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A public gallery with a multidisciplinary, community led approach, located @camberwellual. Free, all welcome!

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Honouring our Community this Black History Month 💥

We are delighted to have two of our Community Exchanges alumni delivering workshops over the month responding to and celebrating the Black community and history in Camberwell, Peckham and South London. Meet our facilitators:

Folasade is a British Nigerian illustrator, workshop facilitator and art educator. She graduated in BA (Hons) Illustration from Camberwell College of Arts in 2024. Her illustrations explore meaningful and emotive concepts inspired by her poetry and creative writing, expressing the spectrum of human emotions. Alongside her practice, she designs and facilitates enriching Art & Design workshops for children, young people and adults.

Folasade is delivering three workshops with local schools where they will create a portrait that honors a Black person or figure who has made a positive impact on their life, local community or is an inspiration to them.

Maya is a multidisciplinary artist and facilitator whose practice explores creative expression and underrepresented experiences, with a particular interest in working class and POC perspectives. Maya holds an HE in Theatre Arts from the National Youth Theatre and a BA in Acting and Performance from UAL where she specialised in Writing, Directing and Performance.

For her two workshops, she will run ‘AMPLIFY’, a creative writing workshop inspired by Black History Month, celebrating the rich, complex and powerful stories of London’s people and communities. Maya will be running a public workshop on the 21 October, book your spot via the link in our bio.

We'll be sharing snippets of the workshops along the way!

Image credit, picture 1 @isutirtha by @camberwellspace

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10 days ago

Throwback to our Community Exchanges Celebration!

A few snaps from the lovely evening earlier this month. Thanks to all who joined and to all our partners and friends of the programme who have made it possible these last three years.

We'll continue to celebrate and champion the programme and the amazing alumni who have come through it in Camberwell Space this year. That includes some upcoming activity in October, so watch this space!

Thanks as ever to our photographer @isutirtha by @camberwellspace

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19 days ago

🎉 We’re having a celebration!

Join us next Wednesday in Camberwell Space as we celebrate Community Exchanges and everyone who has been part of the programme over the past three years; participants, partners and collaborators.

📍 Camberwell Space
🗓️ Wednesday 9 September
⏰ 6–8pm

Come along to connect with the Community Exchanges community, find out more about the programme and its journey and enjoy music, refreshments and good company!

Everyone is welcome we’d love to celebrate with you. You can book on via the link in our bio.

Image Credit: @anselm.ebulue by @camberwellspace

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a month ago

Join us for a day of drop-in creative workshops at our Building Connections Market!

On Wednesday 26 August we will be hosting a day of creative workshops from 11-4pm. Workshops are designed for all ages and abilities to drop-in, make something, write something or just get inspired. Free, no booking needed.

We will have stalls set up to make tactile patches, print with nature, write poetry & postcard making. All sessions will be run by our fabulous Community Exchanges Alumni.

For more information, click on our linktree.

@camberwellual

#camberwell #peckham #workshop #free #art #summerholidays by @camberwellspace

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2 months ago

✨ Community Exchanges: Building Connections ✨

📍 Camberwell Space
🗓️ 3 August – 30 October 2026

Join us for Community Exchanges: Building Connections; a process-led exhibition celebrating three years of creativity, collaboration, and community.

Since 2023, Community Exchanges has supported students and alumni from Camberwell, Chelsea, and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts to design and deliver creative workshops with local partners across Merton, Southwark, and Westminster. Together, we've created opportunities for learning, connection, exchange, and inclusive community practice.

This exhibition shares the stories, relationships, and impact that have grown through the programme, highlighting the people, partnerships, and creative projects that have shaped Community Exchanges along the way.

Visit Camberwell Space to discover what we do, how we work, and who we work with and help us imagine what comes next.

We can't wait to welcome you. A full list of activity will be shared in the lead up and you can find more information in our bio 💛

Image credits: @isutirtha, Disha Kulkarni & @ornela_aliaj_

#CommunityExchanges #BuildingConnections #CamberwellSpace #UAL #CamberwellCollegeOfArts #ChelseaCollegeOfArts #WimbledonCollegeOfArts #SociallyEngagedPractice #CommunityArts #CreativeCommunities #LondonArts by @camberwellspace

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3 months ago

As well as currently showing at Camberwell Space, Helena Samarasinghe is also part of Beyond Boundaries: a new series of public artworks around Tate Modern and Bankside.

She is one of six emerging artists asked to produce murals that celebrate the life and legacy of iconic artist Frida Kahlo, coinciding with Tate Modern’s major exhibition.

Helena mural explores representation and diversity in women’s football, reflecting Mexico’s global cultural presence coinciding with this year’s World Cup.

You can also see Helena’s solo exhibition, Reaching, Touching, Shedding, at Camberwell Space until Friday 17 July. And if you're nearby this evening (29 June), the gallery will be open late from 5–9pm to coincide with the Postgraduate Show Private View.
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Free to attend and open to all.

#UAL #CamberwellCollegeOfArts taken in Camberwell Space by @camberwellspace

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3 months ago

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Reaching, Touching, Shedding – Post-Match Conversation last Friday.

