Studios. Creativity. Community.

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

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5 years after Grenfell: public artwork and exhibition

19 May 2022

The culmination of a four-year art project will be permanently installed along the streets in North Kensington to mark the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy on 14 June 2022.

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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 Comunity 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 tragedy.

Flower-shaped mosaic in green and beige tones and leaf-shaped mosaic pieces installed on hoarding at the foot of Grenfell Tower, several bouquets of flowers against the hoarding, on the ground, hand-written messages on the wall.
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We provide studios for over 400 creative practitioners

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