Get Involved: Painting Workshop with Patrick Simkins

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24 August - 1-4pm - booking required £7 After Cubism...Vorticism...Surrealism...New Realism.... and all the 'isms' that have followed, what does it now mean to create an 'abstract' piece, and is it easy to come by if we are individuals enticed to represent figurative imagery. As part if the #RepreResidency artist Patrick Simkins runs an informal, hands-on workshop to explore the processes that contemporary artists are using today. To find out more about his practice visit his profile Booking is required so please email DegreeArt at: chantelle@degreeart.com Cost of session: £7 REPRE RESIDENCY A Collaboration in Identity and Representation in Paint. Repre are a group of artists that share a common vision to capture and depict reality. From the body to the landscape, each artist is concerned with not only depicting the real, but exploring the boundaries of realism within their practice. There are a variety of ideas that the artists are driven by such as surface, mass media, atmosphere or the deconstruction of reality, these themes will provide the basis for the residency and will give an insight into the role of realism within each artist's work. EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS: The group welcomes all members of the public to fully engage with the collaborative processes, through visiting the gallery, social media and taking part in workshops. Life Drawing with 3 Models ran by Rebecca Molloy. 10 August — 1-3pm. £5 — Please book and bring your own materials. Oil Painting workshop with Jemma Grundon and Julie Bennett. 17 August — 1-3pm. £20 — Please book and materials will be provided. Painting workshop with Patrick Simkins. 24 August — 1 — 4pm. £7. Please book and materials will be provided. TALKS: Panel Discussion with Repre Artists. 29 August — 6.30pm — 8pm. Drop in Session. OTHER: Sunday Pop in Tea and Cakes — a chance to meet some of the aritsts in the studio. 4th and 18th August — 1-3pm. 1st September — 1-3pm. Follow us on social media to watch the residency evolve Twitter: @DegreeArt #RepreResidency #DAresidency Facebook: facebook.com/DegreeArt Instagram: DegreeArt / Tumblr: DegreeArt.tumblr.com NOTES THE ARTISTS: Julie Bennett reappropriates mass-mediated images into gestural paintings: Jemma Grundon's work concerns the landscape and the evocative nature of the world we live in: Amelia Humber's paintings relay the atmosphere and emotion of landscape: Rebecca Molloy (founder of Repre Art Collective) looks at the deconstruction of reality: Louise Morgan is a landscape painter producing predominantly miniature watercolours that are centred around memory: Andrew Newton is an experimental artist who looks at the minds subconscious dichotomy between structure and order and spontaneous impulsivity: Patrick Simkins is exhibiting new work that questions perceptions, fragility and morality. He was recently an official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Storyteller: When: Mon, 29/07/2013 - 00:00 - Mon, 09/09/2013 - 18:00 Private view: Thu, 01/08/2013 - 18:00 - 21:00 Where: The DegreeArt.com Gallery, 12a Vyner Street, London, E2 9DG