Events

Talks

Monday 13 October

7pm – 8.30pm (doors open 6pm)    

£8 with pay bar

Hogarth meets Desperate Dan in An English Interior: Artist John Kindness in conversation with Curator Gill Hedley.

Dudley Watkins, who created Desperate Dan, and William Hogarth are among Kindness’s artistic mentors: “...they both have a genius for turning total chaos into brilliant pictorial order.” John Kindness and Gill Hedley discuss the influences and unusual marriages of style and setting that characterise Kindness's work.

Wednesday 15 October

BSL Tour

FREE with museum admission (FREE museum admission for BSL users)

2pm – 3pm

Join our experienced guide Jane King on a tour of the Museum, supported by a qualified BSL interpreter.

Sunday 26 October

Youth event

Free with museum admission

12pm - 4pm

Youth Art, Design, Fashion & Music Afternoon
Inspiring Youth is a new London-based voluntary project getting young people under the age of 25 involved in creative events and publishing activities. This free event in the Picture Gallery provides a fantastic opportunity for aspiring and developing artists, designers, fashion-makers, and musicians to showcase their masterpieces to the public, industry professionals, potential investors, employers and press. This event gives gifted young producers a unique platform for their talents to be discovered and appreciated. All ages are welcome to attend and support inspirational youth-made art.

For more information and to get involved please contact Monelle Bryce on 07961 198 028 or mbryce@partynpaper.com.

Friday 7 November

7pm - 8.30pm (doors open 6.30pm)

£15

Drunk for a penny, dead drunk for two pence

Back by popular demand! Professor Steven Parissien will once again present his popular gin tasting session in the Foundling Museum’s Picture Gallery. Explore the wonders of mothers ruin and tantalise your taste buds whilst listening to the history of gin from the 1690’s to the present day with a particular emphasis on the mid 18th-century ‘gin craze’. Tickets are limited so early booking is recommended.

Monday 10 November

7 – 8.30pm (doors open 6.30)

£10 with pay bar

Harlots, Rakes & Crashing China

A violent introduction to ceramics in Hogarth’s England.  Lars Tharp, the new Director of the Foundling and ceramics expert from the Antiques Roadshow, will give this popular talk for the first time in London. Crockery, pots and fine porcelain teeter, totter and cascade through the lively and sometimes riotous images of Hogarth’s dramas. Never innocent bystanders, ceramics actively contribute to the narrative while simultaneously – and fortuitously for the ceramic historian – capturing a whole spectrum of potters’ traditions at a time of intense East-West trade wars. A rumbustuous introduction to 18th century ceramics - and to William Hogarth himself, this is a joint event with the Hogarth Group to mark William Hogarth’s 311th birthday.

Friday 21 November

7pm – 8.30pm (doors open 6.30pm)

£8 with pay bar

Off the Wall

To complement the current contemporary art installation in the Exhibition Gallery by John Kindness, An English Interior, Gill Saunders, Senior Curator of Prints in the Word and Image Department of the V&A will give this talk about the art and history of wallpaper. This illustrated lecture will look at the origins of wallpaper and focus on its use in 18th century interior decoration, looking at changes in styles and tastes as well as production techniques - including flock wallpapers, Chinese hand-painted export wallpapers and 'print room'-style decorations among others.

Saturday 13 December

Carol service

FREE with museum admission

2pm – 4pm

OCA Carol Service

Join former pupils of the Foundling Hospital and members of the Old Coram Association for a traditional Christmas carol service in the Museum’s beautiful Picture Gallery. Members of the public are welcome.

Foundling Sundays

On the first Sunday of every month you can enjoy a free gallery talk followed by a concert in the Picture Gallery.  Free with Museum admission (£5 adults, £4 concessions, children under 16 and Foundling Pass holders free of charge).

Talk 2 - 2.30pm, concert 3 - 4pm concert.

Sunday 7 September

Jenny Stacey and Adrian Hepton talk about Whaling Captain William Wells and his Grandfather Gustavus Wells who was left at the Foundling Hospital.  The talk will be followed by a performance in the Picture Gallery given by Elizabeth Werry and friends.

Sunday 5 October

Theodore Jacobsen: An architect's portfolio: Diane Flint will give this talk on the architect of the original Foundling Hospital building based on her dissertation research as part of her MA at the Courtauld Institute of Art where she studied 17th and 18th century English architectural history. The talk will be followed by a piano recital by Christopher Sayles which will include Schumann’s piano sonata no.2 in G minor, Op.22.

Sunday 2 November

An English Interior: Olivia Rickman, Press & Marketing Manager at the Foundling Museum will talk about the current contemporary installation in the Exhibition Gallery which will be followed by a piano recital by Annie Yim in the Picture Gallery.

Sunday 7 December

Janette Bright and Gill Clark will give a talk on the tokens of the Foundling Hospital where they will present their initial findings from their research into why the tokens exist, how they came to be on show and what they tell us about the lives of those who left them.  The talk will be followed by a performance by Catherine Fox (violin) and Merel van der Knoop (piano).

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