A series of events and exhibitions in and around

HIGHAMS PARK ART TRAIL

10th—­ 19th May THE FRIENDS OF THE HIGHAMS PARK SPRING FESTIVAL 2019 At The Highams Park Sunday • 19th May • 11AM-4PM join us! for an afternoon of music (including A brass band), entertainment, food & craft stalls. FEATURING The Dog Display Team, Highams park’s very own Maypole AND The Highams Park Great BRITISH Bake off (organised by Act 2).

The Highams Park IG8 9RB – Access From Henry’s Avenue Tamworth Avenue & Keynsham Avenue

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2 Hello and welcome to the 2019 Highams Park Art)Trail!

In a year when Waltham Forest is hosting the first Borough of Culture, the ARC team are excited to be bringing you this year's Highams Park Art trail. Packed with lots of great work by local artists and the Wild About Highams Park animal sculpture trail this year we are looking at nature and celebrating how lucky we are to be so close to the forest. There are also lots of great events lined up for you to enjoy, the week kicks off with the Vintage Market at Library, with vintage stalls and books signings, kids activities and music from Harmony E4 Choir. During the week of the Art Trail you will be able to visit artists studios, listen to live bands at Highams Park live, hear poetry being read whilst sipping wine, make a clay pot, dance to ABBA and see the Regal lit up with neon signs.

The week will finish with the Spring Festival in The Highams Park (by the lake) on Sunday 19th May, where there will be Maypole dancing, craft stalls, kids activities, and much more.

The ARC team are all volunteers from the Highams Park Planning Group and give their time freely because we see the value in creating and celebrating arts and culture, bringing people together and celebrating this unique community.

We would like to thank all the artists and creatives who have taken the time to get involved and all the shops and businesses that have given space and time to exhibit work or host events. We literally couldn’t do it with out you!

So we hope you enjoy this years trail, If you would like to get involved in the next one, you can contact us at [email protected]

Please check the Facebook Page/website for the most up-to-date information

@HPArtsandCulture www.arc.highamspark.london instagram.com/hpartsandculture

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1. 11 Brookhouse Gardens, E4 6LZ (Claudia Bentley) 18. Yaz Restaurant, 7-9 Signal Walk, E4 9BW 2. 12 Falmouth Avenue, E4 9QN (Dorothea Schilling) 19. Ziggy Played Guitar, Cafe, 3 Signal Walk, E4 9BW 3. Highams Lodge, 49-51 The Avenue, E4 9LB 20. County Arms, 420 Hale End Road, E4 9PB 4. Choice Cards, 28 The Avenue, E4 9LD 21. The Regal Building, Hale End Road, E4 9PT 5. LFS UK, 7a The Avenue, E4 9LB 22. Halex Vinoteca, 483 Hale End Road, E4 9PT 6. The Function Room, 3 The Avenue, E4 9LB 23. Grace and Albert Cookshop, 406 Hale End Road, 7. Henry Morgan Opticians, The Avenue, E4 9LE E4 9PB 8. V & A Books, 2 The Avenue, E4 9LE 24. 25 Studley Avenue, E4 9PS (Eric King) 9. Highams Park Station, The Avenue, E4 9LA 25. 26 Studley Avenue, E4 9PS (Liepa Dzintris) 10. The Village Florist, 2 Station Approach, E4 9LA 26. 276 Hale End Road, IG8 9LP (little library launch) 11. Corner Café, 410 Hale End Road, E4 9LQ 27. Front of Highams Park School, Handsworth 12. James Hawes, 5 The Broadway E4 9LQ Avenue, E4 13. Karen Jane’s Florist, 9A The Broadway, E4 9LQ 28. All Saints Church, Church Avenue, E4 9QD 14. Vinoramica, 9B The Broadway, E4 9LQ 29. The Highams Park, Entrances at Henry’s Avenue, 15. Phone Exchange Box outside Cafe Indulge, Tamworth Avenue and Keynsham Avenue 7 The Broadway E4 9LQ 30. Humphry’s Cafe, The Highams Park, Tamworth 16. Indulge Cafe, 7 The Broadway E4 9LQ venue, IG8 9RF 17. Meade Estate Agents, 2 The Broadway, E4 9LG

