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We have been running artist studios and pioneering community arts programmes for 50 years.

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Meet Nick Murray, artist-in-residence at Barham Park Studios

Nick Murray is our artist-in-residence at ACAVA Hosts: Barham Park Studios Residency, a career development opportunity for socially engaged artists from global majority backgrounds. Read on to learn about Nick’s artistic journey from blending sound, games, and text into their work to creating participatory projects that build playful and meaningful connections within communities.

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We run free programmes co-created with communities

Join in creative programmes including family workshops, skills training for young people, professional development and an open-access makerspace
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Grenfell Memorial Community Mosaic

Co-created by different community, resident, faith and school groups along with individual participants under the guidance of mosaic artists Emily Fuller and Tomomi Yoshida, the project has enabled people to connect and to memorialise the Grenfell Tower fire

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We provide studios for over 400 creative practitioners

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