Artist Weekender 2024
18th - 20th October 2024
We’re excited to invite you to the first Deptford X Artist Weekender at Creekside Discovery Centre.
Free and open to all, no ticket required.
Preview: Friday 18 October, 6-9pm
Exhibition: Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 October 11am – 6pm
📌 Deptford X Artist Weekender is an exciting programme of artist films, drawings, installations, sculpture, sound art, mix-media textiles studio conversations and printmaking workshops for all ages by 11 inspiring Deptford-based artists. It is selected from an open call by a panel of Lewisham based creatives and Deptford X board member.
🎨 The artists are: Beth Blandford, Nicholas Carn, Yu-Ting Chung & Philippe Malaussene, Gail Dickerson, Andrew Finch, Usva Inei, Juliana Kasumu, Bea Macdonald & Yassmine Betioui, and Palvinder Nangla.
➡️ Deptford X Artist Weekender is a free programme celebrating innovative and diverse visual art created in our vibrant international area of London.
Workshops and talks
📍 Friday 18th October
6.30pm – 7.30pm : Andrew Finch intro to film, Q&A with screening
7.30pm – 8.30pm : Bea Macdonald & Yassmine Betioui intro to their films, Q&A with screening
📍 Saturday 19th October
11am – 6pm – Beth Blandford’s drop-in sessions running all day
Beth Blandford – Beth’s illustrations narrate stories of rewilding. Beth invites visitors of all ages to reflect on the tools they and others need to rewild spaces important to them, to imagine and draw what this idea might look like. (all ages)
3pm – 4pm – Palvinder Nangla’s mixed-media textile conversation
Palvinder Nangla – Over the Deptford X Artist Weekender, Palvinder will create a series of twelve embroidery works, investigating the collective and individual impact of trauma – both on the body and within communities. Drop in and talk, work with Palvinder engage and influence his embroidery work. (suited for 8y+)
📍 Sunday 20th October
11am – 12.30pm / 1.30pm – 3pm : Usva Inei drop-in print-making workshop
Usva Inei’s project Rebuilding and Reclaiming Roots is a communal print-making workshop, during which participants will learn how to create hand-printed relief patterns onto fabric, which will be linked together as a quilt-like exhibit. (all ages)
11am – 6pm – Beth Blandford’s drop in sessions running all day
3pm – 4pm – Palvinder Nangla’s mixed-media textile conversation
➡️ Accessibility: Creekside Discovery Centre is wheelchair accessible but you will need some assistance on their rough surfaces outside. Their building is fully accessible.
Dogs: Dogs are not allowed unless they are for disability assistance.