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You are warmly invited for a drink and a short talk by artist Alexandra Blum about her new drawings of London at 3pm on Saturday 21st October at Fitzrovia Gallery, 139 Whitfield Street, London, W1T 5EN.  

Living life in an urban sprawl can often result in getting subsumed by the daily drudgery and losing perspective on the breathtakingly diverse and juxtaposed environment that is a city. So, why not join Alexandra Blum at her solo show “Wayfaring, An Exhibition of Drawings” and take a moment to travel through London by immersing yourself in her art. 

Alexandra was a MEXT scholar at Kyoto City University of Arts from 1996-98 and is passionate about expressing our journey of life in urban spaces through drawing. Her drawings have been included in various exhibitions and have won awards including the Hugh Casson Drawing Prize in 2019, an Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Award in 2012, and First Prize in the David Gluck Memorial Bursary for Drawing in 2008.   

Alexandra will give a short talk discussing how and why she draws and how her journey and passions - including studying ways of depicting movement through time and space in Japan -  have shaped her work. The talk will take place within her show 'Wayfaring' at Fitzrovia Gallery and Alexandra will guide you around her panoramic drawings, enabling you to look closely to discover how she constructs journeys within her drawings, in order to reveal the many events which took place within each location as she drew.   

Admission is free, but please RSVP in advance by email to: AlexandraBlumDrawing@gmail.com.  

You can see images of her drawings and read more about Alexandra and the “Wayfaring” exhibition at this link (URL will be hyperlinked to “link” https://www.alexblum.co.uk/wayfaring). Following the talk, there will be an informal BAMS social at a nearby pub – all are welcome to join. 

What: Artist’s Talk by Alexandra Blum followed by BAMS social in a nearby pub 

When: 3pm, Saturday 21st October 

Where: Fitzrovia Gallery, 139 Whitfield Street, London, W1T 5EN 

RSVP: AlexandraBlumDrawing@gmail.com  

Further info: www.alexblum.co.uk/wayfaring.  

We very much hope you'll join us, it promises to be a fun and interesting afternoon! 

We ask your cooperation for the above mentioned survey conducted by Japan Student Service Organization. The following online survey will open on Wednesday 17 November until Sunday 19 December, 2021.

日本語
https://www.online-system.jasso.go.jp/survey/allalumni/ja
English
https://www.online-system.jasso.go.jp/survey/allalumni/en

Respondents do not have to be MEXT scholars but anyone who has studied in Japan at any level of high school or higher education in the past.

According to JASSO, this is their first and biggest online survey of the ex-international students. The results will be published on the JASSO website.