Not Just Brown, Not Just Indian
Mathushaa Sagthidas
A new exhibition by Tamil British photographer Mathushaa Sagthidas opens at The Lab at Oaklands Rise. The exhibition...
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Not Just Brown, Not Just Indian
Lucy Orta
Traces: Stories of Migration
Lucy Orta Traces: Stories of Migration offers insight into the migration histories woven into the landscape of east London.
Free
Nunnery Café Exhibition | Memory Archives by Jiacun Li
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.
Free
Common Distributions
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.
5 events,
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Supper Club: Feast of the East (London) with Camel & Jeans
Supper Club: Feast of the East (London) with Camel & Jeans
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.
£30
5 events,
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Private view: Nunnery Café Exhibition | Memory Archives by Jiacun Li
Private view: Nunnery Café Exhibition | Memory Archives by Jiacun Li
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.
Free
6 events,
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Workshop: An introduction to botanical bundle dyeing with Mariana Leyva (@studio.kuhu)
Workshop: An introduction to botanical bundle dyeing with Mariana Leyva (@studio.kuhu)
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!
£10
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Workshop: poetry in the watery commons with Katy Lewis Hood
Workshop: poetry in the watery commons with Katy Lewis Hood
Join poet and researcher Katy Lewis Hood for a creative poetry workshop exploring the submerged histories of Royal Albert Wharf.
6 events,
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Workshop: Archiving our journeys through poetry with Nathalie Abi-Ezzi
Workshop: Archiving our journeys through poetry with Nathalie Abi-Ezzi
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.
£7
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Book signing: Needle Around her Neck signing and reading with Nathalie Abi-Ezzi
Book signing: Needle Around her Neck signing and reading with Nathalie Abi-Ezzi
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.
Free
6 events,
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Workshop: Clay Construction with Mariana Alemany
Workshop: Clay Construction with Mariana Alemany
Check back to see details of our clay workshop coming on July 8th.
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Skills lab: colour theory 101 with Marianne Shillingford and Dulux
Skills lab: colour theory 101 with Marianne Shillingford and Dulux
Join Marianne Shillingford – Creative Director at Dulux – in this practical, hands-on skills lab exploring the transformative power of colour in how we see, make, and respond to art and the influence it has on how we navigate the world around us.
Free
4 events,
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Exhibition tour: Curator’s tour of Traces: Stories of Migration with Camilla Palestra
Exhibition tour: Curator’s tour of Traces: Stories of Migration with Camilla Palestra
Come along to an exclusive curator’s tour of Traces: Stories of Migration with curator and researcher Camilla Palestra (CSF Curatorial Associate) to discover the diverse migration histories and stories woven into the landscape of east London through textile-related practices. The tour will end with a Q&A where you can put any questions you have to Camilla.
Free
4 events,
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Teacher CPD | Casting workshop: introduction to Jesmonite
Teacher CPD | Casting workshop: introduction to Jesmonite
Experiment with and learn new skills in the Jesmonite casting process
£20 – £27.50
4 events,
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Bow Skills Workshop: documenting and archiving your work as an artist with Art360 Foundation
Bow Skills Workshop: documenting and archiving your work as an artist with Art360 Foundation
Join Head of programme at Art360 Foundation Ellie Porter as she demystifies the ideas and realities of the ‘archive’ when it comes to individual and collective artistic practices, and the importance of creating your own archive as a reflective and legacy building tool for artists practising today.
£7
5 events,
Vision Cinema at Royal Albert Wharf
Join Bow Arts and Vision Cinema for a weekend of outdoor film screenings at Royal Albert Wharf.
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Supper Club | Food is our Common Language: Uncomfortable at Home with Nitesh Tailor
Supper Club | Food is our Common Language: Uncomfortable at Home with Nitesh Tailor
Nitesh Tailor serves up a 6-course meal of Gujarati-Kenyan cuisine for the next stylish supper club in Bow Arts' Nunnery Cafe Residency.
£30
6 events,
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Matchwomen’s Festival 2023
Matchwomen’s Festival 2023
Small, friendly festival celebrating the 1888 Matchwomen’s strike, and all who try to make the world a better place today.
£13
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RAW Short Film Screening
RAW Short Film Screening
Bow Arts presents an afternoon of short films curated by Kevin Holmes-Attivor. Experience a diverse selection of documentaries and fiction that will make you laugh out loud and provoke thought in equal measure.
Free
5 events,
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Walk: bringing art into the public realm with The Line
Walk: bringing art into the public realm with The Line
Come along for a guided walk along part of The Line’s route with Sarah Carrington, their Head of Strategy and Partnerships, encountering and experiencing artworks by a range of brilliant artists including Rana Begum, Serge Attukwei Clottey, Antony Gormley, and Richard Wilson along the water’s edge.
Free
6 events,
Second Nature: imagining climate futures
Stay grounded, be earthbound. Join us for Second Nature, a focused week of events on sustainable practices, reparative habits, and imagining climate futures.
