Mosaic Culture Hub has once again organised a guided visit to The Koestler Art and Writing Exhibition to view works from people in prison or on probation.  Edwin Lucas has already visited and was inspired by the poetry about prison life. The artwork is varied, as are the materials used, including pieces made with rice, ring caps from soft drink cans and wool.  There is something to inspire everyone.

Join Mosaic at the Southbank.Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.  Closest Stations: Waterloo (train and tube) and Embankment (tube). We will meet in the basement area, outside the exhibition.

We look forward to seeing our regulars and newcomers too.

Please RSVP below to let us know you are coming.

Mosaic Culture Hub invites you to meet Jack Matthews, Chairman of Norwood Old Scholars.

Join us for a light lunch before a presentation by Jack Matthews about the history of Norwood’s Jewish orphanage, with memories of his experience as a Norwood Boy, illustrated with drawings and photos of how the organisation evolved over the years, and interesting anecdotes.

Jack was born in Liverpool in 1938. Just after the war in 1948 he was sent to the Jewish orphanage in west Norwood south London and was there for five years, leaving in 1953.

He was then fostered by Mr and Mrs Fox and lived with them and their two children Jeffrey and Elaine until he began training as an apprentice chef at J. Lyons at the age of 15.

Jack went on to develop a successful career, meeting his wife in 1960, with whom he had two daughters and two grandsons. He retired as Director of Catering at Tesco’s Head Office and then moved into the world of film and TV.

Please book via the Mosaic website by Wednesday 3^rd December for catering purposes. There is a £7 charge which will increase to £10 from 4^th December

Culture Hub invites you to meet Hyman Wolanski, author of ‘Jews, Nazis and The Holocaust: What You Need to Know.’

Join us for a light lunch before Hyman delves into how antisemitism developed over the centuries and morphed from religious antisemitism, where the Jews were held responsible for the death of Jesus Christ, into Nazi antisemitism, where it was deemed necessary to murder all the Jews.

Please book via the Mosaic website by Wednesday 7^th January for catering purposes.  There is a £7 charge which will increase to £10 from 8^th January.

Hyman was born in 1948 in a Displaced Persons Camp in Germany and came to England as an eleven-week-old baby with his parents, Polish Jews whose families had been murdered in the Holocaust.

He has been a pensions actuary for many years , explaining complex technical matters in simple language, and he has used this expertise to write a clear, accessible and compelling book about the Holocaust.

Culture Hub invites you to meet Gary Italiaander, author of ‘’The Amazing Art of Michael Italiaander’

Join us for a light lunch before Gary gives an illustrated talk on his father’s artwork which covered four genres: Fine Art; Advertising Art; Illustrations & Cartoons.

Gary will tell the stories behind the artist and the amazing body of work that he produced, starting with his work as the youngest British war artist at that time.

One of Michael’s works is in The Private Collection at Buckingham Palace. This talk will show how one artist created such a diverse, huge collection of art.

Please book via the Mosaic website by Wednesday 18^th February for catering purposes.  There is a £7 charge which will increase to £10 from 19^th February.

Gary, member of Mosaic, is well known as photographer, image restorer, educator, musician, author and interviewer and we are delighted to welcome him back to the Culture Hub.