4 All free entry & 10th-19th May Exhibitions unless otherwise stated.

I create my pieces using a combination of spontaneous Andrew Gold inspiration but also looking at nature and everyday objects. V&A Books I apply relief texture and pattern Window Display of books about art creating interesting surface design. and literature I love the way these are beautiful functional pieces and aren’t limited to being a static display. Open studio with Claudia Bentley 11 Brookhouse Gardens, E4 6LZ 12th May, 1.00pm-5.00pm, 18th May, 1.00pm-5.00pm Born in Brazil to a Colombian Gods Own Junkyard mother and English father, I’m an artist based in Highams Park. The Regal Building I make abstract drawings using Paula Caiger Gods Own Junkyard began after 40 pencils and marker pens. I explore years of collecting old and iconic interaction between colours Karen Janes Florist signs, saving them from to create a sense of depth and ‘The Forest Series’ destruction. These were shut movement. Colour, and its infinite 3 mixed media paintings away in storage, some have been combinations create a poetry of Size: 10”x10” refurbished and parts from others their own. reused in newer signs. It was always a dream one day they be on display for the public to enjoy. Gods Own Junkyard are pleased Linda Bondy Paul Cates to be showing some of these Humphry’s Café James Hawes reclaimed signs in Highams Park during the HP Arts & Culture Trail. Paul Cates paints abstract work I do a lot of watercolours, acrylic mainly in acrylics and also does and colour pencil drawings all installations. mostly nature, animals, flowers and people too, not much else to say just like drawing and painting and have done it all my life.

Stephen Brockerton Corner Café A series of long exposure Emily Graham & photographs using light and Georgina Clifford movement to create abstract, Robert Cheetham Ziggy Played Guitar contoured topographic landscapes. Ziggy Played Guitar Stephen Brockerton is a local A series of portrait photographs of photographer with a studio Born in Doncaster in 1973, I’ve been business owners in Highams Park. for portraits, fashion to video a professional storyboard artist and Emily and Georgina both work production. illustrator for over 18 years, now with people, as a nurse and clinical specialising in digital concept art in psychologist and have a keen the film industry. I live in Highams interest in portrait photography. Park and share a studio with other They wanted to capture the artists in Baker Street. personalities of a number of business owners who have lived and worked in Highams Park for many years. Emily has recently Jan Chlebek started working as a freelance Vinoramica photographer. Jan Chlebek is an artist working in London and the South of France. He paints in a variety of Faye Brown styles ranging from abstract to Meade Estate Agents figurative. This exhibition depicts a series of silver birches located LFS around a lake near Villefort in the 5 Cevennemountains. Exhibitions

Highams Park School Year 12 Art Students Highams Park Station Felted wool inspired by natural forms and structures

Highams Lodge Dzintris Liepa 11th & 18th May 10am—6pm Highams Park Creatives Open house 26 Studley Avenue, E4 9PS Showcasing artwork, crafts and Humphry’s Café a lucky dip for children from Bea Taylor 10—20th May 10—6pm our talented residents here at Christine Loze Thur 16th 12:30—6pm CHT, Community, Housing and Jenny L’Estrange My pictures come in various Therapy are dedicated to working Juliet Thomas styles; B&W film, colour and some with people with mental health Linda Bondy surrealist digital compositions. challenges on the road to recovery. Sue Royal The subjects are still lifes, street photography, and landscapes of scenes ranging from London to South Africa and America’s South West.

Christine Loze Humphry’s Cafe Mostly self taught Christine has Hugh Hamshaw gradually developed a wide variety Eric King of styles, and been greatly Yaz Open House influenced by the surrounding Highams Park Lake was 25 Studley Avenue, E4 9PS nature of nearby landscaped by Humphry Repton she enjoys painting colourful in the early 19th century. I am 11th, 12th & 18th, 19th May watercolour or acrylic abstracts, tiny interested in how these arcadian 2.00pm - 6.00pm miniatures and pastel landscapes. picturesque notions play into our Her speciality is depictingprecise, framing and understanding of how I use photography, video and accurate likeness in animal and we invest and derive meaning from music. My subject matter is based people portraits and she believes in the natural environment. on the central theme of reality and teaching others that art is not only the virtual. incredibly healing but attainable to anyone with a desire for learning to draw and paint. Handsworth School Hanging on the trees outside Hale End Library Poetry written by children of Handsworth school

Highams Park School Jenny L’Estrange Year 10 Art Students Humphry’s Cafe, Millie MacDougall Ziggy Played Guitar Jenny has lived and worked on the & Highams Park School boundaries of Epping Forest for Café Indulge most of her life. She is a self-taught Snapchat Pig’ is different from Year 10 pupils from Highams artist who has always been keen my other works which normally Park School have been working on painting and drawing. Lino consist of realistic portraits and alongside UCL (Institute of cutting is a comparatively recent pet portraits. I decided I wanted Education) with a student teacher, foray for her and at the moment it to try out a different style whilst who is a specialist in Constructed is her favourite method of working. still focusing on the subject of Fine Art Textiles. Pupils have been Walking and exploring Epping social media.’ ‘going wild’ exploring recycled Forest when younger generated as well as everyday objects to create an interest in the natural world and 6 three dimensional shapes often inspired by natural forms. this is the main subject of her work. All free entry & 10th-19th May unless otherwise stated.

