Thursday 27 Jun 2024
Lecture
Artist Michael Ajerman presents: The Last One by Caravaggio Thursday 27 June 2024, 6.30pm-8.00pm A one hour lecture. Followed by Q and A. FREE ADMISSION. ALL WELCOME! Over the next few months Caravaggio’s final painting, ‘Martyrdom of Saint Ursula’ is being shown at the National Gallery along side his ‘Salome receives the Head of […]
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Thursday 09 Nov 2023
Lecture
Artist Michael Ajerman presents his lecture: Philip Guston, Don’t Smoke in Bed Thursday 9 November 2023, 4.30pm – 6:00pm The talk focuses on Philip Guston’s shifting self, complicated artistic aims, and influences. His working methods, US political tensions, and personal matters will be discussed to give a glimpse of a frantic era that echoes […]
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Thursday 02 Feb 2023
Lecture
Artist Michael Ajerman presents his lecture on the German painter, Paula Modersohn-Becker Thursday 2nd February 2023, 4.30 – 6pm A lecture on artist Paula Modersohn-Becker’s life and work. While widely known in Germany, the Royal Academy’s ‘Making Modernism’ exhibition presents a brilliant display of her work rarely seen abroad. This talk will interpret key works […]
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Thursday 24 Nov 2022
Lecture
Artist Michael Ajerman presents his lecture on former student of Heatherleys, the artist Walter Sickert. Thursday 24th November 2022, 4.30 – 6pm Walter Sickert is an artist who is an odd bridge of English and French painting in the changing world of the late 1800’s leading well into the 20th Century. Drawing from James Whistler […]
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Monday 09 May 2022
For those of you who could not attend or for those who got a lucky seat at the extremely popular event, you can now view both evenings on our Recorded Lectures page. Artists explain their own approach to the practical aspects of creating a Still Life set up and how they use this genre to […]
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Friday 31 Jul 2020
Heatherleys Online: Rosalind Davis and Justin Hibbs in Conversation with Anna McNay The Heatherley Guest Lecturer programme continues with the sixth and final in a series of online in conversation events with artists (Zoom link below). Artist-curators Rosalind Davis and Justin Hibbs, who have also contributed professional development talks to the programme, speak about their […]
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Friday 24 Jul 2020
Heatherleys Online: James Lloyd in Conversation with Anna McNay The Heatherley Guest Lecturer programme continues with the fifth in a series of online in conversation events with artists (Zoom link below). Portrait painter James Lloyd speaks about his work to art writer and journalist Anna McNay. In conversation with McNay, Lloyd will discuss his career, […]
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Friday 17 Jul 2020
Creative Collaborations with Justin Hibbs Part 2. Private and Public Commissions In this session Justin will give an overview of how to develop and sustain a practice through a range of different private and public commissions including Daisy Green Restaurants for whom he has just designed a range of artworks for socially distanced screens. He […]
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Friday 10 Jul 2020
Heatherleys Online: Simon Davis in Conversation with Anna McNay The Heatherley Guest Lecturer programme continues with the fourth in a series of online in conversation events with artists (Zoom link below). Illustrator and portrait painter Simon Davis speaks about his work to art writer and journalist Anna McNay. In conversation with McNay, Davis will look […]
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Friday 03 Jul 2020
The Fine Art of Opportunity incl funding/ Setting up Artist Run Initiatives or projects. · How to spot, seize, create and maximise opportunities to help springboard new possibilities and projects such as artist run initiatives as a result. · Building ways to collaborate with artists, arts professionals, funders and organisations to help you prosper collectively […]
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Friday 26 Jun 2020
Graham Crowley – In Conversation with Anna McNay In the third of a series of online in conversation events with artists, painter Graham Crowley speaks about his work to art writer and journalist Anna McNay. Crowley is clear in referring to himself as a painter, not an artist. He regards painting as a discourse and […]
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Friday 19 Jun 2020
Creative Collaborations with Justin Hibbs Part 1; Working with Commercial and Public galleries. In this session Justin Hibbs will give an overview of how to develop and sustain a practice through a range of different collaborations and exhibition contexts. From working with other Artists to alternative exhibition spaces, such as; artist led and project spaces, […]
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Friday 12 Jun 2020
