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Creative Arts in Walthamstow and East London

Including What’s On Listings MUSIC • DESIGN • PERFORMANCE • CRAFT • WORD • VISUAL ARTS

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Welcome to Issue 3, the early Spring edition of Arteast magazine!

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London Glassworks

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Anna Skodbo

Well, some of you might have already noticed that we have lost the ‘17’ from Arteast17 magazine, and now we are simply Arteast.

That’s so we can happily include the surrounding areas of Leyton, Leytonstone, Chingford, Wanstead, Stratford and east London, and indeed this issue is being distributed further afield than our first two issues. We still retain our unashamedly Walthamstow heart though....

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It really has been a case of good news, bad news over the last few months in regards to creative practices in our local area. Obviously the cut backs in arts funding is a great cause for concern, but also, to our own personal sadness and that of many live music lovers for miles around, has been the passing of the Plough Inn in Wood Street E17.

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On the positive side sees the new Leyton Gallery project which aims to get as many regularly changing art exhibitions going all year round throughout Leyton – an area that has all too often felt left out by developments and initiatives in its neighbouring towns! You can find out more about Leyton Gallery in this issue. We wish them the very best of luck.

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londonglassworks Photography London Glassworks

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ith skill, passion and sensitivity for glass, Stewart Hearn has taken London Glassworks from strength to strength since its inception in 2002.

As a master craftsman and glassblower, Stewart has long been a selected maker on the Crafts Council index and regularly exhibits at high profile shows.

His designs have the studied balance of form, colour, translucency and weight that show the tacit knowledge and command of someone at ease with this ancient craft.

With a reputable list of clients ranging from designers such as Kelly Hoppen and Best & Lloyd Ltd, to well known organisations such as Established & Sons, his work is at the very high end of the design market.

Many clients work with Stewart over several years, regularly commissioning batch production pieces.

Often Stewart will develop a design in close collaboration with the client, a most recent example being with Adrien Bonaventura for Best & Lloyd Ltd on the ‘Flo’ Lamp which went on to win best in show at the Decorex Exhibition.

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Up and coming designers also regularly look to him to bring their visions to life. Design translation such as this requires Stewart to express often rudimentary initial design ideas in glass, using his rare expertise in this beautifully idiosyncratic material.

Other commissioned work includes the design and production of corporate gifts and awards, most notably for the Anglo American Chief Executive Health & Safety Awards. Interestingly, Stewart was asked to collaborate on this with Vukani Ubuntu, an African community development project sponsored

by Anglo American, to design and make the silverware part of the piece. Stewart found interpreting each other’s designs over such a distance challenging, but also extremely rewarding. The coming together of different continents and design ethics ultimately resulted in several brilliant pieces of design.

Once a regular at the large international trade fairs in New York, Frankfurt, and London, Stewart is currently enjoying taking a step back from such shows. The break is needed to be able to focus

Anglo American Chief Executive Health & Safety Award

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Photography by K. Tilmouth

on limited edition and unique pieces, and to concentrate on the exciting collaborations and commissions which are currently flooding his way.

Recent developments have included the exciting avenue of chandelier lighting, following on from the success of an initial commission. This venture requires a completely new approach, creating small hand blown pieces that will come together to form the whole.

Other recent projects include a cake stand which was designed and made exclusively for an exhibition at Fortnum & Mason in June 2010; a beautiful range of Westmorland table lamps; and an extremely chic range of Bubble Candlesticks.

Stewart has also been invited to hold an exhibition at the Conran Shop on the Fulham Road in London. The concept of exhibiting designer makers in this space is an entirely new venture for the company, and one which sits wonderfully with the Conran legacy of supporting quality design and craftsmanship.

It is heartening to know that when seeking high quality, there are still master craftsmen like Stewart with a philosophy that celebrates the value of traditional 4

glassmaking skills. His implicit understanding of glass enables us to enjoy unique, bespoke handmade designer products.

Another exciting aspect to the work of London Glassworks, is that they run regular one-day courses in glassblowing available to anyone over the age of 18 year old, which have understandably proved to be extremely popular.

Suitable for absolute beginners, the courses are designed to introduce people to the wonders of working with molten glass. Students are guided throughout the day by a master glassmaker exploring the basics of gathering, shaping and blowing glass, to create individual tumblers, vases and bowls. All work that is made is kept by the students after the course.

To find out more about these courses, fees and bookings, see : www.glassblowingcourses.co.uk info@glassblowingcourses.co.uk 0208 418 5900 For more information about the work of Stewart Hearn, the London Glassworks, and to view their on line shop, go to : www.londonglassworks.com info@londonglassworks.com 020 8531 0088

Other courses designing glass jewellery are also available.

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In The Studio With Anna Skodbo

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eing invited to display your work at one of the most influential fashion events in the world would surely be an opportunity to dream of for any fashion designer, emerging or established, and so it came to be for recently graduated Anna Skodbo when she was chosen to exhibit her latest collection at this years London Fashion Week.

Along with local professional photographer David Elms we went along to meet Walthamstow resident Anna while she was still busy preparing for her exhibition last month. In her compact studio in Homerton, overflowing with rails of clothing, fabrics and patterns, Anna showed us some exciting examples of her work in progress.

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Anna’s latest range progresses on from her edgy and urban inspired ‘Negative Space’ collection (see www. phannatiq.com for more), the success of which helped her to get selected for LFW 2011.

One of the new signature designs that she kindly gave us a preview of was a knitted piece formed from thin laser-cut strips of hand printed and dyed fabric.

Anna does all her own textile design, incorporating imagery from her own photographic montages of multilayered digital pictures rendered in beautiful monochrome colours.

This large knitted jumper was yet to have added inclusions of pewter coloured metallic crimps, and was designed to be worn with a brightly coloured

body piece underneath to show through the knitted structure, and all worn over hand printed tights.

This provided a wonderful example of Anna’s use of varying materials, often contrasting soft, light, almost ethereal fabrics with far heavier, structural materials such as leather and functional detailing such as zips and crimps.

With knowledgeable and skilful use of the different characteristics, weights and behaviours of her chosen materials, Anna manipulates and controls the drape and flow of her garments to careful and successful effect. The overall result has both strongly feminine and masculine elements, creating garments that are fully wearable yet excitingly challenging.

Works in progress by Anna Skodbo

Meticulous with her finishing, Anna is committed to producing her collections to the highest standard.

But such close attention to detail and quality creates a huge amount of work and even with the help of an intern, the pressure was certainly on.

In spite of having such important and urgent deadlines to work to, Anna proved to be incredibly generous with her time as she showed us a variety of her ideas, and talked us through her working processes and methods.

Anna’s visual influences can be seen in her photographic imagery, continually gathered on meanderings around the “forgotten and ignored nooks and crannies of London”. She works her collected photographs into beautiful multi-layered abstract collages of post-industrial landscapes with details of graffitied gates, broken chain fencing, discarded syringes and razor wire. Anna recreates 7

designer and seamstress for various theatre companies and projects in and around Oslo.

During this same period she completed a course in Costume Design and Theatre Make-up, before deciding to do a foundation in Fine Art in order to apply for her later degree in fashion.

Anna graduated with a first class BA (Hons) in Fashion at the University of Hertfordshire in June 2010.

and transforms these harsh and fragmented shapes and silhouettes into the lines of her designs, and gives them softness and fluidity through rendering them in muted colours and transposing them onto flowing fabrics.

