Family activities

The gallery at SPACE Ilford is FREE and open every Wednesday 11am – 5pm and every Saturday 11am – 3pm.

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15 Jan – 7 May 2025

Ilford in focus: a street photography exploration

Sat 17 May 2025, 11am – 3pm

Decorative tile making workshop — with Bhavin Bhadresa

Sat 14 Jun 2025, 11am – 4pm

Build, scan, create! – part of Tech Ilford — with Tadhg Charles

A fun, hands-on workshop where kids can explore the magic of 3D scanning using just a smartphone!

14 May – 27 Aug 2025

Ray McSharry, Landscapes

1 Apr – 1 Oct 2025

Andy Singleton, Natural connections

An exhibition that explores our connection to nature through a series of large scale paper installations

Past events

Sat 19 Apr 2025, 11am – 3pm

Beautiful bargello embroidery workshop — with Cecilia Charlton

billboard commission

October 2024 – March 2025

Nigel Benn, Ilford son, Mister Geez billboard commission October 2024

Mister Geez, Ilford son

A tribute to the life of Ilford-born boxing legend Nigel Benn

Sat 22 Mar 2025, 11am – 3pm

Slices of Ilford: a visual montage workshop — with Susanne Dietz

25 Oct 2024 – 19 Mar 2025

Djofray Makumbu, Snap!

An exhibition of portraits capturing the joy of London’s Congolese community in the 80s and 90s

Sat 22 Feb 2025, 11am – 3pm

House party – make a mini model of your home — with Katie Kennedy

Create a mini model of a party happening in your home, complete with paper puppets of your family and friends!

Sat 25 Jan 2025, 11am – 3pm

Family frames: stop motion animation workshop — with Nicole Morris

11 Sep – 14 Dec 2024

Kassandra Gordon, Contours of belonging

A multimedia exhibition that uses jewellery as a lens to explore the impact our environment has on our sense of home and belonging

Sat 7 Dec 2024, 11am – 3pm

Experimental sound and drawing workshop — with Sophie Seita

Sat 30 Nov, 11am – 3pm

Festive decoration making workshop — with Katherine Tulloh

Make a lovely gift or family keepsake that you can bring out every year

Sat 9 Nov 2024, 11am – 3pm

Look, see, make creative workshop — with Emma Douglas

7 Mar – 12 Oct 2024

Kenneth Lam, A seat at our table

An exhibition of photographs exploring heritage, diaspora and food as a common language between our neighbours and residents of Redbridge

Sat 12 Oct 2024, 11am – 3pm

Still lives – drawing and painting workshop — with Isha Bøhling

Last two weekends in September 2024

September Open Studios 2024

Sat 7 Sep 2024, 11am – 3pm

Eco-music workshop — with Amanda Fisher

22 May – 28 Aug 2024

Schools Exhibition 2024

An exhibition of portraits created by Redbridge students, inspired by Kenneth Lam's photographs

Sat 10 Aug 2024, 11am – 3pm

Exploring identity: a journey through painting and collage — with Dene Leigh

Sat 13 Jul 2024, 11am – 3pm

Compact companions – plushie making workshop — with Katie Schreiber

Create your own plushie, patching together fabric and sentiments that reflect who you are

Sat 15 Jun 2024, 11am – 3pm

Kristina Pulejkova, Make your own Hologram workshop June 2024

Make your own hologram — with Kristina Pulejkova

Pop along to this family-friendly workshop and learn how to create a hologram – part of Tech Ilford's programme of events

10 Jan – 11 May 2024

Fran Copeman, Folk discourse

An exhibition that explores land access in Ilford through the broader lens of the right to roam

Sat 11 May 2024, 11am – 3pm

Make a pop-up book — with Fran Copeman