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2 Welcome 13 Sustainability 3 Our Artists 15 Education and learning 7 Partners in our Community 19 The Nunnery Gallery 11 How do we deliver our 21 Arts and events charitable work 23 Out and about 12 Social impacts and outcomes 25 Financials bow ts arEDUCATION 21995 - 2015 bow ts arTHE NUNNERY 21995 - 2015 bow Welcome from the arts Chief Executive 21995 - 2015 Our mission is to support community renewal in east London by delivering arts and creative services through a financially sustainable model

This year saw dramatic growth and from schools to community thank everyone for their time and positive change for Bow Arts. With organisations, all work to deliver interest. It’s been a privilege to our Arts Council Capital Award, we social change. We all have a desire work with Yinka Shonibare (pg14), built new offices for the Bow Arts to ‘make a difference’: I thank them Sir Nicholas Serota and Michael Team (pg 8), transformed the all for supporting us, and report that Craig-Martin (pg23), Wayne Nunnery Gallery and improved we are more confident than ever in Hemingway and Ab Rogers (pg24) Bow Road studios. Despite the Bow Arts’ ability to play our part. and it was fantastic to have our disruption, our professional, Open Show curated by the brilliant enthusiastic team ensured the Recent GLA research indicated that Mark Wallinger (pg22). community regeneration we the changing property market deliver through our projects was as threatens the loss of a large Education is central to our ethos strong as ever throughout 2014. proportion of artists’ workspaces in and activity. Our professional London. We were delighted to be relationship with schools and We thank our artists and partners, invited by Kit Malthouse, the Deputy teachers forms an important whose commitment and energy Mayor of London for Business and learning network across east is at the heart of everything we Enterprise, to join the GLA’s new London: a network that has a real do. Our annual survey records the workspaces providers group impact on young people’s lives professional contribution of our created to address these specific and aspirations. Financial cuts and artists, including the extent and issues. Bow Arts is delivering on its policy upheaval faced by schools quality of their exhibitions, media promise to help reverse the trend: has had a massive impact on coverage and participation in Stratford Studios have opened; capacity for arts teaching. Despite exhibitions, networking events and proposals for a further project in this, our work within schools across peer critiques. Our artists actively Newham in partnership with Create east London has actually grown contribute to community life in London are advanced; as are plans by about 30% a year over the last their neighbourhoods as active for a new studio complex in E1 to three years. Teachers recognise

citizens and generators of wealth provide much needed additional that young people’s learning 2013/14 Annual Report and enterprise. Bow Arts seeks out work space for artists. The expansion experience is dramatically affordable spaces for studios and marks our 20th anniversary and is improved by the high quality explains the economic and social one of the programmed moments arts teaching of our skilled benefits to landlords and residents: to highlight the incredible work artists. Our challenge now our artists help build high carried out by Bow Arts. is to spread the word... impact, sustainable and valuable communities! Our partners, from Our events have received amazing Marcel Baettig local authorities to grant givers, support over the last year, we

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There were 1.71 million jobs in the creative industries across the UK in 2013 a third of these in London. The city’s art and cultural scene We delivered is vitally important to the capital’s global competitiveness and nearly £1m businesses come to London because it attracts creative, dynamic professionals from a range of sectors. worth of subsidy through our Bow Arts is a community of London’s emerging artists. We provide practical support and encouragement to our community of artists affordable by managing a large network of affordable studios, a dynamic workspace programme of innovative arts and cultural events, employment programme opportunities and networking resources.

Our studios and live/work spaces can currently be found across the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and Southwark.

Over 400 artists supported with affordable workspace

Artists delivered 205 contracts through our education programme “Since being on the guided Open Studio tour in 2014, I have “spoken to lots of new people about my work and had a studio visit from Tintype, a gallery I really respect. I was also thrilled to be selected for the Jerwood Drawing prize in 2014.”

