Libraries events archive 2007

Paint Your Dreams and Write a Poem

This poetry competition ended on 1^st of October with the winners announced on the 4^th 2007. They were:

Ostin D'Silva, 9 years old

winner of the under 10's section with

'The Magic Wardrobe'

Milenka Kusmirek, 10 years old was winner of the under 13's section with

'A Rainbow'

Book Gluttons : Penguin Runners-Up

October 2007

Victoria library's popular book Gluttons reading group came runners-up in the 2007 Penguin/Orange Broadband Readers' Group Prize. You can find out more about this book group via their reading group page, their Facebook profile, or by emailing: bookgluttons@yahoo.co.uk.

Manga drawing competition

September 2007

The Pimlico Manga Group ran a Manga drawing competition. The best entries were displayed at Pimlico library and the winner had their image used in posters to promote the group, as well as winning a bag of goodies from Tokyo Pop publishing.

Paintings by Emma Humphrey

21 August - 3 September 2007

Her work resonates with themes and images derived from various aspects of eastern mysticism, ancient mythology and spiritualism. Over the past two years Emma been working for the 'Portugal Prints' studio in Westminster and is most appreciative of the encouragement and creative discipline which this has given to her work.

Anthony Barnard Harris

4 August to 1 September 2007

The paintings of Anthony Barnard Harris (born 1937) only became available in 2006. Harris's work takes a wry attractive look at modern life. His distinctive paintings mostly depict aspects of womanhood and his charming compositions are sometimes playful, sometimes thought-provoking but usually surprisingly beautiful.

Harris's extraordinary use of colour gives a luminous quality to his paintings. His drawing skills give an elegance of line and style. His paintings reflect the lives of women with attitude. He works with inks, acrylic pencil and oil. Much of his work is on paper. email: madeleine.shaw@btinternet.com

The Hans Christian Anderson Exhibition

Autumn 2007

Westminster reference library hosted an interactive exhibition which included: inter-linking visual art, theatre and design with a fantasy theme ideal for the festive period. This was part 3 of the Living Book Project and points of interest included a giant pop-up book, and the many events which accompanied the exhibition.

Daniel Shadbolt Portraits

30 June to 4 August 2007

I have been painting in oils for over ten years. portraiture was my first interest, and, although now I paint still life and landscape, a face or figure is still the most engaging subject for me to work from. I studied at Chelsea (2000 - 2003), and afterwards achieved an award for drawing at the Prince's Drawing School (2003 - 2004).

I have exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (2006), at the Lynn Painter Stainers Award for representational painting (2005), and was an exhibitor in the BP Portrait Award (2002). I have also had various exhibitions in groups such as the "OUT WITH IN" show currently at La Galleria in Pall Mall (until 9th June 2007), and various solo shows such as "PENELOPE'S LODGER" at Turf gallery (November 2006) on Westbourne Park Road. The portraits I paint can be quick studies or more prolonged visual investigations, and, due to the observational techniques involved, require sittings. I am interested in undertaking commissions, and my studio is fairly close to the library. Daniel - 020 7221 1947 or 07900837472

Michael Hayes Exhibition

2007

The initial concept for my body of work entitled Captivity was the idea of confinement. With this series of photographs, I set about exploring representations of captivity through semi-abstracted images. Exploring both the architecture and interiors of confinement, containment and captivity. The intention was to create somewhat claustrophobic photographs that reiterated the subject matter, employing experimental ways of working with photography.

For the main focus of my work, I explored two themes, animals and people. For the human side of the project, I was interested in the architecture of confinement, photographing tower and office blocks from different. For the animal side of this project, I explored the interiors and environments of zoos and aquariums in the UK.

To see more of this body of work and other projects visit Michael Hayes' website. For further information email: michaelhayesfreelance@yahoo.co.uk