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Teacher CPD: Educators’ Private View: The Ground Beneath Me by Laisul Hoque
Wednesday 25th March 2026 , 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Join 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.
Bow Arts is excited to invite teachers and artist educators to meet one another and share an evening at the Nunnery Gallery. As well as an insightful tour of the exhibition, educators are welcome to enjoy refreshments, relax and connect in Bow Arts’ gallery environment with other arts and education professionals.
More about the exhibition
Hoque premieres a new installation, film and works on paper exploring microhistories and personal memory alongside the context of political shifts and turmoil in Bangladesh.
The Ground Beneath Me is told from the position of someone standing inside the artist’s bedroom, wondering where he is, what he is doing, and when he will return. Hoque has relocated his entire bedroom – including every object, item of furniture, and personal artefact accumulated during his life in London – to the centre of the gallery. Laid out to the exact floorplan of the original space, the installation forms a room within a room. Without walls, it remains exposed and held in suspension.
Called away to Bangladesh due to his father’s ill health, Hoque spent the past year living and travelling away from this room. During this time, he tended to familial responsibilities while navigating complex emotional terrain and a persistent longing to return, as Bangladesh experienced the aftermath of a turbulent political transition following the fall of a party that had been in power from 2009 to 2024*. In the artist’s absence, the room holds pain and frustration, offering a view of a life paused, sustained, and left behind. Visitors are invited to move through and engage with the space, revisiting their own memories.
This film contains flashing lights and discussions of death and violence, which may be distressing for some viewers. Find out more about the exhibition here.
About Bow Arts’ Public Teacher CPD Programme:
The Bow Arts Public Teacher CPD programme is a professional development opportunity designed specifically for educators seeking innovative, arts-based approaches to education and pedagogy.
Bow Arts is uniquely placed to deliver effective and relevant teacher CPD, with a long-standing commitment to supporting educators through high-quality, arts-based training. The programme is designed to be affordable, accessible and relevant to your everyday classroom practice.
Led by our experienced artist educators, this innovative programme features hands-on workshops designed to empower you to:
- Explore creative, arts-based techniques to enrich your classroom practice
- Discover engaging methods for cross-curricular learning
- Create inspiring lesson ideas aligned with the national curriculum
- Refresh your teaching toolkit
The programme is an opportunity to connect and collaborate with a vibrant community of fellow teachers and educators to share insights and inspiration.
For more details or if you have any enquiries, please contact learning@bowarts.com.
This event is taking place in the Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ.
Nearest station(s): Bow Road (District and Hammersmith and City lines) is a 6-minute walk away, and Bow Church (DLR) is a 3-minute walk away.
Bus: 205, 25, 425, A8, D8, 108, 276, 488 and 8 all service the surrounding area.
Bike: Bicycle parking is located at Bow Church Station. The nearest Santander Cycles docking station is at Bow Church Station.
Accessibility: The Bow Arts Trust office has step-free access throughout from street level, including to the accessible toilet, and is service animal friendly. This venue does not have a hearing loop system. Accessible parking is not available on-site.
If you have any questions regarding accessibility at this venue or event, would like to make us aware of any access requirements that you have in advance of visiting, or would like this information in an alternate format including Easy Read, please email learning@bowarts.com or call 020 8980 7774 (Ext. 2)