Katy Wallwork, Bow Road Studios Membership doubled this year The Bow Arts artist community is both local to nearly 8,000 and London-wide... Averages London’s Artist Quarter - is our online resource for a digital community of creative professionals. London’s Artist Quarter is 40,000 hits per about supporting artists. The site helps artists find opportunities month and services in the creative sector. Things like commissions, work, exhibitions, training, galleries and prizes. It is also the forum where organisations and businesses can promote their activity and reach a Around 1,700 large number of top creative individuals. opportunities www.londonsartistquarter.org posted in

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Professional Artist’s studio finder We supported Development over 95 artists We provide essential services for artists in a straight forward, low- with professional cost way. This includes affordable education advice studios, places to live and work, jobs, access to artist networks, and The best way to find a studio in strong partnerships within our and services London our free digital service local communities and business. enables artists to quickly and easily connect with the affordable studio Advice & Training sector in London. Endorsed by the Our education team provides GLA, Art Quest and NFASP. support and advice for artist www.artiststudiofinder.org educators who deliver our schools “It’s great to have and community programmes. Open Studios We provide training and mentoring a neutral and Our biggest ever series of Open opportunities for new artists to supportive space Studios event, with more than learn how to earn a living from to discuss work 6,000 visitors exploring 400 artist teaching and to learn how to “ studios. with other artists inspire and guide young people. it makes Bow Arts Engine Chat Chat Open Studios are a key event in feel more like a our annual calendar, and serve community than Bow artist Elizabeth Merton runs as a great platform for artists to just studio spaces.” the ever popular Engine Chat Chat promote their work to curators, - Engine Chat Chat a series of peer critique sessions galleries and collectors. This year, participant which forms just part of our package over 25% of artists sold work, with of professional development 65% reporting that they made opportunities that help artists not new professional contacts or just survive but thrive. connections. Annual Report 2013/14 5/6 New £10,000 Art New Prize for east London artists! “I am thrilled to Bow the won have ArtsPrize and found that the afforded freedom to me has led to a productive new and exciting for my direction - Clare work.” Arts Bow Mitten, Prize winner 2013 “ am thrilled to have “I am thrilled to have Arts Prize the Bow won and found that the free- has to me dom afforded and led to a productive direction new exciting -Clare for work.” my Arts Prize Bow Mitten, winner 2013 The Bow Arts Prize Arts Bow The Prize Arts year of the Bow first The worth over in total Prize be a to £10,000 has proved Makinghuge success. the most funded studio of her 12 month financial bursary, and generous Mitten has been winner Clare her new series of producing in a work, be showcased due to in 2015. solo exhibition Maitreyi Maitreyi ...and we won an award ourselves!! an award won ...and we in an award won Baettig, Marcel Our very Chief Executive, own Bizcrowd’s category this years, at the Social Entrepreneur 2013 Awards Entrepreneur British Great An importantAn for new prize artists, supportedeast London Legacy List and theThe by 75 shortlisted Goldhill family. artists selected an by were recognised internationally Caivano; panel: Varda East London East London Prize Painting Maheshwari; MichaelMaheshwari; Goldhill; Elson and MattSarah Price. Michael Goldhill, Nathan Edwards & Claire Gevaux & Claire Michael Edwards Nathan Goldhill, bow arts Partners in our community

Schools Schools have always been a key partner for Bow Arts. Fidelity Uk have generously offered Our education programme is firmly placed at the heart two years of support for our of the organisation, and schools are therefore a natural Education team, the funding will partner in addressing our aim of improving children support a new Education Project and young people’s life chances. Over the last 15 years Manager post. The additional we have worked with nearly every school in our area capacity enabling us to work with and a significant number in surrounding boroughs. ten new schools in Poplar, Tower Our approach is simple - we work with schools to find Hamlets. creative solutions to the challenges that they face. Last year was another record-breaking year, with us working with more schools than ever and delivering over 1,400 artist-led workshops. Read more about our education programme on (pg15-18). Aldgate and Allhallows Foundation. We are pleased to have begun a new partnership with the Aldgate and Allhallows Foundation providing the much needed match funding for our consortium programme with nine schools on the Isle of Dogs, Tower Bow Arts have enjoyed a Hamlets. The funding enabled a rich successful partnership with programme of training for teachers, THAMES for over 10 years artist-led projects, and an ambitious now. Their funding this year shared exhibition. We look forward supported work with five new to building our partnership with Tower Hamlets schools, which Aldgate and Allhallows over the we’re pleased to report have coming years. now continued to work with us independently.

