Mixed media collective Loose Associations are kicking off the new year with a range of zines, prints, paintings, and general affordable brain-candy in our tenth Nunnery Cafe Exhibition!
A new exhibition by Tamil British photographer Mathushaa Sagthidas opens at The Lab at Oaklands Rise. The exhibition...
Join us for the private view of Lucy Orta Traces: Stories of Migration – an insight into the migration histories woven into the landscape of east London.
Lucy Orta Traces: Stories of Migration offers insight into the migration histories woven into the landscape of east London.
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 to celebrate the closing of our two-year Social Justice and Creative Arts Learning in Schools Project!
For the summer edition of our Nunnery Café exhibition programme, we’re proud to present ‘Memory Archives’ - a solo exhibition of new and existing prints, comics, and drawings by London-based illustrator and animator, Jiacun Li.
Join Michael Owens and Ralph Ward, authors of Play the Game: How the Olympics Came to East London, for a talk and discussion on The Olympic Park.
Lots of cultures use textiles and clothing to document important memories and pass on stories. At this year's BowFest: Open Studios, come along and design your own mini clothing templates and textile experiments, using fabric paint and markers to decorate your designs and show off the memories and things that matter to you.
Filmmakers Nye Thompson & Joanna Penso will be screening their films in their studio at Bow Road on Saturday afternoon.
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.
Learn how to screen print in the classroom cheaply and effectively with DIY screens
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.
Common Distributions is an installation inside an empty retail space at Pump House Square welcoming our local community to explore ways to transform Royal Albert Wharf.
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!
Get inspired with Art in the Docks and join us for a fun-filled day of pavement drawing and imaginative activities.
Whether it’s moving to a different place, travelling in our local area, or making our way to school, the things we bring with us on our journeys represent who we are and what matters to us. Join us as we stitch our personal stories and memories onto small 2D fabric bags to bring along to your next adventure. Open to children and families of all ages - all materials provided.
MasterChef alumni take over the Nunnery Cafe with another culinary adventure, taking inspiration from the Nunnery Gallery exhibition, Lucy Orta Traces: Stories of Migration to pay tribute to the diasporic food culture of East London with a vegetarian menu of fusion cuisine.
Grab a drink and join us to celebrate the opening of Memory Archives - a solo exhibition of new and existing prints, comics, and drawings by London-based illustrator and animator, Jiacun Li.
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!
Join poet and researcher Katy Lewis Hood for a creative poetry workshop exploring the submerged histories of Royal Albert Wharf.