Pins & Needles George Smith Spot the birdie! Hale End library Yarnbombing, various knitted George enjoys works with mosaic birds made by the members of peices and stained glass in a variety Pins & Needles. of styles

Debbie Maya Chris Rain The Village Florist The Function Room My work is inspired by the Zen concept of simplicity. The work I’m a designer / illustrator living in is made using very fragile bone Highams Park. I like to make things china mixed with other mediums look beautiful and work beautifully. such as wood, enamelled copper, I founded my own innovation concrete and textile, a collaboration studio last year. In Dungeons and of contrasting materials. Dragons I would be chaotic good. Bea & Simon Taylor Henry Morgan Opticians Simon Taylor, photographer and BeaTaylor, artist Will be exhibiting a Gill Roberts small selection of works inspired by Meade’s Estate Agents nature in Henry Morgan opticians. & LFS This year I have been making bowls decorated with scenes based on Highams Park and Epping Forest, Juliet Thomas Common, Chingford Humphry’s Cafe Lane and Highams Park Lake. Carole Nunes Juliet has made a signed, limited Halex Vinoteca edition, A4 giclee print from her watercolour & pencil paintings of Carole Nunes is a textile artist who female artists, which she created explores organic images of the for international woman’s day. natural world. She works both in London and the South of France producing various textile images most of which are inspired by plants and landscapes, especially those around the Mediterranean. These landscapes are produced by a felting technique and the plant images by cyanotype technique. Dorothea Schilling Open House 12 Falmouth Ave E4 9QN 18th & 19th May Wild About Highams 10.00am to 7.00pm Park Sculpture Trail Dorothea’s inspiration comes from within the intense forms and As part of the Waltham Forest colours of everyday life. London Borough of Culture She works with different media initiative Highams Park from oil to acrylic to watercolours in Community CIC has been given a wide range that includes murals, funding to present the arts trail portraits, flowers and abstract. “Wild About Highams Park”. Yuka Penny She continues to explore the use of Featuring a series of 12 wood Choice Cards intense colours in the creation of carvings representing animals dramatic, abstract forms from the forest. Each animal I am a wool sculptor living in She exhibited in the RA Royal is carved from felled trees Highams Park specialising in dog Academy of Arts in 2007. donated by the City of London sculptures. Corporation, so we can continue I create realistic and characterful to enjoy their beauty. miniature dogs with wool using a needle felting technique. In this display you can see a selection of my recent works, including my own dog’s miniature! 7 Events

tinyurl.com/LoveHaleEndLibrary 60’s. Shelley grew up amid a All week period of immense social change www.instagram.com/ regarding morals and values in the highamsparkvintage . Pins & Needles Inside the library when Vintage Successful in many careers Yarnbombing market is on: including fashion, hairdressing and All around Highams Park Craft, knit and natter, poetry the Civil Service. Shelley is also a readings, book signings, singer and performer. 11th-20th May exhibitions, performances from Spot the birdie. Harmony E4 Choir and Petite The prompt for the book was The members of HP Pins and Productions. VR Room and the relationships and the idea that Needles have been knitting birds Making Project - Martin’s Rockets. a ‘fairy tale’ happy ending is still and they will be displayed in a tree, achievable when the status quo can you spot where they are? alters.

Pins & Needles Telephone Exchange Knit & Natter Petite Productions Cabinets painted by Hale End Library Musical Theatre local artists All Day Hale End Library This is an ongoing project, we have Join some of the pins and needles permission to paint several cabinets 11:30am—12pm ladies for a knit and natter and why around Highams Park if you would not have some cake too. Performance from the children like to be involved in the project Pins and needles meet alternate who attend Petite Productions please contact the ARC team at arc. Wednesday evenings upstairs at musical theatre classes. Classes [email protected] The County Arms and the 1st of the are based at Highams Park Baptist month at Humphry’s Cafe. Church on Monday and Outside Indulge Cafe - Painted by For more info see their facebook Tuesday evenings. Millie McDougal page HP Pins and Needles. [email protected] Outside Highams Park Station - Tel: 07950 353805 painted by Kelly Adams