Susie Hamilton – In Conversation with Anna McNay In the second of a series of online in conversation events with artists, Susie Hamilton speaks about her new series of work of Covid-19 doctors to art writer and journalist Anna McNay. About Susie Hamilton Concerned with the human condition and the solitary existence of individuals, Hamilton’s […]
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Friday 05 Jun 2020
A range of strategies to revitalize artists and help get them out of a creative rut or just someone wishing to consider a range of painting and drawing approaches, build ideas and a range of new processes in their work. Rosalind will also discuss other ideas and examples to develop interesting online projects to help […]
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Friday 29 May 2020
Sadie Lee – In Conversation with Anna McNay In the first of a series of online in conversation events with artists, award-winning British figurative painter Sadie Lee speaks about her work to art writer and journalist Anna McNay. In 1992, Lee’s painting of herself and her then partner was used as the publicity poster for […]
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Monday 16 Mar 2020
Sadie Lee – Artists Talk Sadie Lee is an award-winning British figurative painter. Her challenging paintings focus on a range of subjects, including the representation of women in art, sexuality, gender and the aging body. She has been selected to show work in many group shows including exhibitions at The I.C.A. and Museum of London. […]
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Monday 17 Feb 2020
Charlotte Sorapure – Artists Talk Trained at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Charlotte Sorapure is a figurative Artist living and working in Bath. She has had solo exhibitions with Messum’s in London, and Brian Sinfield Gallery in Burford as well as The Quest Gallery and the Victoria art Gallery, both in Bath. She […]
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Monday 03 Feb 2020
Surviving and Thriving as an Artist • Representing yourself & raising your profile • Galleries and the Art World • Insights into Curating and tips on how to curate/develop your own exhibitions or projects. • How to maximize an exhibitions success, build relationships and new audiences for your work such as curators/ critics and potential collectors […]
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Monday 09 Dec 2019
Annabel Elton – Hints and tips on working to commission Annabel Elton is Head of Commissions at Mall Galleries and specialises in portraiture. She experienced working as an artist to commission for two years before embarking on her current career via financial PR and small businesses. She first started work at the Mall Galleries in 1984. With […]
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Monday 25 Nov 2019
Michael Taylor – Artists Talk Michael works quietly and carefully on one painting at a time, spending about three months over each composition. On graduating from Goldsmiths School of Art in 1973, he determined to devote his time to working at a single canvas, while funding himself by working evenings at a pub in Greenwich. […]
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Monday 28 Oct 2019
Brendan Kelly – Artists Talk Brendan studied at the Slade in the early 1990’s and has since been the winner of several prestigious awards for work in BP Portrait and The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, he has two portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, one of Baroness Boothroyd and the other General Mike Jackson. […]
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Monday 24 Jun 2019
Benjamin Sullivan – Artists Talk Benjamin Sullivan was born in Grimsby in 1977. He studied painting and drawing at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2000. Since then, he has established a growing reputation as a figurative painter. His work has been widely exhibited, including at the Royal Academy and National Portrait Gallery. Among other […]
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Monday 17 Jun 2019
Articulating your practice. The Art of Writing and Talking about your work Talk This lecture gives useful tips on developing your artist statement to create an engaging but comprehensive overview of your artwork. There will be some examples and creative ideas as well as advice on structure, layout, biogs and using different voices for different […]
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Monday 10 Jun 2019
Alison Jackson – Artists Talk Alison Jackson is a contemporary BAFTA and multi award winning artist who explores the cult of celebrity – an extraordinary phenomenon created by the media, publicity industries and the public figures themselves. Her work sits squarely in the middle of the current fake news, alternative facts or news debates. Jackson makes convincingly realistic […]
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Monday 01 Apr 2019
Philip Hook is Senior Director of Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art Department. His talk will be a light-hearted investigation of the wonders and absurdities of the Twenty-First Century art market.