Partnerships This year saw the completion of the raised funding first phase of our public art series with for 10 new Bow School, generously supported through our partnerships with Bank of schools in east America Merrill Lynch and Tate. Find London out more on page 23. Annual Report 2013/14 7/8 Partnerships Partnerships over attracted £250,000 worth of support for artists this year with Worked 10,000 over people young 53 new studios 53 new Our brand new Stratford Studios Studios new Stratford Our brand extremely has proved site full in 28 studios were popular, has site The weeks. just three a dynamic mix of artists and and is home designer-makers Daily Life Baker’s Bobby to in October Open Studios Ltd. the artist together brought their celebrate community to first anniversarywe are and announce to delighted now opening our second are we that which complex Newham Studio 25 new studios in will provide Librarythe old Manor in an Park new partnershipexciting with London. Create A New Direction’s Create Jobs Create A New Direction’s provides new routes into the arts industries for and creative people in east London. young about our paid Read more opportunitiesinternship (pg14). Bow ArtsBow of partners a wide range with works to social impactmake a positive in our communities. on our partnerships, value working great place We opportunities local for improve to closely with others selection a small are of our partnerships Here people. all to big thank you a like say would but we this year, working build are with us to that those organisations communities. better The Mayor’s office has invited invited has office Mayor’s The ArtsBow the newly onto Open London commissioned Group Providers Workspace Kit Mayor Deputy, by chaired is a fantastic This Malthouse. opportunity the studio sector for the at voice a tangible have to political heart of London. Our partnership with Poplar bring to HARCA continues and residents to local benefits the saw year This artists alike. Season’ ‘Balfron of the creation years seven 24), celebrating (Pg of the remarkable that role the heart at artists played have Arts the Bow through of Poplar scheme. LiveWork bow arts Partners in our community

We are proud to be supported by Each year the Land Securities As an Arts Council National Portfolio The Legacy List, the independent Residency searches for the very best Organisation, we are funded to charity for the Queen Elizabeth graduating artists from our top art deliver a programme of support Olympic Park, set up to support schools and awards them their first to emerging artists, extending arts the cultural legacy of the London free professional artists studio for a participation in the borough of 2012 Olympic and Paralympic year. This year’s winners were Ellen Newham and expanding our digital Games. Their mission is to make Macdonald (Royal Academy School), and network presence. Thanks to creative connections between James Kelly (Slade School of Fine a capital grant award of £320,000, people and the Park. They develop, Art), and Michael Page (The Royal in March 2014 we completed a commission and support high College of Art). All based at our P1 transformational programme of quality art, education and skill studio site, this is a fantastic launch refurbishment works including a building initiatives to engage, pad for their early careers. new studio roof, gallery heating educate and inspire current and and lighting, and a new office space future generations. This year the Delvendahl Martin architects for Bow Arts staff coupled with a Legacy List have worked with Bow beautiful new courtyard area. Nicolai and Eric are the inspiration Arts to create the East London behind DM Architects who won the Painting Prize (pg7), they have tender to become our partner in supported the second Bow School the capital project. They held our Pubic Art Commission (pg 24) and hands from start to finish. And they commissioned a new work by artist liked the result, and us, so much that Lucy Harrison as part of the Balfron they moved from their successful Season (pg25 ). Clerkenwell offices to Bow Arts.

