This special event will take place in front of an audience at The Actors’ Church in Covent Garden on Sunday 18th October at 6.30pm.
It has been announced that Frances Segelman will sculpt celebrated actor, writer and presenter Richard E. Grant before a live audience, offering a rare opportunity to witness the creation of a new portrait sculpture as it unfolds.
The evening will also include a Q&A with the pair discussing the creative process behind the sculpture. All proceeds from the event will go to charity, with Grant choosing Longfield Hospice in Gloucestershire as his nominated charity. The hospice provides
specialist care and support to people affected by life-limiting illness across the local community.
Renowned for the speed, precision and spontaneity of her live sculpting, Segelman has created portraits of some of Britain’s most recognisable figures across film, theatre, music, politics, sport and royalty.
As a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, Segelman is renowned for her sculptures of royalty including HM The King, the late Queen, Prince Philip, HRH The Princess Royal, HRH The Duke of Kent and HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh. Her recent commissions include Dame Judi Dench, Ray Winstone, Lord David Blunkett, Sir Simon Rattle, Dame Joan Collins, Lord Julian Fellowes, Dame Joanna
Lumley and Bruce Oldfield.
Adding to the evening, works by painter Victoria Perloff and sculptor Josette Perloff will be
exhibited alongside the live event, bringing together a wider showcase of contemporary
portraiture and figurative art.