By the time our magazine has gone to print and you are reading this, London Fashion Week will have come and gone, and Anna no doubt will be busier than ever fulfilling a freshly

For someone seemingly at the start of a brilliant career, Anna has already accumulated a wealth of experience and knowledge in fashion, with her interest in clothing starting at a very early age.

Having grown up making clothes for her dolls-house and then progressing on to making clothes for her friends while she was still a child, at only 18 years old, Anna packed her bags and spent four years living in Norway. While there, she gained a vast amount of experience working as a freelance costume

heaving order-book. We wish her the very best of success in her brilliant career.

You can view lots more of Anna Skodbo’s work at:

www.phannatiq.com contact: info@phannatiq.com or follow her on Facebook and Twitter Background picture by Anna Skodbo

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David Elms is a professional freelance photographer covering London, Essex and the East of England specialising in Wedding, Event and Portrait photography (including model and actor portfolios as well as children and baby shots).

He also offers services in Digital Photographic Tuition to individuals and small groups. For more details go to: www.elmsphotography.co.uk, or contact David on 07956 884231, or by email: elmsphotography@btinternet.com 9

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n east London based cooperative of designermakers is helping to bring unique and handmade products to a public so often weary of mass produced and cheap imported goods. At the same time, local artists, craftspeople and designers benefit from a much needed opportunity to showcase and market-test their work in an affordable and supportive environment.

E17 Designers sell high quality gifts at specific events in the Walthamstow and surrounding areas.

The impressive range of innovative, one-off arts and craft work on offer includes cards, bags, ceramics, children’s ware, jewellery, toys, clothing, scarves, prints, leather work and much more.

Local textile artist Carolyn Abbott has been with E17 Designers since its inception in 2006, and we asked her how it all got started.

“There were about six of us to start with, looking to do something with our work. And we met in the little square in Walthamstow Village one very windy day in June 2006. We turned up with trestle tables and laid our stuff out. But it

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was so windy, it was all blowing away! And I think we hadn’t really publicised it so not many people turned up. It was a terrible day!

“So then for our next one we booked the Grove Cafe in Hatherley Mews instead on a night they were normally closed. And by then we had about another ten people. We all shared the jobs out, the posters, leaflets, mailing list, dealing with the money and running the blog.

I still do a lot of the marketing, P.R and organisation.

Nadia Sparham nadia@nadiasparham.co.uk

“It’s become really popular.

We’ve tried different venues as we’ve have grown in size, and now we use the Asian Centre in Orford Road.”

Last December saw their Christmas event spread over two days with different designer-makers on each day providing local people with an even wider range of products and gifts to choose from. But their events aren’t just about selling as Carolyn explains.

“It’s about networking and marketing as well. People might end up with commissions or getting other work through it. There are an awful lot of people here who are artistic

Faith Tavender faithtavender@hotmail.com

Mia Sabel miasabel@mac.com

“I did a BA in Textile Design at Chelsea School of Art specialising in woven textiles which I really enjoyed. Then I bought myself a wooden framed loom about the size of a long dining table, did some technician and teaching work, and now I still make the occasional piece to commission.”

Carolyn Abbott Carolyn@carolynabbott.co.uk

or crafty and that ranges from hobbyists to people who have set up their own businesses.

“We now have four events a year, a spring event, the Leytonstone Art trail in July, The E17 Art Trail in September and a Christmas market. It’s really good to think we’re keeping people here going shopping instead of going up town or somewhere else as it helps keeps money in the Borough.”

To view more examples of the work or to contact E17 designers, go to:

Milk, Cheese; Bread

http://e17designersmarkets. blogspot.com/

The next scheduled E17 Designers event : Friday 13th May 7-10pm Asian Centre, Orford Road, E17

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David Sullivan

The addiction, oil on canvas over board, 36 x 30 cm. 2010

Written by Damien Doherty Photography by Paul Tucker

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Moving to Walthamstow in 2004 and, in his own words ‘fortunate’ to find a studio fairly quickly at the Changing Room in Lloyd Park, ‘sharing a great camaraderie and working life with the other artists there’, he developed his representational skills as a painter. Surprisingly and sadly however, all the artists were recently evicted last September as a result of the Council’s Lloyd Park project. Despite this experience he expects Waltham Forest College and the Council to remain true to their word and eventually reopen the studios for use by Walthamstow artists.

During this period David completed his Masters Degree in Painting at the Royal College of Art, and whilst there produced a body of work that explored themes around the physical and psychological conditions of warfare and terror.

Working from a range of imagery from the two World Wars to the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan the paintings provoked the Guardian art critic Adrian Searle to comment that the works were ‘historically necessary’, and as a consequence stood out for being “brave, stupid, wildly ambitious, and arrogant”.

Art, music, and literature are human activities very distinct from political action or philosophy, but at their most profound serve to illuminate

Work, oil on canvas over board, 31 x 26 cm. 2009

Born in Plumstead in South East London, David first studied art in the late 1980’s at Erith College of Technology and then briefly at Chelsea School of Art. After a long hiatus spent working mainly in the construction industry he eventually found his way back to art school in Canterbury, at the Kent Institute of Art and Design, where his original training in relation to drawing re asserted itself within his work. Not moved by the various superficial fashions of recent contemporary art practise, David established himself in painting.

Clown, oil on canvas over board, 36 x 30 cm. 2010

avid Sullivan is that very particular type of artist; one that can distil a generalised experience and then communicate the essence of that emotional contact back to the viewer.

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the spirit of the culture. Essentially this is a painting practise grounded in the moral and the social, and searching for the space where some ‘truth’ about lived experience resides. The works, emergent from within a left wing and humanist perspective, and usually oscillating somewhere at the cusp of the surreal, typically subvert our response to the beautiful.

Field, oil on canvas over board, 26 x 30 cm, 2010

“I live with the ‘found image’, trawled from the media, or books, or from the internet, possibly for years as I rediscover it afresh, and in its revisiting the image is considered, maybe rotated, or cropped, or emptied out, and if finally painted, then deliberately with controlled pace and the studied slowness of concentrated attention... In the end, you’re making a painting, not remaking a photograph, and so the physical and emotional operation of the medium must win out. When the work finally hangs on the wall, it’s finished if I can forget that I painted it, and can simply receive it in a similar fashion – in slow time, and in the

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process experience a special psychic state of joy, or satisfaction, or sympathy for its author.”

A winner in the Mercury Art Prize, and twice selected for the Threadneedle Prize at the Mall Galleries, the different series of paintings to date have inevitably reflected the artist’s views and experience of political history and ideology, as well as contemporary social concerns. Recent works have also included a series of ‘laments’ to Lloyd and Aveling Parks; small paintings of depopulated and romantic urban spaces that the artist has come to know well. These particular paintings, of views and places soon to disappear, have been reproduced as limited edition prints, which are available, as are prints of his other works, from Pictorem Gallery and Framers, at 383 Hoe St, Walthamstow.

www.axisweb.org/artist/davidsullivan david.sullivan@network.rca.ac.uk

Bird, oil on canvas, 72 x 102 cm. 2008

John Gandy on David Sullivan To paraphrase Elvis Costello “Writing about art is like dancing about architecture”. There is nothing one can say about a work of art that cannot be said better by the work itself. When I stand before a painting by David Sullivan I see beauty, even in the visceral agony of the image.

There is beauty in the desire to share the pain, to feel its senseless absurdity, to endure and overcome it. His subjects are victims, of one kind or another, portrayed in textural details you feel you can reach out and touch. Yet it doesn’t shock, and never tries to. It is unpretentious, sympathetic and honest.

