Annual Exhibition Events Programme
This year, the NEAC and Mall Galleries are running a selection of exclusive, FREE in-gallery events to help bring this year’s Annual Exhibition to life. A list of the events running is as follows, for more information, please visit: NEAC | Events Programme | Mall Galleries
Exhibition Tours with Louise Balaam – Friday 14 June, 2pm and 3:30pm
Louise Balaam NEAC RWA will give guided tours of the exhibition throughout the afternoon.
Louise Balaam is an abstract landscape artist who lives and works in Kent.
Free with gallery admission.
Exhibition Tours and Sketching with Michael Weller – Saturday 15 June, 11am and 2pm
Michael Weller NEAC will be in the gallery all day where he will be giving exhibition tours and sketching.
Michael will do two tours of the exhibition, at 11am and 2pm. The remainder of the day Michael will be sitting in the cafe, drawing. Bring your sketchbook, BIC pens, and coloured pencils, and join in if you fancy it. Not a teaching moment, just chatting and sketching. It’ll be fun.
Free with gallery admission.
Painting of a Dancer | Demo with Julia Hawkins – Sunday 16 June, 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Join Julia Hawkins ROI NEAC in the gallery as she sketches a ballet dancer using pastels and then oils. Visitors will be encouraged to draw too, so don’t forget to bring your pencils and sketchbooks.
Julia Hawkins is a figurative artist based in Surrey, her modern impressionist style is well recognised and works are sought after by collectors both in the UK and internationally.
Free with gallery admission.
Exhibition Tours with Julie Held – Monday 17 June, 1pm and 3pm
Julie Held NEAC LG RWS will give guided tours of the exhibition throughout the afternoon.
Colour is central to Julie Held’s practice, expressing the poignancy of her lifelong preoccupation with the powerful yet fragile cycle of life.
Free with gallery admission.
Portrait Painting Demo with Daniel Shadbolt
Tuesday 18 June, 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Watch Daniel Shadbolt NEAC paint a portrait in the gallery.
Daniel is a painter of the human figure and still lives.
Free with gallery admission.
NEAC Annual Lecture: Gwen John by Alicia Foster – Tuesday 18 June, 6pm to 8pm
This year’s lecture will be given by Alicia Foster on the subject of Gwen John who exhibited with the NEAC between 1900 and 1911.
Dr Alicia Foster is an art historian, curator and novelist. Her book ‘Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris’ is available now.
6pm: Doors
6:30pm: Lecture start
Free with gallery admission but you need to reserve a space, visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neac-annual-lecture-gwen-john-by-alicia-foster-tickets-896285994537?aff=oddtdtcreator
The NEAC Annual Exhibition will run from Thursday 13th June 2024 until Monday 22nd July 2024 at Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, SW1. The exhibition will also be previewed online from Wednesday 22nd May 2024 where work can be also bought.
