My Mother’s Daughter

February 28, 2017 by freespaceatthewigg

Private view: 9th March, 6.30pm — 9pm Facebook event Normal exhibition times: Monday — Friday, 9am — 6.30pm 9th March — April 3rd My Mother’s Daughter is an exhibition of sensitive photographic works by three artists examining the loss and legacy of their mothers. In each of the works the artists have found a unique method of retaining the bond between mother and daughter, in an exploration of grief, motherhood, genetic inheritance and their continuing role as daughters. After her […]

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Songwriting for wellbeing

February 17, 2017 by freespaceatthewigg

Our first 6 week songwriting for wellbeing course run by singer & songwriter Ian Bennett was a huge success. We’ll be running our second course in March and there are a number of places available. The course is free and run in a safe and supportive environment. Dates: March 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, April 4th, 11th Timings: There are two separate groups. Our morning group runs from 11am — 1pm, the afternoon group runs 2pm — 4pm. Please get in […]

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Manifestations of the Mind

December 14, 2016 by freespaceatthewigg

We are happy today to feature a guest blog entry by our current artist in residence Antonia Attwood read all about her experience below of working with participants of lived experience of mental health to produce collaborative video pieces about their individual experiences. For the last two months I have been working with five participants at the Kentish Town Health Centre. I was really please with the success of the open call for participants and I am really looking forward […]

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A Dialogue with Colour

December 6, 2016 by freespaceatthewigg

Dialogue with Colour  We are so pleased to host the work of Michelle Kurth and Philippa Marshall who have been our artists in residence for the last 3 months. The work produced is a mixture of painting, collage and weaving. Michelle has been weaving wonderful colourful pieces inspired by and directly related to Philippa’s paintings. Philippa has been working on painting a series of ceiling tiles which have now been installed in our ground floor corridors and are really brightening […]

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A busy November

November 18, 2016 by freespaceatthewigg

Busy November for us all here in Kentish Town! Motherhood (Un)Speakable (Un)Spoken performance Friday saw Joanna Rosenfeld perform twice for audiences assembled at Kentish Town Community centre. It was a wonderful and emotional end to the project Motherhood (Un)Speakable (Un)Spoken a series of multi arts based workshops on the theme of motherhood, a chance for mothers to explore their experiences in new ways. The workshops were hugely successful and we hope to be able to run such workshops again in […]

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Colour, motherhood, fatherhood

October 28, 2016 by freespaceatthewigg

A nice little Friday update of what we have been up to and what is coming up. Create with a colour – Yesterday afternoon we hosted the first of two workshops with current artists in residence Michelle Kurth and Philippa Marshall Create with a colour. These two afternoon workshops give you the opportunity to play with colour, indulge in using a wide range of materials, to weave, paint, make 3d pieces or collage and explore what colour means to you. […]

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Ballet, theatre, colour, silence & motherhood

October 17, 2016 by freespaceatthewigg

We have such a lot to tell you! The Nutcracker – we are lucky due to our on going partnership with Royal Opera House in Covent Garden to be able to offer subsidised tickets to a matinee performance of The Nutcracker. The performance is a brilliant way to celebrate the festive season and we even have tickets in the front row for £20! Perhaps you are a member of one of our groups or have a connection with the health […]

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Walking in Silence

October 13, 2016 by freespaceatthewigg

Walking in Silence the new exhibition by Lithuanian artist Birute Nomeda Stankuniene is now open in our exhibition space on the first floor of the Kentish Town Health Centre. On Tuesday 11th October Birute gave us a guided tour of the exhibition and explaining the inspiration behind her work. Her walks in nature which have gone on to inspire her artworks. Her colour based series are ways of exploring her emotions. Visit the exhibition have a think about the way in which […]

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Root Shock

September 26, 2016 by freespaceatthewigg

Friday evening was a wonderful launch event for Six Sense Garden our creative and horticultural project we have been coordinating with artist Bess Frimodig. The participants have spent the summer creating and maintaining a garden in which all of the plants are edible or have medicinal qualities. Alongside the gardening the participants have been learning about how plants adapt to stress and have been working with Bess to print these ideas in image and text form. All of their creative […]

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Manifestations of the Mind

September 20, 2016 by freespaceatthewigg

There is a lot going on at Free Space Gallery at the moment with our current exhibition Mother in the Mother our workshop series Motherhood (Un)Speakable, (Un)Spoken and our upcoming collaboration with Antonia Attwood on Manifestations of the Mind. Antonia will be taking up residence with us as from October along side current artists in residence Michelle Kurth and Philippa Marshall. Antonia is looking for your help, she is looking for participants to take part in an innovative in-depth Arts and […]

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