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Talk: Food communities and future thinking with Gayle Chong Kwan
Talk: Food communities and future thinking with Gayle Chong Kwan
Hear from multidisciplinary artist Gayle Chong Kwan, and delve an immersive sensory eating experience exploring art-making and commoning the knowledge systems around food.
6 events,
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Workshop: Bike repair with Aztecs Bikes
Workshop: Bike repair with Aztecs Bikes
Drop in with your bike for a free check-up, tune-up and cable replacement service from local family bike repair shop, Aztecs Bikes.
Free
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Bow Skills Workshop: bid writing and arts FUN-draising with Tom Ryalls – an Arts Council England special!
Bow Skills Workshop: bid writing and arts FUN-draising with Tom Ryalls – an Arts Council England special!
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!
£7
5 events,
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Talk & Reading: Fault Lines – the Poetics of Borders and Environmental Crises with Khairani Barokka ONLINE
Talk & Reading: Fault Lines – the Poetics of Borders and Environmental Crises with Khairani Barokka ONLINE
Join writer and artist Khairani Barokka to chart the long and intertwined histories of environmental crises and political borders.
Free
6 events,
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Workshop: rework, repair, reimagine – a clothes customisation masterclass with Nicole Chui
Workshop: rework, repair, reimagine – a clothes customisation masterclass with Nicole Chui
Learn how to use bold, freestyle hand embroidery techniques and rope work to transform old clothes into new garments in this hands-on workshop with embroidery artist, Nicole Chui.
Free
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Walk: Bumblebee Safari along the Thamesmead Ridgeway Pollinator Corridor
Walk: Bumblebee Safari along the Thamesmead Ridgeway Pollinator Corridor
Follow The Bumblebee Conservation Trust to learn all about your local bumblebees and how to help them, and take part in a bumblebee safari along the Ridgeway and the surrounding area.
Free
10 events,
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Green Lions x Bow Arts takeover
Green Lions x Bow Arts takeover
To mark the end of Second Nature: imagining climate futures, East and Southeast (ESEA) climate organising group Green Lions are taking over our Bow Road site with a day’s worth of pop-up makers stalls, talks, workshops, and music, to celebrate and give voice to the ESEA community as we resist and push against the climate crisis.
Free
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Bow Families Special: Making wildflower seed bombs with Miyuki Kasahara
Bow Families Special: Making wildflower seed bombs with Miyuki Kasahara
Come along to our Bow Families Special and make flower, butterfly, bee and other pollinator-shaped wildflower seed bombs.
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Talk: Dr Kerry McInerney on the entanglement of AI narratives, Asian diasporic science fiction, and environmental catastrophe
Talk: Dr Kerry McInerney on the entanglement of AI narratives, Asian diasporic science fiction, and environmental catastrophe
Join Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics researcher Dr Kerry McInerney as she traces the liberatory potential of Asian American and diasporic writing and artwork to offer us different ways of thinking about environmental catastrophes caused by AI.
Free
4 events,
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Bow Skills Peer Crit: pricing your artwork with Art & People
Bow Skills Peer Crit: pricing your artwork with Art & People
Art advisor, gallerist, and founder of Art & People Claudia Kennaugh is back again with another one of her hugely popular peer crits, demystifying how to price your artwork confidently and consistently, and giving artists the opportunity to present your work and get practical, personalised pricing advice and feedback.
£10
4 events,
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Workshop: The basics of planting with The Gardening Drawing Club
Workshop: The basics of planting with The Gardening Drawing Club
Spend a cosy summer evening with The Gardening Drawing Club as they take us through the basics of growing organic vegetables and herbs, speaking to seed selection, soil, season, biodiversity, and gardening on a budget. We will also riff off the shapes, colours, and energies we find within plants and seeds to paint and draw our impressions from these botanical encounters. No gardening experience is necessary!
Free
4 events,
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Bow Families: Draw and collage your own London landmarks with Woo Jin Joo
Bow Families: Draw and collage your own London landmarks with Woo Jin Joo
What does it mean to be a Londoner? What does your dream city look like? Join us as we explore the city we live in and make your unique mark through drawing, collaging, and mapping out imagined landmarks to represent the things you care about. Open to children and families of all ages - all materials provided.
Free
4 events,
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Takeover: East London Art Prize x Whitechapel Gallery Takeover
Takeover: East London Art Prize x Whitechapel Gallery Takeover
Get to know some of this year’s inaugural East London Art Prize shortlist of 12 phenomenal artists as they take over the Whitechapel Gallery in an after-hours programme featuring a host of workshops, music, talks, screenings, performances, and more.
Free
4 events,
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Workshop: DIY upcycling fabrics 101- weave a mini wall hanging and coaster with Kamipaper
Workshop: DIY upcycling fabrics 101- weave a mini wall hanging and coaster with Kamipaper
Taking cues from nature and our local landscapes, spend a relaxed weekend with artist and creative mind behind Kamipaper Anh Tran, learning how to repurpose and upcycle fabric offcuts to weave and adorn your very own mini wall hangings and coasters. No experience necessary and all materials will be provided!
£5