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Jan Enkelmann’s photography: Curator talk hosted by Vincenzo Albano 📅 Thursday 21 May 🕡 6.30pm 📍 Lambeth Archives 💷 Free 🎟 Ticket link in bio Join Jan and Vincenzo to discuss Jan’s latest exhibition, The Triangle, a photographic exhibition of Brixton, a place of contrasts and colliding cultures with a complex history marked by struggles for equality, justice, and self-determination. The discussion will more generally look at what photography can mean in the context of the urban landscape. Jan Enkelmann is a documentary photographer and graphic designer. Born in Germany, he has been living and working in south London for over 25 years. Jan has published several books of his photography, among them Happiness (winner of the ITB Book Award for best Travel Photobook 2007), Serious Conviction and Smoking Chefs. His book Pause, documenting a deserted London during the early Covid Lockdown has won the German Photobook Award 2022 in Silver. With his latest publication, The Triangle, Jan has compiled a decade’s worth of photographs made in Brixton, documenting his own neighbourhood. Vincenzo Albano ARPS is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and an active volunteer within the RPS London Region. His photographic work focuses primarily on urban environments, landscapes, and travel, often exploring the relationship between place, history, and human presence. #LamLitFest26 #LambethArchives #Lambeth #Art #JanEnkelmann #VicenzoAlbano Image description: information about the event with colour photos of Jan and Vincenzo

From 28 April to 29 May, Lambeth Archives presents The Triangle by documentary photographer Jan Enkelmann @jan_enkelmann Shot over a period of nine years, The Triangle is a long-term photographic project documenting Brixton, its streets and its people, an intimate portrait of a changing neighbourhood seen through the eyes of someone who has lived in South London for over 25 years. Jan Enkelmann is a documentary photographer and graphic designer whose previous publications include Happiness (winner of the ITB Book Award for Best Travel Photobook 2007), Serious Conviction, Smoking Chefs and Pause, which documented London during the Covid lockdown and won the German Photobook Award 2022 (Silver). With The Triangle, Jan brings together a decade of photographs capturing everyday life, identity and community in Brixton. #Lambeth #Brixton #ArtInLondon #SouthLondon #LocalHistory

Exhibition of sculptors @boryskrylovart , @olessydoruk and Stephen Duncan ‘Voices From Ukraine’ was launched tonight at @lambetharchives . With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 the UK sculptor Stephen Duncan reached out to the Ukrainian sculptors in solidarity with their country and travelled to Kyiv in 2024 to work on a new collaboration between them, Voices From Ukraine, ‘creation in a time of destruction’. The central group of their collaboration uses the steel of spent shells to create 3-dimensional poetry, with poems written by Stephen Duncan offering viewers a deeper understanding of the realities and human cost of the war, while also highlighting resilience, solidarity and responsibility. It was a pleasure to meet Stephen Duncan and Borys Krylov, who left Ukraine for the opening. Oles Sydoruk is currently a soldier defending Ukraine. The exhibition continues till April 24th. #exhibitionlondon #ukrainiansculptor #ukrainiansculpture #londonexhibition #ukrainianart

This year marks 45 years since the Brixton Uprising. The demolition of housing in Railton Road, Brixton, on 12th April 1981, after riot damage includes an advert for Now! magazine featuring Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Image captioned: 'The Brixton Front Line area, Railton and Mayall Roads and the surrounding complex of streets, was made famous by the riots, but has long been a ghetto and slum area. The neighbourhood was a victim of the Brixton Centre Plan, and also suffered from property speculation and private landlordism, housing left empty, or tenanted and not maintained. It's no surprise that poor people, the homeless, victimised minorites of all kind, gambling houses and unlicensed clubs move into an area like this'.From 'As Safe As Houses', an exhibition on short-life housing in Lambeth put together in 1981 by Julian Quan with photographs by Peter Murphy. #Lambeth #Brixton #BrixtonUprising #CarltonMansionsArchive

This exhibition, Voices from Ukraine, features the sculptures of three members of the Royal Society Of sculptors, Stephen Duncan, Oles Sydoruk @olessydoruk and Borys Krylov @boryskrylovart and their international collaboration in Kyiv and London. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Feb 2022 the UK sculptor Stephen Duncan reached out to the Ukrainian sculptors, Oles Sydoruk and Boris Krylov, in solidarity with their country and travelled to Kyiv in 2024 to work on a new collaboration between them, Voices From Ukraine, ‘creation in a time of destruction’. The central group of their collaboration, Voices From Ukraine, uses the steel of spent shells to create 3-dimensional poetry, with poems written by Stephen Duncan and commissioned for the collaboration, ‘offering viewers a deeper understanding of the realities and human cost of this brutal war, while also highlighting resilience, solidarity and moral responsibility’(Oles Sydoruk). This exhibition follows on from their recent installation at the House Of Commons in February 2026, (sponsored by local MP Helen Hayes and mentioned in the House’s Ukraine debate on 24 Feb 2026) and aims to raise the profile in the UK of Ukraine and its defence against the invader. The people of Lambeth has been very generous in their support of Ukraine and her refugees caused by the war and it is fitting that this exhibition is to be held at the Lambeth Archive gallery, close to Lambeth Town Hall and the centre of Brixton, an area that has given refuge to many with the Homes For Ukraine scheme. #lambeth #lambethart #southlondonart #ukrainianart #LondonSculpture #ukraine #slavaukraini

