Free Days Out - post them here!

[caitlinmorton]

FREE comedy at the Comedy Pub, Leicester Square. Sunday 16th June. Doors open 7pm. More info at www.HooplaImpro.com

[raj101]

the Mayerlings at Trafalgar Square, London on the big screen at 7.30 this Thursday if anyone fancies a 4 hour ...ballet.

Its so long, cant decide if it constitutes a free day out or a free ticket!

Other screenings at various locations nationwide.

[tilly]

Free family day


On Saturday 15 June, the lta and argon are throwing their doors open to fans to watch tennis for free on centre court and court 1 being unreserved. Simply collect tickets from the box office on the day.

Devonshire park, eastbourne


http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events ... l/Tickets/

[Doris]

Sky Arts

Portrait Artist of the Year Festivals

Why not make the most of the sunshine and catch our free arts festivals which will be held over the summer and will be open to members of the public, as part of its search across the UK and Ireland for the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year.
For enquiries about booking festival events please email festivalbookings@storyvault.tv or a limited number of spaces will be available on the day on a first come, first served basis.

The four one day festivals will be held in the following places:

Sunday 16 June, Trafalgar Square, London
Event starts at 10am
Here, there will be two activity areas alongside the main competition space.
The Family Tent includes Extreme Face Painting with Anna Bella and her assistants, who will create a number of designs on the public inspired by iconic portrait artists such as Picasso, Magritte and Lichtenstein.

Caricatures by Tony Parsons will see the artist create amusing versions of visitors in three minutes. Magic Lantern Art Explorer sessions use visual learning to help people explore the world around them and to think critically and creatively, and Charles Burns will create his incredible silhouettes of members of the public in just 90 seconds.

Magic Lantern Art Explorers Sessions - Working with all ages from 3-93, Magic Lantern uses art to help people explore the world around them and to think creatively and critically. The whole audience is encouraged to join in, acting out scenes in a painting or just discussing it, but always having lots of fun! Book a session at festivalbookings@storyvault.tv in advance to guarantee one of our limted spaces. Magic Lantern sessions run at 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:30, 15:30, 16:30

The Masterclass Tent will showcase work by well-known artists such as Frances Segelman, sculptress to the Queen and countless celebrities, who will create two stunning terracotta clay heads during the day.
Alla Prima - Alex Tsavaras (of Bohemian Artists' Studio) who introduced life painting to festivals in 2009 will, together with fellow Lavender Hill Studios painter Ann Witheridge, paint portraits within an hour. Book a session at festivalbookings@storyvault.tv in advance to guarantee one of our limited spaces. Or take your chances on the day... plus they'll be encouraging the public to grab a sketchbook and join in around the event. Three opportunities to have your Alla Prima Portrait painted can be booked at 10am, 11am and 4.30pm.
A Tablet Painting Workshop with Steljes Smartboards and Guilford College, will be onsite and any tablet devices can be used to create artistic masterpieces with the addition of special apps and brushes, will excite fans of digital art.

Sunday 7 July, Civic Centre, Cardiff

Event starts at 10.30am

The Civic Centre in Cardiff will include Frances Segelman, kids illustrations by Ruth Moriarty, a wonderful keepsake or picture for their bedroom wall, comic workshops by Kev F. Sutherland and Sculpta Face One Hour Sessions with Richard Austin, an incredible session where visitors will be taught the basics of face sculpting with his unique clay kits.
The talented artist Nathan Wyburn, known for his toast and marmite portraits, will be on site to create another masterpiece.

Sunday 14 July, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin

Event starts at 10am

An array of artists and styles will be on display in Dublin, including an opportunity for you and your loved ones to sit for oil pastels or watercolour portraits with Andrew and Aine, Face Readings with Joseph McGuire, mixed media art classes for adults and children provided by Sandymount School Of Art, mask making with Tunde Toth, which sees the artist guide groups through the process of making unique masks, and Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School.

