The Dickens News Series -The Ragshow Edition January 31, 2013

The Ragshow Edition

Join Cooltan Arts for a free exhibition exploring the life, work and heritage of Charles Dickens.

Morley Gallery, 61 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7HT

1st Feb 2013-13th Feb.

Private view 7th February. 6-8pm

Come and enjoy a Dickensian fashion extravaganza with arts-in-mental health charity CoolTan Arts! We are delighted to invite you to the third exhibition in our Dickens News series –‘The Ragshow Edition’, which celebrates the life and work of Charles Dickens, with a contemporary creative twist and social comment to boot!
The exhibition runs from the 1st Feb 2013 to the 13th Feb 2013 at Morley Gallery.

A special private view on February 7th 6-8pm will be opened by artist Maggi Hambling. The Ragshow exhibition showcases both the textile and visual art work of CoolTan Arts Artists. Textile and batik pieces explore and contemporise Dickens characters, from Miss Havisham & Nancy, and will look at all levels of Victorian dress. Also showing are a plethora of prints, drawings, paintings and written work examinng Dickens life and work and his connection to Southwark .

For more information please contact: emmathatcher@cooltanarts.org.uk
020 7701 2696