Charlie Waller Trust Exhibition | Events Programme 2025
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EVENTS PROGRAMME
The Charlie Waller Trust presents a series of special events during the charity's inaugural exhibition.
Event start times vary and booking is required for some, see below for details.
Heart to Art Envelope Exchange
Wednesday 19 - Saturday 22 March, 10am - 5pm
A chance for everyone to have a piece of their art on display as part of our community project. Take one of our envelopes containing a feel-good message, then decorate an envelope, pop in your own message, and replace the one you took.
Live Floral Painting Demonstration | Laura Wallace
Wednesday 19 March, 11am - 2pm
Experience the magic of oil painting as Laura Wallace brings a floral masterpiece to life before your eyes! From sketching and composition to colour mixing and tone, watch every step unfold in this start-to-finish demonstration.
Flowers generously provided by The Real Flower Company
Register attendance here.
Talk | Joe Nickols
Thursday 20 March, 10:30am - 11:30am
Joe will discuss the importance of integrating arts and culture into society to aid mental health and build confidence in individuals. Joe is an art historian, writer and curator at the British Museum in the Japan section. Prior to this, Joe was developing an exhibition project and outreach programme about the soothing power of art in an age dominated by anxiety. Joe collaborated with artists who explore experiences of anxiety, therapy, and community to highlight the diverse responses to external stressors.
Joe is speaking as a guest of the Charlie Waller Trust, and his talk will be based on his own personal and professional experience in the arts.
Register attendance here.
A Drawing Lesson | Bridget Tempest
Thursday 20 March, 10:30am - 11:30am
Bridget uses a variety of printmaking techniques which enable the viewer to enter an elusive and interior world of nature. Drawing is the most important factor in her work. Paying attention to Nature’s forms and relationships creates a close connection to the environment and finding that rhythm and harmony through the drawing, we are enriched.
Bridget will talk about her process and support participants as they make their own drawings. Any level of experience is fine!
£50 per ticket. Only 8 spaces available, click here to secure your place.
Both of Thursday’s events have been kindly organised by Lulu Lytle
Closing Day Celebration
Saturday 22 March, 10:30am – 12:30pm
Free to attend, with no need to register – just turn up!
To celebrate the final day of the exhibition, we are holding an event and we would love for you to invite your friends and family along. We are delighted to have various informal talks in the morning from the Charlie Waller Trust and a Q&A on how to build your art collection from Sarah McDonald Brown, owner of the Thackeray Gallery, London. With music from Harrison Cowell and coffees, tea, and pastries available from the gallery café.
10:45am – Charlie Waller Trust Talk
11:00am – Q&A with Sarah McDonald Brown
With thanks to: Pip Brown, Katie Cowell, Mills Walduck, Lucy Morgan, Andrea Street, Sarah McDonald Brown, Harrison Cowell
Images (in order of appearance):
Dahlias in Silver by Laura Wallace | Bouquet of Roses in Chinese Vase by Laura Wallace | Image of Joe Nickolas | Image of Bridget Tempest