Artist Call Out: East London Creative Communities

East London’s four Creative People and Places programmes have teamed up

with Art School Plus to pilot a new project which will support eleven artists

based in Redbridge, Newham, Barking & Dagenham, and Havering to

participate in a bespoke training programme designed and delivered in

February 2025.

The week-long programme facilitated by artist and Glasgow Women’s Library

founder Adele Patrick will be specifically tailored to artists working in East

London, and focus on the skills and knowledge you would need to deliver

community-led and co-creation projects in public settings.

After the training, artists will then work with the team in their respective

borough to develop new artwork for public spaces and/or deliver creative

activity for local residents to put their newly gained skills into practice. This

work will happen between March and December 2025 dependent on the

specific opportunity. More information about the timeline for each specific

borough can be found in the ‘About these commissions’ section.

This is the first time the four Creative People and Places programmes have

teamed up in this way. As well as being a learning opportunity for artists, this

will also be an opportunity for our programmes to test out new ways of working

together.

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