Space is filling up fast at our upcoming event LFP LIVE: The Art of Crime, an evening of art and conversation with veteran Free Press courtroom sketch artist Charles Vincent.
Erna Kern, 85, sits with her lawyer Gordon Cudmore on May 18, 2016, in a London courtroom where she pleaded guilty to trying to kill her Alzheimer’s-stricken husband on a weekend visit home from his long-term care home in the city. (Charles Vincent/ The London Free Press)
Space is filling up fast at our upcoming event LFP LIVE: The Art of Crime, an evening of art and conversation with veteran Free Press courtroom sketch artist Charles Vincent.
The free event is set for Feb. 4 at the TAP Centre for Creativity along the Dundas Street flex street in downtown London. It will feature a moderated discussion with Vincent on the technical and emotional realities of drawing many of London’s highest-profile trials.
Cameras are prohibited in almost all Canadian courtrooms – meaning that for most citizens, the only glimpse they get inside a trial is through the work of artists like Vincent.
“We, like most newsrooms, take court coverage very seriously. The presence of a courtroom sketch artist like Charles says a lot about our commitment to it,” Editor-in-Chief Joe Ruscitti said.
“That’s what we want this evening to be: A chance to help readers better understand how he does it and why The Free Press considers coverage of the justice system to be so important.”
To register to attend this free event, click here
