Sat 13 December 2014 : 3:00pm – 4:00pm
On the first day of our Shop Pop-Up , join the artist Lisa Milroy and Drawing Room co-director Mary Doyle in an informal discussion about Milroys drawing practice and her project Hands On. Drawings from Hands On are exclusively available for…
Fri 12 December 2014 : 5:00pm – 6:00pm
An in conversation between artist Daniel Guzmán and Elizabeth Baquedano, Senior Lecturer at UCL, London and Institute of Archaeology, British Museum. Guzmán’s artwork is steeped in the context of Mexican and…
Wed 19 November 2014 : 7:00pm – 9:45pm
A special screening of the film Bad Timing (1980). The film was directed by Nicolas Roeg and is set amid the decaying elegance of cold-war Vienna. It sees psychoanalyst Dr. Alex Linden (Art Garfunkel) become mired in an erotically charged…
Mon 10 November 2014 : 2:00pm – 6:00pm
A seminar exploring contemporary artists’ representation of the naked body and the role of drawing in this, Schiele’s legacy in relation to art and the pornographic image, myth and the figure in the work of Leon Golub…
Thu 30 October 2014 : 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Figuring the Naked Body / Drawing from The Nakeds A Making Study Group led by artist Donna Huddleston. The Nakeds exhibition provides the setting for two dynamic sessions that explore different ways of figuring the naked body. Huddleston’s approach…
Sat 25 October 2014 : 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Participating artists Christopher Bond, Keith Roberts and Lizi Sánchez, from offsite exhibition Full Circle, will be in conversation about the project with the exhibition curators Jacqui McIntosh & Mairia Evripidou. Full Circle is the fifth exhibition curated by…
Thu 23 October 2014 : 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Figuring the Naked Body / Drawing from Life A Making Study Group led by artist Donna Huddleston. The Nakeds exhibition provides the setting for two dynamic sessions that explore different ways of figuring the naked body. Huddleston’s approach…
Fri 10 October 2014 : 6:30pm – 8:30pm
This seminar event addresses the question: how can we write about art today? It looks at opportunities and challenges faced by writers, editors and curators of contemporary art. Speakers will include Patricia Bickers, Omar Kholeif, Sally O’Reilly and…
Tue 7 October 2014
Writing on Art is happening again in February 2016 here
Tue 30 September 2014 : 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Our Network Summer Social will include our first Study Forum, a special tour of The Nakeds led by David Austen, artist and the exhibitions co-curator, and celebrate the launch of our new digital Artist Directory. Light refreshments will be served. …
Fri 26 September 2014 : 6:30pm – 8:30pm
A special SLAM Friday event, introducing you to three neighbouring organisations in Bermondsey. Meet at Arthouse1, 45 Grange Road, SE1 3BH to see Elemental Perspectives, a group exhibition which explores the tactile nature of sensory experience. Then we’ll visit…
Wed 3 September 2014 : 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Network members are invited to a visit and informal discussion at our offsite exhibition Full Circle. Bringing together a diverse range of artists and works, the exhibition explores both the continuation and evolution of ideas within individual artistic practice.…
Thu 10 July 2014 : 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Hosted by artist Peter Liversidge
A fundraising event to support Outset Study
Join us and take part in Peter Liversidge’s infamous ‘Gin Proposal’, supported by Sipsmith. This performance event lasts the duration of the gin supply; once the bottles and glasses are empty, the performance is over!
