Image: Woodland Tribe at the Tate Modern Turbine Hall, 2022

We’re delighted to announce that Bits & Pieces will be part of the Crystal Palace Artists Open House 2025, highlighting the vital role of creativity in building and enriching the community!

Bits & Pieces is a collaborative art project bringing together a group of artists to create a participatory event for children and families, centred around the themes of used materials, creative reuse, and sustainability. Together, we’ll explore how to turn the discarded into something magical, meaningful, and new. Each artist will share their own practice, offering participants a chance to experience different techniques — from drawing to painting, making to playful repair. The families will contribute to a shared art piece, combining everyone's creative input into one joyful collective work.

This is a great opportunity to:

• Co-create with other like-minded artists

• Connect with the local community

• Share your work in a supportive, playful environment

• ​While this opportunity is not fee-paid, selected artists will have the chance to showcase their work during the event, with space available for displaying and selling artwork.

We're looking for open, collaborative artists who are excited to work with others and support children and families in hands-on making. If this sounds like you, please complete the application form and email info@beyond-space.com with 1–3 images of your work. We will contact artists by 15 August 2025.

Themes: reuse, transformation, playful repair, second lives
Expected participants: children and families
Date/ Time: Saturday 27 September 2025, 2–6 PM
Project location: The Hall at St John the Evangelist, Sylvan Road, London SE19 2RX

Application deadline: 10 August 2025 (midnight)

→ Apply here 

We can’t wait to hear from you. Thank you!