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Art Not Oil: workshops & events at the 491 Gallery

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Art Not Oil at the 491 Gallery, 491 Grove Green Road, E11 4AA (next to Leytonstone tube station)

Exhibition runs 12-7pm daily until June 24th.

Workshops and events:

These are all run on a donation basis - donate what you feel its worth!

Thursday 15th June
* Kundalini Yoga with Kwali all day, starts around noon. For those who wish to strengthen the body, relax the mind and feed the spirit, come on Mums! For more info contact Kwali on: 07795273401

Saturday 17th June
* Screen Printing with Steve. For more info contact Steve on: 07704350024

Sunday 18th June
* Film Fest Munch. Food will start at 3pm. At 5pm 'Syriana' and London Rising Tide action films will be shown

Tuesday 20th June
* Life Drawing with Gerald 2pm-10pm. For more info contact Gerald on: 07808413045

* Negative free black and white printing, photograms and prefixed prints 3-6pm with Lili. For more info contact Lili on: 07962028629

Saturday 24th June
* F.Oil with Jon and Jo 2pm-7pm
This workshop hopes to give participants a chance to explore reactions to the exhibition. A journey for your imagination. Where will it lead you and what will be created? Found objects and video will be provided to spur creativity, inventiveness, discussion and play. This is an open workshop. You can join in when you want, how you want and for as long as you want!

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Art Not Oil sheds light and dark on BP Portrait Award, London, June-July 2006

* for creativity, climate justice and an end to oily sponsorship of the
arts *

Climate chaos is set to have a catastrophic effect on all of us, while
hitting the poorest hardest. Oil is a curse that also fuels war, poverty
and environmental destruction. Yet the companies most responsible are
profiting handsomely, and they are still welcome it seems in many of our
most prestigious public galleries and museums. Why?

Art Not Oil is an exhibition and a campaign, committed to showing powerful political/ecological art, to seeing an end to oil sponsorship of the arts, and to helping build movements for climate justice both here and throughout the world. As well as work that looks at the negative impacts of fossil fuels, we welcome work that looks at positive alternatives and solutions. Keep your art flowing in - turn your visions, nightmares, anger and hope into creative resistance!

June 11-24, 12-7pm: 491 Gallery, 491 Grove Green Road, E11 4AA, next to Leytonstone tube (Central line)

Look out also for interactions with the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery.

June 29-July 1: The Foundry, 84-86 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3JL, (Old Street tube)

Then it’s on to the Big Green Gathering, Norwich, Aberdeen (Dec), Bristol (March 2007, both tracking the BP Portrait Award) & beyond...

Shell is the new sponsor of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award.
There's a campaign brewing - send us your photos, artworks and ideas. See www.shelloiledwildlife.org.uk

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