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TRACING BRENT | Mapping Place, Time, and Memory We are thrilled to announce TRACING BRENT, an upcoming exhibition showcasing some of the creative talent in the borough. The exhibition features thoughtful works from local creatives, artists and makers exploring the deep connections between place, time and memory. 🗓️ THE DETAILS Public View Event: Join us on 16th May @ 6pm 🥂 Exhibition dates: 16th May – 29th May 2026 Opening Times: 4pm – 7pm (Closed Sundays & Mondays) 📍 LOCATION ASC Studios Alperton Canalside Gallery, 243 Ealing Rd, London, Wembley, HA0 1QL This exhibition has been curated by local artists Marco Ferrara and Simmi Dullay as part of the Creative Enterprise Programme, funded by Brent Council as part of the Mayor’s Creative Enterprise Zone (ERA). Supported by Artists’ Studio Company (ASC) a registered charity dedicated to keeping art affordable and accessible in London since 1995. Charity Registration number: 1045067 Book your tickets by clicking the link in bio 🔗 @brentmuseumandarchives @brentcouncil @brentcultureservice @brentartistnetwork @brentartists #ASC #BrentCreatives #BrentCouncil #BrentArtists #BrentCreativeEnterpriseProgramme
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🎉 Celebrating Our Open Studios Weekend 3 Awardees! 🎉 Weekend 3 wrapped up our Open Studios 2026 with an incredible showcase of talent across ASC Cleaver Street and ASC Hawks Road! We are thrilled to announce our final winners from these locations: 🏆Meet the Winners: ✨Laura Broughton | @lauradawnartist | ASC Cleaver Street Laura Dawn Broughton is a London-based contemporary artist who creates narrative paintings and drawings from her Cleaver Street studio, capturing playful yet thought-provoking snapshots of city life. ✨ James Kaye Harris | @jameskayeharris | ASC Hawks Road James Kaye Harris is a multi-disciplinary, London-based artist and poet who operates out of Studio K14 on Hawks Road. His work focuses on blending traditional mediums like painting and poetry with digital art, aiming to build a creative bridge between the canvas and the computer screen. ❤️ A Massive Thank You! Thank you so much to all of the amazing ASC Artists who opened their studio doors, and to everyone in the public who came out to visit us across all 8 of our studio locations! Your support keeps London’s creative community thriving. ☀️ What's Next: The Summer Exhibition Each of our Weekend 3 winners receives an art materials voucher from our sponsor Cass Art and a spot in our upcoming Summer Exhibition at The Handbag Factory! Join us this August to see all nine of our awardees showcase their work, where they will have a chance to win the £1,000 ASC Art Prize! ✨ Stay tuned we will be sharing full exhibition promotional details and dates very soon! 🎨 Proudly sponsored by @cassart1984 and @jubelbeer #ASC #ASCOpenStudios #LondonArt #OpenStudios #LondonCreatives
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Streamwalking ASC is delighted to welcome Streamwalking to our Streatham Hill Project Space. This exhibition brings together four artists to explore and respond to Ursula K. Le Guin’s story, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. ✨Opening event: 14th May 6-9 pm 🎨Artist talk: 21st May 7-8:30 pm hosted by Michael Paraskos. 🗓️Exhibition open for drop-in visits the weekends of May 16th - 17th & May 23rd - 24th | 12pm - 4pm 📍 ASC Streatham Hill, 47c Streatham Hill, London SW2 4TT Open by appointment on weekdays. Featured Artists Sarah Davis | @sarahdavisartist Kim Shaw | @kimshawphotographer Irene Prisco Stern | @irene.pstern Alex Stone | @alexmstone_ Image Credit: Kim Shaw, Tracing Omelas, 2025 #ASC #ASCprojects #Londonartists #londonart #LondonExhibition
