Our latest news plus blogs from staff, artists and more.
Browse our latest news and blogs below. Our blogs come from a wide range of contributors, some of them are about our work – events, partnerships or projects – some of them are about stuff happening in the arts or our local area.
We hope you’ll find something to interest you and we love comments and conversation so feel free to post them on the blog pages or get in touch on email or social media. We’d also like to hear from you if you have an idea for a blog or you’ve written something you’d like to appear here.
Top image from a performance of NoFit State Circus and Motionhouse’s BLOCK in Fordham Park. Photo by @TheSnapshotCafe.
News
A year on from suspending in-person Meet Me sessions at the Albany, today we’re pleased to announce a new project connecting local residents. Run in partnership with Entelechy Arts, Albany Connects is a door to door delivery service enabling creative exchanges between people who may be experiencing isolation
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International Women’s Day: celebrating some extraordinary women that made an impact in Lewisham.
Mon 8 Mar
International Women’s Day is a day that is celebrated all over the world to highlight, remember and give tribute to women’s achievements in all areas of society. We are so proud to work with incredible and talented female artists, performers, producers, co-workers and members of our community who influence our
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Looking back at 2020 – the highs and lows
Thu 11 Feb
For most people 2020 was a difficult year, and it was no different for us. Following the cancellation of all our events and closure of our building from March 2020 onwards in order to stop the spread of coronavirus, we were determined to keep going and hatched ways to carry
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Meet your Artists of Change
Wed 27 Jan
As part of our biggest commitment yet to handing decision-making over to local people, we’re excited to be working with actor, writer and theatre maker Angela Clerkin award-winning cross arts collective Initiative.dkf and actor, writer and theatre director Ryan Calais Cameron. All residents of South East London, each were recruited
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Visions as Our Exile – meet the artists
Mon 25 Jan
You can watch Visions As Our Exile here at 6pm on Friday 29 January. This Friday (29 January), Visions as Our Exile launches – a free exhibition of work produced by emerging audio-visual artists for one evening. The new works are products of Open Source Collaborations, a virtual arts
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We’re interested to find out more on SceneMakers. What is the project and who is it for? SceneMakers is an initiative set to stimulate and engage filmmakers from South East London who are passionate about their creative expression and their local community. The aim is to combine the two elements