The Ground Beneath Me – Laisul Hoque
Bow Road & Nunnery Gallery 181-183 Bow Road, London, London, United KingdomLaisul Hoque, winner of Bow Arts' East London Art Prize 2025, premieres a new installation, film, and works on paper, exploring microhistories and personal memory alongside the context of political shifts and turmoil in Bangladesh.
Bow Skills workshop series: insurgent hormones: anticolonial eco-feminism & body autonomy
Bow Arts Trust Courtyard Room 183 Bow Road, LondonArtist Taey Iohe and reproductive justice scholar Rishita Nandagiri invite you to a playful, critical, and deeply embodied workshop series. Together, they ask: Can we refuse the hormonal scripts we’ve inherited—and invent our own? Across online sessions and an in-person playdate, we’ll explore hormone recipes, doula imaginaries, reproductive storytelling, and collective care.
Iftar gathering #3: discussing critical discourses and celebrating the diversity of the Bangladeshi diaspora with OITIJ-JO Collective
Nunnery Café 181 Bow Road, LondonOur third Iftar gathering facilitates intimate discussions with women and young people based in Tower Hamlets, reflecting on the impact of political shifts and turmoil in Bangladesh. We will celebrate the diverse cultural heritage of the global Bangladeshi community in the context of Hoque's explorations of ambient citizenship and personal archives, accompanied by a communal dinner prepared by OITIJ-JO Kitchen for those breaking the Ramadan fast.
Bow Families at The Rum Factory
The Rum Factory 49 Pennington Street, Wapping, LondonJoin Bow Arts at The Rum Factory for regular drop-in, family friendly art workshops. Open to children of all ages and their families – all materials provided.
Exhibition tour & workshop: ‘Have you eaten yet?’ storytelling and zine making with Ananya Jain x SHOR
Nunnery Gallery 181 Bow Road, London, United KingdomJoin us for an exhibition tour and storytelling x zine making workshop led by Ananya Jain, founder of - SHOR (trans. noise) - a community for interactive, immersive and multi sensory art and cultural experiences. Together, we explore questions around memory, culture and migration. Jain believes in creating a dialogue through art and experiences: bring a food-related memory as a starting point and create a collective digital zine together!
Teacher CPD: Educators’ Private View: The Ground Beneath Me by Laisul Hoque
Bow Road & Nunnery Gallery 181-183 Bow Road, London, London, United KingdomJoin us to experience East London Art Prize winner Laisul Hoque's exhibition The Ground Beneath Me at the Nunnery Gallery in a relaxed, educator-only setting.
Artist talk: Laisul Hoque in conversation with The White Pube & supper club with When They Meet
Nunnery Gallery 181 Bow Road, London, United KingdomJoin us for a conversation between artist Laisul Hoque and art critic Zarina Muhammad, co-founder of The White...
The Rum Factory Open Studios
The Rum Factory 49 Pennington Street, Wapping, LondonMeet the artists, designers, makers, and creatives who work at the Rum Factory, and enjoy a day of workshops and creative activity.
The Rum Factory Open Studios: Pressed Flower Workshop
The Rum Factory 49 Pennington Street, Wapping, LondonJoin artist Roxana Gutila for a free pressed flower workshop at The Rum Factory Open Studios & create your own floral artworks to take home with you!
Bow Families: making miniature ornaments with oven-bake clay for a ‘tea party theatre’ with Ayesha Sureya
Bow Arts Trust Courtyard Room 183 Bow Road, LondonArtist and designer Ayesha Sureya invites children and families to a playful 'tea party theatre’, making our favourite food objects from colourful oven-bake clay pieces. Together we will sculpt tiny dishes inspired by meals...
UCL East Artists & academics knowledge exchange labs: exploring migration, identities and cultural fluidity with Laisul Hoque and Yang Zou
UCL East – Marshgate 7 Sidings Street, LondonUCL’s Cultural and Community Engagement team is collaborating with Bow Arts on a series of learning and networking events bringing together artists, researchers, and local communities. Participants will hear from a panel of speakers whose work touches on issues which relate to the themes of relocation, migration, memory, identities and cultural fluidity. The panel conversation will be followed by a Q&A and informal networking.
Bow Families at The Rum Factory
The Rum Factory 49 Pennington Street, Wapping, LondonJoin Bow Arts at The Rum Factory for regular drop-in, family friendly art workshops. Open to children of all ages and their families – all materials provided.