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  Unit 1b, New Tannery Way
  58 Grange Road
  Bermondsey
  London, SE1 5WS
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  Tannery Arts is a small, independent charity concerned with supporting the professional development of emerging and established artists through the provision of affordable studios, promoting their practice through opportunities to exhibit work, develop projects, generate partnerships with local authorities, private property owners and social housing organisations as well as engage in learning activities.

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Gallery:
Closed until 13 February 2025

Library:
Closed until 13 February 2025

Upcoming exhibition

Hardeep Pandhal: Inner World

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Hardeep Pandhal: Inner World

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Drawing Research Forum 2024/25 Sessions – Part 2

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We are recruiting a Library Cataloguer (short term)

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Tannery Artists studio visits, including Sonia Boyce

Director's Circle event

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Re-discovery: Winter/Spring 2025 programme

A creative group for those living with dementia and their carers

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We shape projects alongside artists, children, schools, families, teachers, young people, students, adults and local community groups to explore drawing in all its forms. Drawing is used as a means to play, experiment, communicate, collaborate and come together in a process of collective learning.

Library & Research

Our Library & Research Centre is a growing specialist reference library currently includes approximately 4,000 books and 70 journal titles on drawing since the 1970s, and includes rare items not held in other major UK and Irish libraries. The general reference collection includes artists’ monographs featuring drawing, exhibition catalogues, journals, theory, collection catalogues, and surveys on drawing.

Updates from Instagram

Now we're all wrapped up for the Winter break, we'

Now we're all wrapped up for the Winter break, we're taking a look back at our latest library display: Can You Draw a River?

The display centred on a textile artwork was created collaboratively by lead artist Alice Blackstock with 60 people whose lives are affected by dementia. This large, 3.5m x 2.5m impactful installation, transforms the experience of one man into a collective celebration and shared voice for people affected by dementia. It was accompanied by a custom soundscape and smaller works created by the people who took part in the project.

‘Can You Draw a River?’ was facilitated by Drawing Voices, an arts organisation that brings together artists and non-artists to weave their individual experiences, stories and voices into collaborative, high-quality artworks. Each piece is designed to make its creators proud and to prompt audiences to pause, reflect and think. In 2024, we presented ‘The Ripple Effect’, a project which saw the team working with people affected by dementia to create the textile artwork, ‘Can You Draw a River?’.

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Announcement: We are now closed for the Winter hol

Announcement: We are now closed for the Winter holidays!

Our Gallery, Library and Community Studio spaces are now closed to the public until we re-open on 13th February.

Our next exhibition, Hardeep Pandhal: Inner World, will open on 13th February, with the private view in the evening of 12th February (6-9pm).

Please note that while we are closed over the Winter break, online shop orders may take slightly longer to process. Please get in touch with us at mail@drawingroom.co.uk if you have any questions.

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Today is the final day of 'The Earth is Knot Flat'

Today is the final day of 'The Earth is Knot Flat' by Emma McNally at Drawing Room.

As Emma McNally’s first solo institutional exhibition in the UK, visitors to the exhibition were invited to share in different ways of drawing and making over the duration of the exhibition. The show also featured embedded film projections made in collaboration with Manon Schwich.

As we draw the exhibition to a close, we would like to thank all those who visited Drawing Room for 'The Earth is Knot Flat'. We are very grateful to those who made their way to the gallery to experience the work, or joined one of our workshops and events.

Photo credit: Eva Herzog

Exhibition supported by The Henry Moore Foundation.

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Emma McNally’s 'The Earth is Knot Flat' exhibiti

Emma McNally’s 'The Earth is Knot Flat' exhibition is about our relationship to each other and to our environment. Circle of Voices is a celebration and sharing of the different ways we connect and build bridges in our local community.

Tomorrow at Drawing Room, join Emma, storyteller Eli Anderson and members of our local community for refreshments, fun art-based activities and a chance to explore how our everyday lives relate to the themes of the exhibition.

All free. All welcome. Booking is recommended but not essential.

Please get in touch with leila@drawingroom.org.uk for more information or with any access needs.
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