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Bow Arts Annual Report 2013 -14

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Contents 2 Welcome 3 Our Artists 7 Partners in our Community 11 How do we deliver our Charitable Work12 Social impacts and Outcomes

13 Sustainability 15 Education and learning 19 The Nunnery Gallery 21 Arts and Events 23 Out and About 25 Financials

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This year saw dramatic growth and positive change for Bow Arts. With our Arts Council Capital Award, we built new offices for the Bow Arts Team (pg 8), transformed the Nunnery Gallery and improved Bow Road studios. Despite the disruption, our professional, enthusiastic team ensured the community regeneration we deliver through our projects was as strong as ever throughout 2014.

We thank our artists and partners, whose commitment and energy is at the heart of everything we do. Our annual survey records the professional contribution of our artists, including the extent and quality of their exhibitions, media coverage and participation in exhibitions, networking events and peer critiques. Our artists actively contribute to community life in their neighbourhoods as active citizens and generators of wealth and enterprise. Bow Arts seeks out affordable spaces for studios and explains the economic and social benefits to landlords and residents: our artists help build high impact, sustainable and valuable communities! Our partners, from local authorities to grant givers,

from schools to community organisations, all work to deliver social change. We all have a desire to ‘make a difference’: I thank them all for supporting us, and report that we are more confident than ever in Bow Arts’ ability to play our part.

Recent GLA research indicated that the changing property market threatens the loss of a large proportion of artists’ workspaces in London. We were delighted to be invited by Kit Malthouse, the Deputy Mayor of London for Business and Enterprise, to join the GLA’s new workspaces providers group created to address these specific issues. Bow Arts is delivering on its promise to help reverse the trend: Stratford Studios have opened; proposals for a further project in Newham in partnership with Create London are advanced; as are plans for a new studio complex in E1 to provide much needed additional work space for artists. The expansion marks our 20th anniversary and is one of the programmed moments to highlight the incredible work carried out by Bow Arts.

Our events have received amazing support over the last year, we

thank everyone for their time and interest. It’s been a privilege to work with Yinka Shonibare (pg14), Sir Nicholas Serota and Michael Craig-Martin (pg23), Wayne Hemingway and Ab Rogers (pg24) and it was fantastic to have our Open Show curated by the brilliant Mark Wallinger (pg22).

Education is central to our ethos and activity. Our professional relationship with schools and teachers forms an important learning network across east London: a network that has a real impact on young people’s lives and aspirations. Financial cuts and policy upheaval faced by schools has had a massive impact on capacity for arts teaching. Despite this, our work within schools across east London has actually grown by about 30% a year over the last three years. Teachers recognise that young people’s learning experience is dramatically improved by the high quality arts teaching of our skilled artists. Our challenge now is to spread the word...

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Chief ExecutiveOur mission is to support community renewal in east london by delivering arts and creative services through a financially sustainable model

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Our ArtistsThere were 1.71 million jobs in the creative industries across the UK in 2013 a third of these in London. The city’s art and cultural scene is vitally important to the capital’s global competitiveness and businesses come to London because it attracts creative, dynamic professionals from a range of sectors.

Bow Arts is a community of London’s emerging artists. We provide practical support and encouragement to our community of artists by managing a large network of affordable studios, a dynamic programme of innovative arts and cultural events, employment opportunities and networking resources.

Our studios and live/work spaces can currently be found across the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and Southwark.

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Over 400 artists supported with affordable workspace

We delivered nearly £1m worth of subsidy through our affordable workspace programme

Artists delivered205 contracts through our education programme

London’s Artist Quarter - is our online resource for a digital community of creative professionals. London’s Artist Quarter is about supporting artists. The site helps artists find opportunities and services in the creative sector. Things like commissions, work, exhibitions, training, galleries and prizes. It is also the forum where organisations and businesses can promote their activity and reach a large number of top creative individuals.

www.londonsartistquarter.org

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The Bow Arts artist community is both local and London-wide...

Katy Wallwork, Bow Road Studios

“Since being on the guided Open Studio tour in 2014, i have spoken to lots of new people about my work and had a studio visit from Tintype, a gallery i really respect. i was also thrilled to be selected for the Jerwood Drawing prize in 2014.”

