Art Through Touch Events Art Through Touch News New Membership Fee: This has now been set at £10 per year. For more information about becoming a member of ATT please contact Adam Levy on email attouch97@yahoo.co.uk
telephone 020 8675 2666 or mobile 07930 547 132.
*STOP PRESS* New ATT Talks for Summer to follow- for more info see ART TALKS section
Art Talks and Touch Tours ART TALKS are given by professional artists and others involved in the art world who are commissioned to prepare and deliver accessible presentations of their work and ideas.
Art work and ideas are made accessible through discussion, description, the use of all sensory modes and the provision of information in alternative formats.
The main tenet of our approach as an organisation is to promote inclusion in relation to art and to enable visually impaired people to fully participate in cultural life. Through our activities we recognise the mutual benefit to both sighted and visually impaired people together exploring art, ideas and our surroundings, sharing a range of varied and different perspective and perceptions.
ATT presents Touch MY Art
An opportunity to explore the art of fellow members of Art Through Touch Thursday 5 June
7 - 9pm
Pocklington Resource Centre
1c Yukon Road
London SW12 9PZ
Have you created a piece of artwork that you would like to share with other people? This could be something that has some personal significance for you, would be interesting to touch or it could be a conceptual piece.
Don't worry if you are not a maker yourself. We still want everyone to bring one object to the event. This could be a designed object from your home, a piece of art that you have bought or any other object that has personal significance that you think would be interesting to touch.
Please feel free to use this as an opportunity to get feedback on your work and discuss the work of fellow artists.
Look forward to seeing you there. If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to contact me on 07930 547 132. And don't forget to bring one piece of art with you!
Opportunities Art Workshop Sessions for visually impaired people
At Pocklington Resource Centre in collaboration with South Thames College.
Workshops aimed at all levels of experience of art making. Art workshop sessions provide an opportunity for students to work on their individual projects and ideas. Through this process, assisted by an experienced tutor, students will develop a deeper understanding of art and their own personal creative process.
Activities include modelling, carving, construction, mould making and casting, drawing and painting. Course planning and practice is viewed as student centred to take account of individual aims and objectives, confidence, motivation and specific requirements.
Confidence building through achievement at all stages of course work, aimed at unlocking and nurturing inherent creativity.
Monday: 1.30 - 3.30 & Tuesday 7.00pm - 9pm.
Course Fees: For a two hour session £20 per term (the year is divided into three terms).
For further information contact Pocklington Resource Centre. 1c Yukon Road, London, SW12 9PZ. Telephone: 020 8675 4246.
What's New on the Art Through Touch Website
The Recent Projects page has been completely redesigned this month, allowing us to show all recent ATT activities and some archive material as well which will constantly be updated.
We appreciate that people will be accessing this site using a variety of different browsers and hardware. As the Art Through Touch website aims to be accessible as possible we would be appreciate any feedback regarding access problems. Please contact us on website maintenance Thank you.
Non Art Through Touch Events
Gallery Talks and Workshops
update pending
Seminars and Conferences
update pending
Exhibitions In the darkest hour there may be light Serpentine Gallery,
Kensington Gardens
Works from Damien Hirst's murderme collection Damien Hirst's groundbreaking and controversial work has made him one of the world's best-known living artists.
From the start of his career, Hirst has adopted the role of curator, organising a series of exhibitions with a group of young British artists who would come to define cutting-edge art in the 1990s. As well as being a producer and a curator, Hirst is also a passionate and obsessive collector of art.
Like many artists he began collecting by exchanging works with his friends - artists such as Tracey Emin, Angus Fairhurst and Sarah Lucas. In the darkest hour there may be light is the first public exhibition of the murderme collection and Hirst has worked closely with the Serpentine on the selection and presentation of the sculptures, paintings, photography and installations in and around the Gallery.
It offers a fascinating insight into Hirst's collecting acumen and personal interests, as he says "I always think collections are like a map of a man's life".
Performance update pending
Opportunities update pending
Online www.24hourmuseum.org The 24 Hour Museum is the UK's National Virtual Museum, offering a unique mix of dynamic content including daily arts and museum news as well as exhibition reviews and in-depth online trails.
The site promotes publicly funded UK museums galleries and heritage attractions and seeks to develop new audiences for UK culture.
www.sixsites for sound.netthis website is part of the recent Six Sites for Sound Project curated by Anna Colin and Tobi Maier. The site contains downloads of sound works and of project events including the Art Through Touch Clear Spot broadcast on Resonance 104.4fm.
www.resonancefm.com
The web site of Resonance 104.4 fm London's first radio art station, brought to you by the London Musicians' Collective .It started broadcasting on May 1st 2002. Its brief? To provide a radical alternative to the universal formulae of mainstream broadcasting.