My favourite piece, “Work”, holds me spellbound in a moment that in real life would have passed by unnoticed.

The subject’s eyes are a window into another world; toil, duty, endurance, hope. It reminds me that everything we care about can be said by a human face.

Art distils a moment into an object, and Sullivan is one of the few who can do this. Every piece is a reflection of a moment in the artist’s soul; dark, painful, humane, hopeful. There is communion with the artist, with his subjects, and perhaps with those who see and feel as I do.

That is why words can never be a substitute. You must see the works for yourself.

Pictorem Gallery and Framers Picture Frame Makers, est. 1979

Mounts cut to size, Circle and Oval Frames, Pictures, Mirrors, Prints Original works and prints

by David Sullivan open: Tues - Sat 9.00am to 5.30pm 383 Hoe Street Walthamstow London E17 9AP tel: 020 8520 0340 email: av383@aol.com

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Far Right:Wall hanging “Tree of Life” Blue hand dyed silk viscose gold print. Shocking cerise polyester lining.

L 2.80 x W.63 x D1cm

Far Left: Wall hanging “Jama Masjid, Delhi” Black hand dyed silk viscose dévore. Cerise polyester sequined fabric.

L 2.60 x W.58 x D1cm Below: ‘Pink Palace’ Jaipur Gold oil based ink print on blue leatherette paper Size:-A1

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ba Shaikh is a London-based artist, designer and interior consultant who through her textile company ‘Mehraj’ specializes in bespoke art pieces that are hand printed and dyed and then embellished using various techniques from embroidery to gold leaf.

Having graduated with a fine art degree in printed textiles at Middlesex University in 2000, some of Sba’s successes have included being involved in the

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launch of the Asian Fashion Designer of the Year Awards 2000 at The BBC Clothes Show Live, NEC Birmingham, and having her work showcased at The Museum of Fashion and Textiles as part of the Asian Dreams project in 2007.

She has also recently developed her own range of high quality hand-made scarves called ‘Klassy Kitch’. Each piece is unique and employs various techniques such as hand dying, devore and needle punch.

Using rich fabrics, colours and various print techniques to create her work, Sba is continually experimenting and exploring new ideas.

“I work from thumbnail sketches about what I’m thinking of planning and then I’ll just go straight onto working with fabric. I won’t do a design in between because I like to be more creative and adventurous working directly with the materials.”

Her enthusiasm for innovation and enterprise has also recently led her work to be used as a case study at Newham College. This is part of a project to introduce SME businesses to use nanotechnology which will provide complete protection to the fabric thereby opening up a much wider range of possibilities for its use. This collaboration has led her to be a part of group exhibition on Nano technology and celebrating 100 years of international women’s day which will be showcased at The Fashion and Textiles Museum in March 2011 Her enthusiasm for photography and a desire to explore and celebrate her Indo-British Muslim heritage combine to form much of Sba’s inspiration for her print making and artwork.

“I’ve wanted to do art since I was fifteen and I think I get it from my Mum who was quite arty and entrepreneurial. I used to help her out when I was a kid, selling jewellery on market stalls.

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Above: ‘Gali’ Meaning screen Fatepur Sikri Agra Image of a marble screen that forms the exterior walls of the the great ‘sufi saint Salim Chusti’s tomb.

Oil based ink print on paper Size:- A1 Left: “Doli” Black hand painted procession of a palanquin on acetate.

Background:-“Aftab” meaning sun.

Silk screen oil based ink print on paper Size:- A1

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“So I use these emotions to feel the colours of the environment with its opulent and bright interiors, then I try and bring these feelings from my imagination into my art by capturing it in photography, playing around with colour and light and then making a piece out of it with different printing techniques.”

During last year’s E17 Art Trail, Sba held an exhibition at the William Morris Gallery that was part of her ongoing project to explore and express different elements of her personality: “The Personas of Mehraj is an ongoing collection of work, which is an artistic journey of my many different interests and passions that make me not just a person but also an artist. I want to showcase my three main alter egos through my art, which are a Mughal Indian Princess, a Bollywood actress from the 80’s or 90’s and a Rude Girl from East London.

“It’s all a reflection of me as an individual British, Asian, Muslim woman in the U.K.” You can view more of Sba’s work at : www.mehraj.co.uk or contact : email : info@mehraj.co.uk phone : 07984 283 862

“All my pieces have been inspired by my life, upbringing and passions. I love Mughal art and architecture and all the history and culture; I think it can be quite magical and mystical. And I love old buildings and architectural details like fretwork, or doorways and light.

“I like going to palaces and monuments and just sitting there for hours on end going into my imagination. I try to envisage what the women used to wear with their jewellery and their clothes and embroidery and stuff like that. And I can start thinking about how a king probably rode up that path on his horse coming back from battle, and imagining what interactions there would have been with his servants and his courtiers, and I get all excited about things like that.

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group of Leyton residents have recently established a new and imaginative community project to encourage the appreciation of, and access to, visual art in their local area.

Rather than setting up a traditional art gallery in a single venue, Leyton Gallery utilises existing local amenities such as cafes, hairdressers, places of worship, libraries, community hubs and retailers to host changing exhibitions all throughout the year.

In this way, they help to create a ready source of various opportunities for local artists to showcase their work, while offering local businesses a way to regularly brighten up their premises and gain some added promotion.

We recently went along to one of the participating venues ‘Pom Pom Hair & Beauty’ in Leyton High Road for the opening of a beautiful exhibition of tree portraits by local painter Alison Chaplin. While we were there we met and chatted to two of the projects founding members, Roger and Marilyn Payne. Roger explained to us a bit more about the idea:

our website, artists can see which local venues they can get in touch with who are willing to exhibit work, while businesses or places who would like to have some art on their walls can view the different artists work. It also means that for the exhibiting artists, they are on our website, so they get that publicity as well.”

Nadine Rouvaire, who owns and manages Pom Pom, was already using her shop premises to host exhibitions by local artists. In fact, this is her fourth exhibition, so for her the idea of linking in with Leyton Gallery seemed a natural progression.

“I’m so glad I met Marilyn, because I didn’t know about Leyton Gallery and now we’re fitting together nicely.”

“We see ourselves as a kind of introduction agency to link up artists and potential venues like this one. On

Having a new exhibition every two months or so provides Nadine’s shop Roger Payne, Nadine Rouvaire, Alison Chaplin, Marilyn Payne with a fresh makeover, giving her premises a new and different appearance.

We asked Marilyn Payne what led her to get involved in setting up the initiative: “We’ve lived in the area for thirty years or so and I just feel that Leyton is often seen as the poor relation compared to the surrounding areas.

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“I would really like to help introduce people to the experience of art enriching their lives in one way or another, whether that’s looking at it or by taking part in it. I want this to be accessible to anyone and not just to show professional artists work.

For those artists who may lack a bit of confidence, it can help give them some good experience of showing their work in public.”

The salon was certainly crowded with enthusiastic visitors for the preview evening of Alison Chaplin’s work. A full-time artist for the last nine years, Alison trained at Walthamstow Art College and has lived and worked for most of her life near to Epping Forest.

With a great interest in the shapes, colours, textures and patterns of natural forms, Alison often works in series of paintings based around a particular theme.

In this exhibition, Alison has created a series of unique tree portraits depicting individual Silver Birches, twisted Oaks or Beech trees, standing out from the crowd with their bare winter branches and twigs defined sharply against a pale sky.

This collaboration between artist and venue proved to be a great example of what Leyton Gallery is striving to achieve. By linking up local businesses with the many talented people and artists in the area, this resident-led project is helping to broaden opportunities and put something back into the community.

