Drawing Club: Alicia Reyes McNamara

Shapeshifters & Tricksters in Myth & Art:

This course will explore the themes of transformation and duality through drawing. Each day focuses on a different aspect of shapeshifters and trickster figures, combining mythology with creative exercises. Please see weekly course breakdown.

All levels welcome, including beginners.

All drawing materials will be provided such as pencils, pens, pastels etc. It is not required that you bring any materials with you, but you are welcome to do so if you wish. The class will accommodate max. 20 people.

We will  keep Drawing Room Invites… – Drawing Room open later than normal especially for this event, so that you can visit the exhibition during a break.

Location: Community Studio, Drawing Room, Unit 1B, New Tannery Way, SE1 5WS

Price: £250.00 per person for all 4 sessions, booking is essential. Concessions available, see below:

• Universal/Pension Credit Recipients – 10% off
• Southwark residents – 10% off
• Full-time Students – 10% off
• Over 60s/Under 30s – 10% off
• Drawing Biennial 2024/Tannery Artists – 10% off
• Drawing Members – 10% off

For further information about this event and/or to address any access needs, please contact [email protected] / 020 4547 6200

About the artist

Alicia Reyes McNamara is exhibiting at Drawing Room with their first UK institutional show: Drawing Room Invites… – Drawing Room Their work was recently included in Christie’s “Women to Watch” (2023) and earlier at Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition in the Liverpool Biennial and at London’s Institute of Contemporary Art. Recent exhibitions include: Five Car Garage, Los Angeles; Niru Ratman, London;  Whitechapel Gallery, London; Lismore Castle, Lismore; Skowhegan School of Painting Residency, Maine. Other residencies and awards include:  South London Gallery Graduate Residency 2016-17; Kiosko Gallery in Bolivia through Gasworks and Triangle Network, Bemis Center For Contemporary Arts, Hospitalfeild, Jerwood Bursary, and the Chisenhale Studio Summer Residency. Alicia Reyes McNamara (b.1989) is originally from Chicago and currently lives and works in London, England.