Adiel Khan of SE Enterprise is available to help Thames-Side Studio Holders once more with free e-business advice. This programme has been extended until November 2017.

The e-business programme is funded by Greenwich Council to help local businesses in the borough. It is specifically aimed at providing digital support, with a focus on the including: • Website reviews • SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) • Utilising social media for business • Online marketing • CRM (Customer Relationship Management) systems • Data back up • Software • Remote working • And anything else that the business may require To make an appointment to meet Adiel for an initial discussion about your work in The Arts Cafe contact ak@seenterprise.co.uk or 07961 783 345.

Tall Ships Regatta takes place this weekend 13-16 April 2017.

We expect the site to be busy with people making the most of our great vantage point.

For more information go to www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/tallships2017

The next Thames-Side Studios get together takes place on Friday 5 May, 11am in The Arts Cafe.

All studio holders are welcome.

As usual, a complimentary cup of tea or coffee is provided courtesy of Emafyl.

Jennifer Farmer (5-223) has a performance as part of America Dreaming taking place at the Royal Academy on Saturday 22 April 2017.

"Urban dustbowls and Emerald City dreams. Cotton pickers tend a suffocating Mother Earth. White roses carrying white Harlem heels”. In a series of performance provocations to be sketched, Art Macabre and live artist Jennifer Farmer throw down the pitchfork and centre the marginalised narratives of the American landscape. Grab a pencil and let the tableaux inspire your drawings and ignite your imagination."

For more information click here

Stephen Stockbridge, Robin Stratton (TB-12) and Paul Hughes (TW-40) have set up Creative Nature.

"Most schools benefit from large pieces of art being hung strategically in and around their premises. When the pupils are directly involved in creating that art, it instils a pride in their surroundings as well as allowing them to discover their power to shape the environment around them. Creative Nature will run workshops with your pupils to produce pieces of artwork along a chosen theme and specifically suited to being fitted in a suitable location. Once created, the work is digitised and the collections are laid out on computer to create large designs which can be hung. The team get the opportunity to see mocked up versions before any last minute changes and the final approval. The print is ordered and the Creative Nature team arrange a time to install the art"

To learn more download their pdf here

A ceramics firing service is available at the London Sculpture Workshop (Unit 0) upon request to studio holders. We can fire to various temperatures, from bisque to glazed work, including decals and lustre. It is possible to group together and share the cost. Prices vary depending on the temperature and time taken.

Please contact us in advance to see how we can help you kiln@londonsculptureworkshop.org

Menswear tailor Ché Reid (5-309) is hosting a small presentation event of her collection on Tuesday 4 April 2017 from 7pm in the Education Space (Unit 2). All Studio Holders are invited.

Please RSVP to info@chereid.com or if you plan to attend as spaces are limited.

chereid.com

Sebastian Cox (TB-08) has bags of scrap hardwood for sale as firewood at £3 per bag.

Feel free to knock on their studio door.

The Arts Café is hosting its first Open Mic Night on Friday 7 April 2017 from 19.00-23.00. Poets, musicians, comedians, and any others with an intense urge to showcase a talent in front of a microphone are welcome! Sign up to perform at sara.soma@me.com Any performers will receive 30% off food. Entry is free for performers and studio holders at Thames-side Studios, or £3 pounds per person. Facebook event page here

Congratulations to Laura Hudson (TB-267) who won the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) Patron's Prize 2017 in the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition held at Bankside Gallery, London. The exhibition continues until 15 March 2017. Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, Bankside, London SE1 9JH. Further details here: www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk

Our monthly get together takes place Friday 3 March. Open to all studio holders. Complimentary tea and coffee courtesy of Emafyl.

Please RSVP and we'll see you there!

Best wishes, Robin, Phil and Marta

Painter Lee Maelzer (0-09) has a solo exhibition of works on paper, Losing up For Made Time, which opens this Friday, 17th February, 6-9pm, at LUBOMIROV \ ANGUS-HUGHES, 26 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0PD www.lubomirov-angus-hughes.com