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. […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Andrew Foster, artist, collage, colour, free, Michelle Kurth, miscarriage, motherhood, Painting, Philippa Marshall, weaving, workshop

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 […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: art, colour, Lithuania, Painting, walking

A Brother’s Progress

July 26, 2016 by freespaceatthewigg

On the evening of Friday 22nd July the exhibition space and in-fact the whole health centre was filled with the aromatic scent of Ethiopian coffee courtesy of Eden Ethiopian Coffee of Camden. A coffee ceremony in traditional dress, Ethiopian beer and honey wine perfectly complimented the Ethiopian themed exhibition of artist in residence Catherine Chambers. Over the course of her three month residency Catherine chose to focus on her time spent in Ethiopia. She took stories from those she met […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: art, Catherine Chambers, coffee, Ethiopia, exhibition, free, Painting, stained glass

Collages & Wimbledon College of Art

February 1, 2016 by freespaceatthewigg

Last week saw us open our doors to a late hour welcoming one and all to celebrate the opening of I Knew who I was an exhibition of site specific work by Masters students from Wimbledon College of Arts. The work which sees each of the 33 artists exploring notions of health will be with us until 18th of March so do come along and pay us a visit. Having work created for our unique NHS primary care environment really […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: art, collage, drawings, free, health, installation, mental health, Painting, photography, wimbledon college of art

Past Exhibition – ‘Nothing Here’ by Michelle Heron. Vicky Dale and Jenny Leonard – 30th May – 21st June 2013

May 29, 2013 by freespaceatthewigg

Past Exhibition – ‘Nothing Here’ by Michelle Heron. Vicky Dale and Jenny Leonard – 30th May – 21st June 2013 Someone recommended that I watch this documentary to really change the way I viewed living in a city. And they were right it is a beautiful representation of an alternative way of living in an urban environment. Its themes resonate with the work of Michelle Heron, Vicky Dale & Jenny Leonard who on Thursday will be showing their collection of […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: decay, Jenny Leonard, Michelle Heron, Painting, urban, Vicky Dale

New year new growth

January 7, 2013 by freespaceatthewigg

‘Stars and Stems’ – January 2013 Every new year we tend to try and squish ourselves into something that doesn’t quite fit. Maybe out of politeness we have to be seen wearing a new and completely inappropriate item of clothing purchased by a loved one who has no idea of our size/shape/style or maybe it is a bit more of a mental squish. We force ourselves to naval gaze and to come up with an arbitrary list of things which […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Circles, Emerald Dunne, Japan, New Year, Painting

‘Outside it may be raining but in here its entertaining’

July 10, 2012 by freespaceatthewigg

Despite having to hop over puddles on the way to work as well as digging out that awful pond green waterproof jacket,  we here at Free Space Gallery are still optimistic about summer 2012. Lots has been going on with a wonderful exhibition by PaperGirlLondon  Although the exhibition only graced our walls for a number of days the reaction was overwhelming, with work sent in from as far a field as Japan and Brazil. The work will be distributed, hopefully […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Iran, London, Painting, passion, photography, Syria