Join Naila Ahmad and other amazing women-owned businesses at the South Asian Heritage Month pop-up at Arbeit Studios - Leyton Green on 11th & 12th July!✨

Discover Naila’s hand block printed homeware, fashion, and accessories alongside beauty & wellness, jewellery, home décor, henna, and art from many other artists and businesses. Expect a warm and welcoming atmosphere where you can explore unique small businesses, support local creatives and discover thoughtfully made products.

Throughout the weekend, enjoy short live hand block printing demonstrations by host and textile designer Naila Ahmad and see how traditional wooden blocks are used to create contemporary textiles.

Please note: demonstrations are for viewing only and are not hands on workshops. You can book a workshop at the event.

You can also enjoy homemade South Asian food and sweet treats available to purchase.

Featuring:
• Independent South Asian makers and brands • Handmade fashion and accessories • Jewellery, art and stationery • Home décor and gifts • Henna • Watch short live block printing demonstrations • Homemade food and sweet treats

Come celebrate South Asian culture!
Free entry (book your tickets)

South Asian Heritage Month Pop-up
11 & 12 July, from 1 to 8 pm
Arbeit Galleries - Leyton Green

This event is organised by an Arbeit Studios studio holder. Please refer to their website or channels for any questions and to check the latest updates.

The views and opinions expressed in this event are solely those of the artists and speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Arbeit Studios.

[29] is a queer rights visual album that brings the Yogyakarta Principles to life through the power of art, transforming the world’s leading LGBTQ+ human rights framework into a non-conforming multimedia work.

[29] fuses music, film, fashion, photography, writing, rave culture and collective ritual into a celebration of the 29 experts from 25 countries who came together in 2006 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, to affirm that internationally recognised human rights apply equally and explicitly to LGBTQ+ people.

Watch one of the project’s video:

The Principles remain little known outside legal and activist circles. [29] seeks to change that. At its heart is a simple proposition: equality only matters if it is equality for all. A-Gen-C invites you to enter the world of [29].

Take a look at some of the beautiful, defiant, world-changing work they’ve just completed in the Philippines, India, Indonesia and Trinidad, where they’ve recently shot in Port of Spain and on the steps of the Privy Council in London, where the rights of millions of queer black and brown people across the Caribbean continue to be decided.

[29] is heading next to South Africa, Georgia and Ukraine and will share updates from their upcoming plans.

Attendants will be also welcome to sit and take part in a guided meditation led by Navtej Johar.

[29] - First Look by A-Gen-C
11 and 12 July 2026
12.00pm - 18.00pm
Arbeit Studios - Lisson Grove, NW8 8FT 

The event will happen at the reception/entrance area.

This event is organised by an Arbeit Studios partner. Please refer to their channels for any questions and to check the latest updates.

The views and opinions expressed in this event are solely those of the artists and speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Arbeit Studios.

The artists and creatives housed at Arbeit Studios - Lisson Grove have been swiftly moving in since February and now, with most of them settled, we’re organising a group exhibition to mark the launch of the newest gallery in the artistic Lisson Grove area.

For three weekends, from Saturday 27 June to Sunday 12 July, the public will have the first chance to visit the gallery and know these amazing artists onsite. The exhibition will be on display on Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 am to 5 pm.

Participating artists: Gzillion Artist, Gail Astbury, Saba Giani, Khaoula B Karaweigh, Betty Kaye, Wamaitha Ng'ang'a, Renew!Renew!, Holly Rollins, Ambient Works & Zinab Zaaiter.

The curated group exhibition showcases a range of disciplines and approaches by artists onsite, highlighting the variety of practices now developing within the studios, from visual art and design to craft, photography, installation, and interdisciplinary work.

Arbeit Galleries - Lisson Grove is a space in the heart of Lisson Grove for the local community - committed to supporting emerging and established creatives. The gallery is also home to a curation consultancy business A-Gen-C, dedicated to digital and media-based works.

If you want to meet a specific artist, please message them directly to check hours and days.

Arbeit Studios - Lisson Grove Open Studios Weekend + Studio Holders’ Exhibition Opening “The Shape of Many”
Arbeit Studios and Galleries - Lisson Grove, NW8 8FT
27/6 to 28/6, 11 am to 5 pm
Admission: Free

Arbeit Galleries - Lisson Grove’s Opening Exhibition: “The Shape of Many”
Saturdays & Sundays, 11am to 5pm
From Saturday 27 June to 12 July
Otherwise, by appointment only, directly with the artists.

The artists and creatives housed at Arbeit Studios - Lisson Grove have been moving in since February and now, with most of them settled, we’re organising a group exhibition to mark the launch of the newest gallery in the artistic Lisson Grove area.

