Space
⭐️ Open Access to and guided tours of our grade 2 listed building
⭐️ Free art workshops for both kids and adults
⭐️ A fun children’s art trail within the building
⭐️ Affordable refreshments at our pop-up cafe

In the project space we have a free group exhibition of small works made by our studio members. Come along to see drawings, paintings, sculptures and more in our amazing on-site gallery.

Our doors will be open from 12-6pm daily. All ages welcome. This is event and all workshops/tours are FREE to all!

Address: 140 Lewisham Way, SE14 6PD

Lewisham Arthouse is a not-for-profit artist-led co-operative, based in a Grade 2 listed library building in Deptford. Founded in 1992 it provides 40 artist studios with associated public gallery and workshop programmes.

Building accessibility:
There is step free access to the Lewisham Arthouse Project Space, Workshop and ground floor studios. Studios on the first floor and the basement are accessible by stairs with 32 steps. We do not have a sound system/hearing loop.
All of our toilets are gender neutral. An accessible toilet with baby changing facilities is located on the ground floor.
We welcome guide, hearing and assistance dogs.

Current Event, Project Space

There is always more than a Wish in Lewisham

There is Always More Than a Wish in Lewisham artwork by Phil Baird
There is always more than a Wish in Lewisham | Phil Baird
From 28 June to 8 July 2024

Forty years of living and creating in Lewisham – a retrospective exhibition by award-winning artist, Phil Baird.

Brockley Phil has lived and made art in Lewisham for over four decades, the exhibition is designed as a give-back to the Lewisham community which has been his home for so long.

Phil Baird uses rare and unusual materials locally sourced, and up-cycled materials from Deptford market and local charity shops. The works are a form of visual poetry. Phil creates imaginary worlds from memory and invented content a large narrative in different expressions. The exhibition consists of various groups of work such as drawings, prints, paintings, tactile pieces, construction, assemblage, and combines the dialogue between the contrasting media form a coherent integrated and diverse whole.

In total 80 pieces of work are on show, each bridging an inner world and outer reality, offering a dialogue between the different artworks.

The show is blind and partially sighted friendly, with tactile works as a part of a workshop designed for blind artists, and touch tours of the building with audio description.

The exhibition takes place at two Lewisham venues, Lewisham Art House and Arts Network Gallery.

Key Dates:
Lewisham Arthouse 28 June – 8 July 2024 (11am-5:30pm)
Private view 28 June 6-9pm

Arts Network Gallery early July – and throughout August
by appointment 0208 752 2849

About the artist:
Phil Baird gained a Master’s degree at Reading University, Millennium Award Fellowship and holds the Queen’s Platinum Anniversary Award for voluntary service. He was also selected for the Jerwood Drawing Prize. He has exhibited widely across London, often in church premises and has been a member of Arts Network for 24 years, an ambassador for Outside In, artist agency and The Dragon Café.

For more information, visit philbaird.co.uk. or email philbaird@hotmail.co.uk.