Polly Townsend and Zoe Benbow, Landscape, reverie and magic

Ilford in focus: a street photography exploration

Beautiful bargello embroidery workshop — with Cecilia Charlton

Mister Geez, Ilford son

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

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

Djofray Makumbu, Snap!

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

Djofray Makumbu talks about Snap!

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! 

Open call for aspiring writers and poets — with Alan Abrahams

Be part of an exciting new exhibition that will open in the gallery in the autumn of 2025

Karen Davies, Notes on love

Family frames: stop motion animation workshop — with Nicole Morris

Winter Ceramic Pop-up 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

Andy Singleton, Natural connections paper art workshops

A free 8 week course of workshops exploring the potential of paper as a medium for expressing ideas and creating beautiful artworks

Experimental sound and drawing workshop — with Sophie Seita

Festive decoration making workshop — with Katherine Tulloh

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

Look, see, make creative workshop — with Emma Douglas

Transition Projects, The Look — featuring work by Jacqueline Utley, Janet Sainsbury, Xingxin Hu, Jennifer Caroline Campbell, Alison Jones, Cathy Lomax and Katherine Allen.

Crystal and copper bangle making workshops — with Chrissy Henry

A free short-course in the art of wire wrapping

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