We're having an Open Weekend from 2-4 October. Everyone is welcome to visit and get behind the scenes of artists studios, gallery exhibitions and dance rehearsals. Plus join in free workshops, talks and other events. We'll have hot food onsite this [...]
Hannah Honeywill is the recipient of the Pete Lloyd Lewis Studio Award 2015/16. The award commemorates the life of Pete Lloyd Lewis, who occupied Chisenhale's Studio 3 until his death from cancer, in 2013. A critical and enquiring artist and teacher, Pete [...]
We have one studio which is set aside as an Education Studio. It is offered for one year to an artist who has a socially engaged practice and the Public Programme Coordinator works with them to develop projects. The previous [...]
Young Voices is an innovative project delivered in partnership by Praxis Community Projects, Kazzum Theatre Company and Queen Mary University of London to develop leadership among young people from new, displaced communities whose "traditional" pathways to leadership have been left [...]
On Wednesday 1st September, between 12 and 2pm, the Art of Growing Club held an exhibition of work in progress for family and friends. They l showcased sewing and 3D work from found objects produced during workshops with Charlotte Mew [...]
The painter Emma Gunningham will lead three sessions of the Art of Growing club, on 28th July, 4th and 11th August. Using line, texture and a variety of different drawing materials they will make drawings of flowers and plants. They [...]
The Art of Growing Club was born from our dream to create a community green roof, known as Groof, on the roof of our building that is the size of a football pitch. We know that realising this dream may [...]
On 8th March, a group of 15 Year 6 pupils worked with the visual poet Charlotte Mew and the environmental artist Maggie Rose as part of the Ecology week at Chisenhale School. The children explored what they found in the [...]
We value highly the dedicated work that our volunteers bring to our Public Programme. In return, volunteers are able to access a wealth of experience in education coordination and hands-on participation in art classes and workshops with both in-house programmes [...]