Bow Arts new courtyard and offices by DM Architects Annual Report 2013/14 9/10 “The Bermondsey “The Bermondsey a truly is Project collaborative that has venture key become a part of the cultural of renaissance - Bermondsey” Mick Bateman, Director Project for Bermondsey Crisis Project, London Sculpture Sculpture London Workshop facility providing Open access and supportequipment for artists/designers to who want reality. turn their ideas into Residences ArtsBow and Crisis each year residency of 2 studios free offer selected to Crisis clients. charge is residencyThe programme helping Crisis clients aimed at startthem to creative their own completed Wall Lydia business. her residency runs and now millinery successful her own business in Brighton. The London Furniture Furniture London The Workshop Making the the new from Supportingold. and training facilityworkshops in recycled making. furniture Provides 120 interdisciplinary Provides work-spaces creative affordable artists emerging and artsfor professionals. SE1 Studios Bermondsey Project vocational creative Crisis, project. training Crisis - Skylight Crisis The building originally found found building originally The charity Crisis the national by for their homeless people and was This Christmas. Crisis at for centre of the year 9 months for meant empty. the building was Our partnership with Crisis, started in 2010, the project affordable create set out to artists early career for workspace then it Since and designers. and has and grown has grown helped support 500 artists. over Bow ArtsBow Architects new courtyard by DM and offices bow arts

How do we deliver our charitable work? Annual Report 2013/14 11/12 we work hard hard work we maintain at all levels. at maintain to 2 PQASSO Quality Mark.2 PQASSO It’s a standard Keeping up standards Keeping be one of to proud are We charities nationally the few a level achieved who have We are a registered Gift Aid a registered are We with Charity us, which allows support make HMRC, to from every voluntary from donation bit further. an individual go that our artists in total year This £370,000 around generated put directly towards which was Together our charitable activities. with the £340,000 contribution our community partners,from do some amazing able to are we everyone to you Thank things. has supportedthat us.

The Bow Arts Bow The property portfolio generating for is the driver our delivering for income Our studios charitable activity. house spaces and live/work 400 artistsaround 6 sites. across and generous income rental The them, together from donations partnerswith input from in our deliver us to allowed community, £710,000 worth of additional This charitable activity this year. activity has powerful social the impacts for and outcomes of east London. residents

social outcomes social mpact and and Impact bow arts Sustainability

Reduce: This year we continued majority of the studio lighting to monitor the carbon footprint in Bermondsey SE1 Studios will of our studios at 183 Bow Road. be removed when we vacate the In May, we completed our annual building and can be re-installed return to Julie’s Bicycle and are at one of our new studio sites, proud to announce a further 12% reducing both costs and waste. reduction in carbon emissions again this year. We have also Replace: Our major capital works extended our monitoring to our this year included a full roof studios in Stratford and next replacement at 181 Bow Road, door at 181 Bow Road to better and new heating systems at the understand the environmental Nunnery Gallery and Carmelite impact across more of our sites. Café.

Reuse: Our artist studios tend Supporting Cyclists: This year to be in older buildings which we installed new covered cycle present significant sustainability parking in the courtyard at Bow challenges for us. However, one Road. We organised free cycle measure we have introduced is safety checks and maintenance to reuse more of our materials sessions, funded through the TfL and equipment at the end Barclays Cycle Superhighways of a lease. For example, the Workplace Scheme.

Food Cycle serving our hungry Open Studios visitors Annual Report 2013/14 13/14 “Volunteering at “Volunteering Arts helped Bow job after a me get baby” my having (Volunteer - Sarah Gallery invigilator) n 2013-14 In 2013-14 Arts Bow provided volunteer opportunities for 75 people Open across Studios and gallery invigilation. 4 internships London paying Wage Living “

further can we that measures make the Gallery to put in place and welcoming more an even place. accessible year-round offer to continue We opportunitiesvolunteering in the Nunnery Gallery and at The events. our Open Studios or live majority of our volunteers Last year study in east London. experience work provided we from 11 and 13 students Year to local secondary four schools. support the Creative With from we Programme, Employment four to internships provided people aged 18-25 unemployed in east London resident years Wage. Living London paying

Last year our education our education Last year in delivered was programme partnership with 70 schools Our Boroughs. in 10 London participants reflect the ethnically that areas catchment diverse our schools serve. Last year, establish pleased to were we a partnership with leading UK disability arts organisation NunneryThe Gallery Shape. the annual Shape Open hosted by works presenting exhibition, Shape Open The disabled artists. good media coverage received new and diverse and attracted Arts. Bow to Shape audiences for training staff also provided ahead of volunteers our staff and and carriedthe exhibition out an some highlight audit to access Special Guest Judge Yinka Shonibare MBE (RA), Shape exhibition. MBE (RA), Yinka Shonibare Special Guest Judge Equality and Diversity and Equality w bots areducation Education and learning

Our Education programme serves a wide range of schools by providing long term, high quality arts experiences for children, young people and teachers. We provide bespoke projects that are always designed around the needs of each individual school. Here’s a taster of the types of programmes we delivered last year.

