SUMMER LATES

31 May – Drag and Draw

Join us on the opening night of our major summer exhibition, Beyond Fashion. Tickets include:
– Entry to Beyond Fashion
– Entry to all current Ground Floor Shows, including Metamorphosis: Innovation in Eco-Photography & Film
– Access Drag Life Drawing workshop, guided by Saatchi Gallery Learning
– Bar open to 8:30pm, with special drinks offers from Pasqua Wines

The Drag Life Drawing workshop will feature drag artists who use performance, make up and fashion to challenge gender expression. Guided by the Saatchi Gallery Learning team, participants will be encouraged to engage with the live performances and poses held by the performers through sketches and drawings. No prior experience is required.

This Late is supported by Pasqua Wines.

28 June – Botanical Drawing and Printmaking

In celebration of The RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show, the second of our Summer Lates will be themed around botanical art. Tickets include:
– Entry to both The RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show and Beyond Fashion
– Entry to all current Ground Floor Shows
– Bar open to 8:30pm
– Two guided workshops

Botanical Drawing
This workshop invites you to try your hand at botanical drawing from a beautiful floral display provided by Sisters of Bloom. Botanical artist and 2023 RHS exhibitor Rui Jiang will offer suggestions, advice and support.

Botanical Printmaking
Create botanical prints from real plants and flowers using simple monoprinting techniques, supported by the Saatchi Gallery Learning team.
Both workshops are open to all levels; basic materials will be provided.

26 July – Drop in and Dance

Don’t miss our penultimate Summer Late. Tickets include:
– Entry to Beyond Fashion
– Entry to all current Ground Floor Shows
– Bar open to 8:30pm
– A drop in dance class, led by a professional dancer

The accessible drop in dance class is inspired by the shapes created by the body in the Beyond Fashion exhibition. You will be led through a series of techniques and stimuli by a professional dancer and have the opportunity to showcase your movements later in the evening, should you wish to. Open to all levels.

6 Sept – Strike a Pose! ‘Vogue’ Life Drawing

Join us for our final Late of the season. With London Fashion Week coming up, visitors are invited to join us for a life drawing session where models and an MC will perform and pose for you to draw, sketch, and feel inspired. Tickets include:
– Entry to Beyond Fashion
– Entry to all current Ground Floor Shows
– Bar open to 8:30pm
– A guided ‘Vogue’ Life Drawing class

‘Voguing’ is a highly stylised, modern house dance originating in the late 1980s that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s. It is inspired by the poses of models in fashion magazines, like many of those you will see in the Beyond Fashion exhibition.