How to get to Popular Art Venues Listed Travel Information London
Transport for London online Journey Planner:http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk
24hour London Travel Information: 0207222 1234 Minicom: 020 7918 3015
198 Gallery,
198 Railton Road, Herne Hill, SE24 0LU. Tel: 0207 978 8309 www.198gallery.co.uk Underground: Brixton Rail: Herne Hill
Hayward Gallery,
South Bank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XZ. Tel: 020 7921 0813. www.hayward.org.uk Buses to Waterloo: Route Numbers 1, 4, 26, 68, X68, 76, 168, 171, 176, 188, 501, 505, 521 stop on Waterloo Bridge. Route Numbers 76, 77, 171A, 211, 507, D1, P11 stop in York Road P11 stops in Stamford Street. The new Riverside Bus service (RV1) links Covent Garden, the South Bank, Bankside and Tower Gateway, and runs from 6am to midnight every 10 minutes. Underground: The Hayward Gallery is in walking distance from Waterloo and across the river from Temple, Embankment or Charing Cross underground stations Rail: The Hayward Gallery is located within walking distance of Waterloo and Waterloo East.
Geffrye Museum,
Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA. Tel: 020 7739 9893 www.geffrye-museum.org.uk
Travel Tube: Liverpool Street, then bus 149 or 242 Old Street (exit 2), then bus 243 or a 15 minute walk. Buses: 149, 242, 243, 67, 394
Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House, Strand London WC2R 1LA
Tel: 020 7420 9403
By Underground: The nearest underground stations are Charing Cross (on the Northern, Bakerloo and Jubilee Lines), Temple (on the District and Circle Lines - not open Sundays), Covent Garden (on the Piccadilly Line) and Holborn (on the Central and Piccadilly Lines). By Rail: The nearest railway stations are Waterloo, Charing Cross and Blackfriars.
Museum of London
London Wall, London EC2 5HN
Telephone 0870 444 3850 Email groups@museumoflondon.org.uk website:www.museumoflondon.org.uk Nearest tubes: St Paul's (Central Line), Barbican (Hammersmith & City/Circle/Metropolitan Lines), Moorgate (Northern/City Thameslink)
The National Gallery,
Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN
Rail: Charing Cross Station (Entrances: Getty 210 metres, Sainsbury Wing 330 metres, Education 405 metres). Underground Stations: Charing Cross, Northern and Bakerloo Lines (Entrances: Getty 175 metres, Sainsbury Wing 290 metres). Leicester Square, Northern and Piccadilly Lines (Entrances: Getty 460 metres, Sainsbury Wing 575 metres, Education Centre 355 metres) are the closest. Embankment, Northern, Bakerloo, District and Circle Lines (Entrances: Getty 450 metres, Sainsbury Wing 565 metres, Education Centre 645 metres).
None of these stations has a lift. Bus: Buses around Trafalgar Square: 3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 23, 24, 29, 53, 77A, 88, 91, 139, 159, 176, 453.
(Please note: many buses are adapted for wheelchair users)
Pocklington Resource Centre,
1c Yukon Road, Balham, London SW12 9PZ
Underground: Clapham South and Balham (Northern Line) Rail: Balham Bus: 155, 249, 315, 355
Serpentine Gallery,
Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
Tel: 020 7402 6075 Recorded information 020 7298 1515 www.serpentinegallery.org Underground: Knightsbridge, Lancaster Gate, South Kensington Buses: 9, 10, 12, 52, 94, 148
Metered parking in Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park
Full disability access
Tate Britain,
Millbank, London SW1P 4RG www.tate.org.uk Underground: Pimlico (Victoria Line) By train: Vauxhall and Victoria. Bus: A number of buses service the area, including 2, 3, C10, 36, 77A, 88, 159, 185, 507. By boat: Tate Boat runs every forty minutes along the Thames between Tate Modern, the London Eye and Tate Britain. By taxi: A taxi drop off/pick up point is situated on Millbank, just outside the Millbank entrance. By car: There is a limited amount of pay and display parking in the streets surrounding Tate Britain (free at weekends and after 18.30).
Tate Modern,
Bankside, London SE1 9TG
Tel:020 7887 8000www.tate.org.uk Underground: Southwark (Jubilee Line) and Blackfriars (District and Circle Lines) are the closest underground stations both of which are approximately ten minutes walk away. Buses: RV1, 45, 63, 100, 381, 344. By boat: Tate Boat runs every forty minutes along the Thames between Tate Modern, the London Eye and Tate Britain.
V&A South Kensington,
Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
Tel: 020 7942 2000www.vam.ac.uk Nearest Tube station: South Kensington (District and Circle; and Piccadilly lines)
Please Note: Inclusion of items in this Bulletin does not necessarily signify endorsement by Art Through Touch.
Art through Touch acknowledges the generous support of the Pocklington Resource Centre, Balham and Shape.
The Art Through Touch is funded by: Action for Blind People, Arts Council England, The Miles Trust for Putney and Roehampton Community, The Community Learning Chest and RNIB.
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