After just over a year I am sad to have left the SLG because my maternity cover post as Head of Education has now ended. I have really enjoyed working with all the staff (in particular the highly skilled and lovely education team), the community local to the gallery (especially those who are part of the community forum, which I set up) and the artists (being involved in the installation of Roman Ondak's exhibition with young people was a highlight for me).

It's an exciting time for the gallery and I look forward to visiting and seeing how things develop in the next few years, in particular:

The new project supported by the Freelands Foundation that will enable the SLG to transform its work with residents on local housing estates. This will include moving The Shop of Possibilities into the redeveloped Lakanal building as a new creative space for children and families on the Sceaux Gardens estate (behind the SLG), with two artist commissions in the space each year and two annual outdoor commissions on the Pelican estate (behind the former Peckham Road Fire Station). Before I left I also recruited the first Gallery Trainee with the aim to attract applicants who were under-represented in galleries and who were thinking about an alternative to studying at University. Take a look at the Freelands Foundation website for further details about this project.

And the opening of a new cultural centre for the gallery in 2018, housed in the former Peckham Road Fire Station. It's exciting to pass by and see the scaffolding up with workmen on site. Take a look at my previous post below for more information.