Rye Lane Reconnected

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Rye Lane Reconnected

PROJECT

Rye Lane Reconnected was a year-long community-led creative programme.

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2023-2024

It sought to support engagement and collaboration between leading social artists, local residents and frontline community groups who collaboratively commissioned and created artworks for Peckham’s historic and iconic Rye Lane.

Young people from Southwark’s Youth Justice Service, South London Refugee Association, and Inspire Walworth collaborated with artists including Koby Martin, Tyreis Holder, and Meera Shakti Osborne. Together they explored community, heritage and identity to reconnect to public spaces on their own terms. 

This co-commission was made possible with generous funding and support from Southwark Youth Justice Service, Arts Council England, Art Fund, London Borough of Southwark’s Culture Together, Cleaner Greener Safer and Neighbourhoods Fund, United St Saviours, and The Grocers’ Charity.

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Southwark Education Research Project (SERP) Reactivated

2018

Originally active between 1989 and 1995, SERP engaged over 1,500 children and teachers across 15 schools in Southwark. Its impact was felt nationally and internationally, serving as a model for educational innovation, including influencing the landmark DCMS Creative Partnerships programme.

Yuh Figet Yuhself

November 2019 - April 2020

The project took its title from a conversation that Bennett had with an older friend. Speaking out of turn, the artist was met with the reply “Yuh Figet Yuhself!”. The statement was made in jest but served as a reminder that she had literally and figuratively forgotten herself.

Koby Martin x Southwark Youth Justice Service

2023

Artist Koby Martin collaborated with Southwark Youth Justice Service, empowering young voices through painting and music.

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