“Our aim is to get artwork on display all over Leyton, to give artists an audience and to raise the quality of life in this corner of north-east London. Let’s bring Leyton out of the doldrums.”

To learn more about Leyton Gallery, go to : www.wix.com/rogerpayne/leyton-gallery Or contact : leytongallery.leytongallery@gmail.com Alison Chaplin’s exhibition ‘Trees’ continues throughout March at: Pom Pom Hair and Beauty 330 High Road, Leyton E10 5PW, 07400 804 154 www.pompomhairandbeauty.co.uk To find out more about Alison Chaplin’s work, go to: www.alisonchaplinart.com Or contact Bryony Chaplin on : 07812 174 535 or email : bryony722@gmail.com 21

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ere we are, on a bitterly cold Sunday evening a few weeks before Christmas, sitting in a bar.

Not such a revelation, you might think. What makes this evening unique is that, rather than drinking, we are listening to an interesting talk on the life of Brahms and the circumstances surrounding the composition of his second symphony while eagerly anticipating hearing this piece, along with Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 2 and four pieces for brass by the little-showcased Italian composer, Gabrieli, as performed by the Forest Philharmonic Orchestra.

Some of you may already be aware of Forest Philharmonic; after all, it was founded as an evening class in orchestral playing way back in 1964. But did you realise that four times a year you can listen to a professional-standard orchestra without travelling any further than the Walthamstow Assembly Hall? Me neither. But, from a cursory glance around our fellow audience members, people of all ages are coming to

enjoy an evening of classical music in an atmosphere free of the stuffiness and formality that can be associated with the genre and at a fraction of the cost of going to one of the major venues.

Forest Philharmonic is probably best described as a professionally managed community training orchestra, in which performers who trained in music, but who do not necessarily work as professional musicians, can rehearse, perform and socialise with people who make their living from performing. This provides a fantastic opportunity to pick up tips and learn from the professionals while bringing the quality of playing up to the level of a truly first-class ensemble.

For the past 19 years, the Forest Philharmonic has been under the direction of Artistic Director Mark Shanahan, who is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Music

Forest Philharmonic Written by Lloyd Park

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Director of the National Opera Studio and is also the conductor for this evening.

As with the concert we attended, the merging of more well-known pieces with less well known works is indicative of the overall repertoire of the orchestra.

The benefit of this is two fold. As Mark explains: you can draw in the audience with something they know and provide a challenge for the players to experience the big symphonic repertoire.

Furthermore, seasons are not necessarily constrained to a theme. “Audiences don’t always want a theme, they just want come and listen to the music; therefore, some concerts will be themed, whereas others will not be”, says Mark. “The aim is to engage with the audience by showcasing different sections of the orchestra or inviting up-and-coming soloists, to give them the experience of orchestral playing.”

These aims are exemplified in tonight’s concert through the reverse take on musical chairs of the

brass section in between each of the Gabrieli pieces and with Martin Grainger at the forefront as the soloist in the Mozart piece.

A new venture for the orchestra is to reach out to the wider community. Children from a local primary school attended one of the rehearsals for this evening’s concert, during which they were given a tour of the orchestra, and some were even given the opportunity to conduct. Their verdict on the pieces: they sounded like The Simpsons. However, Springfield aside, judging by the more than would be expected number of children of primary school age in the audience, I would wager that the visit obviously had the desired effect.

As befitting an orchestra of their quality, the regular venue for Forest Philharmonic’s concerts is the Walthamstow Assembly Hall, located in the town hall complex on Forest Road. Aside from P D Hepworth’s edifice being an imposing example of 23

art deco architecture, it also has the most brilliant acoustics. So much so, it is used as one of the UK’s top venues for recording classical music, including many recordings by the late Joan Sutherland.

Forest Philharmonic rehearse at St Gabriel’s church in Havant Road. If you are interested in joining, please get in touch at:

Next Performance: Sunday 10th July 2011 6:30pm MAHLER - Symphony No2 Resurrection Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Forest Rd, E17 Tickets: 01279 814931 Basses Violet (C) Valeria Bateson

orchestra@forestphilharmonic.org.uk.

There are no formal auditions, but you will have to be able to play to the high standard of the orchestra from the outset. There are also many non-performing ways in which you can get involved, by joining the loyal troop of front-ofhouse and backstage volunteers.

Full details of how to volunteer and more details about the rest of the 2010/2011 season can be found on their website

http://www.forestphilharmonic.org.uk Valaria Bateson http://valeriabateson.wordpress.com/

Conductor, Strings, Winds (C) Valeria Bateson

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Funk & SOul Jam With Tina T & Friends

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f you want a great night out listening to some of the best musicians around performing for the sheer fun and joy of it, then you couldn’t do much better than getting down to Tina T’s monthly Funk and Soul Jam at the King William IV in Leyton.

Providing an opportunity for budding musicians and singers to gain the invaluable experience of playing alongside some top class musicians while taking those first tentative steps toward performing in public, this unique evening is hosted by Tina T, east London’s own soul singing diva.

Brimming with energy and enthusiasm, Tina has been running these jam nights for approximately three years now. Originally started in a more intimate sized bar, word swiftly got round the local music scene and Tina soon found she needed a larger venue due to the evenings increasing popularity.

“There’s some amazing talent round here. All my musicians are pro’s, and many have played with the likes of Chaka Khan, Mica Paris and Billy Ocean.

I’m very, very blessed to play with such top quality musicians,” Tina tells us.

This regular event forms just one part in the portfolio of musical projects that make up the repertoire of Tina’s career as a professional singer.

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“I’ve got a big band playing Motown and Soul, up to sixteen piece with a full five piece horn section. We’ve played all over the place from big corporate functions to touring abroad in Rome, Paris and Copenhagen, so we’ve been around a bit! Plus I’ve got a funk band, and a trio doing jazz standards mixing in some soulful flavours but kind of taking it down a few notches, so it’s got more of a lounge kind of vibe. Oh, and I’m a vocal coach as well!

“But this monthly night is literally a jam session. People can turn up and introduce themselves to us, tell us what instrument they play or if they’re a singer and we’ll put their name on the list. Me and the house band open up the show and get things warmed up, and then we’ll just get them up and they can join in! That’s what a jam is all about. It’s a really nice relaxed vibe.

“And it’s great for networking as well. A lot of the musicians come down and get gigs from contacts they make.

Some great collaborations of singers and songwriters have been formed. There is a huge wealth of knowledge, information and contacts that this event brings together. We regularly get producers, agents, talent scouts, record companies coming along and checking out the talent.

“One of the main reasons I decided to start the jam was because I remember when I first started out, I found it was quite easy to feel a bit intimidated sometimes. But here, whether it’s the punters or the other musicians, we make sure everybody gets looked after.”

And so how did Tina actually get started in the music business herself?

“I’ve always sung since I was a child. There was always music playing in our house and I grew up with quite an eclectic taste.

“Then later, when I had worked in recruitment in the city for about fourteen years, I was having vocal training, and then 9/11 happened! And I just thought, you know what, life’s too short, and I might as well do what I really want to do. And so I jacked my job in!

“So I went to a local studio and recorded a demo CD and started taking them round places and a week later I got my first gig, and you know what? I haven’t looked back!”

