What is contemporary art all about?

The Whitechapel Gallery Youth Programme is open to people 15 – 24 and gives young adults the chance to explore contemporary art, meet creative professionals and peers, and open up career paths into the sector.

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What's on at the Chisenhale Gallery, founded by artists. The same experimental vision and spirit of possibility that changed an empty veneer factory and brewery warehouse into an art gallery guides our work today. We commission and produce contemporary art, supporting international and UK-based artists to make their most ambitious work to date by pursuing new directions in their practices. We are committed to our audiences having access to the energy and ideas of an ever-expanding artist community. 

Chisenhale Gallery has an award winning, 38-year history as one of London’s most innovative forums for art. With a reputation for identifying new artistic talent, we believe in making cultural impact through working with artists and learning from our neighbours. We develop ideas with artists over a one- to two-year incubation period, from concept to completion.

Engagement Programme

Research and public discussion are central to Chisenhale Gallery’s Engagement Programme, which is informed by artistic practice and acts as a site for collective learning. The programme includes a series of talks and events devised in collaboration with each commissioned artist and local school and community partnerships. The programme creates opportunities for audiences to discuss themes that recur throughout the gallery’s Commissions Programme, and address key social, political and formal questions raised by each artist’s work.

Chisenhale Gallery's Schools’ Programme 2020-21 has been made possible through the generosity of Headline Supporter Goodman Gallery. With additional support from the Schools' Programme Supporters' Circle.

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New Creatives

From 2019 – 2021 Chisenhale Gallery worked in partnership with The Institute of Contemporary Arts, BBC Arts and Arts Council England to present New Creatives, a series of commissioning opportunities for emerging artists aged 16 - 30, who work with audio or moving image. 

Commissioned artists present their work in a dedicated showcase at the ICA and their work may also be selected to be broadcast on television and radio under BBC Introducing Arts, on BBC iPlayer or BBC Sounds.

Bow Arts is an educational arts charity that provides affordable creative workspace for a community of over 400 artists, makers and creatives.

Bow Arts manages 12 different studio sites across London, many of which deliver public art programmes alongside. The Nunnery Gallery is run from their HQ on Bow Road, a free public gallery with a local focus, championing the work of emerging artists and uncovering local history and heritage. Situated in a unique building on the ground floor of a former nineteenth-century convent, complete with gothic arches and the original tiled floor, the Nunnery Gallery is surrounded by over 100 of Bow Arts' artist studios. 

Presenting a diverse programme, exhibitions aim to appeal to a wide audience with a particular focus on site-responsive work and works that explore the history and themes of the local area. Events accompany all shows, including panels, workshops and film screenings, creating debate and discussion around art in the community. There's also the beautiful Nunnery Café on site, offering AllPress coffee and excellent, locally-made cakes, pastries and hot meals.

Bow Arts’ award-winning Learning Department works with over 100 schools, delivering an innovative programme of workshops, projects and training. 

A Team Arts Education - Alexander McQueen supports youth arts education in London's East End.

The Alexander McQueen relationship with A Team Arts Education, has been cemented through one of the educational out-reach programmes of workshops which Sarah Burton has been running with in-house design team members throughout the pandemic. While other Alexander McQueen educational schemes connect with colleges and university students nationally, the association with A Team Arts Education forges a practical link with younger people locally through its dynamic and free art-led school holiday and Saturday programmes. “At a time when schools and local authorities are reducing their arts budgets and provision, we still need the arts to help bring about a positive recovery and come together after the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with Alexander McQueen will provide inspiration, hope and opportunities to an area that has established links to the fashion and textiles industries that are now hidden through layers of history and a changing urban landscape. The collaboration will help the arts to flourish in a positive way for young people and the wider community of East London.” – Sarbjit Natt, Director, A Team Arts Education.

A Team Arts Education C.I.C. is based at The Brady Arts and Community Centre at 192-196 Hanbury Street, E1 5HU. It sits in the heart of the community, building trust with families and local communities to enable young people and their parents to get a broader view into education in the creative sector, careers, and education support at college and university level. The focus on art began in 2009, led by Berni Yates, Outreach Practitioner at Central Saint Martins, part of the University of Arts London, in order to provide structured educational introduction to young people. It reaches students in schools from the ages of 11 to 18. Many young people are not able to take up GCSE or A levels in creative subjects. A Team Arts Education works with them to help them build portfolios so they can apply to an art Foundation course and further their knowledge on the sector and pathways to achievement in higher education.