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Incorrigible Rogue(s) | New Exhibition ASC is delighted to welcome Incorrigible Rogue(s) to our Cleaver Street Project Space. ✨Private view: Friday, May 22, 2026 | 6pm - 9pm  🗓️Viewing date: Saturday, May 23, 2026 | 10am - 5pm 🗓️Open by appointment: 24 - 30 May | 10am - 5pm 📞 Contact Stevie Ball for viewing: 07534907013 📍Court 1, Court House, Lambeth County Court, Cleaver Street, Kennington Road, London, SE11 4DZ Brothers Allen and Steven Ball present Incorrigible Rogue(s), an exhibition of photo-based works that explores the commingling of site, family, identity, and criminality. Consisting of three distinct–yet thematically linked–series of images that sift and burrow through the impermanence of time, history, and forgetting, Incorrigible Rogue(s) interrogates how diverse images construct the brothers’ fragmented memories of their shared formative years. Featured Artists: Stevie Ball Allen Ball | @allenball2018 | website: allenball.ca #ASC #ASCprojects #Londonartists #londonart #LondonExhibition
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ASC OPEN STUDIOS: WEEKEND 2 HIGHLIGHTS ✨ What a weekend! The energy at Stockwell Road, Streatham Hill and Grafton Quarter was electric. Huge thanks to everyone who came out to support local art and to the artists for putting in so much effort! 🎨✨ We’ve have 4 incredible winners who are heading to our Summer Exhibition: 🏆 @isabelrockartist 🏆 @jformentelli 🏆 @joserafaelcmendes 🏆 @marcelmesartwork Missed out? We have ONE WEEKEND LEFT! STARTING TOMORROW🎨 Join us at: 📍 Kingston (Hawks Rd) | 47-51 Hawks Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, London KT1 3DS ⏰Hawks Road: Fri 6pm-8pm | Sat 11am-5pm | Sun 11am-5pm 📍Kennington (Cleaver St) | County Courts, Cleaver Street, Kennington, London SE11 4DZ ⏰Cleaver Street: Fri 5pm-9pm | Sat 1pm-6pm Entry is FREE. Come meet the makers, buy original art, and support your local creative community. Proudly sponsored by @cassart1984 and @jubelbeer ASC is a registered charity dedicated to keeping art affordable in London. Charity Registration number: 1045067 #ASC #ASCOpenStudios #LondonArt #OpenStudios #LondonCreatives
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🏆 Celebrating Our Open Studios Week 2 Winners! 🏆 Weekend 2 was a whirlwind of creativity across Stockwell Road, Grafton Quarter, and Streatham Hill. We are thrilled to announce our four standout winners! Because Stockwell Road is such a massive hub of talent, we’ve selected two winners from that site. Each winner receives a £125 art materials voucher from our sponsor Cass Art and a spot in our August Summer Exhibition at The Handbag Factory, with a chance to win the £1,000 first prize! 🏆 Meet the Winners: ✨Isabel Rock @isabelrockartist | ASC Stockwell Road Isabel creates contemporary fairy tales using a unique woodblock collage technique and intricate pen drawings. Her surreal narratives are inspired by her global travels and environmental activism. ✨Justine Formentelli @jformentelli | ASC Stockwell Road Informed by a childhood in the Caribbean, Morocco, and Réunion Island, Justine’s work investigates the porous boundaries between inner and outer landscapes, shaped by a life across shifting geographies. ✨José Rafael Mendes @joserafaelcmendes | ASC Grafton Quarter Born in Lisbon, José explores the "in-between" of imagination and longing. His paintings serve as a stage for invented dramas, blurring the lines between selfhood, memory, and fiction. ✨Marc Elmes @marcelmesartwork | ASC Streatham Hill Marc’s practice is deeply rooted in South London, producing visually rich and ornamental pieces. His work carries a "carnivalesque" spirit, blending modern installations with ancient mythical themes. 🎨 The Grand Finale: Weekend 3 is Coming! ASC Hawks Road 📍47-51 Hawks Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, KT1 3DS 📅 Friday, May 8th: 6pm – 8pm 📅 Saturday, May 9th: 11am – 5pm 📅 Sunday, May 10th: 11am – 5pm ASC Cleaver Street 📍 County Courts, Cleaver Street, Kennington, SE11 4DZ 📅Friday, May 8th: 5pm – 9pm 📅Saturday, May 9th: 1pm – 6pm Entry is FREE. Come meet the makers, buy original art, and support your local creative community. Proudly sponsored by @cassart1984 and @jubelbeer ASC is a registered charity dedicated to keeping art affordable in London. Charity Registration number: 1045067 #ASC #ASCOpenStudios #LondonArt #OpenStudios #LondonCreatives