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Tina T & Friends Funk & Soul Jam is every first Thursday of the month at :

King William IV 816 High Road Leyton E10 6AE 8pm till late http://williamthefourth.net To keep up to date with Tina T’s events, check out her web pages at :

www.tinat.vpweb.co.uk www.youtube.com/thesouldiva69 Or to contact Tina :

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WALTHAM FOREST FC! WALTHAM FOREST FC – KEEPING REAL FOOTBALL ALIVE IN WALTHAMSTOW! FORTHCOMING FIXTURES (All Ryman League Division 1 North) H = Home (currently at Cricklefields, Ilford). A = Away Sat 5th March 2011 Sat 12th March 2011 Sat 19th March 2011 Sat 26th March 2011

Sat 2nd April 2011 Sat 9th April 2011 Sat 16th April 201 Sat 23rd April 2011 Mon 25th April 2011 Sat 30th April 2011

15:00 H 15:00 A 15:00 H 13:00 A

Great Wakering Rovers Grays Athletic

Tilbury

Enfield Town

15:00 H 15:00 A 15:00 A 15:00 H 15:00 A 15:00 H

Ware

AFC Sudbury

Waltham Abbey

Harlow Town

Wingate & Finchley

Maldon & Tiptree

All dates correct at time of going to press. Check website www.walthamforest-fc.co.uk for any last-minute changes.

Competition Winner In our last issue we ran a little competition asking readers to state in less than thirty words what gets them feeling all creative and inspired about living in our part of east London. We received many great replies, but we particularly liked Sherene Banner’s entry of :

“Enjoy the diversity of the people around you as the past influences the present; who we are creates the environment we live in.”

Sherene wins a framed print of Kate Tilmouth’s photograph of lights that was used to illustrate our very first issue.

Congratulations Sherene.

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Adisa

The Verbalizer

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n our last issue we featured “Eject the Clip” from local performance poet Adisa. Having seen him in action at the ‘Word up Walthamstow’ event last year, we knew we had to bring you more examples of his work and discover a bit about his back story.

“Adisa believes a good performance should entertain the audience but at the same time challenge that audience to look again and question what it is they hold to be true.”

One of Adisa’s recent successes was his show “1968: The Year That Never Ended” with which he toured the country mixing poetry, live music and acting. Drawing parallels between the revolutionary spirit around 1968 and what is, or is not, happening now, Adisa drew upon his childhood experiences and the influence of his father to address themes of leadership both political and in the home.

“As a child I was very quiet, unlike what I am now! I was very reserved and that was down to my father being so dominant in the house. My father dictated everything and he was my voice as a child, so I felt I was always trying to let out my own creativity.

Ultimately I found my voice through MC’ing with reggae sound systems back in the mid 1980s. That was in Luton where I grew up, and I was writing lyrics, doing lyrics in dancehalls, having fun with words. Always a great love of words.

“Then when I moved to London, I started going to the Marcus Garvey History Club that was designed around the philosophy and teachings of Marcus Garvey and what he stood for. And it was there that I became more aware of certain things about African history.

Because after leaving school I realized I knew nothing about it apart from slavery and I thought there must be more to it than that!

“So I started to write poetry as a kind of outlet, because I’d learn these things and think, well how do I express them? You know, I wanted to share it through spoken word. So I started to get serious about writing – about sculpting my writing. The MC lyrics were poetry but it wasn’t as refined a process as my later work.”

Then in 1994 Adisa took part in a national competition called ‘New Performance Poet of the Year’ put on by Apples and Snakes which is a big performance poetry organisation. Benjamin Zephania was one of the judges and Adisa came joint-first.

“That gave me such a boost of confidence that I went for it full time! Writing poetry, getting gigs, working in schools, just really going for it.”

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“Adisa is the future. It’s so good to have something to look forward to.”

Benjamin Zephania.

Much of Adisa’s current work includes performing and teaching poetry in workshops for schools and youth projects, including travelling throughout Europe and working in Southern Africa with The British Council.

“I love working with young people. They’re genuine. If your work doesn’t rock them, they’ll switch off from you instantly, and then you’re like a bad comedian on stage – you die! So you have to know what works, to learn your craft and know how to work an audience. You really have to hone your skills. So I’ve developed this kind of ability to get into the audience and look at people, engage with them and get them to respond. That’s come from the school work.”

My Instrument my pen My instrument my pen a steel quill tied to a hunter’s spear.

Black blood squirts through bamboo veins leaving tattoos on the papyrus of your soul.

My instrument my pen ebony drumsticks beating Afro-beat blues of Redemption song on racism’s taut goatskin head.

My instrument my pen scribing Maat Laws but they aren’t new they surfaced before like African Moors guided by Yemanja arriving on European shores.

My instrument my pen daubing murals of inspiration on red, black and green landscapes.

Refocusing your image of my nation shattering windowpanes of mental procrastination.

My instrument my Pen engraving future footprints on our children’s beach.

Dousing flames of fear Ignorance and deceit.

Dunking metaphors of love into plain paper baskets like wings were attached to my feet.

My instrument my pen rapping griot tales Round full moon fires re-kindling the ancestors unifying our voices in celebration choirs.

In Yoruba mythology Yemanja is the female deity that represents the ocean, the essence of motherhood, and the protector of children.

Maat: the Ancient Egyptian Goddess of truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice.

Griot: is a West African poet, praise singer, and wandering musician, considered a repository of oral tradition

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“Adisa’s gift is the word. His art of verbalizing opens new doors, makes connections and creates magic.”

Richard Mallet, Education and Community Producer, London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Of course, we had to ask Adisa where the term ‘Verbalizer’ comes from.

“That was a concept created by a music label I was in business with called Ebb & Flow. We wanted to create a new genre rather than ‘performance poetry’ or ‘spoken word’. Verbalizm is basically a smelting of music and poetry. Originally we were going to say Lip Hopping and in the end we came up with Verbalizm. So I am a verbalizer as opposed to a rapper!”

So for someone who doesn’t know, how would you describe the difference between Verbalizm and poetry or rap?

“Rapping is of course part of poetry, but for me I think rapping is more about the sound and the rhyme whereas poetry doesn’t necessarily have to be that strict. Poetry is more about the word, using the correct wording if that makes sense.

Phat Bucks A man with skinny legs walked into a skinny shop ordered a skinny cappuccino and a skinny chocolate chip muffin to go.

The skinny waitress said “that will be a fiver.”

He pulled his skinny wallet from his pocket paid the waitress with a skinny smile She took the money and placed it in the phat till.

“For instance in rap, you might rhyme ten same sounding words together, like: It’s, Wits, Fits, Sits....so you hear the sound It’s, It’s, It’s, again and again. Sound is a big player in the rap world, but you couldn’t necessarily do that in a poem, especially as a literary piece. The laws are different.”

And what new plans are there for Adisa the Verbalizer in 2011?

“I’m going to be re-focusing on gigging the spoken word and club scene. I’m collaborating with Renaissance One who produced ‘1968, The Year That Never Ended’. They have a lot of top performance poets on their books like Jean Binta Breeze, so I’m looking forward to doing far more adult gigs again this year.”

For more poems, images, video and audio clips, or to order Adisa’s C.D: “Real Revolutionaries Move in Silence” go to : www.adisaworld.com Enquiries for bookings can be made through : Renaissance One PO Box 61334 London N19 9BA 020 7272 8386 hq@renaissanceone.co.uk www.renaissanceone.co.uk

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Pictures by Manuel Vason

Sweet bread Communion Friday night was sweet bread night I’d hear whistling from the kitchen a sign dad was about to bake bread It was always the same tune (Oh island in the sun)

His tennis ball biceps expanding and contracting the mixture slides like a sledge on the snow white flour

He’d roll back his sleeves as if folding the St Vincent flag.

