THE DRAWING ROOM aims to provide a platform for dialogue and critical debate through a programme of 'In Conversations', talks and seminars that interpret and extend the exhibitions. These involve the participation of exhibiting artists and other art professionals.

Induction loops can be made available upon request and in advance of our in-conversation events.

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In Conversation / Education

Forthcoming

TINA

Conceived by Olivia Plender

Petra Bauer, Pablo Bronstein, Melanie Gilligan, Anja Kirschner, Ciprian Muresan, Olivia Plender, Goldin+Senneby

Saturday 11 October, 3pm

In-conversation between Kim Einarsson (who has worked for a range of Swedish art institutions, including Tensta Konsthall, IASPIS (International Artists Studio Programme in Sweden), and most recently as acting curator of Marabouparken. She is presently operating as a freelance curator based in Berlin) and the artists.

Admission free. Booking essential

PAST

NOWHERE IS HERE

Tuesday 17 June, 7pm

In-conversation between Melissa Gronlund, critic and Associate Editor of Afterall, and artists: Nogah Engler, Franziska Furter and Damien Roach

HAYLEY TOMPKINS

Saturday 17 May, 3pm at The Drawing Room

In-conversation between the artist and Michael Archer, writer, critic and Head of School, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford

Every Eye sees differently as the Eye

Tuesday 27 November 19.00 at The Drawing Room

Charles Avery and Heiko Blankenstein ‘In Conversation’ with Martin Myrone, (Curator ‘Gothic nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination’, Tate Britain, 2006)

 Heiko Blankenstein Helioland,  2005,  ink on paper, 150 x 200cm

 Courtesy Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin. 

Geoffrey Farmer                                     Laburnum Street Party                                                                Workshop  

3 pm Saturday 26 May at The Drawing Room         2 pm Sunday 1 July at

Geoffrey Farmer ‘In Conversation’ with Kitty Scott,       The Drawing Room  

Chief Curator, Serpentine Gallery                                with Alison Guile                 

The Opposite of Vertigo

6.30 Wednesday 7 March 2007.  

Sally O’Reilly ‘In Conversation’ with Catherine Bertola, Layla Curtis &

Graham Dolphin

Secret Theory of Drawing
Saturday 21 October 2006, 16.00

Talk by the curator, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, at The Drawing Room, Brunswick Wharf, 55 Labrunum Street, London, E2 8BD

The Room for Drawing

Seminar at Firestation Studios, Dublin

16th September 2006

Speakers include:

Heike Baranowsky, artist and Professor at the Academy of Arts, Bergen, Norway

Mary Doyle, Co-Director, The Drawing Room, London

Billy Foley, artist and Director, Cork Artists Collective

Abigail Reynolds, artist and lecturer at Chelsea College of Art, London and Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford

www.firestation.ie

KATJA DAVAR
30 May 19.00 Katja Davar ‘In Conversation’ with Tom Morton (a contributing editor of frieze and Curator of Cubitt, London) at the Goethe-Institut London,
50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, SW7 2PH.
Admission £3.

Drawing Links
An in-conversation took place between the selectors Lucy Byatt and Lynda Morris and the artists on Tuesday 4 April, 6.30-8.00 at THE DRAWING ROOM.

Sounds Like Drawing
The in-conversation took place between the curator Anthony Huberman, Sculpture Center New York, the artists Conor Kelly, Kaffe Matthews and Steve Roden, chaired by Ben Borthwick, Curator, Tate Modern.  14 October 2005.
The event was in collaboration with Double agents, Central St Martins and was supported by the University of the Arts, London.
A transcription of the talk is available in publication 1+1+1 see Publications

Polly Gould Confidence
October 2005
Artist’s collaborative project with Hackney Community College in relation to Sounds like Drawing exhibition. Gould led a series of workshop sessions with foundation students in which the sense of sight was compared with the sense of sound. Participants played alternating roles of listener, speaker and sketcher in activities that involved drawing, sound and video. The result was a narrative work by Gould that was exhibited at Arts Unwrapped, Tannery Arts in November 2005.

Lucia Nogueira: Drawings
Tacita Dean, Adrian Searle and Rachel Whiteread were in-conversation about the work of the influential sculptor Lucia Nogueira.
25 May 2005, 18.30 at THE DRAWING ROOM. Admission free

Waste Material
David Musgrave was in-conversation with the Will Daniels, Rupert Norfolk and Hannah Greeley. 7 February 2005 at THE DRAWING ROOM. Admission free.

Diana Cooper and Hew Locke 'In Conversation'
11 October 2004
Diana Cooper & Hew Locke were 'In Conversation' with Andrew Renton at Hales Gallery, Tea Building, 7 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA.

Andrew Renton is Director of Curating, Goldsmiths' College, University of London, and a columnist for the Evening Standard

Katy Dove 'in conversation'
23 March 2004
Katy Dove was 'in conversation' with writer and critic Polly Staple at Delfina, 50 Bermondsey St, London, SE1.

Amanda Bracken - Drawing and Colour
Feb/March 2004
A six-session project led by artist Amanda Bracken, inspired by A Kind of Bliss exhibition and her own practice.  Pupils from Whitmore Primary School visited THE DRAWING ROOM exhibition and Amanda conducted five practical workshops at the school, culminating in ambitious works created by pupils in teams of two.
Funded by The Ernest Cook Trust and supported by Space Studios Mentoring Scheme.

Haluk Akakçe 'in conversation'
21 October 2003
Haluk Akakçe was 'in conversation' with curator and critic Alex Farquharson at Delfina, 50 Bermondsey St, London, SE1.

Adam Dant 'in conversation'
19 June 2003
Adam Dant was 'in conversation' with artist Richard Wentworth at The Drawing Room.