Artist spotlight
What does it mean to be a Bow Arts Artist?
Artist opportunities
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Develop professionally
Along with offering affordable studio spaces, we also provide opportunities to help you to develop professionally, such as workshops, training sessions, peer crits, panel discussions and the sale of your art through Own Art.
What’s going on?
East London Art Prize: Shortlist Exhibition 2025
Bow Arts’ East London Art Prize celebrates the talent and diversity of art made in east London. This exhibition will present 12 incredible artworks shortlisted for the second iteration of the Prize.
Visit our nearby gallery
Nunnery Gallery
The Nunnery Gallery is our not-for-profit, free, contemporary art space, situated in a former, nineteenth-century convent. It hosts thought-provoking exhibitions and events, including the internationally acclaimed, biennial, moving image show Visions, our annual Bow Open, showcasing our studio artists’ work, and our locally inspired Raw Materials.
Around the area…
We work with local schools, delivering innovative arts programmes and enriching curriculums, including Sarah Bonnell School, Chobham School, Portway Primary School, Ronald Openshaw Nursery and Earlham Primary School.