The Last Sideshow NMME Ling-Ling the acrobat embodies discipline

Ling-Ling the acrobat embodies discipline hidden beneath theatrical costume and painted identity

the sea stretched towards the horizon where a lone sailboat slipped effortlessly finding its way across the water

Watercolour Butterflies Workshop with Ingrid Bartkowiak

this workshop welcomes all skill levels and provides everything you need to create beautiful watercolours

this work invites moments of discovery and quiet reflection

The Last Sideshow NMME Ling-Ling the acrobat embodies disciplineThe Last Sideshow By artist: Jacqui Burnell Air dry clay, chalk paint, recycled brass tray, artist board, lacquer. 90 x 90 x 10 cm Before television, social media and 24 hour entertainment, people flocked to circuses to marvel at the unusual. Bearded women, strongmen and acrobats became spectacles that were celebrated for, and simultaneously reduced to, their differences. This trio reimagines those performers through hand built clay portraits mounted