Our programme of exhibitions, workshops, talks and events takes place in real life and online. We hope you’ll find lots to explore.

All of our work is driven by one purpose – to bring together our local communities and artists for a more connected society.

Exhibitions

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Green and Blue painted ceramic plate

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.

Pink and yellow digital collage of Sound System Library desiged by Yes Make

Small Island Vibes: Library Sound System

4–7 August 2022

We believe that libraries and sound systems are important social spaces for learning and joy as well as activism and protection. For our 2022 Summer Programme Yes Make have created a temporary structure, on Peckham Square. The structure holds a free access Library that includes poetry, fiction and art texts as well as a sound […]

Pride of Peckham exhibition

The Pride of Peckham with Azarra Amoy

Monday 14 February - Monday 14 March 2022

Peckham Platform is delighted to partner with Maximus and artist Azarra Amoy for The Pride of Peckham Mega Banner which will be on display until March 14 and return throughout the year.

Events

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Koby Martin's Mural Work in Progress

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.

Welcome to Sites of Play at Festival of Community

Thursday 17 August 2023

Peckham Platform is thrilled to present you Sites of Play, a free workshop guided by artists Birungi Kawooya and Lesley Asare at Staffordshire St, an independent project space in Peckham. The workshop is for people aged over 16 years old and aims to promote a safe space for play, self-discovery, as well as individual and […]

A group of young people sit at a roundtable with a host in the middle holding a microphone on his hand

Talkaoke | ‘What’s Up Peckham?’

Saturday 17 June 2023

Talkaoke ‘What’s Up Peckham?’ is coming over to Peckham Square on Saturday, 17 June, from 1 to 5 pm. This is a free event, where everyone is truly welcome to join in a dynamic and creative afternoon. Targeted to all age groups within the local communities, Talkaoke is a pop-up talk show consisting of an […]

Projects

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Architectural drawing of the new Peckham Platform space

Successful Award – Arts Council England’s Capital Investment

Tuesday 10 May 2022

We are pleased to receive £380,000 from Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme to enable us to establish a new home on Peckham Square.

Yuh Figet Yuhself

November 2019 - April 2020

The project takes its title from a conversation that Bennett had with an older friend. Speaking out of tone, 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.

Sewn Together 'Yoruba-Civilisation',2019 Embroidery on Velvet Zuleika Lebow

Sewn Together

30 September – 16 December 2021

Working with the Peckham Platform Learning team and in collaboration with Barbara Majek, participants meet via Zoom to develop new skills, create collaborative work and receive support for individual development. 

Artists

Meet the socially engaged artists working with our communities in Peckham

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