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Membership doubled this year to nearly 8,000

Averages40,000 hits per month

Around 1,700 opportunities posted in 2013/14

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Our ArtistsWe supported over 95 artists with professional education advice and services

“it’s great to have a neutral and supportive space to discuss work with other artists it makes Bow Arts feel more like a community than just studio spaces.” - Engine Chat Chat participant

Professional Development We provide essential services for artists in a straight forward, low-cost way. This includes affordable studios, places to live and work, jobs, access to artist networks, and strong partnerships within our local communities and business.

Advice & TrainingOur education team provides support and advice for artist educators who deliver our schools and community programmes. We provide training and mentoring opportunities for new artists to learn how to earn a living from teaching and to learn how to inspire and guide young people.

Engine Chat ChatBow artist Elizabeth Merton runs the ever popular Engine Chat Chat a series of peer critique sessions which forms just part of our package of professional development opportunities that help artists not just survive but thrive.

The best way to find a studio in London our free digital service enables artists to quickly and easily connect with the affordable studio sector in London. Endorsed by the GLA, Art Quest and NFASP.www.artiststudiofinder.org

Open StudiosOur biggest ever series of Open Studios event, with more than 6,000 visitors exploring 400 artist studios.

Open Studios are a key event in our annual calendar, and serve as a great platform for artists to promote their work to curators, galleries and collectors. This year, over 25% of artists sold work, with 65% reporting that they made new professional contacts or connections.

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New £10,000 Art Prize for east london artists!

“i am thrilled to have won the Bow Arts Prize and found that the free-dom afforded to me has led to a productive and exciting new direction for my work.” -Clare Mitten, Bow Arts Prize winner 2013

“i am thrilled to have won the Bow Arts Prize and found that the freedom afforded to me has led to a productive and exciting new direction for my work.” - Clare Mitten, Bow Arts Prize winner 2013

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East London Painting Prize

An important new prize for east London artists, supported by The Legacy List and the Goldhill family. 75 shortlisted artists were selected by an internationally recognised panel: Varda Caivano; Maitreyi Maheshwari; Michael Goldhill; Sarah Elson and Matt Price.

The Bow Arts Prize

The first year of the Bow Arts Prize worth in total over £10,000 has proved to be a huge success. Making the most of her 12 month funded studio and generous financial bursary, winner Clare Mitten has been producing her new series of work, due to be showcased in a solo exhibition in 2015.

...and we won an award ourselves!!

Our very own Chief Executive, Marcel Baettig, won an award in the Social Entrepreneur category at this years, Bizcrowd’sGreat British Entrepreneur Awards 2013

Michael Goldhill, Nathan Edwards & Claire Gevaux

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Bow Arts have enjoyed a successful partnership with THAMES for over 10 years now. Their funding this year supported work with five new Tower Hamlets schools, which we’re pleased to report have now continued to work with us independently.

Fidelity UK have generously offered two years of support for our Education team, the funding will support a new Education Project Manager post. The additional capacity enabling us to work with ten new schools in Poplar, Tower Hamlets.

Aldgate and Allhallows Foundation. We are pleased to have begun a new partnership with the Aldgate and Allhallows Foundation providing the much needed match funding for our consortium programme with nine schools on the Isle of Dogs, Tower Hamlets. The funding enabled a rich programme of training for teachers, artist-led projects, and an ambitious shared exhibition. We look forward to building our partnership with Aldgate and Allhallows over the coming years.

This year saw the completion of the first phase of our public art series with Bow School, generously supported through our partnerships with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Tate. Find out more on page 23.

Partners in our community

SchoolsSchools have always been a key partner for Bow Arts. Our education programme is firmly placed at the heart of the organisation, and schools are therefore a natural partner in addressing our aim of improving children and young people’s life chances. Over the last 15 years we have worked with nearly every school in our area and a significant number in surrounding boroughs. Our approach is simple - we work with schools to find creative solutions to the challenges that they face. Last year was another record-breaking year, with us working with more schools than ever and delivering over 1,400 artist-led workshops. Read more about our education programme on (pg15-18).

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Partnerships attracted over £250,000 worth of support for artists this year

Worked with over 10,000 young people

Bow Arts works with a wide range of partners to make a positive social impact in our communities. We place great value on our partnerships, working closely with others to improve opportunities for local people. Here are a small selection of our partnerships this year, but we would like say a big thank you to all those organisations that are working with us to build better communities.

