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.
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
What’s on
Bhajan Hunjan: speaking through materials
‘Bhajan Hunjan: speaking through materials’ will for the first time bring together works from Hunjan’s rich and various career to date, spanning over 40 years of practice.
Bow Skills talk (in-person): money matters – managing taxes as an artist with Tika Accountancy
Are you an artist navigating the complexities of the UK tax system? This workshop will help you understand the essentials of managing your taxes, record-keeping and filing obligations as a self-employed artist, micro-business or Community Interest Company (CIC).
Poetry Evening: BBPC’s Open Mic at The Nunnery
Come and join Nunnery Gallery’s multilingual poetry Open Mic hosted by Eeshita Azad of British Bilingual Poetry Collective (BBPC). BBPC is made of poets and poetry lovers, with a passion for multilingual sharing of poetry, to explore and celebrate the colourful heritage of the east London community.
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: Sophia Daly Rossin
Bow Arts hears from Ice House Court sculptor, prop maker, and all-round creative maker Sophia Daly Rossin about new technologies, space to sculpt, and the influence of mythology on her work.
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.
