F.A.T Studio formed in 2019 with the mission to organise joyful creative activities in the local area; activities that bring South East London communities together and boost a sense of collective potential. In 2021 they set up Old Kent Road Arts Club, a space in which local people can share skills and collaborate on delivering free creative activities that welcome the public and respond to the context of Old Kent Road.

Peckham Platform is a creative and educational charity based in Peckham. They bring local communities together with leading artists to co-produce social art that responds directly to the needs and concerns of the people involved.

Staffordshire St is an independent project space in Peckham. The venue facilitates arts and cultural events and provides affordable studios for artists, makers and designers. ​

EVENTS:

TIME CHANGE Memory Archive | workshop

A workshop reflecting on memories of South East London through collective experience, writing and artefacts, facilitated by Gut Feeling.

10 AUGUST 2023 | 6.30 – 9PM | £6. CONCESSIONS £4/£2

My Happy Place | workshop

Join Eve Atkinson for a series of spoken word workshops. How can poetry build worlds and transport us into them?

11 AUGUST 2023 | 12 - 1.30PM | FREE. RSVP ESSENTIAL
18 AUGUST 2023 | 12 - 1.30PM | FREE. RSVP ESSENTIAL

Water Series | workshop

Join The Grounding Project for an afternoon of movement, creative writing and play, reflecting on our relationship to nature.

11 AUGUST 2023 | 2.30 - 4PM | FREE. RSVP ESSENTIAL

Project Market  | market

Come and meet the people running local community projects in a friendly, offline environment. This is a chance to find out about local grassroots activities, ask questions, get involved and buy goods that help fund the projects.

12 AUGUST 2023 | 2 - 6PM | FREE

OffBeat: Peckham | screening

An evening of films celebrating Peckham and South East London.

15 AUGUST 2023 | 7 - 9PM | £5. PWYC

Folk Club | workshop

Join Folk Club for an evening of natural dyeing, folklore, and foraging. A place for the lost, found, and freshly made folklore and customs of the fair isles of Albion: Éire, Cymru, Alba and England.

Join us as we create pink and yellow natural dyes out of buddleia and avocado stones. While we dip and dye our fabrics, we'll learn and share folklore around dying practices, and plantlore.

16 AUGUST 2023 | 6 - 9PM | FREE. PWYC

Sites of Play: Peckham Platform | workshop

Artists Birungi Kawooya and Lesley Asare invite you to explore Community, Play and Rest. Through gentle movement we will create a large collective mural using a variety of materials and African print fabrics.

17 AUGUST 2023 | 1 - 3PM | FREE

Tea Leaf Tales of Peckham | workshop

Join Unheard Narratives collective to share and explore share stories and tales of Peckham’s neighbourhood, asking What is your narrative? Who is your community?

This workshop aims to allow people to create their own narratives with tea leaves to reimagine the story of themselves in relation to the community of Peckham. The process begins with sketching your narrative onto a sheet of paper. Next, you’ll use PVA glue on acetate sheets to outline the drawing.

19 AUGUST 2023 | 11 - 2PM | FREE. DROP-IN

The Secret Life of Woodpeckers | workshop

A free workshop for parents and children involving creating a short play, exploring and reflecting on the local green areas of Peckham.

19 AUGUST 2023 | 1 - 3.30PM | FREE. RSVP ESSENTIAL

Play Street

Games, music and more.

19 AUGUST 2023 | 1 - 4PM | FREE

Lagos, Peckham, Repeat at SLG | exhibition and workshop

An exhibition tour and workshop of South London Gallery’s new exhibition - Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes.

Known as ‘Little Lagos’, Peckham is home to one of the largest Nigerian diaspora communities in the UK. Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes is a major group exhibition looking at the connections between Lagos in Nigeria and Peckham in south east London.

20 AUGUST 2023 | 11AM - 1.30PM | FREE

LOOP III: From The Soil Up | workshop

Join Jessy Solomon-Harper and Mattie O'Callaghan for a family-centred wild clay workshop and get stuck into playing and making. Come dig deep into the stories and histories of Peckham hidden beneath the concrete. We will be making new worlds together through getting hands on with clay processing and building, thinking about our relationships to the earth and the materials we make our cities with.

20 AUGUST 2023 | 2 - 4PM | FREE. PWYC

Closing Ceremony | talk

To close our first Festival of Community, we are inviting you all to a participatory dinner. Join us to reflect on the Festival, explore the cumulative show, watch sneak peaks of the Festival film, and share food on a feasting table.

20 AUGUST 2023 | 5 - 7PM | £6. PWYC