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Frockcycle – What a Ball!

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Watching the women during Wednesday’s Frockcycle was an entertainment in itself. Arriving with their three items of clothing, hanging them up and then starting to rummage – there is nothing like a woman rummaging amongst a pile of clothes, bits and bobs and buttons galore!

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Call for Designer/Makers

Call for Designer/Makers for the Canvas & Cream designer show 27 June – 25 July. We are having a designer/maker show in our Gallery/Project Space to support designer/makers to showcase and sell their work. The show coincides with Sydenham Arts Trail to boost audiences for your work and maximise your sales. For further information please [...]

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Saatchi & Nigella @ Canvas & Cream

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Canvas & Cream, a new concept art space and dining experience in Forest Hill, were host to Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson yesterday. There was a bit of something for both of them in Canvas & Cream’s unique upcycled dining room, which adjoins their Gallery/Project Space where artist Raf Zawistowski is exhibiting his new work. Saatchi… Raf [...]

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Newsletter – March 2012

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THANK YOU to the 500 + people who turned up for our launch evening and the 200+ people who came to check us out over the weekend! The place was heaving! It was VERY exciting to see so much interest and support in Forest Hill. Not to mention the successful showing (sold out) Garbage Warrior [...]

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And…We’re Open!

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Goodness, what a blast the launch party was! Barely room to move, despite all the space we have. There will be dozens of photos and updates once we’ve caught up with ourselves and smoothed our operations, but until then, here are some shots of Canvas & Cream:

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Very nearly ready!

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Some recent photographs of the Gallery and The Dining Room. We’re so-o-o-o-o close to ready!

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GINGERLINE at Canvas & Cream…

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Did you miss GINGERLINE at Canvas & Cream? After winding their way through a maze of doors interspersed with peepholes, shadow puppetry and periscopes, 384 guests over 8 nights entered the curious world of a mad puppeteer’s workshop. With furniture suspended from the ceiling, an eccentric ‘handelier’ and a spattering of single doors acting as performance portals, diners delighted in [...]

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Our First Studio!

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Emily doing the finishing touches to our first studio! STUDIOS AVAILABLE: Studio 1 – 175sq ft = £437.50 per month Studio 2- 110.5 sq ft = £276.25 per month Studio 3- 141 sq ft = £352.50 per month Studio 4 –  165 sq ft = £412.50 per month

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We have Walls!!!!

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Hi All! Build Progress… We are having a fantastic time down at 18 London Road… here are a couple of  mid build photos. We have had many volunteers popping down from Thursday – Sunday each week, with SPECIAL THANKS TO Mark Mullen, Penelope Else, Sarah Lang, Annie Nilaker, Jonny Holbrey, Helen Dodd and Andrew Fung If [...]

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We signed the lease!

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After many, many months of negotiation, we have signed the lease – it is ALL SYSTEMS GO from now on! So, if you were interested in helping out, get in touch!

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Paul’s van is NOT as big as we thought it was!!!

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July 2011 Joanna went up to Preston on the train to source more furniture and to see her mum (Linda). Paul followed a few days later in his van, with a new window for Linda’s garage (hers was rotten and pretty much fallen out!). As soon as Paul got there he got to work on [...]

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The challenge: find or make a bell for the loo!

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We are looking for a bell for our disabled WC. We don’t want to use the run of the mill expensive plastic ones – we would like an antique, upcycled or invented one! The stipulation is that it has to continuously ring after it has been pulled until someone switches it off. See the post for more information.

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We’re looking for building materials!

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Do you have some building materials you don’t need? We’re looking for all kinds, especially the ones on this list. Everything from antique wall tiles to electrical cable, going to an exceedingly worthy home!

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Good quality, nice or interesting stuff needed

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Please let us know if you have any of the following you wish to donate, see Upcycled, or anything else you think we may be interested in… Good quality, nice or interesting Aprons Books – art or craft or design Bread maker Cast iron bath – with or without feet Cutlery –stainless steel –no need [...]

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Join our Fundraising Group

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Dear Supporters of Canvas&Cream, Further to your kind expressions of interest in Canvas & Cream we thought you might be interested in joining our fundraising group. The group will made up of people who feel they can contribute to developing projects and raising funds for Canvas&Cream. This might be through advocacy, personal fundraising campaigns (sponsored [...]

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A Dulwich piano is Up-Cycled by Canvas & Cream

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Originally posted in Dulwich On View and reproduced by kind permission. Since redundancy last year we (a local creative family Joanna, Paul and Emily) have decided to pick ourselves up and start a new family business – to convert an old restaurant in Forest hill into a new Artist’s studios, Gallery and Art/Up-cycled café. We [...]

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