We worked with 70 schools this year across 10 London boroughs.

Clara Grant Primary - After School Clubs

Stebon Primary School - INSET and Staff Training Cross-curricular topics Working with artists to find original ways of bringing topics to life, whilst developing pupils’ art skills and creating original artworks. Topics included: Robots, Medieval Maths, and Spy Kids. Annual Report 2013/14 15/16 Manor Park Consortium Manor Park consortium of our successful year third The Arts Bow together model - bringing and inspirational create of schools to a group learning opportunities and children for people. young Bigland Green PrimaryBigland Green School Park Primary School - PPA Park ArtsBow artists art deliver lessons and special the throughout per week days projects four Planning, as partwhole year of the school’s time. (PPA) and Assessment Preparation

Central Foundation School - Year 9 Arts Award Year School - Foundation Central of group with a targeted work in to Arts brought Bow were re-engaging aimed at 9 students, them in school and Year art our alternative curriculum, the Through their learning. and gained a their projects, completed successfully students in the process. qualification ArtsBronze Award Sheringham PrimarySheringham School Isle of Dogs Isle Consortium w bots areducation Education and learning

Arts Award 221 young It’s been a top year for young people gaining qualifications through our projects, with a record number of 221 participants securing people gained their Arts Awards. Wherever possible we build the Arts Award into Arts Award our projects, not only as a way of inspiring young people to engage Qualifications with the arts, but also to provide a recognised qualification for their work. We’ve also taken a lead on training both artists and teachers to (up from 31 the become qualified advisors across all levels of the award, embedding previous year the award throughout schools across east London.

Cuts in Education? Against the trend, the number of schools independently signing up to our arts services has grown by 30% every year for the last 3 years.

“A great example of how a leading arts organisation can make a huge contribution to “a local area.” Munira Mirza, Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture Annual Report 2013/14 17/18 97.2% of 97.2% participants reported learning new result skills as a of our projects last year This year provided we 38,415 opportunities and for children people young to participate in the arts 715 teachers benefitted our from professional development sessions We continue to build our build to continue We of artist-ledsessions programme programme The teachers. for upskill to is designed teaching of ways new explore staff and activity to creative bringing enjoyed We’ve the classroom. from teachers together bringing work and to schools different A big thank you learn together. inspirational the countless to tirelessly who are teachers working keep the arts to in alive their schools. Teachers’ Professional Professional Teachers’ Development Collaborative Working Collaborative for year 2013 has been a great our unique Consortium Model. in 2011 with a group Piloted schools in Manorof eight Park, rolled now have Newham, we’ve schools in both out the model to in the Isle of Dogs and Poplar consortiumThe Hamlets. Tower of bringing way is an effective pool to schools together knowledge and ideas. resources, of scale means economy The deliver able to now are we that artist-led more projectseven young children, to and training We people and their teachers. starting already develop are to our next consortium of schools 2015. for Stratford around Sarah Bonnell school mural by artists Pencil + Help artists by BonnellSarah school mural Pencil w bots arthe nunnery Nunnery Gallery

Another Country Another Country was an Nunnery Gallery is in a unique building exhibition of Cara Nahul on the ground floor of a former convent, and Matthew Krishanu, two and surrounded by Bow Art’s studios. We painters who find themselves invite visitors to experience high quality art dislocated from the locations in an intimate and welcoming setting. Our that they perceive as home. This was the Nunnery Gallery’s exhibitions unite the history of our area most successful exhibition for with new artist commissions providing engaging with local people. skills, debate and art for new audiences. There was a session with local Bangladeshi community groups facilitated by Matthew Krishanu and a well attended artist talk.

