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Celebrating 10 Years
Today is a special day for us here at PopUp Painting: it’s our birthday! 10 years ago we ran our first ever event, popping up to paint the London skyline at the Soho Hotel. Since then we’ve painted with around 70,000 people, and we’re so grateful to have reached this milestone. Thank you so much [...]
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PopUp Painting coming to Glasgow!

We have exciting news! At long last, PopUp Painting is coming to Glasgow. We will be hosting our first event in the city on Thursday 27 October with our first partner venue, Embargo. Check out the event and our full calendar (lots more dates coming soon) here. We are so excited to get unleashing creativity, […]

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PopUp Painting on BBC Radio London
On Monday night, Gareth joined Alice Dale on BBC Radio London. They talked about PopUp Painting's nine years of unleashing creativity, setting up The London Art Bar, and mental health and running. Have a listen!

PopUp Painting launches in Newmarket

On Thursday night, PopUp Painting launched at Wildwood in Newmarket. PopUp Painting’s events are ’social painting and wine experiences’, with a glass of wine in one hand and a paintbrush in the other. Now in its ninth year and fifty-five thousand guests later, PopUp Painting runs ‘painting and wine’ events in bars, restaurants and workplaces […]

Things to do this Jubilee Weekend
The upcoming Jubilee weekend isn't just giving us one, but two Bank Holidays! From Thursday 2nd June through to Sunday 5th June the country will be celebrating, but what Jubilee events coming up can you join in? Luckily at PopUp Painting and The London Art Bar we've got a whole range of fun activities for [...]
Coming Soon The London Art Bar

Coming Soon: The London Art Bar
Launching in late June 2021, The London Art Bar is the next exciting phase of our mission to unleash creativity, and bring art out of the classroom and gallery into the places people meet on an every day basis. Located just 4 minutes walk from Holborn Station, it will be the new home for PopUp [...]
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Eight Years of PopUp Painting
PopUp Painting at 8: how it started and where it’s going Today PopUp Painting & Events turns eight years old! Since our launch in 2013 we’ve painted with more than 50,000 people from around the UK. We’ve loved seeing people from all different walks of life unleash their creativity (wine glass in one hand, paintbrush [...]
Festival of Creativity 28 March

Announcing the Festival of Creativity, 28th March
On 28 March 2021 PopUp Painting will be doing something it has never done before: putting on a full day of crafts and creativity! At this event - the Festival of Creativity - PopUp Painting will be collaborating with creatives and artisans from across the country to bring you a fantastic online event full of creativity, workshops [...]

Mid-Winter Exhibition – Thursday 11 February
This coming Thursday the PopUp Painting team will be hosting a Mid-Winter exhibition over on Instagram, in our Instagram stories. Join us from 7PM on Thursday 11 February, as we take you on a tour exploring a fantastic mix of old-masters and up-and-coming contemporary talent. To access the exhibition just head to our Instagram page [...]