Centrepieces’ Pop Up Studio has moved a few doors along Bexleyheath Broadway to a new unit a little closer to M&S. We also now have a gallery space just inside the main entrance of the shopping mall. Let’s hope that the spaces can be fully re-opened to artists and the public in the spring.

We have lovely Centrepieces T shirts and sweatshirts for sale, click here for details

Bellway London Partnerships, who are building new homes in Crayford, have generously donated £500 to Centrepieces to help re-open our studios safely to artists following the lockdown. Their support is much appreciated.

Centrepieces would like to thank Winners Chapel Dartford, the Baring Foundation, the London Borough of Bexley and the National Lottery Community Fund for recent grants towards the costs of helping our members and the charity to recover from the lockdown period and move forward with new activities and new ways of  delivering services. Their support is very much appreciated.

Some of our tutors and artists are making videos during the lockdown. You can watch some of them on our Video Page.

We are looking for a new admin volunteer to help out in the office at The Lodge. Tasks might include helping to prepare for exhibitions and events, writing publicity materials, photographing and logging artwork, keeping the membership records up to date and dealing with enquiries on the phone. You would need good office and IT skills and be confident talking to people. If you are interested and have at least one day a week to spare, please contact Geoff Norris or Karen Larkin on 01322 554589 or email info@centrepieces.org

 

Please support Centrepieces Mental Health Arts Project by buying your tickets for the Bexley Community Lottery!

Buy your lottery tickets here!

For every £1 lottery ticket you buy, you are entered into a draw to win a top prize of £25,000 – plus Centrepieces received 50p for every £1.

If you shop online with Amazon, you can also help Centrepieces by using the Amazon Smile website. If you nominate Centrepieces CIO as your preferred charity, Amazon will donate 0.5% of everything you buy to Centrepieces. The goods and prices are exactly the same as on the main website. So why not take a look at smile.amazon.co.uk and help Centrepieces every time you shop

Britta Von Zweigbergk, one of our Trustees, has written another book, an anthology of poems, writings and pictures from the Art Therapy Department at the old Bexley Hospital between 1973 and 1976, called Words From The Edge. It costs £8-99. Her two previous books are Tales of Bexley Hospital based on her ‘Asylum Diaries’ of her years as Head of Art Therapy at Bexley Hospital, £9-99, and Centrepieces, A Story of Mental Health and Art in Bexley Part 1  about the evolution of Centrepieces and art therapy from the mid 1970’s to the mid 1990’s, £14-99 or £12-99 for Centrepieces artists and volunteers. Copies of all can be bought from The Lodge or the Pop Up when they reopen, or phone 01322 554589.