Friday 20 July 2012

Olympic Torch Comes to Hackney Wick(ed)





Hackney WickED Presents... The Fete for the WickED, participating within the Hackney Homes Fun Day
Mabley Green: Sat 21 July 2012, 2-7pm

Bringing a selection of Hackney Wick artists together for a Fete, exhibiting art, art games and made in the Wick products.
So come on down...
- shop for arty treats
- play on the photo tombola
- find out more and sign up for Hackney WickED art workshops running throughout the year..
- get your hands on our Hackney WickED limited edition t-shirts and bags
- take part in Simon Ould's Watercolour Challenge 2012

Artists and stalls include:

Amy Shearer and Laura Summerton - Shards of Art - www.shards-of-art.com
Megumi - paintings and drawings
Mike Miles - www.themdma.co.uk
The Outside World - Photo Tombola
Sheila Rennick - Mother Studios - www.sheila-rennick.com
Josephine Lyons - Mother Studios - www.josephinelyons.net
Bernard Rangel - Iron Works - www.bernardrangel.com
Orly Orbach - www.orlyorbach.com
Hilary Powell - Mother Studios - Books www.hilarypowell.com
Abigail Thomas - Mother Studios - Books - www.abithomas.blogspot.co.uk
Stephen Gill - Retrospex - Books
Janet Bell - Britannia Works - Books and cards - http://alhasso.com/
Bernard Rangel
The event runs from 2pm until 7pm, with the Olympic Torch expected to pass by at 6.20pm (the time to avoid, or celebrate.. that one's up to you)

RETROSPEX REMINDER! Just a short stroll from Mabley Green is the Elevator Gallery, Queens Yard, where it is your last chance this weekend to see the Hackney WickED RETROSPEX Exhibition.
Last days: Sat 21 & Sun 22 July open 12-5pm. Elevator Gallery.
Hackney WickED 2012 takes a trip down Memory Lane. Digging through 4 years of history in the making and excavating the beloved fragments that have made Hackney WickED the ROCK in the rubble.
This instalment will see Hackney WickED putting on the RITZ to host a curated exhibition that will REFLECT and PROJECT the components that have built the wick collective conscience from 2008 to date.
A HollyWick affair, indeed!
Signed Stephen Gill books available and photographic prints, also you can pick up a 'Where the Hell is Hackney Wick' postcard for £1



Getting to MABLEY GREEN: map

Other events taking place on the Green, organised by Hackney Homes include facepainting, Hackney's famous Albion Kids' Show and a bouncy castle. The Fete for the WickED and the Crafternoon Tea Club will provide a dream combination of arts and crafts, and tea and scones, in an area furnished with hay bales and trestle tables. Experienced coaches from the Council's healthy lifestyles programme, Personal Bests, together with the charity Skyway, will be running a host of sporting and physical activities. There will be a display of disability sports on the 5-a-side football pitch, and advice on cycling and bicycle races from Cycling Club Hackney. To wind down, enjoy a session of massage therapy, sample food and drink from the stalls, and visit the Hackney Homes Marquee. All this, on a summer's afternoon, on a green space within sight of the Olympic Park.




Thursday 19 April 2012

Hackney Wick Community Centre Needs YOU!!


This Saturday - 21st April 1012 @11am - is the beginning of the amazing Hackney Wick Community Centre!

But only if YOU become a part of it.......

Hackney Wickers - we all know that we need a local community cafe/garden/meeting place/yoga centre/art centre - that we can all hang out in and meet each other. Well now is the time to get helping make that happen.

At least please come on down this Saturday to see what needs doing.

There will be plenty to do. Painting, decorating, cleaning, gardening, etc.

Please contact Ron on ron.newman4@btinternet.com for any more info - but please also just come down to talk to him on Saturday.

The main road from Hackney Wick Overground Station is called Wallis Road - but it changes it's name to Berkshire Road & then Osborne Road - that's where you'll see the magnificent Old Baths building that is the Hackney Wick Community Centre!!

Get E9 5JH into your googlemaps app - and we'll see you there!