For three weekends, from Saturday 27 June to Sunday 12 July, the public will have the first chance to visit the gallery and know the amazing artists based on Arbeit Studios - Lisson Grove. The exhibition will be on display on Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 am to 5 pm.

Participating artists: Gzillion Artist, Gail Astbury, Saba Giani, Khaoula B Karaweigh, Betty Kaye, Wamaitha Ng'ang'a, Renew!Renew!, Holly Rollins, Ambient Works & Zinab Zaaiter.

The curated group exhibition showcases a range of disciplines and approaches by artists onsite, highlighting the variety of practices now developing within the studios, from visual art and design to craft, photography, installation, and interdisciplinary work.

Arbeit Galleries - Lisson Grove is a space in the heart of Lisson Grove for the local community - committed to supporting emerging and established creatives. The gallery is also home to a curation consultancy business A-Gen-C, dedicated to digital and media-based works.

If you want to meet a specific artist, please message them directly to check hours and days.

Arbeit Studios - Lisson Grove - Open Studios Weekend & Studio Holders’ Exhibition Opening “The Shape of Many”
Arbeit Studios and Galleries - Lisson Grove, NW8 8FT
27/6 to 28/6, 11 am to 5 pm
Admission: Free

Arbeit Galleries - Lisson Grove’s Opening Exhibition: The Shape of Many
Saturdays & Sundays, 11am to 5pm
From Saturday 27 June to 12 July
Otherwise, by appointment only, directly with the artists.

Our studio holders at Leyton Green Gallery have come together to create a beautiful window display with a collective of pieces of work on display until 30 June.

The Spring in Bloom window display is a collaborative installation of the studio residents of the Leyton Green Studios. Featuring a hand painted floral frame by Ella S Robinson and a curated collection of products by Kala Paul-Worika, Naila Ahmad and Luisa Tatoli. The display is a celebration of colour, creativity and the arrival of spring focusing on the uplifting energy of collaboration. 

About the Artists

Ella S Robinson, a London based artist whose work navigates the space between the esoteric and the everyday.  Drawing on a background in interiors and textile design, her practice blends observational painting and illustration to create playful, dreamlike compositions rooted in nostalgia and joy.

Kala Paul-Worika, the designer maker behind Afro chic brand By Kala X - handmade clothing and home decor crafted from vibrant African print fabrics.

Naila Ahmad LONDON | Textile Designer & Block Print Artist since 2016

Timeless block printed textiles for home, fashion and accessories. Rooted in Pakistani heritage and craft, guided by an anti beige philosophy.

The Oakum | Textile Art, Sustainable Craft & Creative Workshops

Founded by Luisa Tatoli, textile artist, maker and storyteller. Exploring sustainability, memory and repair through stitched artworks, handmade bags and community-centred creative experiences.

Leyton Green Studios is Arbeit Studios' fashion creative hub, featuring 15 studios for fashion businesses. At the heart of the studios is the Leyton Green Gallery space where events and workshops are held. Studio Holders will be displaying an exhibition in the window that can be viewed during the day throughout June.

Address

Leyton Green Gallery, 778 - 782 High Road, E10 6AE

Opening times:10am - 4pm

Wheelchair Accessible

A New Home, Still Ours: The Caribbean Diaspora and The Rooms it Lives in by Rolstudio is an immersive exhibition exploring how Caribbean identity is lived, adapted, and reimagined across generations in Britain. Rather than presenting culture as fixed or nostalgic, it creates a lived‑in domestic environment shaped by memory, migration, ritual, and everyday life.

Visitors move through a series of intimate “rooms” that reflect storytelling, nourishment, inheritance, and the in‑between spaces of diasporic experience. The exhibition “responds to the diaspora by creating a space that feels lived‑in, intimate, and contemporary, a home rather than a display” . It highlights how heritage is “continuously formed through everyday life, through storytelling, ritual, nourishment, music, language, and shared spaces” .

Featuring new work by Rolstudio and collaborators, the exhibition blends furniture, objects, sound, and spatial design to express the evolving language of Black British‑Caribbean domestic life. It invites visitors to sit, pause, and recognise the emotional textures of home, identity, and belonging.

"A New Home, Still Ours: The Caribbean Diaspora and The Rooms it Lives"
Rolstudio and friends
Arbeit Galleries - Lisson Grove
15/6 to 21/6, 9 am to 6 pm
Admission: Free

The Walthamstow Art Trail 2026 invites artists, makers, and creatives of all kinds to open their doors, share their work, and celebrate the creativity of our community. Our studio holders at Leyton Green Gallery have come together to create a beautiful window display with a collective of pieces of work on display until 30 June.

