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Art at the Carnegie

A very personal exhibition of works by local architect and artist Keith Whitworth, paintings in oils and in acrylics of his family and friends, and of local architecture such as Brockwell Hall and, in watercolours, the D&V (aka The Crown & Greyhound) and Dulwich College seen from the allotments (a scene with Sydenham Hills in the background that is 2024 but could be 1924)...as well as landscapes from his childhood in and around Barrow-in-Furness.

Friends of Carnegie Library in co-operation with Lambeth Library Services

Inspirational Women of Lambeth with Jenni Bowley

Tuesday evening, 12 March 7pm to 8:30pm

The women of Lambeth have been trailblazers and pioneers and occasionally notorious. From the thirteenth to the twenty-first century, Lambeth women have excelled in many spheres, from the medieval wife, Margaret FitzGerold, who challenged the king’s right to determine her life to Adele, world famous queen of pop music.

Here you will find female mountaineers, artists, architects, actors, politicians, doctors, nurses, novelists, theatre directors, businesswomen and campaigners across the centuries.

Glass ceilings have been shattered.

Event organised by The Friends of Carnegie Library

Admission free - reserve a spot

The event will be live-streamed from the Carnegie Library facebook page and available to view for 30 days afterwards.

Lost Places

Tuesday evening , 13 Feb 2024 19:00 - 20:30 pm - at the library

Join editor Jeffrey Doorn and contributing authors to discuss this LGBT+ anthology of stories & poems and significant places in our lives.

19 prose and poetry pieces by 14 authors recollects places now lost, either through physical alteration, changed character, redevelopment or demolition.

It is important not only to recall the venues and facilities of the past, but also to record these markers of our history and heritage before they are completely forgotten - they form part of a legacy to younger and future generations who might not otherwise have any idea such places existed or what part they played in our development as individuals or communities.

Presented by The Friends of Carnegie Library

Admission free - reserve a spot

The event will be live-streamed from the Carnegie Library facebook page and available to view for 30 days afterwards.

Author Sue Hubbard

Tuesday evening, 9th of January - 7pm to 8:30pm

At the library (or online)

We are delighted to welcome back novelist and freelance art critic Sue Hubbard to discuss Flatlands – her latest novel - a moving tale of friendship and the beauty of nature, set in the wild landscape of the Fens during the Second World War.

Presented by the Friends of Carnegie Library

Reserve a spot on Eventbrite

You can also view the event online from the Carnegie Library facebook page (videos)

Art is Magic: Jeremy Deller

Tuesday evening - 12 December 7pm to 8:30 pm

Presented by the Friends

Turner Prize winner in 2004 for Memory Bucket.

55th Venice Biennale (2013), represented Britain.

His projects over the past two decades, Battle of Orgreave (2001), We’re Here Because We’re Here (2016) as well as the documentary Everybody in the Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992 (2019) have influenced the conventional map of contemporary art.

Jeremy Deller enjoys critical acclaim in the UK and across the world. Art is Magic is the first book in which the artist reflects on the entirety of his career, his life and his art.

Art is Magic is a holistic and revealing account of the inspirations, passions and practices of one of the UK’s foremost contemporary artists, playful, political, provocative, borrowing from many forms and produced over many mediums.

Reserve a spot so you don't miss out.

The talk will also be livestreamed from the Carnegie Library facebook page (videos)