Thames Festival Trust - With Totally Thames just around the corner, check out some of the amazing events we've got coming up

 

Illuminated River celebrate all bridges being lit with Totally Thames events Thu 23 - Sat 25 Sep | Various Locations Spanning 9 bridges between London & Lambeth Bridges, Illuminated River is the world's longest art installation. Check out our programme of Illuminated River events as part of Totally Thames this September, including a One Night Light Show by the installation's artist Leo Villereal, boat trips, walking tours and more.  Find out more Illuminated River joins Thames Lens with a new category If you do go visit any Illuminated River events or bridges, make sure to take a snap and enter it into Thames Lens where we have a new category dedicated to the project and a host of amazing prizes Rivers of the World Exhibitions Outside Tate Modern | National Maritime Museum | All September We have two Rivers of the World exhibitions taking place in London! Head to National Maritime Museum to see work by children at schools in Greenwich & their partner school in Ghana. And head outside Tate Modern from today to see Rivers of the World artwork from children across the UK and the World. Find out more Tide Changers Events Tide Changers: Tea from the Thames | St Paul's Cathedral | Fri 3 - Sun 5 Sep The tea from the Thames project features a ceramic tea set and water filter made form Thames river clay and used to make a cup of tea from the river. Head to Hands on History @ St Paul's Cathedral to see the tea pot and a film about the project Tide Changers: In the Offing, The Sea & Sky were Welded | Online & aboard Uber Boat by Thames Clippers | Various Dates Through Sonam Tobgyal's series of Solargraphs, this project conveys this idea of transition capturing locations both peaceful and developing along the Thames. Tide Changers: Lilith | SET Woolwich | Sat 25 - Thu 30 Sep Experience an audiovisual installation by Jessie Russel Donn featuring choral singers, film, flower pressing projections exploring life, death and the Thames in Woolwich The Islanders Exhibition & Events Various Dates & Locations Head to the Islanders Exhibition in Thames Barrier Park to see the story of Silvertown and North Woolwich through the words of those who lived, worked and grew up there. We also have a handful of amazing walks and talks to complement this exhibition. Find out more The Tide Line | Thu 23 Sep | Butler's Wharf Ludwig Willis Architects are creating a reimagined jetty at Butler's Wharf - head to an event exploring this new design and the jetty's links to London's industrial history... Sonic Ray | Starts Thu 30 Sep | Trinity Buoy Wharf & Slice of Reality Sonic Ray is a powerful beam of light that will project the sound of Jem Finer's Longplayer, a 1000-year long musical composition, across the River Thames. Produced by ArtAngel Whistler While you Walk | Chelsea & Battersea | Sat 18 Sep Whistler While you Walk with Riverside Artists Group artist Martin Ireland, who will take you on a tour following the footsteps of painter James NcNeil Whistler.  Tide Play | Online | All Sep Artist Rachel Hughes has created an animated cabinet of curiosities, exploring our relationship with the Thames, featuring objects from the river bed and reactions to them Photography Tours at Night | London Bridge - Westminster | 25 & 26 Sep Learn how to take photos at night with Photography Tours at Night who have created a special Totally Thames tour along Illuminated River bridges Sign up to be part of Team Thames! Join our crew for free to get all the news direct to your inbox and to gain access to exclusive content. Find out more Take part in Thames Lens 2021! We want amateur photographers to capture the Thames and what it means to them personally through photography with the theme ‘My Thames Vision’. Connecting with the ways that the river has served as a multi-purpose, multi-faceted entity that we should celebrate and protect through photography. Find out more We are a registered charity, donate to help us continue our work. #supportthearts Find out more