Welcome to Placeworks

Posted 14 May, 2009

the place to see work by British artist, urbanist and writer Sarah Jarvis

Innovation and understanding in the built enviroment - working with SABE at UoW

Posted 30 Jun, 2010

Placeworks has been commissioned to produce a pocket guide to SABE - the School of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster in central London.

Wellbeing@Work

Posted 30 Jun, 2010

Placeworks has recently completed a new communications project with Better Bankside, promoting a health and well-being project funded by the Department for Work and Pensions.

Time off for good behaviour - Placeworks on the Isle of Wight

Posted 28 Jun, 2010

Placeworks has been sailing.

Remember drawing?

Posted 31 May, 2010

I have really enjoyed rediscovering the joys of graphite recently. There are a few examples of larger, studio works in the Galleries, including a few drawings inspired by the Swedish phenomenon of 'Wallander' as well as some pages from my sketchbook.
Drawing in public is fun and a bit addictive. In France this month I attracted a small crowd at the harbour in St-Vaast and got a particulalrly good review from one 6 year-old critic. Most of all, I have remembered the joy and value of drawing in its own right, and not just as a way of working out ideas before the brushes come out. Vive le dessin!

The Big Draw

Posted 26 May, 2010

The De La Warr Pavilion is an inspiring building at the best of times, but particularly on a sunny day in May in the company of artists and educators exploring drawing activities with The Big Draw's Eileen Adams. Armed with clipboards and pens we headed out into an unsuspecting Bexhill to create and record our journeys in continous line.
A stimulating day, and I look forward to working further with The Big Draw.

LBHF Arts Forum

Posted 06 Jan, 2010

Sarah will be representing the Society of Fulham Artists & Potters (SOFAP) on the Arts Forum, set up by LB Hammersmith & Fulham to bring together key artistic and cultural organisations to further the arts and culture within the borough.

New painting unveiled

Posted 10 Dec, 2009

Sarah's latest painting, 'Power Station, Dorset', has already received critical acclaim. The work is in oil on gesso panel and depicts a research Nuclear Power Station which was built on the Dorset heathland in the 1960s and demolished in the 1980s. As well as challenging conventional ideas of beauty and landscape, the use of two distinct languages within the painting explores the specific impact of human intervention in nature and a wider sense of transplantation and 'out of' place. 'Power Station Dorset' can be seen in the Places Gallery.

Palace Riverside Artists

Posted 19 Nov, 2009

Sarah is working with a small group of other London artists under the name of 'Palace Riverside Artists' . Palace Riverside is the London electoral ward where we all live and work, named for Fulham Palace, the historic former country residence of the Bishops of London which was built in the north bank of the River Thames and dates from the 11th century. Details of our first group show to follow.

Academy of Urbanism

Posted 23 Sep, 2009

I have recently been invited to become an Academician. The Academy of Urbanism is a high level, cross sector group of individuals and organisations that champions - through discourse, education and awards - the cause of good quality urbanism throughout Great Britain and Ireland. For more information see the Academy's website.