Wed 9 July 2014 : 6:30pm – 8:00pm
An informal discussion group looking at physical, visual and aural ways of exploring our built environment, using extracts from theory texts, film and sound works as the starting point for the conversation. Works considered will include texts by Situationist International…
Wed 2 July 2014 : 6:30pm – 8:00pm
The first of our Making Groups will be a drawing workshop led by artist Sarah Macdonald and will explore the practice of making field drawings as a way of interpreting the built environment. The workshop will focus…
Sat 28 June 2014 : 4:00pm – 5:30pm
A panel discussion about drawing and architecture between exhibiting artist Aleksandra Mir with invited artists Pablo Bronstein and Adam Dant moderated by co-director Mary Doyle. The conversation will centre on Aleksandra’s major scale drawing project titled Drawing…
Wed 11 June 2014 : 6:00pm – 6:45pm
An informal tour of Aleksandra Mir's solo exhibition Drawing Room with Mary Doyle, co-director of Drawing Room. Free, all welcome - no booking necessary
Tue 13 May 2014 : 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Artist Richard Woods and children’s author Jessica Spanyol invite Drawing Room Patrons to their new build family home and studio designed by DRMM Architects. It is the first industrial building to be built entirely of wood in…
Tue 15 April 2014 : 6:30pm – 8:30pm
We are hosting the launch of Brandon Taylor’s new book After Constructivism, published by Yale University Press. The evening will consist of an informal discussion chaired by artist and curator Andrew Bick, with the artist Katrina Blannin and…
Wed 2 April 2014 : 6:30pm – 8:00pm
An informal session providing an opportunity to discuss sonic themes in our current exhibition Abstract Drawing. The group will be led by Abstract Drawing artist Emma McNally, and researcher and artist Seth Guy. As a…
Sat 29 March 2014 : 3:00pm – 3:45pm
In this Saturday talk join independent curator Sacha Craddock, as she discusses ideas and key works within our current exhibition Abstract Drawing. Sacha Craddock is a freelance critic and curator. Former Director of Programme at Max Wigram Gallery (2011- 2012)…
Fri 28 March 2014 : 7:00pm – 7:30pm
Exhibition tour during our late night opening.
Wed 19 March 2014 : 6:30pm – 8:00pm
An informal session providing an opportunity to discuss themes and issues raised in our current exhibition Abstract Drawing. The group will by led by Abstract Drawing artist Emma McNally, and researcher and artist Seth Guy.  …
Thu 13 March 2014 : 1:30pm – 6:00pm
An afternoon of presentations and in conversations exploring ideas presented in Abstract Drawing. The afternoon will include: Curating Abstract Drawing Artist Richard Deacon will talk about his curatorial approach to Abstract Drawing. Drawing, Withdrawing: Degrees of Abstraction by Anna…
Thu 6 March 2014 : 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Artist, and curator of Drawing Room exhibition Abstract Drawing, Richard Deacon in conversation with Drawing Room co-director, Kate Macfarlane. They will discuss Deacon's relationship to drawing in his own practice and his approach to curating Abstract Drawing. Richard…
Mon 3 March 2014 : 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Michael Armitage, Frank Pudney, paula roush, Lucia Vera
Tue 25 February 2014 : 6:30pm – 8:00pm
An exclusive Drawing Room Network 2014 event. Join us for a glass of wine, meet the directors, view highlights from the Outset Study collections and see the recently opened exhibition Abstract Drawing. To find out more about joining us, click…
Tue 25 February 2014 : 5:30pm – 6:30pm
A talk by Emilia Terracciano about Abstract Drawing artist Nasreen Mohamedi.
Wed 19 February 2014 : 6:00pm – 6:45pm
An informal tour of highlights from the exhibition Abstract Drawing with Kate Macfarlane, co-director of Drawing Room. Free, no booking nessecary
Sat 25 January 2014 : 3:00pm – 5:30pm
3-4pm: Cornelia Parker in conversation with Jack Southern 4-5pm: Reflections on the Drawing making: Making drawing project with Tim Knowles, Jack Southern and other participants For some years Cornelia Parker's work has been concerned with formalising things…
Fri 24 January 2014 : 11:30am – 5:00pm
Workshop with Claude Heath + Jack Southern as part of Drawing making - Making drawing
Thu 23 January 2014 : 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Since 2004 Scottish artist Charles Avery (Oban, 1973) has dedicated his practice to the description of a fictional island which he continues to elaborate, with its own population, customs and philosophies, nature and architecture, expressed in the form of large-scale drawings, sculptures,…
Wed 22 January 2014 : 10:30am – 4:00pm
Creative Morphology workshop with Gemma Anderson + Jack Southern as part of Drawing making - Making drawing
Tue 21 January 2014 : 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Franziska Furter’s practice spans both two and three-dimensional making. In a process of copying, scanning and enlarging, Furter's two-dimensional drawings develop from a wide range of references and found imagery. Works are often visualizations of the …
Sun 19 January 2014 : 10:30am – 4:00pm
Workshop with Tim Knowles + Jack Southern as part of Drawing making - Making drawing
Sat 18 January 2014 : 3:00pm – 5:30pm
3pm: Introduction to Drawing making Making Drawing project by Jack Southern 3.30: -5pm: Dryden Goodwin in conversation Jack Southern Dryden Goodwin’s work includes drawing, often in combination with photography and video, he also creates etchings, screen-based installations, works…