What's on

Thu 16 June, 12.30 – 1.30pm

Artist Talk | Making work with long-covid knowledges — with Rowena Harris and Susanna Davies-Crook

Sat 18 June 11am – 3pm

Free and all ages welcome

Kristin Pulejkova creative sound workshop June 2022

Turn your drawings into music — with Kristina Pulejkova

A fun, interactive creative workshop suitable for all ages

Wed 8 – Wed 22 June, open everyday 12 – 7pm

SPACE Mare Street

Summer Ceramic Pop Up

Ceramicists from SPACE studios s

Sat 2 July, 10am – 5pm

London Borough of Hackney

Open Studios 2022

Visit over 100 artists across 6 of SPACE's Hackney-based studio buildings

February – July 2022

Free & open to all

Djofray Makumbu, Out of this world, billboard commission for SPACE Ilford, February 2022

Djofray Makumbu, Out of this world

SPACE's new billboard commission is a joyful vision of life in Redbridge in the 21st century co-created with Hainault Youth Centre

Djofray Makumbu in his studio 2022

Djofray Makumbu talks about his billboard commission for SPACE Ilford

26 May – 30 Sept

Free & open to all

Lina Lapelytė: Here Hear Hare Hair

A new immersive sound installation by the award-winning artist developed in collaboration with Ilford residents

Lina Lapelytė talks about Here Hear Hare Hair

Making in Isolation, Together outcomes booklet

Making in Isolation, Together: Confinement, Solidarity and Survival — Nicole Morris

A record of the batiks created and the conversations had during remotely-led workshops for Ilford's +65s

MyZine — led by artist Tamu Nkiwane

Enjoy the poems, stories and drawings created by young people during lockdown

virtual exhibition

Free online tour

Lindsey Mendick, Regrets, I've Had a Few, 2019. Photo: Kate Elliott

Lindsey Mendick: virtual tour of Regrets, I’ve had a few

Experience the inaugural exhibition at SPACE Ilford by navigating your way around this 3D virtual exhibition

Mammoth loop: a stitch in time workshop participants, SPACE studios 2021

Mammoth loop: a stitch in time textile workshops

Redbridge people talk about their experience of working with artist Cecilia Charlton on the current exhibition

Out of SPACE | Episode 8: Community — podcast hosted by Cathy Lomax

Artists Serena Korda and Emma Cousin consider how being in an artist-gang can be empowering.

Wed 22 Sept 2021

Out of SPACE | Episode 5: Carefree — podcast hosted by Cathy Lomax

In order to make good art, should we think and care less?

Wed 20 Oct 2021

Mirror Me, 2019, Oil on Canvas, by Tobi Alexandra Falade. Installation shot at The Wing London

Out of SPACE | Episode 7: Presentation — podcast hosted by Cathy Lomax

How should artists talk about and present their work to collectors, art professionals, the general public and other artists?

Hugh Mendes, Portrait SPACE studios

Out of SPACE | Episode 6: Walking the line: between copy and remake — podcast hosted by Cathy Lomax

Artist Hugh Mendes and IP lawyer Jon Sharples discuss the issue of copyright

Wed 21 July 2021

Untitled, Katherine Tulloh painting

Out of SPACE | Episode 1: Art and caring — podcast hosted by Cathy Lomax

What impact does parenthood have on an artist's practice?

Wed 4 August 2021

Reman Sadani SPACE artist awardee 2021

Out of SPACE | Episode 2: TCB (Taking Care of Business) — podcast hosted by Cathy Lomax

Talking about all those elements of admin that get put off but are a vital part of developing careers, and in some cases protecting livelihoods.

Wed 18 August 2021

Out of SPACE | Episode 3: The message — podcast hosted by Cathy Lomax

To what extent should artists exercise care when making and exhibiting work that has controversial or provocative content?

Wed 1 Sept 2021

Out of SPACE | Episode 4: Looking after the art — podcast hosted by Cathy Lomax

What happens to an artwork once it leaves the studio?

Past events

Sat 19 Mar – Sat 7 May 2022

SPACE Artist Awards Exhibition

A group show featuring work by artists selected for a SPACE Artist Award in 2021

Sat 23 April – Sat 7 May

Djofray Makumbu, Hello Mr Officer

A moving image work that navigates the everyday experiences of young black men from across London

February – March 2022

Get involved in SPACE’s next exhibition

Come and take part in these drop-in artist workshops and help shape the next show

Jan – Mar 2022

Memes for the undiagnosable series, (ongoing). Rowena Harris. Pen on coloured paper. SPACE residency 2022

Long-covid reading group — with Rowena Harris

Free online discussion group for people wanting to critically explore chronic illness and disability with others

Sat 12 March, 11am – 3pm

Make a zine! — with artist Lydia Julien

Get creative and learn to make a DIY mini-magazine – or 'zine' – on any topic you want at this drop-in workshop

Sat 5 March, 11am – 3pm

Thomas Pellerey Grogan, Thinking like a mountain

A new VR experience to come and play

9 Oct 2021 — 26 Feb 2022

Cecilia Charlton, Mammoth loop

An exhibition of textiles exploring Ilford's rich history

9 Oct 2021 – 25 Feb 2022

Cecilia Charlton talks about her textile exhibition Mammoth Loop at SPACE Ilford

Cecilia Charlton talks about Mammoth loop

June 2021 – February 2022

Yasmin Falahat With these hands billboard commission SPACE 2021

Yasmin Falahat, With these hands

A new billboard artwork celebrating the care we show each other

June 2021 – February 2022

Yasmin Falahat fig ceramic from billboard commission video

Yasmin Falahat talks about With these hands

Discover the local stories behind the new billboard commission at SPACE Ilford

How to do PR for artists — with Laura Brown

Learn how to run a successful marketing campaign with top tips and tricks

How to write about your work & artist statement — with Adelaide Bannerman

How to prepare for a studio visit, both online and IRL — with Adelaide Bannerman

How to start presenting and selling yourself and your work online — with Patricia van den Akker

Diversification, or how to make a living as a creative — with Patricia van den Akker

Oct – Dec 2021

Textile workshops with Cecilia Charlton 2021 SPACE Ilford Photo David Mirzoeff

Mammoth loop: family textile workshops — with Cecilia Charlton

Wed 13 Oct, 10.30am – 5pm

Who Cares? about audience engagement

A one-day event for artists, practitioners and producers working in community engagement

Fri 8 Oct, 2 – 3pm

How to drive better and more traffic to your creative website — with Patricia van den Akker

digital showcase

Thu 7 Oct, 6.30 – 8.30pm

lumen print created by Holly Sandiford Collaborative Online Residency 2021

Online Collaborative Residency: Digital Showcase

A live presentation and discussion of the artists' final outcomes from this year's online residency programme

Wed 6 Oct, 12 – 1.30pm

Dyslexia awareness week: celebrating neurodiversity — with Katrina Cochrane