Sunday 21 July, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

Event starts at 11am

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow will see Priscilla Coleman, a quick fire TV and newspaper court artist, sketching the public. Other activities include Subconscious Portraits with Sandy Christie. There will also be the chance to see a Royal Academician and Turner Prize nominee at work with Pin Head Sculptures by David Mach, where David will create incredible collage portraits out of mass produced objects such as matchsticks or coat hangers.

Incredible portrait artist Sandy Grant will be also be on hand on the day to paint two hour portraits of the public. In The Frame by Photobooth Out Of Order, will create a series of scenarios drawing inspiration from classic portraits.

Cass Art London Artists Supplies will also be at each event and will host a stand selling high quality art materials and providing advice.
The show’s presenters Frank Skinner and Joan Bakewell will be on hand at each event to support the competing artists, who will be tasked with producing a portrait over the course of the day.
The competition will be filmed for a series to be broadcast in the Autumn on Sky Arts 1 HD, forming part of Sky Arts’ commitment to working with the best arts organisations on the ground to bring new experiences to life.

[raj101]

Crystal Palace Overground Festival from 27th June to 30th June.

Features an open air stage concert on Saturday and a classical music set of events on Sunday at the railway station plus MUCH more - full details -

http://crystalpalacefestival.org/info/programme/

[tilly]

LITHOGRAPHS: Trowbridge Gallery displays the original lithographs from the 1954 edition of painter Henri Matisse’s work at their gallery on Kings Road, Fulham. Free, just turn up, until 11 July

[tilly]

Artsadmin’s Two Degrees is a festival that asks what it wrong with our world and, more importantly, what we can do to change it. Between 17-22 June at Toynbee Studios, members of the public can join with artists, activists, storytellers, filmmakers, poets and writers to respond to today’s global concerns in a series of events involving theatre, gaming, singing, reading and debating.

If you are a morning lark then you can tackle the issues surrounding market growth over breakfast with World Strike! A Daily Briefing. Hosted every morning during the festival by activist Lewis Bassett, City workers, financial analysts and activists come together to browse the pages of the Financial Times as a starting point from which to untangle the complex web of finance.

Change the Record! is a choir made up of people local to the East End, with an interest in the ever-changing culture, politics and geography of the area. Let them lead you on an unexpected tour of the area during a one-off performance on 21 June, by listening to their songs of personal and local significance.

Or you can get hands-on at artist Kate McIntosh’s Worktable installation, where visitors must use their ingenuity and skill to dissemble and reassemble every day objects (teapots, umbrellas, alarm clocks, cassette tapes). This three-room installation allows visitors to reduce an object of their choosing to rubble, before selecting an already-broken object to put back together using basic materials such as glue and string. All ‘re-made’ objects will be collected and displayed together in a final room.

If you fancy another bizarre collection, then Museum of Water might be your cup of tea. Accumulated over two years from different sites around the world, Museum of Water is a collection of publicly donated water with accompanying stories. Whether you like swimming in a pool, paddling in the sea, splashing in puddles or drinking from the tap, you can see the many ways we access and enjoy water, and even make your own donation to the exhibit.

Two Degrees takes place 17-22 June at Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6AB. Please see the website for full listings and details.

[tilly]

REFUGEES: As part of Refugee Week, the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics hosts an exhibition that explores the experiences of women refugee academics and celebrates the contributions of refugees to UK intellectual life. The exhibition will be accompanied each weekday with lunchtime talks by female refugees. Free, RSVP to talks on info.cara@isbu.ac.uk, until 22 June

[tilly]

Tuesday 18 June

BARISTA TRAINING: Not to be confused with barrister training (which is probably a lot more time-consuming and a lot less free), Broadgate will be offering free coffee training session today at Broadgate Welcome Centre in conjunction with local coffeehouse The Liberty of Norton Folgate. Sessions last for 45 mins and can be booked in advance via events@broadgate.co.uk. Free, prebook, sessions between 8.30am-5.45pm

[tilly]

WEST END LIVE: The best seats in the house are going for free today, as the stars of hit musicals Billy Elliot, Wicked and Spamalot take part in an intimate performance on the roof garden at Cardinal Place. Free, just turn up, 12.30-1.30pm

Wednesday 19 June