Nick Corble — Diagonal The Making Project Friday 10th May Walking Book Signing Hale End Library Hale End Library 11am—3pm 11am—3pm The Highams Park Art Pop in crafting event; build a mini Trail - Launch Night Like many others, Nick was rocket with Martin Chandler. confused about the state of the Yaz Restaurant nation and hatched a plan to 7:30pm — till late walk through the country, not an ordinary walk though: a diagonal Join ARC for an evening kicking walk, he describes in his book what The VR Room off The Highams Park Art Trail, he discovered. He passed through Hale End Library everybody welcome including Highams Park and this is one quote 11am—3pm exhibitors, contributors and the from his book. wider community. “a heartening story of local Join Joel Gethin-Lewis in a world involvement and regeneration of virtual reality with his Nintendo arc.highamsparkgmail.com driven from the bottom up, rather Labo headset and learn how to than imposed from above” count in binary.

Instagram@diagonalwalking Saturday 11th May www.diagonalwalking.co.uk Prefab Exhibition Vintage Market Hale End Library Hale End Library Shelley Twinn All Day 11am—3pm Book Signing A fascinating display of the post Our local library transforms into a Hale End Library war temporary housing that bustling bazaar! housed people in The Highams Antique finds, mid century gems, 11am—3pm Park until the late 1950’s. The park bric a brac, vintage fashion. Dating is Us is Shelley Twinn’s first was restored as a green space Live Music, Cake stalls, hot drinks book. Shelley is a born Londoner, in 1964. and street food. born of a Caribbean father and an English mother in the Swinging 8 All free entry & 10th-19th May unless otherwise stated.

Eunice Black Exhibition to be part of the audience then Wednesday 15th May please come along on the night Hale End Library and be inspired by the creative All Day atmosphere! Little Free Library Launch Eunice Black, character actress, Poetry Reading by For more information check out best known for her comedy roles www.highamsparklive.co.uk in ‘’ was born in Neal Zetter but spent many of 276 Hale End Road Performers are booked in advance her formative years in Woodford contact: Green. This display will highlight 6:30pm [email protected] her teenage years in the 1930’s, New Library boxes will be located at with extracts from her writings and Castle Avenue, Hale End Road and exploits! Selwyn Avenue. Martin Chandler will also read Friday 17th May poems from “Curses and Verses” by local poet Andrew Casey. Harmony E4 Choir Embroidery workshop Hale End Library Car Park House of Stitch 12:15pm Humphry’s Cafe Pins & Needles Craft All Materials included Performance from our very own Swishing Night Harmony E4 Choir doing what they £5 4pm—5pm do best. Upstairs at Make a felt bird, using simple The County Arms embroidery stitches. 7.30pm—late Suitable for children 7+ Craft Swish, bring your unwanted Sarala Estruch Contact [email protected] unloved craft stash and swap for to book a place. Hale End Library something you love and will use, or 2:30pm have always fancied trying. Bring your craft stash at 7pm, we will Children’s poetry reading by Sarala label items while you have a drink Estruch. at the bar, doors open at 7.30pm Clay workshop then you can swap for your hearts a.r.t sessions content. Humphry’s Cafe Monday 13th May Tickets £15 (discounted additional siblings £10) Thursday 16th May Wild About Highams 7.30pm—late Animal Sculpting Children’s Ceramic Class. Junction of Ropers Avenue Vinoramica This is fun and exciting workshop designed to interact with nature. and Larkshall Road Vinoramica Workshop run by DBS Checked 13th—15th May 7:00pm—9:00pm qualified Teachers Sessions - 10am—3pm Celebrating and matching wine Price: Workshop is £15 per person with spoken word – Rabelais Marshall Lambert will be carving per session; with discounted (Chinon), Belloc (Burgundy), the final animal sculpture as part additional sibling @ £10 Byron (Bordeaux) and Smith of the Sculpture Trail, which has Parents and carers are invited (Champagne) with poet and comic been funded by a grant given to to join the fun at £15 or enjoy storyteller Andrew James Brown. Highams Park Community CIC watching or go for a walk around Free entry, wines all available to buy under the Waltham Forest London the lake. by the glass. Borough of Culture initiative. There Prices include clay equipment, are a total of 12 carvings depicting firing; your ceramics will be ready forest animals located in various for collection one week after the green spaces around Highams course. Park. Highams Park Live Upstairs at Booking or any questions: please e-mail [email protected] or The County Arms call 07706029002/07983710381 7:30pm—11:00pm Highams Park Live presents an acoustic evening of live music and spoken word, with an eclectic programme of local songwriters, poets and storytellers. The event is free and if you want 9 Pop Up Curry Night Pins & Needles Sunday 19th May Grace & Albert Spring Festival £25 per person The Highams Park 7.30pm—Late The Highams Park Spring 11am—4pm 3 course vegetarian meal starter, Festival A free craft stall for children to main (3 dishes including rice and The Highams Park make a ribbon wind sock. naan ) and dessert, the evening is 11am—4pm BYOB.The price is £25 (cash only please) per person. Brass band, The Essex Dog Display Team and Highams Park’s very own Highams Park Creatives Tickets can be bought in advance Maypole! Music, entertainment, from Grace & Albert. food, craft stalls, children’s Spring Festival bushcraft activities and Highams The Highams Park Park’s Great British Bake Off. 11am—4pm Abalicious The Highams Park, Access from HPC have their own marquee this Henry’s Avenue, Tamworth Avenue year, selling bespoke gifts. Halex Concert Society and Keysham Drive All Saints Church Participants: 7.30pm-9:30pm Organised by the Friends of Highams Park Cockleshells (Doors open 7.00pm) Craftee Fox Abalicious a female tribute duo Eliz Dahbi performing ABBA classics and Faye Brown other hits from the 70’s. Petite Productions Herbert Designs Musical Theatre House of Stitch Kathleen Holt [email protected] Spring Festival 020 85276227 Lila-Rose Clothes The Highams Park Liz Jones Nad & Nora Crochet 11am—12pm Jackie O'Brien Saturday 18th May Performance from the children who attend Petite Productions For more stock visit Choice Cards, musical theatre classes. 28 The Avenue E4, where HPC have Flower Festival Classes are based at Highams Park residence. Baptist Church on Monday and All Saints Church Tuesday evenings. 10am­—3pm Thank yous! [email protected] A drop in event to celebrate the Tel: 07950 353805 work of artists in churches. The ARC team is comprised of Flowers will complement the work 4 volunteers: of stained glass artists, silversmiths and woodcarvers, as well as floral Claire Rain (House of Stitch), displays depicting the events which The Highams Park Great go on in church such as weddings, British Bake Off Jade Holt (Lila-Rose Clothes), baptisms, festivals etc. Kerry Phillips (Nad & Nora Crochet), Act 2 Aid Martha Kilner (Crafty Kilner). Spring Festival Thanks to all the artists, designers The Highams Park Vegan Pop Up and creatives who have taken part Adults £2 ,Children free and all the business owners who Ziggy Played Guitar 11am—4pm have given their time and space £28 per person for free. The winning cakes will be judged at 7.30pm 1pm and first place will receive our Thanks also to Gordon Turpin, Damn Good Curry hosting a Vegan Highams Park star baker 2019 prize. Gillian Poulter, Bea Taylor, Curry Night. Please remember to list all Suzanne Van Praag and Chris Rain ingredients due to allergy and 25 tickets available, with a set health concerns. menu, £28 per head this includes a drink (beer or prosecco) on arrival. We will be serving Pimms, scones with jam & cream and cucumber To book: Liz 07572 464528 or email sandwiches. info@ziggyplayed guitar.co.uk

