We’re very excited to be a Cultural Partner of Artslink Westminster! @citywestminster
Artslink is a hub for schools to use to find activities and free learning resources, all created by local institutions.
Through the Artslink site you can access all of Two Temple Place’s free teacher resource packs and activities designed to accompany and reflect each of our exhibitions.
You’ll also find more information about planning a school visit to our annual exhibition. Visits to ‘Lives Less Ordinary’ are booking fast so make sure you get in touch with us if you want to bring your year 5/6’s to us in 2025!
Rebecca, our Head of Culture & Community recently attended the Artslink site launch and was able to connect with all of the other wonderful organisations partnered with Artslink. Head to the site to find our teacher packs and many more amazing resources from local Westminster organisations!
Our next exhibition is coming soon!!
Opening on the 25 January 2025, Lives Less Ordinary explores the overlooked richness and diversity of working-class life and creative expression from the 1950s to now.
Challenging long-standing inequities and misrepresentation, this exhibition will offer nuanced and authentic reflections of working-class life from artists from working-class backgrounds who have used their creativity to reflect wide-ranging experiences and identities, depicting and defining their culture and communities in their own terms.
Drawing work together from important public collections, archives and contemporary artists from around the UK, Lives Less Ordinary will present complexity and humour, compelling assertions of pride, hopefulness and resilience, and moments of play, joy and rest.
Lives Less Ordinary: Working-Class Britain Re-seen will be open 25 January - 20 April 2025.
More info coming soon!
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Today is World Ocean Day, a day that unites people from all around the world in the mission to protect and restore our blue planet.
We wanted to take part by sharing a work from our 2024 exhibition ‘The Glass Heart: Art, Industry & Collaboration’ by Louis Thompson and Sophie Thomas, ‘Ghost Ocean’.
‘Ghost Ocean’ is a collaboration between glass artist, Louis Thompson and environmental campaigner and designer, Sophie Thomas, created specifically for ‘The Glass Heart’. It is made up of individual vessels created using ocean debris collected in 2014 from Kamilo Beach, Hawaii and in 2018 from the River Thames which was then added to with shaped and blown waste glass.
Placed in the staircase at Two Temple Place, ‘Ghost Ocean’ encouraged visitors to consider their own awareness of the effects of sea pollution. As a form of protest again the damage being done to our seas through abandoned ‘ghost’ plastics, the work intends to increase knowledge of the huge problems that result from this waste, such as harming fish, animals, and coral.
The intentions of ‘Ghost Ocean’ align perfectly with this year’s World Ocean Day theme, ‘Catalyzing Action for Our Oceans & Climate!’
Visit @worldoceanday to find out how you can get involved with World Ocean Day.
@tmsophie @louisglass
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Last month we visited London Glassblowing for a fantastic series of demos with Peter Layton, Louis Thompson and Sophie Thomas as part of our event programme. Thank you so much everyone at @londonglassblowing for hosting us all!! It was a magnificent treat!
Posted @withregram • @londonglassblowing A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the insightful demonstrations with Peter Layton & Louis Thompson over the past couple of weeks. It was our pleasure to team up with Two Temple Place as part of their events program for the ‘Heart of Glass’ exhibition, continuing until the 21 April.
During the demos, artists Louis Thompson gave us a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at his creative process. We witnessed firsthand the intricate glassmaking techniques he uses to craft his striking ‘Ghost Ocean’ installation, featured in The Glass Heart exhibition (work made in collaboration with Sophie Thomas).
For those who missed it, stay tuned for more opportunities to experience the magic of glassblowing up close! And be sure to catch the ‘The Glass Heart’ show before it concludes - an extraordinary showcase celebrating the versatility of this unique artistic medium.
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WEDNESDAY LATES
Join us this Wednesday 21 February, 6pm - 9pm, for an evening of live music by percussionist Russell Lambert.
Russell Lambert hails from Trinidad and Tobago, with initial musical influences being Calypso and Latin American. He plays both drums and percussion in various styles including jazz, rock, blues, world music and soul R&B.
Having discovered the Hand Pans (inspired by his Trinidadian steel pan roots), Russell plays rhythms and melodies in a meditative way that is simply mesmerising.
Russell last performed at Two Temple Place during our 2022 exhibition ‘Body, Vessel Clay’ as seen in this video - we are very excited to have him perform in the building again!
This evening is part of a series of music lates presented by Cam Hinds.
Alongside the music, visit ‘The Glass Heart: Art, Industry & Collaboration’ and have a drink from our bar!
This event is free, no booking required.
#TwoTemplePlace #TheGlassHeart #LiveMusicLondon #FreeMusicLondon #LondonExhibition
Catalogue has been printed!
The Glass Heart: Art, Industry & Collaboration opens on Saturday 27 January at 11am.! We look forward to seeing you!
Thanks for the excellent design @na_creative_london
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We recently commissioned Sarah Davis, a multi-media artist, to create a wooden touch panel, to allow visitors to feel the texture of wood used throughout Two Temple Place and help us share some of the methods of making behind the building. The result is this amazing panel made in the same wood as the walls in the staircase hall, oak, inspired by the carved panels at the top of the stairs.
In her practice, Davis explores the recovery and renewal of nature using historic crafts such as gilding and wood carving, creating a mix of contemporary and traditional ornament.
We asked Sarah about her working process and why she chose to feature an octopus…
I have always been drawn to the grotesque panels carved in oak that run along the entire landing [of Two Temple Place]. They felt like the right inspiration point as their swirling motifs lend themselves to tactility, as well as the array of subtle textures and depths spread across the surface. They are also just out of reach, allowing the audience to explore a lesser-known part of the carved interior. In relation to ornament, the word grotesque comes from the Italian grottesca, and is influenced by the re-discovery of an ancient Roman style of swirling decorative art filled with plants, cartouches, and hybrid creatures.
Wanting to continue with the aquatic theme throughout Two Temple Place I chose an Octopus as my focus. Octopus sense the world through tactility, which made the subject feel even more suited for a tactile panel. Carving is a laboured process where material is removed in increments to allow form to emerge. Part of this panel is left uncarved, as the octopus emerges from the wood elements of the early stages of carving are revealed.
The panel will be available during open days at Two Temple Place (including our forthcoming exhibition) for visitors to view and touch to encourage an understanding of the material and techniques used throughout the building.
@sarahdavisartist
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