People’s Museum & Gallery of Newham
Events Programme
We have a lot of new events planned for September and October.
Please download the New Events Programme or contact the office for further details.
July 25th 2012
5.30pm – Museum Opening Launch Night
Mike Steel: Photographic Exhibition (for duration)
This exhibition forms a small selection of a much wider collection of documentary photography of the Olympic Park site before development. For more information, please see: www.mikesteel.co.uk.
Location
306 High Street,
Stratford,
E15 1AJ
July 26th 2012
Museum opens to the public.
8th August 2012, 6.30pm
A talk by documentary photographer Mike Steel. A wider selection of images will be shown to illustrate Mike’s journey in documenting the Olympic park site prior to its development.
11th August 2012
August 2 – 4pm Family Art Workshop with Artist Alison Marchant
13th – 19th August 2012
Our Brick Lane Exhibition (produced by Eastside Community Heritage).
13th August 2012
2pm – A talk by long time East End resident Ted Lewis, who will enthral you with tales of working in Billingsgate Fish Market, boxing in booths at local fairs, and much more! Ted will also be showing some original memorabilia.
17th August 2012
2pm – A talk by Robert Rogers about West Ham Speedway, a passion for many residents of the borough. Robert will be talking about his love of the Speedway, as well as showing off his old photographs and memorabilia.
18th August 2012
August 2 – 4pm Family Art Workshop with Artist Alison Marchant
20th August 2012, 4pm
A talk by Geoff Bell, local historian and chair of Eastside Community Heritage, about the history of protest in Newham.
20th – 26th August 2012
My Roots, Our Heritage Exhibition (produced by Eastside Community Heritage).
27th August – 2nd September 2012
Hackney Wick Voices Exhibition (produced by London Borough of Hackney), telling the stories of those with a connection to Hackney Wick.
1st September 2012
2pm – 4pm – Artist Workshop. Come along and help create some artwork!
3rd – 13th September 2012
Together! 2012 Disability Arts & Human Rights festival Exhibition, a new exhibition of work by disabled artists from Newham and the neighbouring boroughs, shown as part of the Together! 2012 Disability Arts and Human Rights festival. Eastside Community Heritage is also programming a strand of the Together! film festival on 1st September 2012 www.together2012.org.uk
14th – 23rd September 2012
Old Ford Voices & Island Memories Exhibtion (produced by Tower Hamlets Local Studies & Archives), telling the stories of those with connections to the area.
14th – 23rd September 2012
The Ring Ramblers Exhibtion (produced by Eastside Community Heritage, and funded by ELBA).
10th September 2012
2pm – A talk by long time East End resident Ted Lewis, who will enthral you with tales of working in Billingsgate Fish Market, boxing in booths at local fairs, and much more! Ted will also be showing some original memorabilia.
17th September 2012, 6.30pm
A talk by Neil Fraser, author of “Over the Border: The Other East End” www.overtheborder.co./
24th – 30th September 2012
Exhibition of artwork produced in the artist workshops with Alison Marchant.
1st October 2012
4pm – A talk by Geoff Bell, local historian and chair of Eastside Community Heritage, about the Coloured Men’s Institute & Kamal Chunchie.
1st – 14th October 2012
The Coloured Men’s Institute: The Kamal Chunchie Story Exhibition (produced by Eastside Community Heritage).
15th – 21st October 2012
Living in Barking: The story of Dr Prasad Exhibtion (produced by Eastside Community Heritage).
17th October 2012, 6.30pm
Post Olympic Regeneration Debate with Professor Michael Keith, Councillor Conor McAuley, and Stephen Jacob OBE.
22nd October
Museum closure – The Coloured Men’s Institute: The Kamal Chunchie Story Exhibition (produced by Eastside Community Heritage).
Reminiscence Sessions
Reminiscence Sessions will be held EVERY Wednesday from 2pm to 3.30pm (starting on 1st August 2012). Come along and share your memories, photographs and memorabilia. There will be lots of material from the archive to look at as well. If you would like to book an exclusive session for your group, please contact Claire on 0208 553 4343 or email claire@ech.org.uk.
Film Screenings
Film Screenings will be taking
place on the following Tuesdays:
August
7th, 21st
September
4th, 18th
October
9th, 23rd
There will be a selection of short films shown, most of which have been produced by Eastside Community Heritage and explore various aspects of heritage in East London.
Spaces at all events are limited, so please RSVP to 0208 553 4343, or email claire@ech.org.uk.
