2025

Launch Event: Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness
Upcoming Event
20 September 2025

Davinia-Ann Robinson Launch Event: Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness

Important: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the exhibition will be open to the public from Wednesday 17 September. Join us on Saturday 20 September 11am-1pm for the launch of Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness a new series of sculptural installations, soundscapes and film work by Stanley Picker Fellow Davinia-Ann Robinson, which explores encounters with stillness through … Launch Event: Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness

Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness
Upcoming Exhibition
17 September – 20 December 2025

Davinia-Ann Robinson Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness

Important: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the exhibition will be open to the public from Wednesday 17 September. The exhibition Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness is a new series of sculptural installations, soundscapes and film work by Stanley Picker Fellow Davinia-Ann Robinson, which explores encounters with stillness (Sharpe, 2023:241) through the body’s engagement with somatic … Through an Embodied Practice of Stillness

Seeing the Unseen
Past Participation / Students
May 2025

Isabella Tessier Seeing the Unseen

Wed 28 – Sat 31 May | Private View & Performance: Thur 29 May 5-7pm

Stanley Picker Print Tutor, Isabella Tessier presents her solo exhibition Seeing The Unseen at the Stanley Picker Gallery’s Project Studio. Isabella Tessier was awarded with the Stanley Picker Print Tutorship 2025 for her project, The Unsettled Body, that explored an unfixed representation of the performing body, fluidly captured in print, drawing and motion capture. In her most … Seeing the Unseen

Refugee Week with Ariadne’s Thread
Past Event / Community / Participation
17 – 20 June 2025

Refugee Week with Ariadne’s Thread

Free Activity across Stanley Picker Gallery & Dorich House Museum

Stanley Picker Gallery and our partner venue Dorich House Museum are pleased to stage two creative and free events as part of Refugee Week 2025, with our long-term partner Ariadne’s Thread. Kantha’s of Friendship Tuesday 17 June 12-3pm, Stanley Picker Gallery Kantha’s of Friendship is a cross-cultural participatory textile project based on the ancient craft of … Refugee Week with Ariadne’s Thread

Flowers III
Past Event / Participation
May 2025

Ariadne's Thread Flowers III

Sat 17 -Sat 24 May 2025 | Private View Wed 21 May 5-7pm & Needlework Session Fri 23 May 12-5pm

Stanley Picker Gallery will host a unique exhibition of embroideries by adults and children living in the UK and across Europe. More than 280 individuals contributed to the works in the exhibition Flowers III. The community of stitchers was brought together through an integration textile programme, ‘Flowers We Give To Ukraine developed by local curator and … Flowers III

A Journey Through Kingston
Past Event / Community
June – July 2025

Ian Wornast A Journey Through Kingston

Thur 19 June – Sat 19 July 2025 | Launch Event Sat 21 June 11am-1pm All Welcome!

A Journey Through Kingston presents an original large-scale drawing by London-based ActionSpace artist Ian Wornast as part of the Kingston 2025 festival. Following a series of research trips to Kingston upon Thames, Ian has interwoven references to the local area and the town’s history, constructing a landscape that centres on the idea of journeying in … A Journey Through Kingston

Under Construction: Clay Plastering Workshop
Past Event / Community / Participation
8 May 2025

Under Construction: Clay Plastering Workshop

Drop-in anytime 11am-5pm. Free, All Welcome.

Help us complete our riverside Sauna! MA Architecture students from the Department of Architecture and Landscape at Kingston School of Art invite all to join them for a special clay plastering workshop in which participants will learn how to prepare and clad recycled clay to the natural fibres covering their hand-built sauna, and add flourishes with … Under Construction: Clay Plastering Workshop

Sow to Sew with Ariadne’s Thread Group
Past Event / Community / Participation
23 April 2025

Sow to Sew with Ariadne’s Thread Group

For more upcoming dates see Eventbrite | FREE, All welcome

Join us in participating with Sow to Sew, a free educational programme of workshops and textile demonstrations run by local community partner Ariadne’s Thread Group. The full programme focuses on cultivating flax and processing it into fibres which subsequently become linen threads for sewing. The workshops will encompass all stages of textile production, from seed … Sow to Sew with Ariadne’s Thread Group