He preferred fresh yeast huge hands breaking wet clay

Into the deep tins to sleep a damp tea towel for a blanket as they snore they rise their pop bellies facing the sun.

Balancing on a wooden stool I’d watch his problems dissolve.

The marriage of yeast and sugar turned the kitchen into a brewery

Dad opens the furnace to be greeted by golden faces with raisins for eyes.

Pressing two fingers into their foreheads they bounce back like mini trampolines.

When he sure no one was looking he’d add the secret ingredient fresh grated coconut, then stir until the sweet splinters disappeared.

A sponge dipped in nutmeg and honey water Christens the newborn bread.

(Oh island in the sun)

Next, the flour made its entrance from the lofty height of the sieve.

Dad’s arms resembled a concrete mixer With his mechanical gyrating.

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Fabien Ho

Right: Overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea is The Nest by Paolo Icaro, at the Atelier Sul Mare Art Hotel in Castel di Tusa, Sicily, Italy. Each room interior in this hotel is a concept designed by a different artist.

Left: Waiting patiently in the Prophet Room, at the Atelier Sul Mare Art Hotel. Sicily, Italy.

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orn in Milan, Fabien Ho was raised in Stuttgart, Paris, Tehran, Châtearoux, Lugano, Vienna, Kent and Singapore. He describes his childhood experiences as having been an outside observer of different cultures, people & places.

“My self-taught photography has evolved to become a quiet way of engaging with my sense of never belonging. I inherited a brown leather-clad vintage Russian Lubitel camera when my dad died, and my real love has always been the photographing of stolen moments between people and the places in which they belong.”

Fabien trained as a graphic designer, first at Central St Martins then at Kent Institute of Art and Design, achieving a first degree in Visual Communication. His background in graphic design and his work as a creative director for a fragrance company has a strong influence upon his photography. One area is in the strong sense of composition that is evident throughout his work.

“I have had experience of directing photographic shoots in my daytime job as I work on packaging, advertising and marketing. So in a way I’m clued up in presenting things in their best light.

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“These two images are of the same doorway, looking in and looking out. The two never spoke and it was like that every day. It seemed really sad. It says a lot about class, money, and isolation.�

A Riad proprietor relaxes in his courtyard at number 16 in Essaouira, Morocco.

Since cars are forbidden inside the Medina walls, porters wait patiently at every gated entrance for trade. Here, an elderly porter passes the time outside the Riad Watier number 16 in Essaouira, Morocco.

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“And I focus on what I don’t want in a shot as much as what I do want in it, if you see what I mean.

Which I think is why some of my shots have a really clean minimal look about them. Noise, I call it visual noise. I like my images to be quiet. So I do always think about what’s noisy and how I can crop it out, or wait for someone to leave my shot so I get that quiet image.

“Because I think a lot of my day job is about marketing and advertising, which is all about shouting as loud as possible, I just like to come home to quiet, and in my work I like it to be quiet. Someone said in fact at a recent exhibition that my images were about capturing people in isolation and I had never picked up on that. Now that he’s said that, I look through my shots and I think, yeah, he’s right, a lot of my

subjects, the people in them are by themselves and there is a sense of solitude to them.

You can see more of Fabien’s photography at www.fabienho.com and look out for a coffee table book of his images coming out in September that will be available at the next E17 Art Trail exhibition! www.fabienho.com fabster@rocketmail.com

Right: A local boy is dragged to the market by his mum in the old Portuguese quarter, Goa Velha, Goa.

Above: Braving the dangerous motorway traffic, a teenage boy tries to earn some money selling books at a busy intersection. Mumbai, India.

“Some of the self-help financial titles were particularly poignant, as was the Tuk-Tuk metre sign that reads Don’t Touch Me”.

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“RAGGED-A*SED BAR-ROOM ROCK WITH LOADS OF WELLY!” Remember the Faces and the Stones in their glorious prime?

Remember the pub-rock bands of the 70s – Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe, Dr Feelgood etc – who blew away the fusty cobwebs of prog-rock and paved the way for punk? Then you’ll just LURRRVE……

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Vintage Cabaraoke Launch Night

Written By Claire Fear Photography by Suzanne Stevens www.csstevens.co.uk 40

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fter living in Walthamstow for seven years I was pleased to finally have a reason to venture into the Orford House Social Club, the intriguing Grade II-listed neo-classical building that sits on the edge of Walthamstow Village’s little parade of shops and eateries. I had always assumed that the interior would not match the magnificence of the facade; indeed, who was to know that in this little corner of E17 was a gem of a venue just waiting to be brought to our attention by the team behind Vintage Cabaraoke. On entering the building one is brought back to bygone days of style and grandeur, first by the sweeping

Walthamstow is not exactly known for its nightlife.

It has a couple of decent pubs and the Village has some lovely restaurants, but you need to head to Stoke Newington or Upper Street for a more special night out. But not tonight. As one friend said: “It’s fantastic to have a reason to put on some lipstick and get glammed up - and still be within walking distance of home.”

staircase that greets you in the hallway and then by the majesty of the main room. I was expecting the working-man’s-club staple of formica tables and grotty carpets, but was instead delighted by the plush velvet seating and parquet floor, both beautifully set off by the huge glitter ball in the centre of the room.

of the more serious vintage aficionados of course looked absolutely amazing, but plenty of people were wearing modern evening wear and looked equally fantastic. The music also encompassed more than just the ‘pure’ vintage decades of the forties and fifties, taking us right up to the seventies, thus avoiding becoming too staid for those of us whose tastes are a bit more up-to-date. If you were a tad unsure exactly what Cabaraoke meant, the elegant ‘order of events’ card placed on each table let you know what the night would entail: 70s-inspired band Cheesecloth would start off the proceedings, followed by 45 minutes of

The mood was further enhanced by DJ Cracklin’ Robinson playing some 78rpm tunes as the guests filled the room. The flyer said ‘Dress: evening wear’ and these E17 residents certainly made the most of a well-needed reason to get dressed up. Now,

The night was called Vintage Cabaraoke, but you didn’t need to be a vintage fan to enjoy yourself. Some

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karaoke, then Jazz singer Dolly Mae Diamond, a second Cheesecloth set, and finally more karaoke.

Cheesecloth describe themselves as “four silly middle-aged men who just don’t know when to stop playing pop music and one young woman who has unsuspectingly wandered into this folly” and their edgy but danceable rock prevented the evening from feeling too serious, with everyone finding it impossible not to tap their feet and smile along with this fun, unassuming band as they belted out classics such as Resurrection Shuffle, Love Train and Werewolves of London.

The most fun part of the evening was, of course, the karaoke. This was not any old karaoke though. The song list had been carefully selected to provide a more ‘refined’ type of evening than is usually had in the karaoke pubs of North-East London. No Gloria Gaynor or Bonnie Tyler here - it was more Louis Jordan and Dusty Springfield. But although there were a few fantastic singers who looked and sounded like the real vintage deal, there were also plenty who love karaoke just for the fun of it, so there’s no need to be shy if you’re not the best singer in the world, everyone got a cheer no matter how flat they were.

And if karaoke just isn’t your thing, then don’t be put off - the night entailed a perfect mix of chatting, dancing and singing. The dance-floor was heaving - both couples and singletons danced alongside each other, and in true East End style everyone was friendly and out to have a good time. One of the most refreshing

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aspects of the night was the age range, from early 20s to mid-60s, everyone was welcome - and not a hoody in sight.

