All events are free, no need to book, just turn up with your art kit.
We have planned three evenings:
BANKSIDE AND TATE MODERN
Time and date to meet: 6pm to 8pm, Friday 21 July 2017
Meet at 6pm to start and 8pm to finish by the outdoor seating alongside Tate Modern near the riverside (see photograph below). If wet, meet just inside the Tate Modern Turbine Hall
On the South Bank near Tate Modern we can draw city buildings, the Globe Theatre, the Millennium Bridge, passers-by, buskers, and the boats on the river.
If it rains, we can draw inside Tate Modern, open until 10pm on Fridays
Run by Jo Dungey and Gafung Wong
SOUTHBANK CENTRE, NATIONAL THEATRE AND SOMERSET HOUSE
Time and date to meet: 6pm to 8pm, Wednesday 9 August 2017
Meet 6pm to start and 8pm to finish by the bench seating in front of the National Theatre (see photograph below)
Inside and outside the Southbank Centre and Festival Hall and along the river there are summer events. We can draw passers-by and visitors, an urban beach, fountains, skateboarding, stalls and sculpture. Cross Waterloo Bridge to draw the courtyard of Somerset House on the other side of the river. If it rains, we can draw inside the Festival Hall and National Theatre foyers and bars, or from under Waterloo Bridge. https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/
Run by Lis Watkins and Jo Dungey
THE SCOOP, CITY HALL AND TOWER BRIDGE
Time and date to meet: 6pm to 8pm, Wednesday 23 August 2017
Meet at 6pm to start and 8pm to finish by the outdoor seating by the riverside doors of City Hall (see photograph below).
The Scoop is an open air performance area near City Hall, on the South Bank, between London Bridge and Tower Bridge. There is a free performance at the Scoop: The Odyssey (this is in three parts: 6pm, 7.30pm, 9pm, and is running from 9 August to 3 September). We can draw the performance, the audience and passers-by, the Tower of London across the river, Tower Bridge, boats including HMS Belfast, or the modern City skyline. If it rains, there is some shelter at City Hall and nearby bars, or we could draw inside Hays Galleria.
Run by Lis Watkins and Jo Dungey
http://londonbridgecity.co.uk/events/2017/august/london-bridge-city-summer-festival-theatre-season