Our partnership with Poplar HARCA continues to bring benefits to local residents and artists alike. This year saw the creation of the ‘Balfron Season’ (Pg 24), celebrating seven years of the remarkable role that artists have played at the heart of Poplar through the Bow Arts LiveWork scheme.

The Mayor’s office has invited Bow Arts onto the newly commissioned London Open Workspace Providers Group chaired by Deputy, Mayor Kit Malthouse. This is a fantastic opportunity for the studio sector to have a tangible voice at the political heart of London.

Our brand new Stratford Studios site has proved extremely popular, 28 studios were full in just three weeks. The site has a dynamic mix of artists and designer-makers and is home to Bobby Baker’s Daily Life Ltd. Open Studios in October brought together the artist community to celebrate their first anniversary and we are now delighted to announce that we are opening our second Newham Studio complex which will provide 25 new studios in the old Manor Park Library in an exciting new partnership with Create London.

A New Direction’s Create Jobs provides new routes into the arts and creative industries for young people in east London. Read more about our paid internship opportunities (pg14).

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Partners in our community

We are proud to be supported by The Legacy List, the independent charity for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, set up to support the cultural legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Their mission is to make creative connections between people and the Park. They develop, commission and support high quality art, education and skill building initiatives to engage, educate and inspire current and future generations. This year The Legacy List have worked with Bow Arts to create the East London Painting Prize (pg7), they have supported the second Bow School Pubic Art Commission (pg 24) and commissioned a new work by artist Lucy Harrison as part of the Balfron Season (pg25 ).

Each year the Land Securities Residency searches for the very best graduating artists from our top art schools and awards them their first free professional artists studio for a year. This year’s winners were Ellen Macdonald (Royal Academy School), James Kelly (Slade School of Fine Art), and Michael Page (The Royal College of Art). All based at our P1 studio site, this is a fantastic launch pad for their early careers.

Delvendahl Martin Architects

Nicolai and Eric are the inspiration behind DM Architects who won the tender to become our partner in the capital project. They held our hands from start to finish. And they liked the result, and us, so much that they moved from their successful Clerkenwell offices to Bow Arts.

As an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation, we are funded to deliver a programme of support to emerging artists, extending arts participation in the borough of Newham and expanding our digital and network presence. Thanks to a capital grant award of £320,000, in March 2014 we completed a transformational programme of refurbishment works including a new studio roof, gallery heating and lighting, and a new office space for Bow Arts staff coupled with a beautiful new courtyard area.

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Our partnership with Crisis, started in 2010, the project set out to create affordable workspace for early career artists and designers. Since then it has grown and grown and has helped support over 500 artists.

The building originally found by Crisis the national charity for homeless people and was their centre for Crisis at Christmas. This meant for 9 months of the year the building was empty.

Crisis - SkylightBermondsey ProjectCrisis, creative vocational training project.

SE1 StudiosProvides 120 interdisciplinary affordable creative work-spaces for emerging artists and arts professionals.

The London Furniture WorkshopMaking the new from the old. Supporting training and workshops facility in recycled furniture making.

ResidencesBow Arts and Crisis each year offer 2 residency studios free of charge to selected Crisis clients.

The residency programme is aimed at Crisis clients helping them to start their own creative business. Lydia Wall completed her residency and now runs her own successful millinery business in Brighton.

London Sculpture WorkshopOpen access facility providing equipment and support for artists/designers who want to turn their ideas into reality.

“The Bermondsey Project is a truly collaborative venture that has become a key part of the cultural renaissance of Bermondsey” - Mick Bateman, Project Director for Bermondsey Project, Crisis

Bow Arts new courtyard and offices by DM Architects

How do we deliver our charitable work?

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The Bow Arts property portfolio is the driver for generating income for delivering our charitable activity. Our studios and live/work spaces house around 400 artists across 6 sites. The rental income and generous donations from them, together with input from partners in our community, allowed us to deliver £710,000 worth of additional charitable activity this year. This activity has powerful social impacts and outcomes for the residents of east London.

We are a registered Gift Aid Charity which allows us, with support from HMRC, to make every voluntary donation from an individual go that bit further. This year in total our artists generated around £370,000 which was put directly towards our charitable activities. Together with the £340,000 contribution from our community partners, we are able to do some amazing things. Thank you to everyone that has supported us.

impact and social outcomes

We are proud to be one of the few charities nationally who have achieved a level 2 PQASSO Quality Mark. It’s a standard we work hard to maintain at all levels.

