Artist spotlight

What does it mean to be a Bow Arts Artist?

Artist opportunities

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Develop professionally

Along with offering affordable studio spaces, we also provide opportunities to help you to develop professionally, such as workshops, training sessions, peer crits, panel discussions and the sale of your art through Own Art.

What’s going on?

Nunnery Café Exhibition | Sofia Niazi 

Thursday 20th November 2025 – Sunday 1st February 2026, 8:30am to 3:00pm Bow Road & Nunnery Gallery, 181-183 Bow Road

For our current Nunnery Café exhibition, we are proud to present a showcase of work by artist and print technician Sofia Niazi. Niazi co-runs Rabbits Road Press, a community Risograph print studio and publishing press based at our Manor Park Library studio site.

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Around the area…

We work with local schools, delivering innovative arts programmes and enriching curriculums, including Sarah Bonnell School, Chobham School, Portway Primary School, Ronald Openshaw Nursery and Earlham Primary School.

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Our studios are situated just a 10-minute walk from Queen Elizabeth Park. Not only is it a great place to walk, but it’s also undergoing development to become a new arts, innovation and education hub, including the V&A East.

Theatre Royal Stratford East

Near to our studios is the Theatre Royal Stratford, a leading London theatre and civic hub for east London, driven by art, inclusivity and boldness.