Building Begins for Cardboard Southwark!

May 2014

Twelve Southwark Primary Schools build Southwark out of cardboard led by Artist Reuben Powell. 

May saw the beginning of the education project; Building A City - Cardboard Southwark.

Each class will get the chance to visit Hotel Elephant twice to take part in this collaborative art project initiated by the Southwark Schools Collaborative.  

After researching the local landscape around their school, the children will start by working in groups to create different area's out of cardboard. These range from local parks, flyovers, pubs, schools and housing estates. 

On their second visit the children will get the chance to paint their creations, finishing off their area of Southwark. 

This project will culminate in an exhibition of all the work created in the project. A cardboard city which you can walk through. 

A big thank you to Loop Recycling who have kindly supported the project by suppling all the cardboard. 

Young & Beautiful Exhibition

5th & 6th May 2014

Six Artists from UAL exhibited work in our shop front gallery space. 

In their work they consider ideas of sexuality, gender, affect, commodity & fetish.

The Peabody Trust Presentation Evening

30th April 2014

Hotel Elephant was pleased to host a Peabody Event in our newly constructed screening space. 

The space, which can seat 60 people, lent it self perfectly to the evening of presentations and was a very successful event!

Harvard Alumni Volunteer at Hotel Elephant

Saturday 26th April 2014

Hotel Elephant would like to say a huge Thank You!

To the group of Harvard Alumni who volunteered with us in April. 

They got to work with great enthusiasm painting our vast warehouse floor and they did a great job!

We really appreciated the help and it has made such a great difference to the space. 

Thankyou again!

  

Dress Rehearsal

Dress Rehearsal

25th & 26th April 2014

An exhibition of work by 3rd year BA Drawing students from Camberwell College of Art.
Coming to the end of their Degree course, this exhibition was approached by the students as a Dress Rehearsal for their Degree show, giving them the opportunity to experiment with idea's, compositions and materials with the view of informing their final pieces.

The Builders - Education Project

The Builders - Education Project ,

run by Reuben Powell with Victory Primary school. 

Pupils from Yrs 5 & 6 where invited to Reuben's studio to paint large colour portraits of some of the builders from the 

construction site next to their school.

Their work is being exhibited on the hoardings around the construction site. 

Nice To See You!

Nice To See You

LCC 3rd Illustration and Visual Communication

Interim Exhibition

We where please to host the interim exhibition for these talent students from London College of Communication. 

The private view was very well attended and was visited the following day by more enthusiastic art lovers! 

The print shop section of the exhibition was well received, with visitors able to buy handmade prints and gift items. 

We wish the students the best of luck with their upcoming degree show!