ART(ie) is where art meets social need.
We build community-rooted projects across mental health, politics, research, and care.
ART(ie) is a London-based arts and research collective working across art, politics, and social impact. We produce exhibitions, workshops, and public programmes that support communities navigating social and emotional hardship to express, connect, and rebuild through creative practice, grounded in research on art therapy and mental health.
why it matters
Art as a common language.In times of isolation and division, art helps us see each other again. ART(ie) creates spaces of empathy, where stories of struggle, migration, and motherhood become shared experiences that inspire action.Workshops, exhibitions and creative collaborations that give space to lived experience and new ideas. what we do
Art for people.
Not for privilege.
We design and deliver community-based creative programmes.Workshops, exhibitions, and participatory projects that use art as a tool to support wellbeing, connection, and self-expression, particularly for communities experiencing isolation, transition, or marginalisation.We work locally, with a focus on East London.Collaborating with community centres, family hubs, and grassroots organisations to create accessible, relevant, and culturally sensitive programmes.We improve access to art. We bring creative resources to people who are often excluded from cultural spaces.We create spaces for shared experience.From embroidery circles to public discussions, our work brings people together to reflect on identity, care, and everyday realities, transforming personal experiences into collective narratives.THE PINNA
The Pinna runs alongside ART(ie) as a curatorial and research platform engaging with contemporary art in conflict-affected and politically complex contexts. Through exhibitions and projects such as Apolidia, it brings together artists whose practices respond to displacement, borders and systems of power.
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Whether you’re an artist, curator,
student, researcher, or simply someone
who believes in change, you can be part of ART(ie).