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✨ Weekend 1 Highlights ✨ The first weekend of ASC Open Studios 2026 was an incredible start to our three-weekend journey! We saw a fantastic turnout with lots of visitors exploring our workspaces. There was a real sense of excitement as artists engaged with one another across our buildings, truly building the creative community that ASC is all about. The studios featured in Weekend 1 were: ✨ASC Ealing Road ✨ASC Empson Street ✨ASC Thurlow Street 🏆 Celebrating Our Week 1 Winners: These artists were selected for their outstanding work and each received a £125 art materials voucher from Cass Art: ✨Trish Wylie | ASC Ealing Road | @trishwylieartist ✨Faza Merajdin | ASC Empson Street | @fazamerajdin ✨Samantha Jackson | ASC Thurlow Street | @sam_jacksonart Join us next for Weekend 3 of Open Studios! ASC Hawks Road 📍47-51 Hawks Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, KT1 3DS 📅 Friday, May 8th: 6pm – 8pm 📅 Saturday, May 9th: 11am – 5pm 📅 Sunday, May 10th: 11am – 5pm ASC Cleaver Street 📍 County Courts, Cleaver Street, Kennington, SE11 4DZ 📅Friday, May 8th: 5pm – 9pm 📅Saturday, May 9th: 1pm – 6pm Entry is FREE. Come meet the makers, buy original art, and support your local creative community. Proudly sponsored by @cassart1984 and @jubelbeer ASC is a registered charity dedicated to keeping art affordable in London. Charity Registration number: 1045067 #ASC #ASCOpenStudios #LondonArt #OpenStudios #LondonCreatives
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✨ Announcing Our Open Studios Week One Studio Awardees ✨ The first weekend of ASC Open Studios 2026 was an incredible success, and we are thrilled to celebrate the standout artists chosen from our Week one locations! Each of these talented studio tenants has won a £125 art materials voucher from our proud sponsor, Cass Art, to keep their creative momentum going! Plus, they have secured a spot in our Summer Exhibition this August at the The Handbag Factory, where they’ll compete for the £1,000 grand prize! 🏆 Meet the Winners: ✨Trish Wylie @trishwylieartist | ASC Ealing Road The Work: Known for her large-scale oils and acrylics, Trish’s work is fierce, irreverent, and full of energy. She blends 20th-century film and advertising references with religious iconography to explore gender politics and nature. ✨Faza Merajdin @fazamerajdin | ASC Empson Street The Work: A painter dedicated to the investigation of light for over twenty years. Faza uses patterns derived from sacred geometry and inspiration from Nairobi’s perforated screens (jaalis) to create planes of vibration and meditative stillness. ✨Samantha Jackson @sam_jacksonart | ASC Thurlow Street The Work: A Scottish painter whose gestural work explores the relationships between material and site. She uses found materials and water-based pigments to create fragmented, fleeting paintings that reward "long looking" and foster connection. 🎨 The Journey Continues: Weekend two is here! Join us for Weekend 2 of Open Studios! 📅 Friday, April 24th: 5pm – 9pm 📅 Saturday, April 25th: 1pm – 6pm 📍 Locations: Brixton (Stockwell Rd), Streatham Hill, and Croydon (Grafton Quarter) Special Mention: While in Croydon, don't miss "The Space Between," a solo exhibition by Rebecca Tucker at @ascthecube ! Entry is FREE. Come meet the makers, buy original art, and support your local creative community. Proudly sponsored by @cassart1984 and @jubelbeer ASC is a registered charity dedicated to keeping art affordable in London. Charity Registration number: 1045067 #ASC #ASCOpenStudios #LondonArt #OpenStudios #LondonCreatives
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The arts charity Artists Studio Company is a leading provider of #affordable workspace for #creatives. They are hosting their annual open studios events in April and May, bringing together artists, makers and creatives across eight locations, including right here in Lambeth, for three weekends of #discovery, #connection and #culture. 📍 Lambeth locations & dates: • 24–25 April — Stockwell Road (Brixton) & Streatham Hill (Streatham) • 8–9 May — Cleaver Street (Kennington) More info in our bio!
