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Winchester School of Art

Material Interests: Toy Stories … How 'not' to make a living as an artist Event

Lead toy figures at Downing street
Time:
16:00 - 18:00
Date:
7 May 2024
Venue:
Winchester School of Art, East Building, Lecture Theatre B, and Online

Event details

Part stand-up comedy, part performance lecture, TOY STORIES takes the audience on an irreverent, powerful and hilarious storytelling adventure through art, contemporary politics, twentieth-century history and toys. A dazzling journey from Scalextric to Nazis.

About the speaker

Chris Dobrowolski was born and lives and works in Essex. He studied at the Royal College of Art. He also studied in Hull where he was invited to return and commissioned as part of the Hull 2017 UK City of Culture. He has exhibited and performed nationally and internationally including participating in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was also an artist in residence with the British Antarctic Survey.

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