Indeed, this was one of the best nights out I’ve had in recent years, with a little bit of everything for anyone who is up for a good time.

And just when you thought the night couldn’t get any better, the evening was brought to an inspired finale with a group sing-along to ‘White Christmas’ - a perfect end to a perfect evening. I’ve already reserved my tickets for the next event.

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WHAT’S ON

What, Where, When, Who Regular Events Open Mic Night At the Rose

Life drawing classes

Every 1st Wednesday of the month. - Free - From 8pm

Every Monday from 7 - 10pm.

The Rose & Crown Pub, 53 Hoe St. E17

In the room above the pub - The Nags Head Pub - Orford Road, E17

0208 509 3880 Please check their website for date details at:

To join the life drawing class contact walthamstowlifedrawing@googlemail.com

www. e17jazz.com

Circle Dancing

Walthamstow Cricket Club, 48a Greenway Avenue, Walthamstow, E17 3QN,

Every 1st Thursday in the Month 2pm -4pm £4 per session which includes refreshments

A vibrant arts organisation promoting jazz

At Quaker Meeting House -- 1A Jewel Road-Walthamstow E17 4QU.

E17 Jazz

0208-520-5042 Tina T’s Soul and Funk Jam First Thursday of the month - 8pm - Free The King William 1V, 816 High Rd Leyton E10 6AE Tina T and her house band of pro session musicians open the evening of awesome funk and soul, and invite guest musicians email: souldiva69@hotmail.com Walthamstow Folk Every Sunday - £6 - £8 depending on act - From 7:30pm The Rose & Crown Pub, 53 Hoe St. E17 Features the very best in traditional and contemporary music from the UK and around the world. www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk/ Live Jazz session Sundays 4:30pm - 7:30pm - Free The Nags Head, Orford Rd E17 www.thenagsheade17.com/ E17 Guitar Club Thursdays 8pm - 9.15pm - £10 The Deli, 69 Orford Road, Walthamstow, E17 All levels and all styles. Fun and relaxed.

Contact Chris 07958 471 083 - www.stunningmusic.xom What’s Cookin’ rockin’ country fried music The North Star, Browning Road, Leytonstone E11 3AR 8pm - www.whatscookin.co.uk The What’s Cookin’ shenanigans take place in the very cosy and real-ale friendly, The North Star, EVERY THURSDAY, and also, the 2nd SATURDAY and 3rd SUNDAY of the month.

Forest Writers Group Alternate Wednesdays - 9th March next - 7.30 Small fee The Modern College of Music and Drama, Orford Rd, E17 Call Sarah to register on 07870 270844

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For further information please phone Pat on 0208 556 3508 or Jean at jeanduggleby@virgin.net Natural Voices, funky women’s choir Thursdays 8pm - 9pm - £6 Modern College Of Music, 22 Orford Rd Walthamstow Village. E17 9NJ Contact Lizzy on 07950-204338 lizzyrenihan@hotmail.com Monthly D.I.Y. CRAFT NIGHT 8pm -11pm Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, Hoe Street, Walthamstow Choose from a selection of d.i.y. craft packs available to purchase and make on the night and learn a new craft skill! www.eastlondoncraftguerrilla.blogspot.com - check for dates E17 Film Workshops 1st, 15th, 29th March, 12th, 26th April, 10th, 24th May £ 5 per session, www.e17films.com for more details Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street, Walthamstow McGuffins Film and Tv Quiz First Saturday of the Month £1.50 entry Ye Olde Rose and Crown Pub, 53 Hoe St, E17

More details of these events can be found on our online Calendar at :

www.arteast17.com whats-on.shtm This is also the place to find up-to-date news of events as they arise.

MARCH LISTINGS The Standard Music Venue

William Morris Birthday Lecture: William Morris today

Fri 4th Guns 2 Roses £9

and tomorrow

Sat 5th Pink Floyd Dimension £9

24th March 7pm members £5 Non Members £6.50

Fri 11th RDB £8

William Morris Gallery, Forest Rd, E17 - 020 84964390

Sat 12th Not the Rolling Stones £9

Godspell

Sat 19th Bootleg Blondie £9

8th March - 1st April

Sat 26th Fragile £10

£10 - £15 box office 0843 2892144

All Enquiries: 020 8503 2523

All Star Productions presents the 40th Anniversary

1 Blackhorse Lane, London E17 6DS

production of this Stephen Schwartz classic.

Spring Fling

Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, 53 Hoe St, E17 4SA

Friday 4th March - 7.30pm

Gaffaw Comedy Club

A nostalgic evening of vintage 78’s, karaoke and live music

3rd March - £7.50 / £6.50 on the door 8.30pm

The Orford House Club, Orford Rd, E17 9QR

Jeff Innocent, Ninia Benjamin, Susan Murray

Tickets £10: info@cabaraoke.co.uk

Ye Olde Rose and Crown Pub, 53 Hoe St, E17

Poetry From Mimi Khalvati

Rose and Crown 3rd Birthday - Pyjama Party

Wed. 2nd March 7.30pm £4 inc a glass of wine

26th March - Evening - Free

Walthamstow Library, High St. E17

Come celebrate the 3rd Birthday of Walthamstow’s top

Support from Emma Hammond, Dave Bryant and members

entertainment pub.

of Forest Poets.

Spangles & Tutton Open Mike Night,

Contact: paulmcgrane1@yahoo.co.uk

19th March - 7.30pm - Free

Son Mas - Live Cuban Band

Live music for all !! Come join in the fun!

5th March - 8pm - £8 adv/ £10 on door

email - la.bardon@homecall.co.uk

Fundraiser for the Music Fund for Cuba The Theatre, Leytonstone Library, Church Lane, E11 1HG Sales John 020 8989 8752 The Ruffian On The Stair & Bobby Gould In Hell Double Bill - Woodhouse Players Fri 11 March 2011, 8pm

53 Hoe St, E17

Walthamstow Cricket Club, 48a Greenway Avenue, Walthamstow, E17 3QN, Fund Raising Event For The Firemen 23rd March - 7.45pm - Tickets £10 – available in advance from www.wegottickets.com/event/107234 Evening of music & comedy featuring:

Sat 12 March 2011, 2.30pm and 8pm

Mark Thomas, Ian Saville, Steve White & the Protest Family,

Fri 18 March 2011, 8pm

Graham Larkbey & the Escape Committee, Russ Chandler

Sat 19 March 2011, 2.30pm and 8pm

The Standard, 1 Blackhorse Lane, E17

£7 adults, £4 concessions The Welsh Church Hall, 879 Leytonstone High Road Leytonstone E11 1HR www.woodhouseplayers.co.uk Natural Voices Spring Showing 13th March 4pm - £5 on the door Fun, Funky Women’s Choir featuring the E17 Guitar Club The Modern College of Music & Drama, 22 Orford Rd, E17 Contact Lizzy 07950 204338 London Forest Choir 12th March 7.30pm - £12, con. £10 - Students £6 - kids £1 Chingford Parish Church, The Green, E4 Carmina Burana by Carl Orff and The Passing of the Year by

Have you got something going on?

A music gig, an exhibition, in fact if it is creative in nature we want to know about it. These what’s on listings are FREE. editor@arteast17.com

Jonathan Dove with the Sylvan Ensemble and the Southend Boys & Girls Choir. www.londonforestchoir.org

All our information was correct at time of going to press, but we suggest you check with venue before visiting.

