Since the 1990s, Bow Arts have nurtured London’s diverse creativity and talent. In 2025, we are celebrating 30 years of creating opportunities to work and learn, championing affordable live & work spaces and creativity within our local communities.

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What we do

Our studios connect artists with local communities, where they can meet other creatives and develop professionally. We give communities greater access to and interaction with the arts, through our learning programme, workshops, exhibitions and events.

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What’s on

Nunnery Café Exhibition | Good Wives and Warriors 

Tuesday 15th July 2025 – Sunday 9th November 2025, 8:00am to 2:00pm Bow Road & Nunnery Gallery, 181-183 Bow Road

For our current Nunnery Café exhibition, we’re proud to present a showcase of work by Bow Road studio holders Good Wives and Warriors. To Take a Leaf out a Book will show the workings of their richly illustrated picture books, featuring their original hand painted illustrations and published books, which are full of mythical creatures, plants and animals.

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