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Raven Row

Raven Row is a non-profit contemporary art exhibition centre in Spitalfields. It has been constructed within eighteenth century domestic rooms, onto which 6a architects have added two contemporary galleries, and it stands on the part of Artillery Lane that was known as Raven Row until 1895.

 Raven Row’s programme is intended to appeal both to a specialist audience and a broader, curious public. It is led by a desire to test art's purpose outside the market place. It exhibits diverse work of the highest quality, often by established international artists, or those from the recent past, who have somehow escaped London's attention.

Working with Schools

Auto Italia works in collaboration with local secondary education partners across the borough with support from partners Tower Hamlets Art Teachers Network, Tower Hamlets Art and Music Education Services and Tower Hamlets Council. We are always welcome to new schools who would like to get involved.

Core outputs of the Young Artists Programme include:

• In depth contact and collaborations with leading international artists and critically acclaimed exhibitions and artists’ projects at our project space

• Introduction to cutting-edge creative media with focused training, support and mentoring for participants from artists, technologists and technical specialists

• Digital showcasing opportunities for work produced in the workshops and as part of GCSE and A Level coursework on the Auto Italia website

• Increased understanding of how studying art and design at GCSE and A Level can lead to a range of exciting career opportunities both in and out of the creative industries

• Support for participants to explore their own creative career possibilities and futures through discussions and mentoring on higher education courses and art school journeys

• Tailored guidance on university applications, portfolio feedback and interview preparation

Get Involved

If you would like to get involved with our workshops then we would love to hear from you. We welcome questions and enquiries from pupils, parents and guardians and school partners. Contact info (at) autoitaliasoutheast.org.

PEER is an independent arts organisation that has evolved from the ground up over the past twenty years, putting down deep roots within the socially,  culturally and economically diverse area of Hoxton in East London.

PEER’s core ethos is to embed its activities into the local community and to offer and promote the highest quality art as being part of daily life. We have done this through our ambitious programme of projects working with nearly 150 artists, writers, curators and educators over two decades.

PEER’s big aspirations and modest size play key roles in securing our place within the broader London art ecology. We offer both emerging and established artists the opportunity to test bold ideas in an intimate environment that stimulates experimentation and dialogue.

Peer offers various opportunities for supporting educational settings on their Artsmark journey and enabling children and young people to access a high-quality arts and cultural education. https://www.peeruk.org/artsmark

PEER Ambassadors

PEER Ambassadors is a six-month, free, collaborative, and creative programme offering paid work-experience at PEER, alongside a professional development and learning programme. The Ambassadors also work closely with an artist in residence throughout 2023-24, as part of PEER Notices. 

Autograph’s mission is to enable the public to explore identity, representation, human rights and social justice through work produced by artists who use photography and film.

EXHIBITIONS

We believe that visual representation is a powerful force for change. Autograph creates ground-breaking exhibitions, sharing the work of artists who use photography and film to highlight issues of identity, representation, human rights and social justice. We’ve been doing this since 1988.

ABOUT LEARNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

For 30 years Autograph has engaged with diverse groups and communities to explore issues of identity, representation, social justice and human rights through photography and film.

At our gallery and in the community, we create welcoming spaces for people to share experiences, make artwork and become inspired by contemporary photographers and our unique archive.

We offer a range of tailored activities including tours, workshops and long-term engagement projects, suitable for schools, higher education and community groups. For more information on workshops and resources:  Autograph-Learning

The Wallace Collection is an internationally outstanding collection which contains unsurpassed masterpieces of paintings, sculpture, furniture, arms and armour and porcelain.

LEARN WITH THE WALLACE COLLECTION

We enable people of all ages to develop a greater understanding and enjoyment of art.

Through a wide range of opportunities that combine discussion, observation and creative activities, our online programmes aim to inspire primary and secondary students and teachers, children and their families, adults and young people, and our diverse communities.

We offer accessible events for children and adults with SEN, and for D/deaf and visually-impaired people. Our extensive digital outreach programmes connect with older people living in residential care as well as children and adults in long-term hospital care. And our growing range of downloadable resources support self-directed learning in the classroom and at home.

Why not book a lively digital session for your school or learn more about our collections through an online talk or course?

GOLDSMITHS CCA

Located on the campus of Goldsmiths, University of London, Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art is London’s newest contemporary arts institution, and open to everyone. Hosting world-class exhibitions by international artists, and providing a space for established and emergent practices, the institution aims to enhance Goldsmiths’ reputation for excellence and innovation in the arts.