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APRIL LISTINGS Glee17 Comedy Night

Millfield Arts Centre

20th April - 7.30pm - £3

1st April - The Manfreds 6th April - Jason Issacs 8th April LDN Wrestling Live 9th April The Nick Ross Orchestra 28th April - Acker Bilk See https://forms.enfield.gov.uk/peo/ for more information

A regular open mic stand up comedy club, with monthly shows at Walthamstow’s premier theatre pub.

The Rose and Crown Pub, 53 Hoe St. E17 4SA glee17comedy@gmail.com Art Exibition - Group Show - ‘Republic’ 22nd - 2nd May - free - 020 8509 3880 Free Walthamstow Projects Group Show The Red Room - Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe St, E17 Spangles & Tutton Open Mike Night 23 April - 7.30pm - Free Live music for all !! Come join in the fun! email - la.bardon@homecall.co.uk Walthamstow Cricket Club, 48a Greenway Avenue, Walthamstow, E17 3QN, Gaffaw Comedy Club 7th April - 8pm Paul T Eyers, Susan Murray.

Ye Olde Rose and Crown Pub, 53 Hoe St, E17 The London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra 15th April - 8pm - £10 - Tickets 07751 929200 Music, Comedy Mayhem Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe St, E17 The Fitzwilliam String Quartet 7th April - 7.30pm - £10 (£5 con) on the door Lucy Russell and Jonathan Sparey, violins; Alan George, viola; Heather Tuach, violoncello, play Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” as well as luscious quartets by Barber, Jack Hill and Delius. 020 8223 0772 St. Mary’s Church, Church End, Walthamstow Kickin Kangaroo Club 1st April - 7pm - £7 www.stratford-circus.com/events/dance/ kickinApr.htm Inspired by Alice in Wonderland, the big finale club night will be action packed with Kickin’ music and visuals, dance performances, DJ’s film screenings, interactive games, speed dance dating, a giant costume box, dance offs, open mic and lots more.

Come in fancy dress inspired by Alice in Wonderland - don’t forget your dancing shoes!

Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, Stratford, E15 1BX Box office: 0844 357 2625 All our information was correct at time of going to press, but we suggest you check with venue before visiting.

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Silver Street, Edmonton, London, N18 - 020 8807 6680 News From Nowhere Club 9th April - 7.30pm Guerilla Gardening - Speaker: Richard Reynolds Epicentre, West St, Leytonstone E11 4LJ Enquiries: 0208 555 5248 http://www.newsfromnowhereclub.org/ The Dhol Foundation 2nd April - £14 (£10 con) www.stratford-circus.com/events/music/dhol.htm Led by the irrepressible and fantastically charismatic Johnny Kalsi, Dhol Drummer with The Afro Celts, this mighty musical show delivers Samba, Bhangra, Drum and Bass, Tabla and Hip Hop with explosive theatre and dance making this is a high energy performance not to be missed.

Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, Stratford, E15 1BX Box office: 0844 357 2625 Lost Horizons Sat, 2 April, 18:00 – 23:30 Lost Horizons was formed in 2010 and had its very successful launch night on 10 December.

We aim to give a platform to up and coming musicians and also an opportunity to hear established artists.

Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone 020 8518 7463

Have you got something going on?

A music gig, an exhibition, in fact if it is creative in nature we want to know about it. FREE editor@arteast17.com The magazine is also available online in full at arteast17.com

MARK THOMAS IAN SAVILLE STEVE WHITE & THE PROTEST FAMILY

GRAHAM LARKBEY & THE ESCAPE COMMITTEE RUSS CHANDLER WED MARCH 23rd 7 45 till 11 00 pm

Fire Brigade Union London Region present a fund-raising evening of music & comedy Tickets available in advance from www.wegottickets.com/event/107234 THE STANDARD 1 BLACKHORSE LANE, E17 6DS

£10

Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub Enjoy

Real Ales Quality Wines Selection of Malts Daily Home Cooked Food Sunday Roast Upstairs Theatre Live Music

www.yeolderoseandcrowntheatrepub.co.uk

53 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, E17 4SA • Tel. 020 8509 3880 47

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Pubs & Bars

Ye Olde Rose & Crown Pub 53 Hoe Street, E17 4SA, 02 8509 3880 The Castle Pub 15 Grosvenor Rise East, E17 9LB, 020 8509 8095

Inky Cuttlefish Studios 5 Blackhorse Lane, E17 6DS 07753 686 331 Pictorem Gallery Picture Frame Makers 383 Hoe Street, E17 9AP 020 8520 0340

The Victoria 188 Hoe Street, E17 4QH 020 8521 7611

Gallery 41 Wood Street Market, Wood Street, E17 3HX 020 8520 0598 Open: 1.30 – 5.30 (closed Thurs & Sun)

King William the Fourth 816 High Road, Leyton, E10 6AE 020 8556 2460

Atlantis Art Supplies Britannia House 68-80 Hanbury St. London E1 5JL 0207 377 8855

Coffee Bars & Bistro’s

Geffrye Museum 136 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8EA

L’Hirondelle Coffee Shop 160 Hoe Street, E17 4QH 020 8521 2850 The Deli Cafe 69 Orford Road, Walthamstow Village 07595 947 664 Meze Patisserie 13 Church Lane, Leytonstone 020 8558 6163 E17 1HG Old Shoreditch Station 1 Kingsland Rd London, E2 8AA The Gallery Cafe 21 Old Ford Rd Bethnal Green, E2 9PL

Places of Interest William Morris Gallery Lloyd Park, Forest Road, E17 4PP 020 8496 4390

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Pick up your of Arteast from any of these lovely places

Hackney Museum & Library Technology and Learning Centre 1 Reading Lane, Hackney, E8 1GQ Images in Frames 59 Wood Street, London, E17 3JX 020 8520 7604 Space Studios 129 - 131 Mare Street London, E8 3RH 020 8525 4330 Idea Generation Gallery 11 Chance Street London, E2 7JB 020 7749 6850

Retail Outlets Beautiful Interiors 34 Orford Road, E17 9NJ 020 509 0039

Vestry House Museum Vestry Road, E17 9NH 020 8496 4391

Beyca Retro 83 Grove Road, E17 9BU 07947 895 015

Art Studios, Galleries, Suppliers and Picture Framers

Lot One Ten 78 Hoe St. E17 4PG 020 8926 4234

E17 Art House, Framers &Gallery, Churchill Business Centre, 6 – 10 Church Hill (Stainforth Road Entrance), E17 3RY 020 8509 8211

Libraries Walthamstow Central Library High Street, E17 7JN 020 8496 5132

Wood Street Library Forest Road, E17 4AA 020 8496 1156 Leyton Library High Road, Leyton, E10 5QH 020 8496 1090 Leabridge Library Leabridge Road, E10 020 8496 1152 Leytonstone Library 6 Church Lane, E11 1HG 020 8496 1190 Hale end Library Castle Avenue, E4 9QD 020 8496 1050 Wanstead Library Spratt Hall Road Wanstead, E11 2RQ

Other Community Learning & Skills Services Chestnuts House, 398 Hoe St. E17 9AA 020 8521 4311 Quaker Meeting House 1a Jewel Rd. E17 4QU 020 8926 7853 Healthworks 111a Hoe St (entrance in Cairo Rd) E17 4RX 020 8503 7794

Entertainment Venues Theatre Royal Stratford East (box office foyer) Gerry Raffles Square, Stratford, E15 1BN Stratford Circus Theatre Square, Stratford, E15 1BX Rich Mix 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road London, E1 6LA

Plus available at many more quality cafes, bars, bistro’s and retail outlets!