JOHN HEWITT mmu DAY AT THE WEAVERS FACTORY
FRIDAY 25th March, 2022

Date: Midday, Friday 25th March, 2022
Venue: Weavers Factory, 13 New Street, Uppermill, Greater Manchester, OL3 6AU

The Weavers Factory is delighted to invite MMU staff and students to John Hewitt’s brand new exhibition at the Weavers Factory ‘Quadrupeds, Quadrupled’ on Friday March 25th, 2022. John will talk about his process at Midday, followed by tea and biscuits in the gallery garden. If you wish to attend please RSVP to John Hewitt wjhewitt.drawings@gmail.com

ABOUT JOHN HEWITT

John Hewitt completed a PhD in 2008, on the subject of contemporary English courtroom sketches. His research encompassed aspects of reportage drawing, various modes of print publishing, relationships between words, photographs and drawings, notions of authorship in the context of art practice and criticism, and the value of personal memory as an evidential tool in visual documentation. John was a Senior Lecturer in Illustration with Animation at MMU until 2021. He has taught widely in English art schools since 1981, in the areas of fine art, printmaking and illustration at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. John was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art in 2003 and won the Hugh Casson Prize for drawing at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2016. John’s artwork is housed in several national collections, including the V&A and the Government Art Collection. His illustrations have appeared in books, magazines and newspapers including the Sunday Times, the Radio Times, the Guardian, New Statesman, Time Out and Ambit.