Two senior art students engage in a lino printing project, working together on a piece of paper at a table.

Seniors Art School // Lino Printing

Lino Printing: Exploring Southwark Park through Multi-Layered Print with Artist Associate Alexa Lowe Thursday 22 & Friday 23 May, 11am – 3pm Dilston Gallery Come experiment with the Lino printing method to create a composition inspired by Southwark Park. Starting with initial

Open scrapbook showing two colorful tree paintings. Left page depicts a tree with pink and blue foliage on a gradient background. Right page shows a tree with red and green foliage against a green background. Text below each image.
5 April – 11 May 2025   //   Lake Gallery

Art & Ecology School Residencies: The Exhibition

Preview:  4 April 2025, 1-3pm Exhibition Open:  Salter Space, Wednesday - Sunday, 12 – 5pm

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-making. Our professional Artist Associates spend two weeks in residency at

A hand painting red and green leaves with various colored paints on a tray; imprints are visible on paper beneath.
April - July 2025   //   Garden & Bothy

Green Shoots! // Free Creative Family Workshops
Abigail Hunt & Alexa Lowe

Calling all families with children up to 11 years old… Our beloved programme of artist-led family workshops returns this Spring!   Join Artist Associates Abigail Hunt and Alexa Lowe on the second Saturday of the month, from 10am to 1pm, to discover

Free sound recording and composition workshop for Young People

Saturday 11 May & Sunday 12 May 2024, 2-5pm each day // Paul Purgas

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

Close-up of hands using a handheld gouger to cut a design into linoleum for a linocut print.

Seniors Art School presents… Lino Printing with Artist Associate Alexa Lowe

Thursday 22 & Friday 23 August 2024, 11am-3pm each day // Alexa Lowe

Join an exciting 2-days Lino Printing workshop: Exploring Portraits and Patterns Through the Eyes of Artist Joy Labinjo, led by Artist Associate Alexa Lowe. Come experiment with the Lino printing method to create a portrait inspired by the work of Joy Labinjo,

Seniors Art School presents… Digital Storytelling Club

Friday 1, 8, 15, 22 November 2024, 11am - 1pm // Kristina Pulejkova

Explore myths, legends, and folk tales through AI-generated scenes and text, and reimagine classic stories. Open to inquisitive minds over the age of 55 Friday 1, 8, 15, 22 November 2024, 11am – 1pm Digitally, on Zoom Free, booking required: email us

Seniors Art School with Writer and Artist Kandace Siobhan Walker

Wednesday 8 & Thursday 9 May 2024, 11am-3pm each day // Kandace Siobhan Walker

Poems and Pages: Writing Centos* and Bookbinding Workshop with Writer and Artist Kandace Siobhan Walker Wednesday 8 & Thursday 9 May 2024 11am – 3pm each day Southwark Park Galleries // Dilston Gallery Open to inquisitive minds over the age of 55

Seniors Art School presents… WE ARE 40! Sharing Memories with SET.radio

15 & 29 July 2024 // SET.radio

Seniors Art School’s participants will work with SET.radio to produce a podcast based on creative responses to individual and collective memories. Established in 1984, Southwark Park Galleries celebrates its 40th Anniversary this year; having proudly served the Bermondsey & Rotherhithe community for

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

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

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