Network Members

AiR is an artist-led studio based on the Hastingwood Trading Estate in Edmonton. A long-term practice of ’staying’ in the everyday of a place supports the making of artworks in response. Their most recently staying in the Lea Valley explores distribution, movement and making during climate and social crisis.

Alex McHallam MA is a mixed media artist working mostly in mosaics.  She specialises in public art projects which focus on community engagement.  Her work frequently references local history and the environment. She teaches mosaic making at all levels.

Arbeit Studios is a creative workspace provider working across London. Our site in Palmers Green doesn't (currently) have any studios available, we run a creative programme of events and opportunities including a rolling Artist Residency Programme. The space is also available to book for workshops, events, exhibitions, performances and more, and we have been helping steer the redevelopment of Devonshire Square and are planning it's launch programme.

Situated on the edge of Enfield’s 10,000 home Meridian Water regeneration project, BLOQS are the largest open access workshop in Europe. BLOQS provide professional facilities for SME creative makers in metalwork, 3D printing, fashion, set building etc.

Border Crossings is an intercultural theatre company, based in Enfield and creating work that connects the local and the global. Our professional theatre and community engagement work go hand in hand: the professional productions give exposure to stories that are rarely told, and our long lasting relationships with grass roots communities steer, inform and feed our artistic vision, which pushes for change and equality for all.

Chickenshed is a theatre company for absolutely everyone. For fifty years, we’ve created bold and beautiful work from our limitless belief in each other. Through our productions, our performance training, our education courses and our outreach projects, we create wonder out of chaos and change out of challenge.

Clang Studios is a music production studio offering rehearsal space, recording studios and equipment hire, based in Ponders End, an important site of former major industrial employment including Thorn EMI and Belling factories, and now home to an emerging creative cluster.

Colour Your City is a multidisciplinary practice working with the power of colour to enrich life and transform space. Colour Your City envisions a world where colour is used consciously and imaginatively to enrich the built environment and elevate wellbeing.

Doodle Designs is a participatory creative organisation based in Edmonton and founded by Christina Kalinowski in 2011. Doodle connects communities through art craft and design, delivering community art workshops and public realm participatory projects.

Dugdale Arts Centre (DAC) central cultural venue for Enfield and home to Museum Enfield, will be the core project hub and host the museum exhibition, immersive museum performance, community co-produced musical, exhibition talks and children’s workshops.

Dyspla are an award-winning organisation who produce and develop the work of dyslexic and neuro-divergent story-makers. They work internationally in film, immersive theatre, installation & digital art.

Fisher Cheng is an Edmonton based architecture studio practicing collaborative architecture with a socially motivated agenda. With an aim to deliver designs that delight where the process is just as engaging as the outcome, Fisher Cheng works with purpose towards the common good, primarily across sectors of housing, community spaces, public realm and grassroots-led placemaking.

Forty Hall Forty is a Grade 1 Listed Jacobean Manor House and heritage site, located in rural Enfield and set amidst an idyllic landscape. Forty Hall will host some industry activities related to Forty Hall’s heritage.

Enfield Poets have been established since 2000 and provide opportunities for local poets to perform their work in a supportive and stimulating environment. In addition to their regular live shows, Enfield Poets also runs workshops and classes to help local writers develop their knowledge and skills.

We are filmmaker’s based in Edmonton, Enfield. We develop community films; we run an organisation called Exploring Cultural Lives CIC which creates poetic documentary films about communities. The intention and purpose is to improve the future by highlighting the past and present of local people, the community spirit and its heritage, to share with enthusiasm a memorable and positive social impact.

Led by Dan Maier, Extraordinary Design creates large scale three-dimensional artworks for interiors, window displays, theatre and public spaces. Dan has created colour light installations as part of Enfield Winter Lights and also colourful road crossings in other parts of the borough.

Face Front Inclusive Theatre has been based in Edmonton Green since 1998 and creates original, ground-breaking Inclusive Theatre with a company of disabled, neurodiverse and diverse artists. The company produces professional, issue-based and challenging multi-layered theatre, through its Theatre in Schools, Participation and Training programmes.

Fore Street For All is a community interest company which has been delivering a successful cultural programme with a community first approach to foster a safe and welcoming environment along Fore Street in Upper Edmonton. Our programme is informed by the interests and needs of the local community. We work with local residents, businesses and creatives to deliver events that celebrate Upper Edmonton and its diverse cultures.

Hive Curates are artists, studio providers (the first in Enfield!) and curators. They are part of the Fore Street For All network and have worked proactively and collaboratively to develop exemplar creative/community programmes in Angel Edmonton and across Enfield.

MIHO is a creative production company with an excellent track record in delivering music events that cross the traditional with the unexpected, e.g.; Reggae on the Lawn of Grade I listed Jacobean mansion Forty Hall.

The museum team curated the core exhibition at DAC, outdoor travelling exhibition and three satellite displays in libraries. In addition, five exhibition talks and a number of children’s workshops were delivered by a freelance museum education specialist.

Owen Wall Ceramics are a creative business based in Edmonton. Professional ceramicists who sell to the restaurant trade, they also have fine art backgrounds and are keen to expand their work into artistic production.

Pinhole London is a diverse community project that programmes workshops, events and exhibitions with a focus on enabling community participation in the arts.

Platinum Performing Arts are a both an accredited academy delivering award- winning performing arts training and creative producers using arts to support and empower young people in Upper Edmonton.

Tiger Monkey UK Ltd are one of Enfield’s foundational creative organisations, established in 2005 and specialising in delivering high quality participatory art across a number of genres.

UP Projects is the UK’s leading public art organisation specialising in socially engaged public art commissioning. We bring world class artists out of the gallery and into public spaces to create new work with communities across the UK and beyond. Our work is always responsive to context often activating unexpected corners of the public realm.

We support young people and adults to express themselves through spoken word, creative writing and performance. Our workshops and open-mic events inspire people to connect with themselves, each other, and the world around them. We work with primary and secondary schools, colleges, universities, youth groups, and charities, supporting thousands of young people each year.

Zinfinity is an inclusive jewellery designing-making business, creating pieces that can be accessed and enjoyed by everyone. Zoe White is the founder of Zinfinity, As a trained artist and teacher, Zoe can be found running all sorts of creative workshops.