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Monday 18 Mar 2019
March 14th 4.30pm Since leaving the Royal Academy Schools in 1999, Toby has been developing his painting and drawing practice. He has exhibited widely, being selected a number of times for the Royal Academy Summer Show, BP Portrait Award in 2006, Holborne Portrait Prize, Discerning Eye, Jerwood Drawing Prize and the New English Art Club. […]
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Monday 04 Mar 2019
James Hague – Artists Talk James Hague is a London based artist who studied Fine Art at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle and the Royal College of Art. In 1996 he won the BP portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery. Most recently he was the recipient of the Ondjaatje Prize for portraiture at […]
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Wednesday 27 Feb 2019
‘Queer Art and Identity: a Film Screening and Q & A with Film Maker Lois Norman, Artist Sarah Jane Moon, Art Writer & Curator Anna McNay and Heatherley Portrait Diploma Director Minna Stevens.’ Join us on the 27th of February for an excerpt from Lois Norman’s film ‘She is Juiced’ and a Q&A discussion around the […]
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Monday 03 Dec 2018
Artists Talk
Portrait Painting: Personal Development, Relationships and Empowerment In this talk Alastair will discuss some key turning points in his career to date. Focussing on specific commissioned and non commissioned paintings, Alastair will discuss how his practice, and representational drawings and paintings as a whole, can be used to represent and empower their subjects. As well […]
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Monday 19 Nov 2018
Cherry Pickles was born in Bridgend, Wales. She did a mathematics degree In Northern Ireland before going to art school at Chelsea and the Slade. After that she had various bits of art school teaching and residencies, most substantially; Falmouth School of Art, Corsham and St Andrews University. In the early/mid 80’s Pickles […]
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Monday 05 Nov 2018
Angela Reilly is a Scottish artist who studied at the Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art. In 2004 She won the NX MacFarlane Ward, in 2005 the Art Exposure Prize at the Royal Glasgow Institute and in 2006 she was awarded the 3rd Prize at the BP Portrait Award. She has exhibited at the Catto […]
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Monday 18 Jun 2018
Shanti Panchal was born in Mesar, a village in Gujarat, India, and studied at the Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay. He came to England on a British Council scholarship to study at the Byam Shaw School of Art, London from 1978-80, and has lived and worked in London since. He has been artist-in-residence at […]
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Monday 04 Jun 2018
IVY SMITH is a painter and printmaker. She studied at Chelsea and the Royal Academy Schools. She has work in many public collections including the National Portrait Gallery, Graves Art Gallery Sheffield, Norwich Castle Museum. Awards include winner: John Player Portrait Award 1986, Arts Council Grants for the Arts 2005. Public commissions include a portrait […]
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Monday 19 Mar 2018
This event is free and open to the public but seating is limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. admission: Share this event! [supsystic-social-sharing id=’1′] This event is free and open to the public but seating is limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
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Monday 05 Feb 2018
John Wonnacott was born in London, 1940, and studied at the Slade School of Art, (1958-63). His work was included in The Hard Won Image, Tate Gallery, London, 1984 and in The Pursuit of the Real, Manchester, London and Glasgow, 1990. He has also held solo exhibitions at The Minories, Colchester, 1977, the Scottish National […]
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Monday 13 Nov 2017
Katherine Tyrrell writes and curates information about art for artists and art lovers. She is the “go to” person for many artists with a query; also delivers talks and workshops on art business topics for artists to various organisations. ‘The Artist’ Magazine published a series of 10 articles in 2016 on cost-effective ideas for artists. […]
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Monday 30 Oct 2017
Susanne du Toit is an artist living and working in Berkshire, UK. She has worked in a wide range of media during her career, particularly etching and oil paint. In recent years her practice has become focused on portraits, and in 2013 she won the BP Portrait Award. Since then, she has been featured in […]
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Monday 16 Oct 2017
Artist’s Talk by Simon Davis, Vice President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Simon Davis trained in Technical Illustration in Leamington Spa and then Graphic Design at Swindon. After a brief time working in design studios, he began illustrating for the iconic British comic 2000ad and continues to do so after 25 years. Simon […]
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Monday 26 Jun 2017
Valuing yourself and your work In the busy, highly-competitive climate of the contemporary visual arts, artists may find it hard to assess and assert their own value. For visual artists, the opportunities which present themselves are diverse, ranging from community projects to festival fringes, from commissions for permanently-sited works to experiments in participatory practice, and […]
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Monday 12 Jun 2017
James Lloyd graduated in the 90s from the Slade School of Fine Art with a Higher Diploma following a BA in Fine Art from Coventry and a Diploma from Blackpool College of Art and Design. He teaches at the Royal Drawing School and has won numerous awards including the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award, Paul Smith […]
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Monday 15 May 2017
Artist Talk
An Interview with Lewis McNaught the CEO of the Mall Galleries, home of the Federation of British Artists as well as a major London gallery for figurative art and figurative art competitions. Lewis will be discussing his career in art and the challenges over the past 10 years of running a major gallery. He will […]
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Monday 20 Mar 2017
Antony Williams studied initially at Farnham (Northwest Surrey College of Art) on a Foundation Course in 1984, and went on to Portsmouth University (then Polytechnic) to do a BA in Fine Art . He then started working part time for a picture conservator in Walton on Thames, who introduced Williams to the medium of egg […]
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