Through shared experiences and thoughtful discussion, the evening explored the relationships between sport, identity and community, considering how forms of belonging are created both on and beyond the field of play.

Thank you to Helena Samarasinghe, Jerome Ince-Mitchell, Nicholas Bryne, Sophie Bownes, Simrandeep Chana and Ana Teles for their generosity and insight, and to all who contributed to the conversation.

Reaching, Touching, Shedding continues at Camberwell Space until 17 July.

❗❗❗ PLEASE NOTE the gallery will be closed Thu 25 & Fri 26 June due to the heatwave. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
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@camberwellual #CamberwellSpace #UAL @unioftheartslondon taken in Camberwell College of Arts by @camberwellspace

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4 months ago

This summer, millions of eyes are on the game.

But what happens around it? In the stands, on the sidelines, in the conversations that continue long after play ends?

Join us for Reaching, Touching, Shedding – Post-Match Conversation, an evening of discussion inspired by Helena Samarasinghe's exhibition and the communities, identities and forms of belonging that sport can create.

The event begins with a walkthrough of the exhibition, before moving into a relaxed roundtable bringing together artists, curators and athletes. Taking its cue from the post-match debrief, the conversation will consider what art and sport share: collective experience, participation, care, competition and the ways we come together around common goals.

Helena Samarasinghe will be joined by Jerome Ince-Mitchell, Nicholas Bryne, Sophie Bownes, Ana Teles and Dorsa Yavarivafa for an open discussion shaped by feminist perspectives, postcolonial thinking and lived experience.

📅 Friday 19 June, 6.00–8.30pm
📍 Camberwell Space

Free to attend and open to all. Booking required via the link in bio.
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Image by Sutirtha Chatterjee / @isutirtha

@camberwellual #CamberwellSpace #UAL @unioftheartslondon taken in Camberwell College of Arts by @camberwellspace

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4 months ago

Reaching, Touching, Shedding – Post-Match Conversation
19 June 2026, 6.00pm - 8.30pm

Camberwell Space invites you to an exhibition walkthrough and roundtable on art, sport and belonging, part of Helena Samarasinghe’s exhibition Reaching, Touching, Shedding.

The event begins with a short walkthrough of the exhibition, followed by a relaxed, ‘post-match’ roundtable bringing together artists, curators and athletes.

Helena will be joined by Jerome Ince-Mitchell, Nicholas Bryne, Sophie Bownes, Ana Teles and Dorsa Yavarivafa for a conversation that opens out onto shared themes across art-making and sport, including feminist perspectives, postcolonial thinking and collective experience.

The discussion is informal, with space to listen, reflect and take part. Refreshments will be provided.

This event is free to attend and open to all - booking is required. See link in bio.
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Image by Sutirtha Chatterjee / @isutirtha

@camberwellual #CamberwellSpace #UAL @unioftheartslondon taken in Camberwell College of Arts by @camberwellspace

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4 months ago

Beautiful workshop for all ages on a hot afternoon yesterday in Camberwell Space during half term as part of our current solo exhibition by Helena Samarasinghe. Run by @helenasamarasinghe and Beatriz De Sousa Mendes Costa - lots of large scale mark making and coming together to connect the drawings through movement and figure. Thank you to everyone who braved the heat to come and join us! @camberwellual @camberwellfineartdrawing taken in Camberwell College of Arts by @camberwellspace

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Coming up at Camberwell Space...

A public programme of workshops and events accompanying Helena Samarasinghe's exhibition, Reaching, Touching, Shedding.

Tomorrow | Thursday 28 May, 4 – 6pm: Workshop led by Helena Samarasinghe

Join artist Helena for a playful, hands-on drawing and collage workshop inspired by themes of sport and belonging explored in her exhibition.

Friday 19 June, 6 – 8.30pm: Exhibition Walkthrough & Roundtable

A short walkthrough of the exhibition, followed by a relaxed, ‘post-match’ roundtable bringing together artists, curators and athletes. The discussion will explore connections between art and sport - from embodied movement and collective play to questions of identity, visibility and belonging.

Workshops and events are free to attend and open to all - booking is required. See link in bio.

Images by Sutirtha Chatterjee / @isutirtha
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@camberwellual #CamberwellSpace #UAL @unioftheartslondon taken in Camberwell College of Arts by @camberwellspace

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4 months ago

Join us next week (28 May) for drawing and collage workshop with artist Helena Samarasinghe as part of her exhibition 'Reaching, Touching, Shedding' at Camberwell Space.

Taking place during May half-term, the session is open to all ages, with a particular welcome to children, young people and families. Through collage and large-scale drawing, participants will experiment with bold, gestural line-making on newsprint.

All welcome – free entry, but booking is essential. See link in bio.
Exhibition runs: 15 May – 17 July 2026, Thursday - Saturday (11am - 4pm)

Image by Sutirtha Chatterjee / @isutirtha
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@camberwellual #CamberwellSpace #UAL @unioftheartslondon taken in Camberwell College of Arts by @camberwellspace

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5 months ago