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Explain who and how you help? I see myself as a thinking partner, providing a safe, confidential space where clients can reflect, focus, imagine, speak freely and get […]
Harriet Lamb has been CEO of climate solutions charity Ashden for two years having previously served as CEO at peace-building organisation International Alert, and prior to that leading […]
Tell us a little about what you’ve been up to over this past year. Life during the pandemic was and continues to be an adventure. In between firefighting […]
Are there any new things that you have discovered or learnt over Lockdown? LUKE: I’ve learnt how resilient people can be when needed. It’s been very hard for […]
What is the importance of the Striding Man? Striding Man is Richmond’s outstanding contribution to a canon of works by various sculptors that were gifted to forty-eight educational […]
Did you discover or learn anything new in lockdown? Yes, I learnt a huge amount. The first thing was how much I normally personally travelled – including by […]
What led you to become a poet? Hearing the poem, Tarantella by Hilaire Belloc read by my teacher Mister Brennan, at 10 years old, made me want to […]
When Alice isn’t guiding her blind husband to glory on the international ski racing scene: the husband and wife pairing were former double British Champions in the Slalom […]
How has your work developed since you were last in the Dulwich Festival two years ago? Well, I suppose the main thing would be that I released my […]
How did you become a writer? Can I answer this in another way. I have been spending my life letting go of self imposed expectations and creating a […]
How did you become a writer? I always wanted to write; I started off making magazines like Good Mousekeeping for my dolls. I was very excited when I […]
Dulwich Festival asked each of our Flash Fiction Competition judges some questions about themselves, their work and short story writing. We are delighted to present the first of […]
This year the Dulwich Festival is proud to be teaming up with Plastic Free East Dulwich in line with its theme of Sustainability. East Dulwich is the first […]
Jailmake is a 3D Design Studio and Workshop. Founder, Jamie Elliot and his talented team, make anything and everything, from beautiful tables for Liberty’s fabric department and hundreds […]
Can you talk a bit about your background? I founded the creative agency Planarama 20 years ago. We have worked with many high-profile clients, including Cartier, the Shard, […]
Can you talk a bit about your artistic background? I grew up in a small village, and ever since I can remember I have drawn, painted or made […]
Hamley is currently undertaking a residency at Jazz Live at The Crypt, a live jazz venue in Camberwell that has been going for 25 years. Held in the […]
Can you talk a bit about your artistic background? I started out life as a printed textile designer, training at Central Saint Martins and The Royal College of […]
Graham is a ceramicist working from studios in Borland Road and in south-west France. He lives in East Dulwich. Can you talk a bit about your background? I […]
Can you talk a bit about your background? I grew up in Cameroon, West Africa, where my father was a doctor researching tropical diseases. We explored the bush […]
Can you talk a bit about your artistic background? I studied an Art Foundation at Wimbledon College of Art and then went on to the Ceramic Design BA […]
Designer, DJ, Writer and Mum, Amanda Greatorex has lived in East Dulwich for 20 years and has been involved in the Dulwich Festival for over a decade. This […]
To celebrate the centenary of Votes for Women, social historian and author, Jane Robinson will be giving a talk at this year’s Dulwich Festival on her latest book […]
In association with the Dulwich Festival’s 25th Anniversary and the Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery, the Doric String Quartet will perform at Christ’s Chapel, Dulwich on 16th May. […]
Can you tell me about your background and when your interest in art started? I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t painting, cutting, gluing and generally making […]
Can you tell us about your background and when you became interested in art? I come from a working-class family in South East London. None of my relatives […]
Can you tell us a bit about your background? How did you first become interested in ceramics? I went to Saturday morning pottery classes from the age of […]
Can you tell me about your background and when your interest in art began? I always loved messing around with paper, paints and any material I could find […]
How did your passion for music begin? I have no idea, though I think crucially for me – I’m much more passionate about a good song than ‘music’ […]
Ahead of The Harlem Meer Cat’s performance on Saturday 20th May on the final evening of this year’s Dulwich Festival, we caught up with one of the Meer […]
In Memory of Ingrid Beazley FRSA, 1950 – 2017 Ingrid Beazley FRSA was an art museum curator, author, editor and educationist. Having studied art history at St Andrew’s […]
