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Bow Open Thursday Late: responses to belonging – young curators x Mile End Community Project

, to An after-hours programme featuring a host of workshops and engagement activities led by our young curators in collaboration with Mile End Community Project, including a Islamic geometric and motif class Ali Akhtar, an urban design workshop by Hanifah Malik, a token making workshop by Lydia Lott, and interactive zine-style making with Elizabeth Scott. Image courtesy of Mile End Community Project Our Bow Open exhibition to belong brings together work from 25 artists centered around the theme of belonging, selected by young curators Mara Ahmed, Justine Enyan, Eleanor Getting and Lydia Lott with Mile End Community Project. Showcasing artists from across Bow Arts’ community, the exhibition presents many artforms, including painting, print, sculpture and video, all a testament to how belonging is a practice, rooted in place, identity, memory and community. Explore the questions ‘What does it mean to belong? What does belonging feel like? What does belonging look like?’ throughout the evening in interactive workshops and activities: In the Nunnery Gallery, Elizabeth Scott will be hosting a relaxed area, where you can drop in to create artistic responses to the Bow Open theme ‘belonging’. Feel free to ask her questions about the artworks and themes, and explore her interactive guide to the objects on display to aid your own creativity.