Southwark Park Galleries seeks a new Public Engagement Manager to join our team. The role is an integral part of the daily life of our charity, leading the strategic development of our renowned community engagement and life-long creative learning programmes for local
Established the same year as the gallery in 1984, our Annual Open has been a rare opportunity for all artists at any stage of their career to submit work without a selection criteria, making it London’s longest-running open and democratic exhibition. Each
Guest curator A—Z (Anne Duffau) presents a group exhibition with three multidisciplinary artists: Jeanie Crystal, Zein Majali and Emily Pope. In association with the 23rd edition of PAF Olomouc – Festival of Film Animation and Contemporary Art 2024, the second iteration of
This exhibition celebrates our Public Engagement work in local schools, a popular annual programme bringing free art sessions that address the themes of environment and climate change through the process of art. Our professional Artist Associates spend two weeks in residency at
Partnering with our local neighbours and heroes: the Bede Centre for those with learning disabilities, Southwark Park Galleries will host a series of weekly art workshops for Bede clients in our Dilston Gallery Parish Room overlooking the park. Over the course of
In celebration of our galleries’ 40 years in Southwark Park, and to raise much needed funds to support our programmes in 2025, we are hosting an Art Raffle. Buy your ticket here Raffle prizes will comprise of unique, rare and short edition
For Southwark Park Galleries’ 40th anniversary programme, British-Nigerian painter Joy Labinjo will present a new body of work that celebrates our local community in her largest London institutional exhibition to date. Taking scenes from Southwark Park and the Bermondsey area as a
Artist and musician Paul Purgas presents a new commission for Dilston Gallery, incorporating sound and materials gathered from the local park land to create an immersive installation, which builds on his ongoing research into the histories of design, music and spiritual philosophy
For Southwark Park Galleries’ 40th anniversary annual public flagpole, Joy Labinjo has produced a new flag from her Lake Gallery body of work We Are Briefly Gorgeous (2024) that celebrates our local community in her largest London institutional exhibition to date. The
Artist and musician Paul Purgas presents one of Southwark Park Galleries’ annual public flagpole commissions, honouring our 40th birthday year and presented outside Dilston Gallery. A new commission, and created alongside his installation In the Temple of the Earth for Dilston Gallery, the
Interested in sound recording and composition techniques? Are you 13-19 yrs and live in Southwark? Then this workshop is for you! Join artist and musician Paul Purgas to explore sound recording compositions and collage techniques realised through audio gathered within Southwark Park and the
Jerwood Survey is a major biennial touring exhibition that presents new commissions by 10 early-career artists from across the UK, providing a distinctive snapshot of current concerns and approaches in the visual arts. Established in 2018, it responds to a vital need
Interdisciplinary artist, performer and winner of Southwark Park Galleries’ 2023 Annual Open moa johansson presents a sculptural conclusion of their project series the five flamboyant [ ] — in which five second hand dresses have been continually repurposed and reconfigured
The Royal College of Art MA Print students present Out of Thin Air, a group exhibition at Southwark Park Galleries, Lake Gallery. This showcase offers a glimpse into the print artists’ collective journey as they navigate new approaches to practice midway through