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SustainabilityReduce: This year we continued to monitor the carbon footprint of our studios at 183 Bow Road. In May, we completed our annual return to Julie’s Bicycle and are proud to announce a further 12% reduction in carbon emissions again this year. We have also extended our monitoring to our studios in Stratford and next door at 181 Bow Road to better understand the environmental impact across more of our sites.

Reuse: Our artist studios tend to be in older buildings which present significant sustainability challenges for us. However, one measure we have introduced is to reuse more of our materials and equipment at the end of a lease. For example, the

majority of the studio lighting in Bermondsey SE1 Studios will be removed when we vacate the building and can be re-installed at one of our new studio sites, reducing both costs and waste.

Replace: Our major capital works this year included a full roof replacement at 181 Bow Road, and new heating systems at the Nunnery Gallery and Carmelite Café.

Supporting Cyclists: This year we installed new covered cycle parking in the courtyard at Bow Road. We organised free cycle safety checks and maintenance sessions, funded through the TfL Barclays Cycle Superhighways Workplace Scheme.

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Equality and Diversity

Last year our education programme was delivered in partnership with 70 schools in 10 London Boroughs. Our participants reflect the ethnically diverse catchment areas that our schools serve. Last year, we were pleased to establish a partnership with leading UK disability arts organisation Shape. The Nunnery Gallery hosted the annual Shape Open exhibition, presenting works by disabled artists. The Shape Open received good media coverage and attracted new and diverse audiences to Bow Arts. Shape staff also provided training for our staff and volunteers ahead of the exhibition and carried out an access audit to highlight some

further measures that we can put in place to make the Gallery an even more welcoming and accessible place.

We continue to offer year-round volunteering opportunities in the Nunnery Gallery and at our Open Studios events. The majority of our volunteers live or study in east London. Last year we provided work experience to Year 11 and 13 students from four local secondary schools. With support from the Creative Employment Programme, we provided internships to four unemployed people aged 18-25 years resident in east London paying London Living Wage.

“Volunteering at Bow Arts helped me get a job after having my baby” - Sarah (Volunteer Gallery invigilator)

“Special Guest Judge Yinka Shonibare MBE (RA), Shape exhibition.

in 2013-14 Bow Arts provided volunteer opportunities for 75 people across Open Studios and gallery invigilation.

4 internships paying london living Wage

Education and learning

Our Education programme serves a wide range of schools by providing long term, high quality arts experiences for children, young people and teachers. We provide bespoke projects that are always designed around the needs of each individual school. Here’s a taster of the types of programmes we delivered last year.

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We worked with 70 schools this year across 10 london boroughs.

Clara Grant Primary - After School Clubs

INSET and Staff TrainingStebon Primary School - Cross-curricular topics

Working with artists to find original ways of bringing topics to life, whilst developing pupils’ art skills and creating original artworks. Topics included: Robots, Medieval Maths, and Spy Kids.

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Central Foundation School - Year 9 Arts AwardBow Arts were brought in to work with a targeted group of Year 9 students, aimed at re-engaging them in school and their learning. Through our alternative art curriculum, the students successfully completed their projects, and gained a Bronze Arts Award qualification in the process.

Isle of Dogs Consortium

Park Primary School - PPABow Arts artists deliver art lessons and special projects four days per week throughout the whole year as part of the school’s Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA) time.

Sheringham Primary School

Manor Park ConsortiumThe third year of our successful consortium model - bringing together Bow Arts and a group of schools to create inspirational learning opportunities for children and young people.

Bigland Green Primary School

Education and learningArts AwardIt’s been a top year for young people gaining qualifications through our projects, with a record number of 221 participants securing their Arts Awards. Wherever possible we build the Arts Award into our projects, not only as a way of inspiring young people to engage with the arts, but also to provide a recognised qualification for their work. We’ve also taken a lead on training both artists and teachers to become qualified advisors across all levels of the award, embedding the award throughout schools across east London.

221 young people gained Arts Award Qualifications (up from 31 the previous year

Cuts in Education? Against the trend, the number of schools independently signing up to our arts services has grown by 30% every year for the last 3 years.

“A great example of how a leading arts organisation can make a huge contribution to a local area.”

