Inspired by Joan Snyder's drawing practice of six decades, Royal Drawing School tutors Cai Arfon Bellis and Daisy Nutting will lead a 3-hour workshop for students (ages 14–19) based on the works in Snyder's current exhibition, Love from an Abstract Artist.
The exhibition features nearly 50 new and historical works on paper, dating from the mid-1960s to the present day, that bear witness to the important position drawing has always held in Snyder’s practice.
Pre-registration is essential as spaces are limited. Please sign up via Eventbrite.
All drawing materials will be provided.
Cai Arfon Bellis is an artist from Lewisham whose work delves into dance music subcultures and the vital role of London’s community spaces in shaping them. After Graduating from the Slade, he went on to study at the Royal Drawing School where he was selected as one of the New Contemporaries 2023. His work is held in a number of public and private collections including the Government art collection and the Royal Collection Cai’s work is deeply rooted in the grime and jungle scenes, where he uses observational drawing to document the dynamic relationship between MCs, DJs, and crowds. His gestural, dance-driven approach results in expressive, often abstract works that capture the disorienting nature and shared rhythms of a crowd in motion.
Daisy Nutting is an artist living and working in London exploring memory, storytelling and perceptions of ownership. She graduated from Kingston School of Art in 2019 and The Royal Drawing School’s postgraduate programme in 2021 which has led to exhibiting as part of collaborative projects and group shows at Soho Revue and Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, and residencies in Scotland, Wales and Tuscany. Daisy’s work is included in the Royal Collection and National Trust Collection. Documenting moments of balance and imbalance within nature, Daisy’s etchings, drawings and paintings are made from a desire to connect with her surroundings and an attempt to take ownership of land that is not hers, suggesting that memory is a kind of possession to rival capitalist notions of accumulation and proprietorship.
