Event

*Concessionary prices include:

£20 - 18 to 25 year olds/ Students
£20 - People with disabilities
£10 - People in receipt of Universal Credit or Pension Credit
£0 - Essential Companion (this discount will be automatically added when 'Essential Companion' is ticked in Other Preferences - go to My Account to edit your preferences)

During this drawing walk with Liza Dimbleby, explore the medium as a way that we can navigate internal and external topographies.

We will make an unfolding sequence of drawings while we walk through Eastbourne, noticing the strange and the familiar, and thinking about how private and shared experiences can be held by the spaces around us and released through observing and drawing.

In the afternoon we will look at our drawings together in Studio 1 at Towner, building a more sustained piece.

We will also view and discuss the work of some of the artists in Drawing the Unspeakable who have drawn on themes of place, mapping and memory in their work. These include: Andrzej Jackowski, Ken Kiff, Leon Kossoff, David Bomberg, Michael Johnson, Andrea McLean, Timothy Hyman, Laura Footes, Geraint Ross Evans and Naiza Khan.

This day course is open to experienced artists and beginners alike. All materials will be provided.

Meeting point: Eastbourne Train Station at 10.00am. A member of Towner staff will hold up a sign for the group to gather around.

Liza Dimbleby is an artist and writer. She has exhibited in London, Scotland and Paris, and published a book of writing and drawings about walking in cities, I Live Here Now. She lectures at art schools and universities in Scotland and England and teaches on the Drawing Year, a postgraduate programme at the Royal Drawing School, London. She has spoken and led sessions on Drawing and the City at conferences in Glasgow, Moscow and Paris. She lives in Glasgow.

The course includes some walking around Eastbourne in the morning. The gradient will be flat, however appropriate footwear is advised.

We have a budget available to make this event as accessible as possible – this can include further interpretation services or other access arrangements we can meet to enable you to participate. If you require access arrangements, please email programme@townereastbourne.org.uk two weeks before the event date so that we can book a service if needed.