We are starting 2023 with a new exhibition from artists Imrana Tanveer and Lisa-Marie Price! Concerned with the relationship between human beings and the natural world, this collaboration is a thought-provoking presentation of changing world views in a climate crisis.
Learn the building blocks of crochet to open up a whole new world of needlecraft! Join us after hours at the Nunnery Café with Alise Popila to get your hooks into crafting stylish yarn creations.
You are invited to an intimate, sensorial one-to-one tarot reading with performance artist Noemi Gunea as she interprets her newly created custom major arcana deck, interweaving stories of resistance and revolution with divination, magical imagination, and Eastern European fashion stories.
Join us for our annual open studios event celebrating the thriving community of artists at Bow Road Studios.
Come along to a tour of Traces: Stories of Migration with professor and lead artist Lucy Orta, to discover the diverse migration histories and stories woven into the landscape of east London through textile-related practices. There will be three tours taking place across the whole day from 11am-12pm, 2-3pm, and 5.30-6.30pm.
Join us at the LLDC’s Good Growth Hub to get clued up on the all the fab opportunities, grants, and programmes they have on offer for artists in east London, as well as getting to know some of the innovative young creatives operating out of the Hub.
To mark Refugee Week, the Decolonising Fashion and Textiles team from London College of Fashion (LCF) are taking over our Bow Road site with a dazzling showcase of textile autobiographies hand-stitched by London-based refugees and a selection of drop-in activities, exploring storytelling, community mapping, and imagining a more compassionate future. Open to children, families, and visitors of all ages!
Join community textile artist Jasmine Karis as she guides us through the DIY print method of photo transfer, before stitching together and creating your own photographic textile journal to document cherished memories you want to hold close. No experience necessary and all materials provided!
Join writer and arts fundraising whiz Tom Ryalls in this Arts Council England (ACE) project grants special, as they demystify the four investment principles, break down the application structure, and provide practical insights into how to build out a successful ACE bid.
The workshop will end with a Q&A where you can put your burning questions to Tom about specific ideas or issues you’re coming up against!
Taking inspiration from nature and the flora around us, learn about the history of natural dyes and use extracts from flower petals and food waste pigments to create your own colourful, bundle dyed designs to take home with you. No experience necessary and all materials provided!
Journeys. These can be physical journeys from one place to another, emotional journeys, or the journeys of life like leaving home, parenthood, friendships, and more. Guided by author Nathalie Abi-Ezzi, explore how to play and experiment with words, shaping your personal lived experiences into poems rooted in place, culture, and selfhood. All levels of experience are welcome.
Bask in an evening celebrating the publication of Needle Around her Neck - a collection of poems penned by Nathalie Abi-Ezzi that takes its cues from the multiplicity of experiences shared during the Traces: Stories of Migration project, weaving more recent migrant stories into the history of the East End rag trade. Expect poetry readings from the collection, a late-night viewing of the exhibition, and a chance to get your copy signed by Nathalie herself.