Gallery

The Gallery is an exhibition and interpretation space. Seasonal exhibitions are open to the public on Monday - Tuesday 8.00am to 8.00pm, Wednesday 8.00am to 7.00pm, Thursday - Saturday 8.00am to 9.00pm and Sunday 11.00am - 6.00pm. If we have to close the Gallery for a private event the details will be listed here.

Monday 14 – Sunday 20 May
Patchwork Lives, East London Textile Arts
An exhibition of textile hangings created by residents of East London to celebrate the diversity of life in Newham during the Olympic Year. Sewn by women, men, and children of all levels of ability, they bring together people of different faith and cultural backgrounds to express themselves and raise money for creative projects abroad.
www.eastlondontextilearts.com
 
Monday 21 – Sunday 27 May
Watercolours by John Burrows
An exhibition of original watercolours, limited edition prints and note cards featuring London landmarks and English countryside.
www.jcburrows.co.uk
 
Monday 28 May – Sunday 3 June
Meiso Lai
Meiso Lai takes her inspiration from nature and creates striking artworks using different techniques and materials including photographic prints on glass, textile hangings with hand stitching on paper, and mixed media on canvas.
www.meisolifejourney.com
 
Monday 4 – Sunday 10 June
Gallery Exhibition
Monday 19 March – Friday 20 July
Figures displayed throughout St Martin’s
Robert Koenig’s Odyssey
Odyssey is Robert Koenig’s attempt to call up his Polish ‘ancestral ghosts’ by carving a large group of male and female figures, each 2.5m tall, out of lime trees which grew in his mother’s home village of Dominikowice in South East Poland. These trees bore witness to the many dramatic events that shaped the lives of people over the last 100 years.
In addition to this exhibition in the Gallery, these remarkable figures will be on display across the site of St Martin’s from 19 March – 20 July. During the Gallery exhibition, the artist will be creating a new sculpture inspired by his time at St Martin’s. www.robertkoenig-sculptor.com
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Foyer - Until mid June 2012
Journeys
Life is seldom a single journey from A to B but a series of threads woven together, taking us in different directions, and changing and expanding until our own life’s cloth is complete. All of us, throughout our lives, are constantly leaving that which is secure and familiar and facing new arrivals and experiences. Each of our journeys is unique yet intertwined with others. Throughout our own journeys we discover the identities, stories and cultures of others and become part of the incredible patchwork that is the human race. The St Martin’s Journeys exhibition currently in the Foyer leads us to reflect upon some of the threads that create a living community.

11 June – 15 July
100 Faces of London
Noted artist/photographer Milan Svanderlik’s ‘100 Faces of London’ celebrates diversity through the photographer’s lens. The exhibition features formal portraits of one hundred Londoners from a broad range of backgrounds and ages, reflecting the huge diversity of the people who make up this great world city.
www.100facesoflondon.org