Clae Eastgate/Poetry Pharmacy: Bishops Castle Arts Festival 2023 & unveiling of Poetry Pharmacy Founder Deborah Alma
As part of the Bishops Castle Arts Festival this year, portrait artist Clae Eastgate will be showing the Painting the Poets collection at the Town Hall from the 11th February (to March 11th). The preview evening is 10th February, 6pm, with poetry readings from the Poetry Pharmacy, an unveiling of Deborah Alma’s portrait (commissioned by writer Linda Hurcombe) and a talk by Clae about the Painting the Poets project. On 24th February Clae will also be running a still life workshop at the Poetry Pharmacy.
All are welcome to come along to the Preview evening on 10th February at the Town Hall. For more information and registering for the still life workshop, please see the links below.
Claire Eastgate, Graffiti, Shoreditch, London, 14Oct2018, ©BronacMcNeill
About Clae Eastgate
Clae Eastgate is a British artist with a main focus on portraiture. She has created projects and commissions for private clients, collectors and institutions. Noted subjects are the former Poet Laureate, Dame Carol Ann Duffy, former Scots Makar, Jackie Kay, former National Poet of Wales, Gillian Clarke; poet, novelist and playwright, Kae Tempest, renowned ethologist, Dame Jane Goodall and the Queen commissioned by the Kennel Club (2013). Clae is currently completing a collection of portraits celebrating the lives and work of some of the UK’s finest contemporary female poets, with two paintings from the collection recently acquired by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery for their permanent collection in Modern Portraiture. Clae also teaches workshops in portraiture and still life both privately and in educational institutions. She lives and works between Shropshire and London.
About The Poetry Pharmacy
The world’s first walk-in Poetry Pharmacy.
The Poetry Pharmacist is on hand to prescribe poetic medicine for a complicated mix of emotions…or if it’s more serious, lie on the consulting couch and have a full length consultation with hand-picked poems.
The Poetry Pharmacy is also a new centre in the Midlands for poetry and creative writing; The Distillery space upstairs is host to regular reading and writing workshops, as well as bookbinding and printing workshops, book launches and open mics, with an emphasis on good mental health and well-being.
Still Life Workshop 24th February https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/500040152557
