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Sydenham Artists Trail, 2025

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🎨 Call for Artists: Sydenham Arts Artists Trail 2025 🖌️

We’re thrilled to announce that applications are now open for the Sydenham Arts Artists Trail 2025!

Taking place in September 2025, the Artists Trail is a much-loved annual event showcasing the incredible talent of local and regional artists across a wide range of disciplines — from painting and printmaking to sculpture, ceramics, textiles, photography, and more!

Whether you're an emerging artist or a seasoned professional, this is your chance to exhibit your work, connect with new audiences, and be part of a vibrant creative community.

🗓️ Event Dates: 13-14 and 20-21 September 2025
📍 Location: Various venues across Sydenham and surrounding areas
đź“… Application Deadline: 31 May 2025

Apply now and help us make 2025 our most inspiring year yet!

ℹ️ More information: Artists Trail 2025

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🎭 Join Our Team!

We’re hiring a Part-Time Administrator & Marketing Coordinator to support our vibrant arts programmes in Sydenham,. South East London.

If you're organised, creative, and passionate about community arts, we’d love to hear from you!

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Supporting Our Community

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We’re a registered charity providing arts activities and events all year round from our permanent home and performance space at the Sydenham Centre and the surrounding area. We’re committed to providing a platform for emerging, local artists as well as bringing in high quality, established artists to the area and using creativity to improve the lives of local people.

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Coming Up

  • Anna Lovely Gallery Open Exhibition

    Anna Lovely Gallery Open Exhibition

    Everyone's invited to the Artists Trail 2025 exhibition opening night - a selection of over 100 artists' work. The perfect way to start the trail!

    Date
    Fri September 12, 2025 6:00PM
    Location
    Venue 31: Anna Lovely Gallery, 140 Sydenham Road, SE26 5JZ
    Category
    Artists Trail
  • Throwing Porcelain - Mini Taster

    Throwing Porcelain - Mini Taster

    15-minute taster session on the potter's wheel with the option of having your pot fired.

    Date
    Sat September 13, 2025 11:00AM
    Location
    Venue 25: Whirled Art Studios, Unit 1, Studio GF3, 118 Stanstead Road, London SE23 1BX
    Category
    Workshop
  • Make a concertina book

    Make a concertina book

    What kind of concertina book will you create?

    Date
    Sat September 13, 2025 11:30AM
    Location
    Venue 27: 52 Cranston Road, SE23 2HB
    Category
    Workshop
  • Collage a bird

    Collage a bird

    Let your creativity take flight by creating your own colourful bird!

    Date
    Sat September 13, 2025 2:00PM
    Location
    Venue 11: Here for Good, 17 Sydenham road, SE26 5EX
    Category
    Workshop

A Year in Review

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Here at Sydenham Arts, we want to make sure we're doing as much as possible to help our local community thrive, and we want to share what we've acheived with you!

So to capture some of the things we've been up to over the past 12 months, we've pulled together this quick summary of some of our main programmes, and a look at what we've achieved overall during the last year...

Check it Out