The Spring in Bloom window display is a collaborative installation of the studio residents of the Leyton Green Studios. Featuring a hand painted floral frame by Ella S Robinson and a curated collection of products by Kala Paul-Worika, Naila Ahmad and Luisa Tatoli. The display is a celebration of colour, creativity and the arrival of spring focusing on the uplifting energy of collaboration. 

About the Artists

Ella S Robinson, a London based artist whose work navigates the space between the esoteric and the everyday.  Drawing on a background in interiors and textile design, her practice blends observational painting and illustration to create playful, dreamlike compositions rooted in nostalgia and joy.

Kala Paul-Worika, the designer maker behind Afro chic brand By Kala X - handmade clothing and home decor crafted from vibrant African print fabrics.

Naila Ahmad LONDON | Textile Designer & Block Print Artist since 2016

Timeless block printed textiles for home, fashion and accessories. Rooted in Pakistani heritage and craft, guided by an anti beige philosophy.

The Oakum | Textile Art, Sustainable Craft & Creative Workshops

Founded by Luisa Tatoli, textile artist, maker and storyteller. Exploring sustainability, memory and repair through stitched artworks, handmade bags and community-centred creative experiences.

Leyton Green Studios is Arbeit Studios' fashion creative hub, featuring 15 studios for fashion businesses. At the heart of the studios is the Leyton Green Gallery space where events and workshops are held. Studio Holders will be displaying an exhibition in the window that can be viewed during the day throughout June.

Address

Leyton Green Gallery, 778 - 782 High Road, E10 6AE

Opening times:10am - 4pm

Wheelchair Accessible

Join award‑winning circular business Yodomo for a special textile sale, offering creatives and makers high‑quality designer fabrics, leather offcuts, rescued industry materials, yarns and more at low prices, all sourced sustainably from leading UK brands and manufacturers. The event happens at The Loop, Hackney Wick’s first circular businesses hub and this is the last event there before we say goodbye.

At the sale you’ll find a wide mix of surplus and end‑of‑roll textiles, florals and unique designer remnants, plus yarns, macramé cord, recycled fibres for weaving and crochet, and even white silk on the roll.

This event is part of Hackney Council’s Local Area Activation Fund, which supports activities that bring Hackney Wick’s key routes and public spaces to life, encouraging people to visit local businesses, and creating moments of social connection with community organisations. On the same day, there will be other activities happening at Trowbridge Gardens, giving visitors more to explore and enjoy.

Entrance is free but they ask you to get a free ticket on their event page to anticipate footfall for staffing and alert you if there are any time changes.

Friday 22 May to Sunday 24 May
12 - 6 pm
Free to attend (get your ticket above)

Nearest stations: Hackney Wick (Mildmay Line) - 2-min walk
Stratford Int / Stratford / Westfield shopping centre - 15-minute walk

This event is organised by an Arbeit Studios partner. Please refer to their website for any questions and to check the latest updates.

Mustard & Ketchup is the collaborative practice of Işık Bayraktar and Daniel Davies, a partnership formed in 2024 and rooted in collage, print, and the poetics of lived experience.

Işık’s work emerges from a profound period of recovery following severe illness and a heart transplant in 2014. Her practice draws on dreams, liminality, biology and the unseen layers of the everyday, shaped by a renewed way of sensing and navigating the world.

Daniel’s collages, developed over two decades, are informed by a lifelong fascination with album art, printed ephemera and the narratives that surface through collected fragments. His background in music and psychotherapy threads through the intuitive, associative nature of his compositions.

Together, their work explores temporality, perception and the shifting relationships between inner and outer worlds. This exhibition brings together a curated selection of recent and earlier pieces that speak to those shared themes

“If not now then when?” Exhibition
Mustard & Ketchup (Işık Bayraktar & Daniel Davies)
Trowbridge Gardens Gallery
{Extended period}: from 27/4 to 19/5, 9 am to 4 pm
Admission: Free

Mustard & Ketchup is the collaborative practice of Işık Bayraktar and Daniel Davies, a partnership formed in 2024 and rooted in collage, print, and the poetics of lived experience.

Işık’s work emerges from a profound period of recovery following severe illness and a heart transplant in 2014. Her practice draws on dreams, liminality, biology and the unseen layers of the everyday, shaped by a renewed way of sensing and navigating the world.

Daniel’s collages, developed over two decades, are informed by a lifelong fascination with album art, printed ephemera and the narratives that surface through collected fragments. His background in music and psychotherapy threads through the intuitive, associative nature of his compositions.

Together, their work explores temporality, perception and the shifting relationships between inner and outer worlds. This exhibition brings together a curated selection of recent and earlier pieces that speak to those shared themes

“If not now then when?” Exhibition
Mustard & Ketchup (Işık Bayraktar & Daniel Davies)
Trowbridge Gardens Gallery
{Extended period}: from 27/4 to 19/5, 9 am to 4 pm
Admission: Free