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Highlights

Selected past and future engagements

Gimara Duncan-Rice's art engagements are divided into four catergories:

• Art book club
• Speaking
• Art writing & storytelling
• Demonstrations & workshops
• Exhibitions

Art book club

Gimara founded and runs an online art book club: https://m.facebook.com/groups/ArtBookClub/

Speaking

• Arts and Health Hub, Southbank Centre, London, UK:
• 23rd March 2022

Art writing & storytelling

• A portrait of a studio, in the time of Covid-19, funded by Social Art Library and Axis Web, Published online, UK:
• 2021

Residencies

• Autumn Residency 2022, In a Sculpture Gallery, London, UK:
• 5-9 September 2022 - A self-led drawing residency... more to come
• Summer Residency 2022, In a Cast Gallery, Cambridge, UK:
• 2-5 Aug 2022 - A self-led sketching residency surrounded by ancient gods, heroes, rulers & philosophers

 

Demonstrations and workshops

Gimara designed and led 'drawing and painting' workshop programmes for:

• North Hertfordshire College, Hitchin Campus, Hertfordshire, UK:
  • 22nd September 2022- 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks)
  • 21st April 2022- 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks)
  • 15th January 2022- 'Drawing and painting for improvers' (8 weeks)
  • 30th September 2021- 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks)
  • 15th April 2021- 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks)
  • 21st January 2021- 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks) *cancelled due to COVD-19
  • 23rd April 2020 - 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks) *cancelled due to COVD-19
  • 8th October 2020 - 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks)
  • 16th January 2020 - 'Drawing and painting for improvers' (8 weeks)
  • 26th September 2019 - 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (8 weeks)
  • 25th April 2019 - 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (10 weeks)
  • 10th January 2019 - 'Drawing and painting for beginners' (10 weeks)
• Lowewood Museum, Broxbourne, UK,
  • 7th March 2020 Drawing and Painting with Watercolour Pencils at Lowewood Museum, Broxbourne (Managed by Epping Forest District Council)
    https://ex.broxbourne.gov.uk/leisure-lowewood-museum/event/art-workshops-adults
• 7th December 2019 Printmaking at Lowewood Museum, Broxbourne (managed by Epping Forest District Council)
  https://ex.broxbourne.gov.uk/leisure-lowewood-museum/event/art-workshops-adults
• Derbyshire County Council, Adult Community Education (ACE) (6 weeks)

Additionally, Gimara teaches painting and drawing techniques in Hertfordshire through Koala Courses.

Selected exhibitions

2022
Group Exhibition - Digswell Arts, Print Studios, The Forge, Hertfordshire, UK

2012                
Solo Exhibition - Spotlight Gallery, Hertfordshire, UK

2012               
Group Exhibition - The Elephant in the Room at the Point, South Yorkshire, UK

2011
Solo Exhibition - Herts Visual Art Open Studio, UK

Commissions, artist's interventions, residencies and community projects etc.

Gimara undertakes comissions, art interventions, residencies and community projects. Just send an email to, gimara.artist@gmail.com, and let her know:

- What look are you trying to achieve?
- What medium is right for you?
- What budget do you have in mind?
- Where is the artwork going to hang/reside?
- How much space do you have?