This year our exhibitions and events featured in - Timeout’s Top 5, BBC News, The Independent, The Guardian, Big Issue and many more Annual Report 2013/14 19/20 “This exhibition tells a remarkable BBC News story” thrilling to “It’s these seen have hidden paintings in an the right setting, East End Gallery!” (visitor to the exhibition) “ Nearly 4,000 Nearly visitors to this exhibition ast London Group ast London e As part of the Barbican’s Battle Of Battle the Nunnery Ideas, Gallery hosted partAs of the Barbican’s on gentrification. debate table a round Satellite, an infamous Battle of entertainment, the worlds media, regeneration minds from Great a by attended debate head in a lively head to and politics went sell-out audience. Throughout the exhibition, local schools visited the Nunnery local schools visited the exhibition, Gallery, Throughout today. east London from they recognised the scenes by inspired The exhibition gathered together paintings of local streets from 20th from of local streets paintings together gathered exhibition The The the working of east London. Century by men and women painted tells Biennale’, to Bow ‘From book based on the successful exhibition, Sickert and Walter mentors group the story led by the painters of how exhibit to their working from class backgrounds rose John Cooper Biennale. Venice and Tate at internationally w bots arthe nunnery Arts and events

Alongside the exhibition programme at the Nunnery Gallery, the arts and events team are involved in the creation of many events outside.

Open Show 2014 @ the Bermondsey Project Space Mark Wallinger Presents... The Best of Bow Arts 2014. Sarah Elson and Mark Wallinger handpicked 12 Bow Artists to showcase their work in this two week exhibition. The exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue and essay written by Sarah Elson of the Contemporary Arts Society. There is a strong Carmelite Cafe vein of surreal imagery throughout Carmelite Café known for its great Coffee and the works in the wonderful atmosphere is open 6 days a week. It “ has become the central watering hole for many show. I enjoyed their local residence and artists alike as well as being a simple speculative welcome find for new gallery visitors. narrative which develops into an The cafe runs evening events, supper clubs, music interesting dialogue concerts and poetry evenings as well as hosting exhibitions with a community or local slant. through the pieces we have selected. Mark Wallinger, Artist/curator

Bow Road Open Studios has been a must-see for thousands

of London’s art Yinka Shonibare MBE, guest judge & Tony Heaton, CEO Shape, goers since 1995 with the prize winners from the Shape 2013 exhibition. Annual Report 2013/14 21/22

works works this Electron Flow by Gary by Electron Flow Drostle Not a chance year over £115k of over Art Public We commissioned by artists by “Electron Flow” is the title of the “Electron Flow” Art Public commission latest artist HARCA, by Poplar from covers work The Gary Drostle. an electrical in the sub station at A QR code heart of Poplar. whisks of the design the centre by a film created to audiences Langdon people from young Carl School maker with film Park mosaic received The Stevenson. Contemporary for the award in Mosaic the 2014 Innovation at Mosaic Arts International in Texas. Houston Another award award Another of winning piece ArtPublic (below) created by Emma Cooper Emma Cooper by created (below) made was and Jake Fishman plumbers poly pipe and from tubing. copper

We worked with Willmott Dixon Dixon Willmott with worked We two commission to Regeneration works specific stunning new site of art their new marketing for Artist suite. Michal Pustejovský “Not A Chance” the work created be used to to bricks are that from build some of the new homes in Forest” “Enchanted while the area Aberfeldy Suite Marketing For many years we have have we years many For service managed a professional supporting commission clients of art.new public works From writing the initial brief and finding the artist,right right manufacture and to through all the have We installation. need. our clients experience Public ArtPublic Commissions

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Sir Nicholas Phase 1 - A Curious Line Serota Opening Bow School’s Bow School Public Art Commissions new Public Art Students became the commissioning agents, in this great commissions project. Following a strictly competitive public process the student team appointed design agency make: good to work with them on the project. They commissioned a series of transformative new works of art for their newly built school in Tower Hamlets.

