Peckham Platform | Connecting art, people and place

Welcome to our online home. We hope you will get involved with Peckham Platform, as an artist, producer or someone in the community who believes that art can help us create a more connected society.

Please explore our programme and the opportunities we have to be creative in Peckham.

Memories for the Future: Social Gathering

Saturday 24 August 2024

The afternoon’s gathering reconnects our local communities to shared public spaces through sharing memories and ambitions for the heart of our local neighbourhood. Immerse yourself in traditional herbal practices through herbalism workshops led by Frankie Rechere, Co-founder of Backayardd, and enjoy the ethically sourced small plates crafted by the Sisterhood Supperclub Collective. This event offers […]

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Memories for the Future

June 2024 through to October 2025

Memories for the Future is a hyperlocal community-led programme that researches and responds to the intangible heritage of the people who shaped Peckham’s iconic Rye Lane.

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Panel Discussion and Rye Lane Reconnected Project Celebration: Meera Shakti Osborne x Tyreis Holder

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Peckham Platform celebrates the Rye Lane Reconnected Project (2023-2024) with two free events in March. There is is a panel event at Lex2 with artists Meera Shakti Osborne and Tyreis Holder.

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International in-conversation: Nabiséré Nicole x Zethu Maseko

Monday 18 March 2024

Peckham Platform celebrates the Rye Lane Reconnected Project (2023-2024) with two free events in March. The first is an online conversation with Nabiséré Nicole x Zethu Maseko

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Rye Lane Reconnected

Rye Lane Reconnected, a community-led initiative, collaborates with social artists, residents, and community groups to commission artworks for Peckham's Rye Lane. Young people from Southwark's Youth Justice Service, South London Refugee Association, and Inspire Walworth, alongside artists like Koby Martin and Tyreis Holder, explore community, heritage, and identity, reclaiming public spaces. Generously funded by Arts Council England, Art Fund, and others.

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Koby Martin x Southwark Youth Justice Service

Artist Koby Martin collaborated with Southwark Youth Justice Service, empowering young voices through painting, music, and new beginnings. The workshops allowed youth to shape public artworks reflecting 'new beginnings,' 'opportunities,' and 'unity'. Through personalized interactions, Koby fostered trust and valued relationships, amplifying the voices of young participants.

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Meera Shakti Osborne x Inspire Walworth

London-based art practitioner Meera Shakti Osborne hosted workshops at Inspire Walworth, exploring the significance of participants' areas through writing, image-making, and discussion. Participants rediscovered creativity, comfort, and fun while reflecting on what made their neighborhoods special.

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Tyreis Holder x South London Refugee Association

Artist Tyreis Holder collaborated with South London Refugee Association in workshops exploring therapeutic textile use. Youth discovered creative freedom, patterns, and design, shaping a public artwork. Participants found newfound self-expression, empowering their creative minds.

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Peckham Platform at London Design Festival 2023

Friday 22 September 2023

Join painter Koby Martin and Levi Naidu-Mitchell for an in-conversation discussing co-commissioning with front-line and community groups for the public realm as a collaborative and creative process.

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Tilting the Mirror

2020 - 2023

This three year initiative aims to establish a greater knowledge and understanding of community-led cultural activity.

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Daryl Stenvoll-Wells

Daryl Stenvoll-Wells is a socially engaged artist based in Peckham. As founder of Art Responders she produces international exhibitions and events centred on racial and environmental justice.

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Yes Make

Yes Make specialise in public spaces and community projects in London and beyond.

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Recipes for Return

Recipes for Return is an online exhibition of photographs created by Yvonne E. Maxwell, accompanied by an original text by poet Qutouf Elobaid that explores the ways that food in culture maintains community.

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Yvonne E. Maxwell

Yvonne E. Maxwell is a Saint Lucian-Nigerian self-taught documentary photographer, writer and columnist whose work covers stories on migration, social justice, culture and identity of the Black communities within London and the wider UK. Yvonne also extends her focus to stories surrounding ancestral ties, cultures, familial relationships, health, sexuality and human rights of people from […]

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Lola Komolafe

Lola Komolafe is a London- based illustrator and graphic designer engaging with the role of design to provide visibility and representation, particularly for minority and underrepresented groups.

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Koby Martin

Koby’s work is an introspective autobiographical exploration of his life as he believes knowing of self is pivotal in the exploration of any subject matter.

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