All For One and oneforone

Samuel and Jennifer, both in and out of their guise of Coffee+Sponge, will be exhibiting new work in oneforone which opens on 7 April.

oneforone is the first exhibition for a group of 18 artists engaged in a discourse on change and transition - the need for the artist to adapt to change; the transition of one artist’s inspiration into a work by another.

Showing simultaneously in two unique venues, Stour Space and View Tube, oneforone will feature audio installation, drawings, paintings, photography, sculpture, performances, installation pieces and events.

In the battle of change, oneforone proves the artist’s greatest weapons are resourcefulness,versatility and urgency.

Abigail Box/ Bram Thomas Arnold/ Chloë Roach/ Coffee+Sponge/ Dominic Harris/ Eleanor Fawcett/ Flavian Alaigre/ Henry Byrne/ Jennifer Farmer/ Joe Graham/ Laura and Lauren/ Louise Macleod/ Matthew Welch/ Samuel Overington/ Sikelela Owen/ Silvia Krupinska/ Yuki Aruga/ Zoë Farmer

Saturday 9 April, 2-4pm: In the Stour Space, oneforoneartists will lead a discussion on the challenges and rewards of creating new work from a given stimulus.

Sunday 10 April, 3-5pm: Performance provocateurs Coffee+Sponge present their Erwin Wurm/Marie Chouinard inspired life drawing salon, ALTERATIONS & REPAIRS, in the Stour Space.

View Tube

The Greenway Marshgate Lane E15 2PJ
07/04/11- 05/05/11
daily 9am-5pm

Stour Space

7 Roach Road, Fish Island E3 2PA
07/04/11- 14/04/11
daily 12-6pm

www.oneforoneartists.co.uk 

The Devil Is In The Details - SHARPEN MY PENCIL Sunday life drawing salon

Sunday, 23 January 3-5pm

As they say, the devil is in the details. So why do we avoid certain challenges when drawing the body? For Coffee+Sponge's third SHARPEN MY PENCIL of 2011, we go in for the close-up on hands, feet and toes, knees, napes and knuckles.

ALTERATION & REPAIRS - Sharpen My Pencil guest curated by Kyla Harris

Sunday, 16 January 3-5pm

Inspired by the dance works of Marie Chouinard and Erwin Wurm's one-minute sculptures, Coffee+Sponge and guest artist Kyla Harris present ALTERATIONS & REPAIRS as an exploration into what happens when we are forced to relinquish our normal body functions and explore alternative vocabularies of movement.

Visual artist Samuel Overington and theatre artist Jennifer Farmer team together as Coffee+Sponge to offer SHARPEN MY PENCIL, theatrical, character-based life drawing salons which will explode the preconceptions of sex, gender, disability, race and sexuality. £8 drop in or £56 if booking 8 sessions (£28 for 4). Fee includes an art pack of paper, charcoal and board as well as tea, coffee and yes, cake.

Check out www.samueloverington.com/sharpenmypencil for more details or email coffeeandsponge@gmail.com.

SHARPEN MY PENCIL presents Film Noir

BUT OFFICER, I'M INNOCENT – Coffee+Sponge present Film Noir

Yes he's my husband. Yes a bullet was put straight through his heart. Yes I was holding the gun. But that doesn't mean I killed him.

If adulterous dalliances, double-crosses and dubious morals are your bag, then join Coffee+Sponge for our first SHARPEN MY PENCIL of 2011 as we delve into Film Noir.
Visual artist Samuel Overington and theatre artist Jennifer Farmer team together as Coffee+Sponge to offer SHARPEN MY PENCIL,  theatrical, character-based life drawing salons which will explode the preconceptions of sex, gender, disability, race and sexuality.  £8 drop in or £56 if booking 8 sessions (£28 for 4). Fee includes an art pack of paper, charcoal and board as well as tea, coffee and yes, cake. 

Give the Gift of Coffee+Sponge this Christmas

Bah humbug to Christmas cake; give the gift of Coffee+Sponge this Christmas season. Stuff the stocking of the artist in your life with a gift certificate for our dynamic Sunday life drawing salons, SHARPEN MY PENCIL. £56 for 8 salons; £28 for 4. SHARPEN MY PENCIL returns in 2011 on 9th January. Contact us at coffeeandsponge@gmail.com for more details.

What the Hell? - 5th December, 3-5pm, SHARPEN MY PENCIL presents Dante's Inferno

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - well, Sunday

Sunday, 28th November, 2010 3-5pm

Before the Obamas, before the Blairs, there were the Macbeths: the original power couple. Join SHARPEN MY PENCIL as Lord and Lord Macbeth murder their way to the top.

www.samueloverington.com/sharpenmypencil