We Are Recruiting: Assistant Director // Maternity Cover
Southwark Park Galleries is seeking a fixed term Assistant Director (Maternity Cover) We are looking for an experienced candidate to join our small, passionate gallery team on a fixed-term, maternity cover basis. The Assistant Director’s primary role is to support the Director
Free Summer Activity Packs for Families Launch Next Week
While we remain unable to host our art workshops on site this summer, we’re bringing the activities to you at home. Each Saturday a new downloadable activity pack will be available from on our website. Each pack is filled with amazing ideas and exciting
Our programme is currently on hold but we need your support to keep our future activities free
At present our programme is on hold, but we are still working hard preparing for when we can reopen and share with you our full programme. Once we see you back in the park, we want to keep our activities FREE to
2020 Exhibition Programme
Please note, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, our gallery is temporarily closed until further notice. Thank you for your understanding and continued support, we look forward to welcoming you back soon. We will be updating the programme timetable, all exhibitions &
Our New Name
We are thrilled to announce that after 35 year we have officially change our name to Southwark Park Galleries. Both our spaces have also followed suit with a slight name change; Lake Gallery (formerly The Gallery) situated by Southwark Park’s lake and
New Artist Gardener
We are proud to announce that William Evans will start in April as CGP London’s new Artist Gardener, working with local families in weekly gardening sessions as well as local primary school students. Evans is part of ongoing artist duo Crabtree and Evans. We will
Artists announced for Realm
Bermondsey-based artist Hazel Brill joins artists Richard Downes and Mr X in a new collaborative exhibition called Realm, launching on 17th March. Realm is a new way of working with our longstanding partners Outside In and Bethlem Gallery, where we bring 3 artists together to develop a new body of work, following
One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure // Seniors Art School
Our Seniors Art School occupied Marcia Farquhar’s piece The Open University – a pop-up lecture theatre located in a skip – to consider the value of objects and ideas. Working with artist Holly Graham, the group produced a short hand-bound publication, with the
Bedfellows Sex Ed Workshops with Bacon’s College
Following John Walter’s CAPSID exhibition and generously supported by the Wellcome Trust, we programmed a young people’s project with Bedfellows and Bacon’s College, a series of workshops over September and October 2018 looking at debunking sex education through creative writing, discussions and zine-making. The school
#34 Annual Open Exhibition Submission
Now in its 34th year, the open exists to encourage artists at all stages of their career from across the UK to submit their work as part of a large-scale annual salon show. This year the ‘best in exhibition’ prize will be selected
Radio Anti residency research online
Radio Anti were the first commissioned artists-in-residence in our recently launched Bermondsey Bothy. During their residency, Radio Anti (Matt De Kersaint Giraudeau and Ross Jardine) researched allegory, metaphor and other literary devices within the immigration process for asylum seekers, working with young refugees
Marcia Farquhar Events Programme : Somethings for the Weekends
During its run, Marcia Farquhar’s Diffikuλt can be experienced in the company of the artist on mostly Fridays & Sundays throughout the exhibition, where she will act as the tour guide of her own relics (excluding 28/30 Sept). The following schedule stipulates the
Bermondsey Bothy Launch
Bobby Niven
On Friday 29 June we launched our Bermondsey Bothy, a permanent outdoor art workshop and residency site by Scottish artist Bobby Niven (co-founder, Bothy Project) Bermondsey Bothy is a quiet space for artistic experimentation, horticultural and conservation research, writing, meditation and creativity. A
New // Megan Broadmeadow // Limited Edition Lenticular Print // Available Now
MEGAN BROADMEADOW // THE MOTHER OF ALL PERSONAS (2018) LENTICULAR PRINT 25 X 33CM VERY LIMITED EDITION OF JUST 20 £50 + VAT (Bermondsey Artist Group members receive 10% discount) Available for purchase via the CGP London Editions Page The edition is produced by