A New Arts Hub in the center of Forest Hill!!!
· Neighbourhood Dining/Café
· Artist's & Artisan's studios
· Gallery & Showcase
· Community Workshops & Gatherings
Canvas & Cream comprises of an artists' designed Up-Cycled Café/community dining rooms, a dedicated Gallery space with community workshop and events programme, therapy room and seven artists/artisans studios. It has social objectives at it's core and is a social enterprise.
Canvas & Cream endeavours to:
• Enable artists to build sustainable creative businesses by providing high quality, fit for purpose and affordable exhibition opportunities.
• Provide promotional and networking opportunities to artists through regular networking activities and an online gallery.
• Provide accessible arts activities for the local community to learn, celebrate and participate within the arts at affordable rates
• Host artist's events that endeavour to bring current artistic practice into the heart of the community for all ages, creeds, classes and social backgrounds
• Provide a South East London arts hub, a social dining experience embedded within a creative environment, connected through and in partnership with a growing number of arts venues along the South East London Overground Line.
• Celebrate the contribution of artists and creatives to the innovative and creative use of everyday objects and ideas and the impact this has on social change and financial independence.
We hope to include you or meet you at some point throughout our venture.
Please look out for our Launch Open Art Competition at http://tinyurl.com/3ww8hhe
Joanna and Emily
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