15.08.08

PRE-CHRISTMAS SELLING EXHIBITION OF UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION
JUST DESSERTS
(the waitress strikes back)

  • 15 - 30 November 2008
  • Open daily 1200hrs-1900hrs (check website for variances)
  • Gallery 32, Charlotte Road, London EC2A 3PB
  • Open to the public
  • Admission free

Just Desserts is compelling collection of amusing and incisive observations of restaurant clientele, presented as a pre-Christmas selling exhibition in Shoreditch, by the SAVE Shoreditch Campaign. These remarkable, witty cameos have been created by two waitresses that just happened to be professional illustrators toiling to make ends meet in some of the area’s best restaurants, until less than a year ago; using their own first-hand experiences of those they patiently served, they created their own Just Desserts” available for you to see and buy from 15-30 November 2008.
Every piece on show will be for sale, with prints starting at just £50 and signed originals up to œ250 making a personal and unique Christmas gift.

The Campaign

SAVE Shoreditch is raising funds to support its campaign for cohesive, positive regeneration and responsible place-making. It is lobbying for a joined-up masterplan of the area, one that carries tangible benefits for its Communities and residents.

The area involved encompasses Shoreditch, Bethnal Green and Brick Lane in London's vibrant, cultural heartland otherwise known to property developers as the City Fringe and into which they plan to extend miles of unwieldy office accommodation with high street style retail malls ... development that will undermine and overwhelm the neighbourhood.

The Artists

Just Desserts is the latest collaboration between Laura Quick and Anna Magnowska who are both now successful illustrators. We are, however, grateful to them for their candid legacy of portraiture drawn from less prosperous days gone by and the generously donation of a percentage of all sale value to the SAVE Shoreditch Campaign.

SAVE Shoreditch would also like to thank Origen Group, sponsors of Gallery 32 for their kind collaboration.

More information is available at Just Desserts.

08.07.08

Read Save Shoreditch’s open letter regarding The London Borough of Hackney’s conservation consultation, by clicking here

25.06.08

Thursday 3 July to Saturday 3 August 2008
Kemistry, 43 Charlotte Road, London EC2A 3PD
Mon-Fri 09.30-18.00; Sat 11.00-16.00

Stop the Shadow - stop the City's take-over of London’s vibrant cultural heartland.

Proposed massive tower blocks on the City Fringe will dominate, overshadow and blight homes and businesses across Shoreditch and Brick Lane. Come along to this exhibition to find out more about how you can get involved.

Download more details here

23.06.08

Save Britain's Heritage wants the Mayor to stop the towers. Read more

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