Local historian and author Brian Green is a shopkeeper in Dulwich Village. He has been writing about Dulwich’s history and leading walks, talks and classes in local schools […]
Lucy du Sautoy is an artist living and working in South East London. She graduated from The Art Academy in 2015 with a First class diploma and the […]
John Jukes Johnson lives and works in south-east London and makes work using a wide variety of methods. He has participated in every Artists’ Open House of Dulwich […]
Artist Jo Lewis works primarily with paper and watercolour and uses the ebb and flow of the River Thames as inspiration for her painting. Drawn to shorelines, the […]
Since graduating from an MA in Print at Camberwell College of Arts, Lucy Bainbridge has become an established printmaker making atmospheric cityscapes. She also set up the Bainbridge […]
Emily Jo Gibbs is a textile artist, who has established an international reputation for highly detailed and exquisite portraits and still lifes. Her work has received critical acclaim, […]
Charlene Mullen is a homewares designer specialising in textiles and embroidery. After a career in the fashion industry, she set up her own studio designing luxury homewares in […]
The Dulwich Festival is pleased to welcome the charity Clowns Without Borders to share for the first time, the performance they have been touring to refugee camps in […]
Local boy James Riley has recently returned from a two-year adventure in Nashville. Working on a new album, set for release in Autumn 2017, James is bringing his […]
The Bloomsbury Ensemble of London will be capturing the spirit of the 1920s when the cultural life of London was dominated by the colourful Bloomsbury Group. Their performance […]
Patch & The Giant are bringing their fresh indie-folk sound to this year’s Dulwich Festival on Thursday 18th May at Belair House. They will be playing tracks from […]
After the success of last year’s performance at the Dulwich Festival, Tangram Theatre are back with the third and final instalment of their comedy musical scientrilogy ‘The Element […]
Journalist and broadcaster Robin Lustig’s distinguished career has spanned more than 40 years. Best known as the presenter of The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4 and Newshour […]
Returning for a second year to the Dulwich Festival, following a sell-out performance in 2015, Adam is one of the country’s finest singer-songwriters. Best known as the lead […]
Paul Benjamins (18 October 1950 – 23 November 2015) – an Artists’ Open House exhibitor since its early days – was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2014 and […]
This year’s festival will see internationally-recognised artist Louis Masai live-painting an outdoor piece at local nature reserve, Sydenham Hill Wood. We caught up with Louis to ask him […]
Carys Davies is a ceramicist who works from a studio in Parade Mews in Tulse Hill. Having left her career as an engineer she re-trained and set up […]
Martin Grover lives and paints in South East London, working from a studio in West Norwood for over 20 years. As a painter and printmaker, his work combines […]
Tony Beaver is a painter living and working in South East London. He went to Goldsmiths’ College in the mid-Eighties where he was taught by the conceptual artist […]
Helen Ireland is a painter working in East Dulwich. Her paintings are collages combining printing, drawing and layers of paper. What is your background as an artist? I […]
Andrew Carter is a printmaker who lives and works in East Dulwich. Having originally studied Fine Art, he graduated with distinction from the MA Printmaking degree at Camberwell […]
Can you tell me what you do? I’m a ceramic artist. I left college in 1992 and have been working ever since. I’m a self-employed artist working on […]
Can you tell me who you are and what you do? I have been a designer all my working life. After a degree in graphic design I worked […]
When did you first start working with ceramics? I suppose like everyone, I dabbled in pottery at secondary school, then moved away from that towards painting and sculpture, […]
Can you tell me who you are and what you do? I’m an artist, an interior designer, and now a designer. I also teach colour theory on the […]
What attracted you to glass blowing? I think it looked completely magical and mysterious and really enticing. And how did you get into glass blowing? I was in […]
Annette Hamley-Jenkins is a painter based in East Dulwich. Trained as an illustrator, she makes landscape paintings which originate from drawings of local parks, often set at night. […]
Julia McKenzie is an artist living in West Norwood in south London, who makes work in a studio at the end of her garden. She is largely inspired […]
Chloe Cheese is an artist and printmaker, working from her house and studio in Forest Hill. After leaving the Royal College of Art in 1976 she began working […]
Can you tell me a little about your background? I’m from Canada but have lived in London most of my adult life. I’ve been a full time artist […]
Can you tell me who you are and what you do? PAWEL WASEK (PW): We are Polish artists who own The Montage, an Art Gallery and Coffee Shop […]
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