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Seniors Art School presents… A Rare Find with Flora Duley

Wednesday 24 & Thursday 25 July 2024, 11am - 3pm // Flora Duley

Join an exciting 2-days sculptural workshop led by Artist Associate Flora Duley. Participants will create an archive of objects placed in futuristic, fantasy sculptural structures – a bit like collectors boxes. The structures will be a fusion of motif, pattern, colour and

A floor to ceiling painting of colourful abstracted body outlines.

Thank you for making 2023 another special year!

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

18 August – 3 September 2023 // Salter Space   //   Lake Gallery

The Rotherhithe Shed Exhibition

Preview:  Thursday 17 August // 3–5pm Exhibition Open:  Wednesday - Sunday // 11am–5pm

This year our neighbours the London Bubble Theatre are celebrating 10 years of their Older Adults’ Programme including The Rotherhithe Shed, a partnership project with Time & Talents. The Rotherhithe Shed opens its doors twice weekly and provides a fully equipped workshop

A floor to ceiling painting of colourful abstracted body outlines.
16 APRIL – 2 JULY 2023   //   Lake Gallery  //  Dilston Gallery

FACTUAL ACTUAL: Ensemble
Florence Peake

Preview:  Saturday 15 April // 12-5pm Exhibition Open:  Lake Gallery: Wednesday - Sunday, 11am–5pm // Dilston Gallery: Saturday - Sunday, 11am–5pm

Southwark Park Galleries’ 2023 exhibition programme will launch this spring with a new immersive and performative installation by internationally renowned choreographer and visual artist Florence Peake. Enveloping both our galleries, Peake’s major solo commission will present a body of monumental paintings using

Free Jam Jar Lanterns Workshop for Families

Monday 20 November, 10am - 12noon

Illuminate Bermondsey & Rotherhithe is a free annual festival for local residents. Come and make your own lantern at Illuminate Bermondsey & Rotherhithe artist-led workshop and then bring your illuminated artwork to The Blue Market Place at 5 pm on Friday, November

Winter Gathering // Sat 9 Dec 1-4pm

To mark the close of this year’s Annual Open Exhibition, join us Saturday 9 December 1-4pm for carols in the garden sung by our friends The Rotherhithe & Bermondsey Choral Society at 3pm, with thanks to the Southwark Park Association 1869, mulled

Jerwood Survey III 2024-2025 Dates and Exhibiting Artists Announced

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

27 May - 2 July 2023 // Salter Space   //   Lake Gallery

You throw shade on doorways
Lewis Greener

Preview:  27 May // 3-5pm Exhibition Open:  Wednesday - Sunday // 11am–5pm

Artist and youth worker Lewis Greener, who was selected as the winner out of 220 artists’ submissions for our 38th Annual Open in 2022, presents a series of recent 35mm photographic works and an 8mm film documenting the rapid and often brutal

Green Shoots! Free Creative Summer Family Workshops

2 - 31 August 2023 // Abigail Hunt, Anne Ogazi

Enjoy a series of free art workshops at Dilston Gallery during the summer holidays, with different activities each week and tailored to specific age groups. Discover our local flora and fauna, make eco-friendly artworks and become ecology buffs! Workshops are held at

Seniors Art School // Botanical Drawing

Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 July, 11am - 3pm each day // With Queer Botany

We are proud to announce Queer Botany will host a botanical drawing session focusing on queerness and nature as part of our Seniors Art School 2023 season. Led by designer and illustrator Edward Luke Thrush, the workshops will create a space for

A colourful floor to ceiling painting covers the walls of a gallery space, in one corner the unstretched canvas drapes onto the floor.

Seniors Art School presents…Factual Actual: Ensemble // The Workshop

Wednesday 10 & Thursday 11 May 2023 // Florence Peake // 11am – 3pm // Dilston Gallery

Southwark Park Galleries’ 2023 exhibition programme has launched this spring with a new immersive and performative installation by internationally renowned choreographer and visual artist Florence Peake. We are proud to announce that Florence Peake will open the Seniors Art School 2023 season

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