Holloway Arts Festival 2013

Holloway Arts Festival 2013 brings you a holiday within Holloway from 1-8 June. Escape to Holloway and experience the atmosphere of the British seaside through a riot of eclectic music, spoken word, film, comic performance, crafts, theatre and outdoor events. Project Adorno are our guest curators for this year's festival.

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Help create carnival cutouts with artist Hannah Brown

Thursday 30 May 10am-4pm
at the Old Fire Station, 84 Mayton Street, N7 6QT (see map)
FREE - Ages 14+

Join artist Hannah Brown and design and make a peep-through photo board for the Mayton Street Festival at Holloway Arts Festival. They are being made so that visitors festival will be able to pose for photographs behind a quirky image of the British seaside as a souvenir of their day.

Bring your ideas, skills and enthusiasm!

Places are limited: email camille@therowanartsproject.com to book

Owning the Arts Conference

Monday 3 June 2013

Rowan Arts is organising a one-day conference for anyone who is interested in the question ‘Are the Arts for Everyone?’ Key speakers include:

Sean Gregory (Barbican), Jocelyn Cunningham (Royal Society of Arts), Daniel Baker (Cubitt), Sam Trotman (Artsadmin) & many more.

Rowan Arts Monthly Tea Party

Friday 7 June 2013 4 - 5pm
at the Old Fire Station, 84 Mayton Street, London N7 6QT (see map)
FREE – drop in

Come and meet the Rowan Arts team - find out what we're up to and how we work.

The Monthly Tea Party takes place on the first Friday of the month, with free refreshments and cake!

Map Gift Shop special shopping event in support of Rowan Arts

Friday 14 June 2013 10am-8pm

Map Gift Shop: 93 Junction Road, Upper Holloway, N19 5QX (see map)

Join us for a glass of bubbly from 6-8pm

To celebrate Rowan Arts’ 10th birthday and Map Gift Shop's 20th birthday, we're hosting a joint day-long shopping event  - with specially extended opening hours. 20% of all purchases will go directly to help Rowan Arts buy new IT Equipment to allow us to continue running our popular projects including Holloway Arts Festival and Islington Exhibits.

Radiating with colour, fantasy and spectacle, Map Gift Shop is firmly planted in the community, supporting local schools, businesses and community-based events.  

The Spirit of '45 - free screening with guest speakers

Monday 1st July, 7-9pm 
Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, N1 2UD (see map)
FREE - book tickets onlione

Part of Rowan Arts' 10th birthday celebrations, a screening of Ken Loach's acclaimed documentary, followed by a panel discussion featuring artist Bobby Baker, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Emily Thornberry MP, and Leader of Islington Council Catherine West.

The Spirit of '45 is about how the spirit of unity which buoyed Britain during the war years carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society. Director Ken Loach uses footage from Britain’s regional and national archives, alongside sound recordings and contemporary interviews, to create a rich political and social narrative.

Free refreshments.