Arts Events

PUB CRAWL
Saturday 14th June 2008
7pm - 2am

A Pub Quiz by Yara El-Sherbini @ The Sun & Doves, 61-63 Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell, SE5 9NS, quizzes start at 7pm & 8.30pm



The Horseman's Word by Lottie Leedham @ The Dark Horse, 16 Grove Lane, Camberwell, SE5 8SY, ongoing installation from 7pm - 11pm

The Dulwich Ukulele Club @ The Castle, 65 Camberwell Church Street, Camberwell, SE5 8TR, playing between 8pm - 10pm

Duckie Camberwell Cabaret @ The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372, Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11, 10.30pm - 2am

Pub Crawl takes you on a tour of some of Camberwell's best-loved pubs to experience specially commissioned performances and installations that articulate the great British social space of The Pub and the traditions of Pub Entertainment.

HERE by Daniel Lehan
Throughout Camberwell, SE5
Guided tour on Sunday 15th June, 3pm
Free

Over the years many artists and writers have been drawn to Camberwell, including Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, Andy Warhol, The Brontes, Rembrandt and Virginia Woolf (to name but a few) and each have left their indelible mark on this particular area of South London.
 
Their visits, now finally recognised, are commemorated with a series of HERE plaques - especially commissioned for this year's Festival - located in the windows of various shops and businesses in Camberwell.

OPEN HOUSE at Camberwell College of Arts
Hands on activities for all ages. Free.
Saturday 21st June, 11am - 4pm
Camberwell College of Arts, Peckham Road, SE5
All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Explore the Summer Shows and take part in fantastic free arts workshops, such as photography, mono printing, animation, flip books, kaleidoscopes, performance and more.  Our highly popular t-shirt screen-printing workshop has limited spaces only, so make sure you come in early to reserve a place and don't forget to bring your own t-shirts or bags!

OPEN STUDIOS
Throughout SE5  
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd June,
12 - 6pm Free

Camberwell artists create studios in extraordinary places, from garages to garden sheds, Victorian carriage works to disused swimming baths. Open Studios provides an opportunity to visit some of the major studio collectives in Camberwell. 
Camberwell Arts will lead an Open Studios walk on Sunday 22 June, starting at Vanguard Court at 2pm.

IN AT THE DEEP END
Camberwell Leisure Centre, Artichoke Place,
off Camberwell Church St, SE5
Saturday 21st June 2008, 7 - 11pm  Free

Camberwell Swimming Pool is the backdrop for an evening of water-based entertainment, from Tracey Rose's video of underwater basketball players to Liz Bentley's troupe of synchronised swimmers.  Watch video art, comedy and performance art and listen to some of London's most up and coming bands.

MERVYN PEAKE: THE MAN AND HIS ART
Sunday 22nd June, 7.30pm
Blue Elephant Theatre, 59a Bethwin Road,
London SE5 0XT
Free. Limited spaces, booking recommended. 
To book please call 020 7701 0100 or email info@blueelephanttheatre.co.uk

Mervyn Peake was a writer, artist, illustrator and a former tutor at Camberwell College of Arts. He is best known for his Gormenghast trilogy but also wrote poetry, short stories and plays for adults and children. Inspired by his father's incredible collection of paintings, photographs and letters, Sebastian Peake provides an exclusive insight into one of the most creative minds of the 20th Century.

CAMBERWELL GREEN
Throughout Camberwell, SE5
Free

Tanya Axford, Farah Bajull, Sue Cohen, Phoebe Davies & Holly Blakey, Errol Francis, Iris Garrelfs, Rachel Gomme, Robert Luzar, Rik Pinkcombe, Johannes Phokela, Grevil Quinn, Kanako Sasaki, Harald Smykla, Robin Tarbet

Coinciding with Love Parks Week, this year's Camberwell Arts Festival takes art out of the gallery and into the many green spaces of SE5. Camberwell Green itself forms the starting point for an exhibition that spills out onto local parks, pavements, shops and galleries to form a green art trail throughout Camberwell.

PAINT THE WHOLE TOWN GREEN
Camberwell Green, SE5
Sunday 15th June, 2 - 6pm
Free

Help us to paint the town green at our opening event for Camberwell Green on Sunday 15th June, from 2 - 6pm.  From sculpture to a contemporary take on the park railing painting phenomena, there are art activities on offer for everyone. 

Join the artists participating in the exhibition to create a series of artworks that will be exhibited on Camberwell Green throughout the Festival. 

STELLA DUFFY
Author's reading at Camberwell Library
Friday 20th June, 8pm
Camberwell Library, Camberwell Church Street, SE5
Free. Limited spaces, booking recommended. 
To book please call 020 7525 6329

Stella Duffy will talk about her work and read from her latest novel, The Room of Lost Things. With scenes set in Camberwell, the novel was published by Virago in February and was longlisted for the Orange Prize.

CAMBERWELL COLLEGE OF ARTS
SUMMER SHOW 2008
Camberwell College of Arts
Peckham Road, London SE5 8UF
Tuesday 17 - Saturday 21 June 2008
Tuesday - Friday 9am - 8pm;
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Free

An exhibition showcasing the work of graduating students at Camberwell College of Arts with Diploma in Foundation Studies, BA (Hons) Ceramics, FdA Design Practice, BA (Hons) Drawing, BA (Hons) Graphic Design, BA (Hons) Illustration, BA (Hons) Painting, BA (Hons) Photography, BA (Hons) Sculpture, BA (Hons) 3D Design: Materials & Critical Practice.

CHUTNEY II - THE ROT SETS IN
North East corner of Camberwell Green, SE5
Sunday 22nd June, 2pm - sundown  Free

John Chapple, Andrew Cooper, Miriam Craik-Horan, Jo David, Rebecca Feiner, Rachael House, Marq Kearey, Dean Kenning, The Lonesome Cowboys From Hell (Calum F Kerr, Tim Flitcroft, Jan Maat, Marc Vaulbert de Chantilly), Ben Newton, Darren O'Brien, Libby Shearon, Sarah Sparkes, cApStAn StRiNg, Geraldine Swayne, Gavin Toye, Julian Wakeling,

Marq Kearney and Sarah Sparkes host a memorable Festival finale with Chutney II - The Rot Sets In - a damned collection of muddy egos, bog artists, clear sighted seers, witches, clipped poets and wrestlers of the dark imagination.