ALL profits will be donated to SOS Children’s Villages International.

10 Wild About Highams Park sculpture trail

1. The Green, Richmond Crescent, E4 9RT 2. Abbotts Crescent, E4 9SA 3. Larkshall Crescent, E4 6NA 4. Ropers Avenue - Larkshall Road, E4 9EH 5. Aldriche Way, E4 9LU 6. River Walk - Winchester Road, E4 9LH 7. , (off Morley Avenue), E4 9NS 8. Oak Hill Crescent, IG8 9PW 9. Vincent Road, The Green, E4 9PR 10. Health Centre, Handsworth Avenue, E4 9PD 11. The Highams Park - Maypole, IG8 9RF 12. Beechwood Drive - Henry’s Avenue, IG8 9QY

11 PART OF HIGHAMS PARK ARC TRAIL

VINTAGE MARKET SATURDAY 11 MAY, 11AM- 3PM HALE END LIBRARY, CASTLE AVENUE, HIGHAMS PARK E4 9QD

ANTIQUE FINDS, MID CENTURY GEMS, BRIC A BRAC, VINTAGE FASHION & CRAFT ZIGGYS HOT DRINKS, APOSTROPHE CAKES & STREET FOOD

PLUS KIDS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING PETITE PERFORMERS DRAMA SESSIONS. HP PINS & NEEDLES KNIT & NATTER, EXHIBITIONS, BOOK SIGNINGS AND MORE! LIVE MUSIC FROM HARMONY E4 CHOIR.

For more info go to - tinyurl.com/LoveHaleEndLibrary

Organised byThe Highams Park Planning Group with Ward Forum Funding Or visit https://www.instagram.com/highamsparkvintage/