Munira Mirza, Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture

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Collaborative Working

2013 has been a great year for our unique Consortium Model. Piloted in 2011 with a group of eight schools in Manor Park, Newham, we’ve have now rolled out the model to schools in both the Isle of Dogs and Poplar in Tower Hamlets. The consortium is an effective way of bringing schools together to pool resources, knowledge and ideas. The economy of scale means that we are now able to deliver even more artist-led projects and training to children, young people and their teachers. We are already starting to develop our next consortium of schools around Stratford for 2015.

Teachers’ Professional Development

We continue to build our programme of artist-led sessions for teachers. The programme is designed to upskill teaching staff and explore new ways of bringing creative activity to the classroom. We’ve enjoyed bringing together teachers from different schools to work and learn together. A big thank you to the countless inspirational teachers who are tirelessly working to keep the arts alive in their schools.

Sarah Bonnell school mural by artists Pencil + Help

97.2% of participants reported learning new skills as a result of our projects last year

This year we provided 38,415 opportunities for children and young people to participate in the arts

715 teachers benefitted from our professional development sessions

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Another CountryAnother Country was an exhibition of Cara Nahul and Matthew Krishanu, two painters who find themselves dislocated from the locations that they perceive as home. This was the Nunnery Gallery’s most successful exhibition for engaging with local people. There was a session with local Bangladeshi community groups facilitated by Matthew Krishanu and a well attended artist talk.

This year our exhibitions and events featured in - Timeout’s Top 5, BBC News, The independent, The Guardian, Big issue and many more

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Nunnery Gallery is in a unique building on the ground floor of a former convent, and surrounded by Bow Art’s studios. We invite visitors to experience high quality art in an intimate and welcoming setting. Our exhibitions unite the history of our area with new artist commissions providing skills, debate and art for new audiences.

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East London GroupThe exhibition gathered together paintings of local streets from 20th Century painted by the working men and women of east London. The exhibition, based on the successful book ‘From Bow to Biennale’, tells the story of how the painters led by group mentors Walter Sickert and John Cooper rose from their working class backgrounds to exhibit internationally at Tate and Venice Biennale.

Throughout the exhibition, local schools visited the Nunnery Gallery, inspired by the scenes they recognised from east London today.

As part of the Barbican’s Battle Of Ideas, the Nunnery Gallery hosted an infamous Battle Satellite, a round table debate on gentrification. Great minds from the worlds of entertainment, media, regeneration and politics went head to head in a lively debate attended by a sell-out audience.

“This exhibition tells a remarkable story” BBC News “it’s thrilling to have seen these hidden paintings in the right setting, an East End Gallery!” (visitor to the exhibition)

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Nearly 4,000 visitors to this exhibition

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Open Show 2014 @ the Bermondsey Project SpaceMark Wallinger Presents... The Best of Bow Arts 2014. Sarah Elson and Mark Wallinger handpicked 12 Bow Artists to showcase their work in this two week exhibition. The exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue and essay written by Sarah Elson of the Contemporary Arts Society.

Carmelite CafeCarmelite Café known for its great Coffee and wonderful atmosphere is open 6 days a week. It has become the central watering hole for many local residence and artists alike as well as being a welcome find for new gallery visitors.

The cafe runs evening events, supper clubs, music concerts and poetry evenings as well as hosting exhibitions with a community or local slant.

Bow Road Open Studios has been a must-see for thousands of london’s art goers since 1995

Alongside the exhibition programme at the Nunnery Gallery, the arts and events team are involved in the creation of many events outside.

There is a strong vein of surreal imagery throughout the works in the show. i enjoyed their simple speculative narrative which develops into an interesting dialogue through the pieces we have selected. Mark Wallinger, Artist/Curator

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Yinka Shonibare MBE, guest judge & Tony Heaton, CEO Shape, with the prize winners from the Shape 2013 exhibition.

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improving our environmentPublic Art CommissionsFor many years we have managed a professional service supporting clients commission new public works of art. From writing the initial brief and finding the right artist, right through to manufacture and installation. We have all the experience our clients need.

Aberfeldy Marketing Suite We worked with Willmott Dixon Regeneration to commission two stunning new site specific works of art for their new marketing suite. Artist Michal Pustejovský created the work “Not A Chance” from bricks that are to be used to build some of the new homes in the area while “Enchanted Forest”

(below) created by Emma Cooper and Jake Fishman was made from plumbers poly pipe and copper tubing.