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That’s a wrap on SLEEPER 👁️💤 We’ve officially closed the curtains on our latest group exhibition at ASC Gallery. It’s been an incredible run exploring the intersection of the subconscious and contemporary figuration. Deepest thanks to our exhibiting artists and to every visitor who made the Private View such a memorable night. Stay tuned for what’s coming next to the Handbag Factory! 🧤🎨 The SLEEPER Artists: ✨ @lucyspanyol@jackhughesartist@joonhongmin.artist@leighkcurtis@samanthafellowsart@adammdix@nellmitchell_ #ASC #ASCgallery #londonartists #londonart #GroupExhibition
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Week 1 is coming next week: ASC OPEN STUDIOS 2026 🎨 Ever wanted a rare look inside the workspaces where London’s art is brought to life? Now’s your chance to find out. From Alperton to Brixton, and Bow to Kingston, ASC is throwing open the doors to 8 Artist Studio locations across the city. This isn’t just an art show, it’s an all-access pass to meet painters, sculptors, potters, and even puppeteers in their natural habitat. Whether you’re looking to snag a one-of-a-kind handmade piece or just want to soak up some creative vibes, come and see why London’s art scene is world-class. 🗓️ THE LINEUP UP FIRST | WEEKEND 1: April 17th – 18th * 📍 Alperton (Ealing Rd) | 243 Ealing Road, Alperton, London HA0 1QL * 📍 Bow (Empson St) | Unit 3 Empson Street, Bow, London E3 3LT * 📍 Walworth (Thurlow St) | The Chaplin Centre, Taplow House, Thurlow Street, Walworth, London SE17 2UL * ⏰ Fri 5pm–9pm | Sat 1pm–6pm WEEKEND 2: April 24th – 25th * 📍 Brixton (Stockwell Rd) | 246 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London SW9 9SP * 📍 Streatham (Streatham Hill) | 47c Streatham Hill, London SW2 4TT * 📍 Croydon (Grafton Quarter) | Art House, Grafton Quarter, Grafton Road, Croydon CR0 3RP * ⏰ Fri 5pm–9pm | Sat 1pm–6pm WEEKEND 3: May 8th – 10th * 📍 Kingston (Hawks Rd) | 47-51 Hawks Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, London KT1 3DS * ⏰ Hawks Road: Fri 6pm-8pm | Sat 11am-5pm | Sun 11am-5pm * 📍 Kennington (Cleaver St) | County Courts, Cleaver Street, Kennington, London SE11 4DZ * ⏰ Cleaver Street: Fri 5pm-9pm | Sat 1pm-6pm ✨ WHY VISIT? * Meet the Makers: Chat with artists directly about their process. * Buy Original: Acquire unique, handmade art & craft pieces. * Support Local: ASC is a registered charity keeping art affordable in London. Charity Registration number: 1045067 Entry is FREE. Grab a friend, pick a location (or three), and come explore! 🏆 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY We are thrilled to partner with Cass Art and Jubel to make this year’s Open Studios our biggest yet! 🍻🎨 @cassart1984 @jubelbeer 🔗 Link in bio for more Open Studios information! #ASC #ASCOpenStudios #LondonArt #OpenStudios #LondonCreatives
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Artist Spotlight: Exploring the subconscious at SLEEPER 👀 ✨ With SLEEPER now in full swing at The Handbag Factory, we are continuing our artist spotlight series. This week, we dive into the dreamlike and deeply personal worlds of four more artists featured in the exhibition. From “windows to the soul” to landscapes of ritual and memory, these works invite viewers to step into the space between reality and the subconscious: Adam Dix | @adam_dix_ Adam’s work brings together a world of community and ritual, traversing the landscape of analogue and digital media. Through layered oil glazes and nostalgic imagery, he explores the blend of traditional folk customs and contemporary communication. His work can be found in the V&A print archive. Nell Mitchell| @nellmitchell_art A confessional artist based in East London, Nell uses humor and vivid imagery to process life’s complexities. Treating her practice as a “window to the soul,” she creates cathartic, diary-like work that allows the viewer to know her completely through her art alone. Leigh Curtis | @leighcurtis_ Leigh’s paintings navigate the balance between tenderness and absurdity. Featured in this show is Relief on Closing Door, a piece relating to sanctuary and seclusion. “My paintings are based on people and places, real and imagined... showing attempts at freedom and moments of pleasure.” Lucy Spanyol | @lucyspanyol Lucy brings a painterly sensibility to questions of narrative and visual psychology. Her dreamlike works occupy the space betlveen figuration and abstraction, using intuition to create “unstable symbolic spaces” that suggest rather than explain. Visit us this week: The exhibition is open and entry is free. Come experience these seven unique voices before we close on April 13th. 📍 ASC Gallery, The Handbag Factory, SE11 5RB Remaining Hours: 🔸April 7th - 10th & April 13th: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 🔸Saturday, April 11th: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM #SleeperExhibition #ASC #TheHandbagFactory #LondonArt #ContemporaryPainting
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