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Artist Jackson Shuri and ex-mayor Donatus Anyanwu hold person-sized canvas of multicoloured abstract painting for show at Clapham Library Nov -Jan 2018

Lambeth Libraries present 16:32 paintings by Jackson Shuri

For artist Jackson Shuri, a solo show in Clapham Library underlines the important role of libraries and other public buildings as a way for people to get involved with...

Lambeth Heritage Festival September 2018: Week Three highlights 16 – 22 Sept

September marks the sixth Lambeth Heritage Festival. Lambeth Archives has worked with the Lambeth Local History Forum to put together a rich and innovative programme of more than 90...

Picture: A Plastic Planet (2016) & Soma (2018) by Jasmine Pradissito made of plastic recovered from oceans & featured in 4 day 'the oceans and us' education event in Waterloo 26-30 Sept/

Bringing the ocean to Lambeth

Lambeth’s ‘House of Vans’ hosts four days of discussion, art, cinema, and more for all ages to learn about the problems of plastics in the ocean and possible solutions...

40 metre underpass mural, Herne Hill Station, designed by local artist for 1500 schoolchildren to colour in in Guinness World Record attempt 12 Sept 2018

Help Herne Hill Mural win Guinness World Record

Herne Hill Forum needs adult volunteers to help local schoolchildren complete the 40-metre Herne Hill underpass mural and win the Guinness World record for the most people ever taking...

Library of Possibilities Upper Norwood July 23 -Aug 31 2018

Library of possibilities

Upper Norwood Library Hub in Crystal Palace offers a summer of six weeks of possibilities – reading, writing, theatre, dance, woodworking, art, sewing, blogging and making a podcast -...

painter in floor length bold printed outfit plays union jack patterned ukelele in front of her paintings hung on the railings of Josephine Avenue SW2

Art spills onto the streets of Brixton

The weekend of 14 and 15 July sees Brixton’s Josephine Avenue transformed into a free art show where art lovers can meet the artists, buy affordable art and donate...

Rapport Festival

Stories from the streets – Rapport Festival

Brixton’s ‘Rapport’ festival in June will feature a weekend of poems, songs, plays and more written and performed by people whose artistic voice isn’t always heard.

Children with coloured paper paints etc sit in a circle creating at a free Cool it Art class in Vauxhall

A cool five years of making art accessible

Inspiring art classes for kids and inclusive creativity for adults are just two of the things Cool it Art have shared with the community. Their fifth birthday is a...