From first steps to final drafts, Collage Writing Roomo has options for you - via small, friendly groups hosted live on Zoom. Students can also access free drop-in groups throughout the week to make the most of their writing time. Book now for courses starting in April, May and June.
NHS London have partnered with Transport for London (TfL) to launch a poetry competition for young Londoners, aged 12-15, to reflect on how their lives have changed since vaccinations were rolled out in the capital over a year ago. The competition seeks to give young Londoners the opportunity to talk about their experiences and what their hopes are for the year ahead. The top ten poems selected will be printed and put up at the author's local tube station.
Palmers Green Action Team is recruiting an artist to create a site-specific work to celebrate the life of celebrated poet and PG resident Stevie Smith. This will be one of the Stories of Enfield projects - community heritage activities that are receiving funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Gee Jay Arts is launching a new 6-week painting masterclass on Tuesday 26th April at Southgate Methodist Church (corner of the Bourne and Queen Elizabeth Drive).
Gee has sent details of her new art course that runs for six weeks at St Andrews Church Hall in Southgate, starting on Tuesday 8th March. The course normally costs £125, but because she is trying to promote the arts within our local community, Gee is offering a discounted price, £110 per person.
ENJO Muswell Hill is a new project launching in March 2022, building towards a full-scale swing big band, rehearsing with vocals on scheduled Wednesday evenings in Muswell Hill, North London.
Local artists and photographers are being invited to take part in north London's first Citizens Art Festival, which will be held in Wood Green from 7th to 10th April. The festival will feature both an exhibition in the impressive third-floor gallery at the Green Rooms hotel and three days of art workshops and activities at Wood Green's unique 'meanwhile space', Blue House Yard. Both venues are in Station Road, only a few minutes walk from Wood Green station.
The theme of local poet Myra Schneider's 16th collection, Siege and Symphony is celebration and endurance. The first section is devoted to poems about the planet and its present state. The second and third sections include poems about contemporary issues such as homelessness, also poems about women and personal poems. The last and longest poem, which gives the book its title, is a celebration of human resilience, as exemplified by the performance during the siege of Leningrad of Shostakovich's 7th Symphony by a conductor and orchestra enfeebled by months of starvation. In this interview Myra talks about how her poetry has developed over time, explains how her poems come about - many are inspired by paintings or other works of art - and describes her concerns about homelessness and women's inequality.
Enrol on one of Collage Writing Room's online writing workshops starting in February and join their supportive writing community. Courses are for six weeks, online via ZOOM and cost £125.
'Ben hears noises in his basement and witnesses weird goings-on in his local park. His eight-year-old daughter Imogen starts receiving messages from someone claiming to be her missing mother. And then there is Mr Jones - the man who haunts the imaginations of the children at Imogen's school...' Alex Woolf's new novel is set in a north London suburb that bears a strong resemblance to Palmers Green.
