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Pantomime time … oh yes it is!
This week I was invited to an extraordinary pantomime performed by the Fitzrovia Community at the Soho Poly directed and written by multi-talented Lucia Jaffer, who’d formerly asked me to run workshops at recent Fitzrovia Fetes. ‘A Curious Dream’, inspired by … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg and workshops, some involving a Hat of Surprise
It’s not as if I usually wear my Hat of Surprise, but this hat is sometimes an important part of one of my many comic strip workshops, including those at schools, the Institute of Physics, the Guardian, Ledbury Poetry Festival, … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Workshops
Tagged children's book illustrator, childrens book author, comic strips, festivals, graphic storytelling, Hat of Surprise, magician's hat, museum workshops, paper houses, portraits, school workshops, storytelling, top hat, visual narrative, visual storytelling, workshops
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Creaky clockwork collection at the Art Workers Guild 2025
What do strange scissors, miniature beds, creaky clockwork, novelty erasers, tools of the stuccatore and coffin photos all have in common? They’re some of the thirty subjects of obscure enthusiasms who appeared, with their owners, one day recently in Bloomsbury … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Exhibitions
Tagged Art Workers Guild, children's drawings, clockwork, clockwork dinosaur, clockwork toys, creaky, keys, Mike Leigh, Robotina Finds Out, robots, Table Top Museums, toys
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Eyes
This summer has been a time of SK eye adjustments. Frustrating as initial eye surgery took longer than expected to heal. Addition surgery tbc. But hopefully the end result will be improved eye power, although currently time looking at a … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Exhibitions
Tagged Art Workers Guild, clockwork eyes, exhibitions, eye power, eye surgery, eyes, GORT, London events, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Table Top Museum
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Fitzrovia Fete August 10th 2025
Great fun to be invited back to take part in the annual Fitzrovia Fete event organised by Lucia Jaffer and her Fitzrovia Community Centre team. My drawing prompts this year were ‘Draw a Family Tree and/or Draw your Best Friend’, … Continue reading
Demonstration August 9th 2025
Shame on the current government curtailing the right to protest, for whatever cause. According to the Guardian, there were 532 arrests on August 9th. The right to protest is protected by the European Convention of Human Rights. See also the UN … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg and the House of Mysterious Objects
Another workshop event at Swedenborg House on April 16th. Check their site to register for a free ticket. You could bring your own mysterious object to draw, although there are plenty of mysterious things in situ. You could also could … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg and a happy school visit
Last week I visited an infants and junior school in Windsor. Recently my school visits have been to Sixth Forms, running workshops for the Royal Literary Fund encouraging writing skills, although in the past I have run many workshops in … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Visits, Workshops
Tagged book week, cartoon characters, drawing cats, drawing expressions, live drawing, school visit, workshop
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Sally Kindberg and Mr Punch (yet again)
Recent events in my flat – a leak from the flat above me – means I’ve had to relocate some of my belongings. Eight framed photos from an exhibition about my meeting the late Punch and Judy Professor Leslie Press … Continue reading
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Tagged Arcola Theatre, Mr Punch, Mr Punch at the Theatre, Professor James Punch and Judy
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