Ekphrasis: Words Meet Sculptures
Thursday 10th July 2025, 7:00pm to 7:45pm
The Churchyard, St John’s Waterloo
As part of the ‘Now I make a leaf of voices’ exhibition, members of the Creative Writing Club have collaborated with artists from The London Group to create new writing in response to the sculptures installed in the churchyard. Join us for a relaxed recital in the churchyard, where writers will share their work alongside the artworks that inspired them. The event is led by poet Anna Robinson and exhibition co-curator Stathis Dimitriadis.
About the artists:
Led by local author, poet and tutor Anna Robinson, the Creative Writing Club meets every fortnight on Wednesday evening to explore different techniques to spark participants’ ideas and craft poems, flash fiction, haikus, and more. No experience is needed to join this group – just grab a pen, some paper, and let your imagination run wild! Part of Room for You.
The London Group was set up in October 1913 by 32 artists including Harold Gilman, Robert Bevan, Jacob Epstein, Duncan Grant, Sylvia Gosse, Wyndham Lewis, Lucien Pissarro, Ethel Sands and Walter Sickert, with the aim of creating a powerful artist-run group to act as a progressive counterbalance to institutions such as the Royal Academy. The founding group created a unique and sustainable organisation, which has gone on to successfully nurture the careers of many of Britain’s best-known artists.
The London Group is a thriving democratic artists’ collective practising in all disciplines, from painting and sculpture to moving image, digital and performance, with a full annual events programme in London and beyond. The Group’s written constitution requires it “to advance public awareness of contemporary visual art by holding exhibitions annually.” Operating in the interstices of existent art institutions, the Group’s focus today is on self-generated exhibitions. Organised and managed by its artist members, these events aim to offer a serious and alternative perspective to contemporary visual arts in Britain.
The Bridge At Waterloo is a secular charity located at and founded by St John’s Waterloo. Through its historic building, staff, volunteers and in partnership with its neighbourhood and other organisations, TBAW promotes community engagement, the arts, and horticulture to encourage social justice, communal involvement, inclusivity, and environmental responsibility.
About The Waterloo Festival:
The Waterloo Festival is an annual celebration of arts, heritage and community run by St John’s Waterloo with the local community. Read more about this year’s programme: www.stjohnswaterloo.org/wf2026
Getting to St John’s Waterloo: St John’s Waterloo is accessible by bus, tube or train; the nearest station is Waterloo Station. Parking is available in Exton Street on pay bays, Monday to Friday from 8.30am till 6.30pm & Saturday 8.30am till 1.30pm. Payment must be made by phone or app, details can be found on signs along Exton Street. After 6.30pm (1pm on Saturday) parking is free within the bays and on single yellow lines. There are no disabled bays along Exton Street. Parking is also available in car parks in York Road and Cornwall Road, details for both can be found online.