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
Bow Families: creating your own paper lanterns and brightening mid-autumn stories with Alison Lam
What would your light say if you didn’t speak? Join artist Alison Lam for a cozy, hands-on workshop making your own paper lanterns telling your stories during the Moon Festival. Open to children and families of all ages – all materials provided.
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.
Educator CPD: Developing a relevant, inclusive and diverse primary art curriculum with Jasmin Bhanji
Join artist Jasmin Bhanji to hear about a two-year project curriculum development project we’ve worked on with five primary schools.
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.
