Since 1994, Bow Arts have nurtured London’s diverse creativity and talent – creating opportunities to work, learn and enjoy affordable, lifelong access to the arts.
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.
Featured studios
Camden Studios
Smaller, affordable artist studios in the heart of the city. Artists here benefit from amazing transport links and a newly-formed creative community.
What’s on
Bow Skills workshop: interrogating eco-literacy and what meaningful ecological artistic practices could look like with Youngsook Choi
How can eco-literacy and ecological grief be used to resist patterns of planetary extraction through our artwork? What is the role of meaningful ecological artistic practice in challenging how we consume, experience, and engage with art? Join artist and researcher Youngsook Choi in a reflective session diving into these questions and their implications for our practices and the wider arts ecosystem.
Frieze Week: Shaftesbury Avenue Takeover
Launching our first ever central London project space, Bow Arts is taking over 125 Shaftesbury Avenue for London’s Frieze Week with an action-packed programme.
Schools, colleges and early years
We work with local, inspiring artists to deliver an innovative programme of learning through workshops, projects and training in schools.
Artist spotlight
Artist Spotlight: Isabelle Pead
Hear from Isabelle Pead, one of the winners of the inaugural Mick Bateman Memorial Award, on metal explorations, sonic ephemera, studio community, and finding inspiration between art forms.
Artists in Schools: Celebrating 10 Years of Newham
In 2024, Bow Arts celebrates a decade of bringing visual arts-based learning to schools across the borough of Newham.
Visit our flagship 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.
