We’d like to thank everyone who participated in our ambitious artistic and public engagement programme throughout the last year. Over the last 12 months, we’re extremely proud of all that we have achieved together:
- 34 workshops with 557 attendees
- 14,670 visitors in our galleries
- 11 exhibitions, 7 performances, 2 talks and 1 performance broadcast
- Two touring exhibitions with artists Florence Peake & Tim Spooner
- Reached RIBA Stage 2 for future green capital development
- Exhibited artists including:
Florence Peake, Meera Shakti Osborne, Lewis Greener, artists part of To Be Here With You (Gail Dickerson, Rie Nakajima, Alice May, Yewande 103, Hannah Lees & May Hands), Tim Spooner, Tara White, over 250 artists in the Annual Open and artists part of The Rotherhithe Shed Exhibition, students from Camberwell College of Art, Royal College of Art, London College of Communication and our artists associates who work on our learning, engagement and outreach.
We offered a wealth of free activity for local people of all ages, including:
- Seniors Art School (55yrs+)
- Young Peoples’ Art Courses (13-19 yrs & Arts Award certification)
- Free art drop-in art-ecology workshops (0-5 & 6-11 yrs)
- Family Allotment Club for Preschoolers & their families (0-5yrs)
- Outreach in local primary schools
‘Now this evocative place [Dilston Gallery] is being magnificently animated by Florence Peake in Factual Actual, a multi-layered, performative, queer gesamtkunstwerk, which plays with and off the ritualistic connotations of its surroundings to literally grapple with the history of painting.’– Louisa Buck, The Art Newspaper
‘Brilliant, only discovered these workshops this year and have loved both. Fantastic to work with professional artists. Really high standard, I’ve learnt a lot and great fun’. – Participant, Seniors Art School
A warm thank you our funders, partners, patrons, sponsors and friends, who made our programme possible:
Ada’s Circle (Lana Churchill), Alan and Babette Sainsbury Charitable Trust, Arts Council England, Bluecoat in Liverpool, Breckman & Company, Camberwell College of Art, Cockayne – Grants for the Arts, Co-op Local Community Fund, Cubitt, Fruitmarket in Edinburgh, Goldsmiths Exhibitions Hub, Harlequin Floors, London College of Communication, London Bubble Theatre, London Community Foundation, North Southwark Environment Trust, The Paul & Louise Cooke Endowment, Rabbet Framing, Royal College of Art, RIVA, Southwark Park Association 1869, Southwark Charities, Southwark Council – North-East Wards Neighbourhood Fund, Time & Talents, Towner in Eastbourne and The Women’s Art Library, Goldsmiths.
Finally, we thank our supportive visitors, both our local neighbours and national audiences, who continue to motivate us to keep doing what we do.
2024 is our 40th Anniversary of ambitious artistic development and meaningful community engagement; we look forward to celebrating with you in the New Year!