Another award winning piece of Public Art“Electron Flow” is the title of the latest Public Art commission from Poplar HARCA, by artist Gary Drostle. The work covers an electrical sub station in the heart of Poplar. A QR code at the centre of the design whisks audiences to a film created by young people from Langdon Park School with film maker Carl Stevenson. The mosaic received the award for Contemporary Innovation in Mosaic at the 2014 Mosaic Arts International in Houston Texas.

Electron Flow by Gary Drostle

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We commissioned over £115k of Public Art works by artists this year

Out and about

VIP unveilingSir Nicholas Serota and veteran artist Michael Craig-Martin unveiled the first three works of art. Both men applauded the work of the artists and young people and recognised the impact of support from sponsors like the Tate and Bank of America Merrill Lynch could have on our environment and young people lives and aspirations.

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“The underpass captures the spirit of the new school so students can start their journey from the moment they walk in. it is a great example of how all the partners have come together to regenerate the local area through a public art project. i am honoured to have been invited to participate in the unveiling.” Michael Craig - Martin, Artist

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Bow School Public Art Commissions

Students became the commissioning agents, in this great project. Following a strictly competitive public process the student team appointed design agency make: good to work with them on the project. They commissioned a series of transformative new works of art for their newly built school in Tower Hamlets.

Sir Nicholas Serota Opening Bow School’s new Public Art commissions

Michael Craig-Martin Cutting the ribbon

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Bow Arts hosted a 6 month landmark celebration of Erno Goldfinger’s iconic East London Tower Block ‘Balfron Tower’ the festival showcased art, architecture, food and debate and brought together some of London’s highest profile organisations to work.

- the Mayor’s Olympic charity Commissioned a major new work by artist Lucy Harrison entitled “Home on High”, a work that sensitively retold the story of one of the earliest residents of the Tower.

The Balfron Season

We worked with the British Council to host 10 international Architects in residence in the Tower and trained 50 students who then supported the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

With Designer Ab Rogers brought a weekend of fun. Over 30 students took over the tower and presented installations, sculptures, songs and ideas all based on the Tower.

22 Artist in residenceopened the doors of their live work homes or built installations in empty flats and presented over 500 never seen before works of art, created in around or about the Tower.

The Farrell Review - urban RoomLUV, London Urban Visits, hosted a series of high profile dinner debates, exploring London’s urban development. The guest list brought together some of London’s top names in housing and regeneration, including Richard Blakeway (Deputy Mayor Housing), Eric Sorensen (former - Chief Exec LDDC) and David Lunts (GLA Exec Dir).

Worked with us to commission Wayne Hemmingway to recreate Erno Goldfingers infamous penthouse flat. There was even time to recreate one of his legendary champagne parties.

Chantell Faust painter

The Season was hosted by Bow Arts on behalf of Poplar HARCA and London Newcastle.

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Over 5,500 visitors

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FinancialsThe main income stream continues to be licence fees and rent from artists for the provision of studio and live/work spaces. In 2013/14 Bow Arts received capital grant award of £320,000 towards a programme of refurbishment works at Bow Road.

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Our TrusteesMartyn Coles (Chair) Sarah ElsonMichele Faull (Treasurer) Elizabeth HallJeremy KilburnRajen Madan (Vice Chair) John MiddletonNick SmalesMon Ullah Jonathan Winskill

Our StaffMarcel Baettig Chief ExecutiveAngela Law Executive Director, Operations and EnterpriseAmina Haque Finance Administrator Michael Owens Commercial Director Melody Patman Press and Communications Assistant

Creative Workspace TeamMichael Cubey Executive Director, Head of Creative Work SpaceTilly Hogrebe Senior Studio Assistant Sally Dracott Studio Assistant

Education TeamRob Smith Head of Education and Learning Lydia Ashman Education Projects Manager Kirsty Lowry Education Projects Manager Kathryn Newman Education Projects Manager Rob Harris Education Assistant

Gallery and Events TeamRosamond Murdoch Gallery DirectorNanda Poleon Business Development Administrator

With thanks to our trustees, staff, community partners, volunteers and, of course, our artists for all their support and encouragement.

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Back cover photograph of Bow Arts Courtyard InstallationArtist: hannah CampionTitle: Painting IVMedium: Coloured Gravel

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