Bow Skills workshop: building participatory art practices with Lydia Newman - Bow Arts

Overview

Join multidisciplinary artist Lydia Newman for an interactive and reflective workshop on developing participatory art practices. Through artist talk, discussion, and creative exercises, explore how to bring audience participation into your art form across performance, painting, sculpture, and other media.

Event Details

• Thursday 16th July 2026, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
• Bow Arts Trust, 183 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ

What You'll Learn

• Learn about Lydia's approach to participatory practice through examples from her artistic work
• Reflect on your own practice through guided creative exercises, discussion and peer exchange
• Develop ideas for incorporating participation into your work in ways that feel authentic to your interests and artistic intentions
• Connect with other artists and practitioners interested in participation, collaboration and audience engagement

Who Should Attend

This workshop is open to artists, creatives and practitioners who are curious about participatory approaches, whether you are completely new to the field or looking to deepen an existing practice.

Fee

• £5.00 – £7.00
• £5 for concessions (students, over 65s, under 18s, Bow Arts artists and key workers)

Accessibility

The Bow Arts Trust office has step-free access throughout from street level, including to the accessible toilet, and is service animal friendly. This venue does not have a hearing loop system. Accessible parking is not available on-site.

Contact

For questions regarding accessibility or to make us aware of access requirements, email [email protected] or call 020 8980 7774 (Ext. 3).

Transport

• Nearest stations: Bow Road (District and Hammersmith and City lines) is a 6-minute walk away; Bow Church (DLR) is a 3-minute walk away
• Bus: 205, 25, 425, A8, D8, 108, 276, 488 and 8 service the surrounding area
• Bicycle parking at Bow Church Station; nearest Santander Cycles docking station at Bow Church Station