Next Saturday 14 March between 4-5 pm is the second in our series of workshops: Mindfulness Session: A Guide to Mindfulness: Clarity, Creativity & Flow with artist: Ezgi Demir @brandart at @lambetharchives This practical session explores how mindfulness can help reduce overthinking, ease mental overload and improve focus. Designed for a broad audience, it offers accessible tools for clearer thinking and emotional balance. Ezgi Demir introduces the Holistic Quotient (HQ©), a framework that brings together logic, emotion and creativity to support better decision-making and adaptability. The session highlights how analytical thinking and intuition can work together rather than compete. Through short guided exercises including a simple drawing activity and a flow-based experiment, participants learn techniques to quiet mental chatter and shift into a more balanced, creative state. Attendees leave with practical strategies they can apply in everyday life to enhance clarity, reduce stress and build confidence. ©HQ Note: The Holistic Quotient (HQ) is a framework developed by Ezgi Demir integrating logic, emotion and creativity for clearer thinking and performance. We have added an extra tickets to this sold out workshop. #mindfulnesspractice #mindfulnessworkshop #brixtonmindfulness #freelondonworkshop #londonmindfulness

Next Saturday, 14 March 2-3.30pm is the first in our series of workshops @lambetharchives for South London Women Artists sisterhood exhibition Postcard Making with artists: Claire Dorey-Stalley @cladorartandwords and Beth Worth @bethcworth This welcoming drop-in postcard-making workshop is an engaging activity encouraging reflection and creativity. The workshop is open to families and supervised children, with a parent or adult carer. Adults may also take part. All materials will be provided. There is no formal instruction, unless asked for, allowing the session to flow naturally. Each postcard takes around 15-20 minutes so it’s up to you however long you would like to stay. The workshop is inclusive, informal and designed for mixed-ability audiences rather than professional artists. Booking required through SLWA’s Eventbrite page. #brixtonfamilyartworkshop #postcardmakingworkshop #freelondonartworkshop #mailartworkshop #postcardmaking

Sisterhood International Women’s Day Panel Talk Saturday 7 March 2.30-4pm An afternoon of conversation, connection and collective energy as SLWA members discuss their practices and the meaning of Sisterhood. Join us at Lambeth Archives as five artists from South London Women Artists come together in conversation to mark International Women’s Day. The artists will discuss their practice and talk about the work they have on display at the exhibition. They'll also discuss the challenges of being a woman artist today and the importance of a support community like South London Women Artists. They will offer their insights on: - Navigating visibility and representation in the art world. - Balancing studio practice with work, care and community. - The power of collectives in creating opportunities and sustaining momentum. - How supporting one another shapes ambition, resilience and creative courage. Hosted by SLWA chairwoman Beth Worth and artist Julie Bennett Book a ticket: /SLWAIWD #southlondonwomenartists #womeninspiringwomen #arttalk #womenartists #lambeth

Artist & Graphic Designer @julie_bennett explains her vision for our show ‘Sisterhood’ currently at @lambetharchives until 31 March 2026. Julie Bennett organised the exhibition alongside SLWA chairwoman @bethcworth and designed a fantastic 160 paged catalogue which is also a notebook / sketchbook with blank pages alongside all 76 artworks that are on display in the exhibition. Which is on sale in the gallery at just £10 each. #artcatalogue #artnotebook #southlondon #southlondonwomenartists #womensupportingwomen

South London Women Artists had the privilege of artist Joan Eytle Kendall @soulweaving explaining what it is like to be a Dementia carer to her mother, the isolation, the heartbreak in which she channelled this grief into creating her textile pieces. The exhibition is to celebrate International Women’s Month and runs until the 31st of March 2026. @lambetharchives 16 Brixton Hill, London SW2 1ET Tag a friend who understands what life is like for a carer Thank you for your support @internationalwomensday_global #internationalwomensday #internationalwomensmonth #dementia #contemporaryart #carer

Without these two women, South London Women Artists would not be here today @leonie_cronin and Jenny Sweeney together established SLWA in 2008 as a non-profit collective to support and showcase established and emerging women artists living and working in south London. Thanks also to past chairwomen Melissa Budasz @maskedsphinx - Laura Moreton-Griffiths @lauramoretongriffiths - Alice Lenkiewicz @alicerhenna and Michelle Baharier @bahariermichelle who have kept us afloat when sometimes energy is low. Also to @bethcworth our current chairwoman. Also to @catherinefraher who designed the first SLWA website #southlondonwomenartists #womensupportingwomen #womenartists #womenempowerment

South London Women Artists invite you to join their 18 years ‘Sisterhood’ exhibition at Lambeth Archives. This Exhibition opening from 2nd until 31st of March. Exhibition Catalogue & Shop Original Art online, please visit @slwartists .