Easter Party!...

Our fave online magazine, West London Living, is hosting a glam Easter Party. There will be a complimentary cocktail awaiting our arrival and delicious canapes courtesy of The Lonsdale, the venue of choice for this party evening!

Singers Megan Goodwin, Jelone and Daniela Brooker are the up and coming stars providing the entertainment so make sure you keep Tuesday 12th of April free and get your tickets soon as the tickets are limited! It starts at 6.30pm and as it’s a school night it will be a midnight finish.

Megan Goodwin

Jelone

Daniela Brooker

Venue: The Lonsdale, 48 Lonsdale Rd, Notting Hill, W11 2DE

Date: 12th April

Where to get tickets: Lucy.land@westlondonliving.co.uk; 020 7727 6978

Ticket price: £10

Adult Ballet Classes at Golborne Place...

The team here at Golborne Place is delighted to welcome Isabel McMeekan, founder of Everybody Ballet and Former First Soloist with The Royal Ballet, to teach Adult Ballet Classes for the summer term at Golborne Place.

Isabel will be available on Mondays from 2pm to 5pm and private tuition will be £75.

Classes will commence on Monday 11th of April.

Monica Zamora, the founder of Golborne Place and Former Principal with Birmingham Royal Ballet is especially delighted to reunite with Isabel and to bring this unique art form to all at the studio!

For any information and to book a slot please give us a call on 02089698907 or email us at golborne@golborneplace.com.

Hello paradise, what would you like?...

As some of our lovely Golborne Place clients know when I’m not helping to run the Golborne Place Studios I’m in my own studio painting, drawing and sculpting. My work is showing in a fabulous (if I do say so myself) group show in West Hampstead this week. 

Artists include the renowned Japanese artist Miho Sato, graduate of the Royal Academy Jill Mason, current RCA students Dexter Dymoke, Grant Foster and two of The School of Saatchi’s finalists Samuel Zealey and Matt Clark as well as abstract painter Aidan Doherty.

If you fancy taking a peek the show will be open this weekend; Saturday and Sunday 12-5pm. The Kingsgate Gallery is at 110-116 Kingsgate Rd, NW6 2JG.

'If you see something, say something', Grant Foster

The private view was a great success and thank you to everyone who managed to make it down.

A Century of Music...

  The Portobello ReCollection is a must see for all music lovers. It is situated towards the end of Portobello Road leading up to Golborne Road and is the part I look forward to most on my daily walk to Golborne Place. You can’t help but look at it, with its artistic presence lying across the 100 metre long wall just waiting to be admired.

The Portobello ReCollection, which is often referred to as the “Wall of Sound” displays a large selection of records starting from the 1910s all the way to the 2010s. The wall of sound chronologically takes you through a 100 year journey of the music most significant to this area.

You can walk by here everyday but still seem to always find a new record to intrigue you, new art to inspire you and gain a deeper understanding into the history and heritage of the area.

For more information on the Portobello ReCollection visit:

http://www.portobellorecollection.com/

An artist in the family...

Benji Vize Harrington, our newest member of the Golbonre Place team, was very happy this week as his younger brother, Joseph Harrington, was awarded 'Artist of the month' by the AACG (Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass).

Buttress

Escarpment

Joseph has developed a unique casting technique that he calls "lost ice". This process allows him to "harness the movement and transience of ice." In his latest body of work he aims to represent landscapes and structures within them. Joseph says "I focus on Britain’s rugged coastlines and its rural countryside, looking at its erosion as a fascinating spectacle of discovery and generation of form". 

Meld

For more information on Joseph's work see his website: http://www.josephharrington.co.uk/index.html

Party, party, party!...

Jericho House along with dancers from the Royal Ballet, the American choregrapher Austin McCormick and his assistant Laura Careless of Company XIV invite one and all to Wilton's Music Hall for a Masque Ball!

The evening is to raise money for the theatre company Jericho House and to provide a platform to explore the dynamics between dance and drama.  The idea is to re-create as closely as is entertainingly possible the Masque Ball of the 17th century.

Guests will enjoy a Baroque inspired feast followed by a performance that weaves through their tables. It's an incredible opportunity to be up close and personal with the artists. There will also be live music on period instruments.

Tickets £175 / Tables £1,800 (12 pax)

R.S.V.P Leonora Wood at leo@jerichohouse.org.uk

07876 403 648

Monday, Monday....

It's a beautiful Monday morning here on Golborne Road today. Spring is in the air and the street is full of wonderful trinkets and unusual furniture. The perfect day for a wander down the Golborne Road...

Happy Valentines!!...

We are very happy to be selling some beautiful handmade cards by women in Nicaragua this week. We have some sweet Valentine's cards but they could be used for any special occasion. The women who makes these cards are living on one of Latin America's largest rubbish dumps, La Chureca. All the cards are made by recycling waste paper by hand with The Earth Education Project.

The women are learning skills to build their own businesses in their community. We hope that by purchasing one of these cards you will be empowering women in one of the world's poorest countries to develop new skills and in turn build a future and lift their families out of poverty.

For information on this project go to: www.eartheducationproject.org

For all the ballet lovers...

It seems we are having a ballet themed week for the beginning of February!

The Finals of the Prix de Lausanne 2011 will be broadcast live on the web this year.
Don't forget the date and time: Sunday the 6th February starting at 3pm CET.


If you have never heard of this event the Prix de Lausanne is an international competition for young dancers of all nationalities aged 15 to 18 who are not yet professionals. 

Here's the link:
http://lausanne.streamakaci.com/


And if the amazing dancers inspire you to move take a look at the Everybody Ballet post below.

Everybody Ballet!...

A very good friend of Golborne Place, the beautiful Isabel McMeekan, has been passing on her ballet knowledge to the people of W10 and giving those who thought they could never dance the spirit and ability to enjoy movement and improve mind and body.

Everybody Ballet provides ballet classes for anyone and everyone, no previous training is necessary, just the enthusiasm to do something different.

Isabel creates carefully structured classes drawing upon elements of classical ballet combined with specific stretching and core strengthening work, leaving the body and mind feeling worked, invigorated and extended.

 “Everybody Ballet has transformed my life and is in the process 

of transforming my body! Isabel’s teaching makes the classes fun and

 inspirational. No one should be nervous about starting ballet at 

any age or shape….pure and simple.”    Clare Beresford

For more info and to get involved check out the Everybody Ballet website....http://www.everybodyballet.com/