VIP unveiling Sir Nicholas Serota and veteran artist Michael Craig-Martin unveiled the first three works of art. Both men applauded the work of the “The underpass artists and young people and recognised the impact of support from captures the spirit sponsors like the Tate and Bank of America Merrill Lynch could have of the new school on our environment and young people lives and aspirations. “so students can start their journey from the moment they walk in. It is a great example of how all the partners have come together to regenerate the local area through a public art project. Michael Craig-Martin Cutting the ribbon I am honoured to have been invited to participate in the unveiling.” Michael Craig - Martin, Artist Annual Report 2013/14 23/24 Chantell Faust painter Faust Chantell British Council with the British worked We host 10 international to Council in the in residence Architects 50 students and trained Tower who then supported the British Biennale. Venice the at Pavilion Rogers Ab Designer With of fun. Over a weekend brought the tower over took 30 students installations, and presented songs and ideas all sculptures, Tower. based on the 22 Artist in residence opened the doors of their live homes or built installations work in empty and presented flats seen before 500 never over of art, in around works created Tower. or about the The Season was hosted by Bow Bow by hosted SeasonThe was Arts HARCA on behalf of Poplar Newcastle. and London Worked with us to commission commission with us to Worked recreate to Hemmingway Wayne Erno Goldfingers infamous was even There flat. penthouse of his one recreate time to legendary parties. champagne Over 5,500 visitors Over - Review Farrell The RoomUrban hosted Visits, Urban London LUV, dinner a series of high profile exploring London’s debates, guest The urban development. some of together list brought names in housing top London’s including and regeneration, (Deputy Richard Blakeway Mayor - Housing), Eric (former Sorensen LDDC) Lunts Chief Exec and David Dir). Exec (GLA

- the Mayor’s Olympic charity - the Mayor’s a major new work Commissioned artistby Lucy Harrison entitled that a work “Home on High”, the story retold of one sensitively of the earliest residents of the Tower.

Bow ArtsBow a 6 month hosted of Erno landmark celebration London East iconic Goldfinger’s Block ‘Balfron Tower Tower’ art, showcased the festival and debate food architecture, some together and brought highest profile of London’s work. to organisations The Balfron Season The Balfron bow arts Financials

The main income stream continues to be licence fees and rent from artists for the provision of studio and live/work spaces. In 2013/14 Bow Arts received capital grant award of £320,000 towards a programme of refurbishment works at Bow Road.

Income (£,000’s)

204 Licence fees and rents 428 30 Donations

57 Gift Aid

Grants 314 797 Education income

Gallery Income

Charitable Expenditure (£,000’s)

Provision of creative workspaces

498 Education projects

779 Gallery programme and events 60 Governance 115 Capital Project 323 Annual Report 2013/14 25/26 http:// http:// charities/bowarts uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ Gallery Director Administrator Business Development Chief Executive and Enterprise Operations Director, Executive Administrator Finance Director Commercial Assistant and Communications Press Space Work Head of Creative Director, Executive Senior Assistant Studio Assistant Studio and Learning Head of Education Manager Projects Education Manager Projects Education Manager Projects Education Assistant Education (Chair) (Chair) (Treasurer) (Vice Chair) Bow Arts Trust Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales with Wales and in England registered is a company Ltd Trust ArtsBow

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Nanda Poleon Rosamond Murdoch Gallery and Events Team Gallery and Events Education Team Education Rob Smith Law Angela Haque Amina Michael Owens Melody Patman Team Workspace Creative Michael Cubey Hogrebe Tilly Sally Dracott Ashman Lydia Kirsty Lowry Kathryn Newman Rob Harris Our Staff Baettig Marcel Martyn Coles Our Trustees Elson Sarah Michele Faull Elizabeth Hall Kilburn Jeremy Rajen Madan John Middleton Nick Smales Mon Ullah Winskill Jonathan for all their support and encouragement. partners, volunteers and, of course, our artists of course, and, volunteers partners, With thanks to our trustees, staff, community staff, With thanks to our trustees, bow arts

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