Month: May 2020

Art Enthusiasts is an independent group of art professionals in London, who organise tours and workshops for adults and children aged 6+.

Mondrian’s work had an enormous influence on XX century art, impacting not only the course of abstract painting and numerous major styles and art movements but also fields outside the domain of painting, such as design, architecture and fashion.

During the course of this workshop, you’ll get to know the concepts behind his simple geometry. It will broaden your abilities to transfer arts concepts and applying them to other fields of life that surround us daily.

Find out more on the Facebook event page.

Date: Monday 25th May
Time: 10:30am to 12:30pm

Art Enthusiasts is an independent group of art professionals in London, who organise tours and workshops for adults and children aged 6+.

This exciting workshop is dedicated to Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter and theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Together we’ll be exploring his artistic vocabulary reducing it to simple geometric elements and colours.

Find out more on the Facebook event page.

Date: Saturday 23rd May
Time: 10:30am to 12:00pm

Art Enthusiasts is an independent group of art professionals in London, who organise tours and workshops for adults and children aged 6+.

Kids are invited to travel back to Renaissance Florence to learn about the great artist Leonardo Da Vinci! It will be an exciting journey full of mysteries, art and science. We will learn his story, look at his paintings and create a masterpiece of our own under the guidance of our trainer artist.

Find out more on the Facebook event page.

Date: Friday 22nd May
Time: 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Art Enthusiasts is an independent group of art professionals in London, who organise tours and workshops for adults and children aged 6+.

Kids are invited to join this fun and educational webinar about the famous artist Frida Kahlo.

Children will listen to an interesting lecture about the artist in focus, watch the demo on how the artist created her works and after will receive a live step-by-step instruction on how to paint like Frida and will create a work in the style of the famous artist.

Find out more on the Facebook event page.

Date: Thursday 21st May
Time: 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Art Enthusiasts is an independent group of art professionals in London, who organise tours and workshops for adults and children aged 6+.

Kids are invited to enter a magical world of jungle and exotic animals at this fun and educational online workshop on Henri Rousseau! We will learn the story of the famous artist, look at his wonderful paintings and create a jungle of our own under the guidance of our trainer artist. We will draw and we will paint together!

Find out more on the Facebook event page.

Date: Thursday 21st May
Time: 10:00am to 11:30am

Art Enthusiasts is an independent group of art professionals in London, who organise tours and workshops for adults and children aged 6+.

This exciting short talk is dedicated to an art movement and group, which Peter Mondrian co-founded with Theo van Doesburg. De Stijl had a profound influence on the development of both abstract art, modern architecture and design. The aim of the talk is to explore the vocabulary of this iconic art movement. We’ll talk about the concepts that evolved in the non-representational form of art they termed Neoplasticism.

Find out more on the Facebook event page.

Date: Wednesday 20th May
Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Art Enthusiasts is an independent group of art professionals in London, who organise tours and workshops for adults and children aged 6+.

Mondrian’s work had an enormous influence on XX century art, impacting not only the course of abstract painting and numerous major styles and art movements but also fields outside the domain of painting, such as design, architecture and fashion.

During the course of this workshop, you’ll get to know the concepts behind his simple geometry. It will broaden your abilities to transfer arts concepts and applying them to other fields of life that surround us daily.

Find out more on the Facebook event page.

Date: Tuesday 19th May
Time: 12:30pm to 2:30pm

Leaf is a children’s bookshop and cafe in Hertford who specialise in friendly service and high quality goods. They also have a secret garden…

During Lockdown they are running their usual 11am Storytime Monday – Friday via Facebook live. Just go onto the Leaf Facebook page to watch. The videos are saved for the moment so you can watch later.

Today’s story is “The Snail and the Whale” by Julia Donaldson

A tiny snail looks up from her rock and gazes at the sea and the ships
“How I long to sail”
Said the tiny snail
An impossible dream. Or is it …?

Date: Friday 22nd May
Time: 11:00am

York’s very first vinyl cafe experience FortyFive Vinyl Café in the heart of the city brings back the spirit and community of discovering music.

Saturday Nights Sorted!

It’s that time of week once again, ‘I’m Not With The Band’ picture round returns alongside an all new ‘Carole’s Connections’ and of course the sensational ‘Shoestring Cinema Club’ video round! Get your teams ready on Zoom/Houseparty etc, crack open a few bevs and have a laugh with Dom and Dan from 7:30pm only on the FortyFive Live stream!

No Entry Fee! Play as a team or on your own!

Please consider donating to FortyFive Vinyl Cafe here.

You can find out more information on the Facebook event page here.

Date: Saturday 16th May
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm

During lockdown, Jimmy’s will be going live on their Instagram bringing you an isolation gig from a different artist. Tonight will be singer Freddie Long.

Date: Thursday 14th May
Time: 9:00pm