Community

Stanley Arts is a home for arts and community activity. We have a growing programme of different community activities for people to get involved with. From the three year Inventing South Norwood culture programme, to one-off arts workshops, to our Croydon Emerging Writers Programme, we have lots of free activities for you to get involved in. This part of the website hosts all the current and past programmes in one place.

New Artist Opportunity – Writing: Redefined

Writing: Redefined is an innovative new writing programme, intended to push the boundaries of writing […]

Collide Commission. Brought to you by Raze Collective x Stanley Arts

COLLIDE – A call-out for LGBTQAI+ artists

A programme to support 10 emerging LGBTQIA+ artists working in & across any medium to […]

Winner of the Design a Panto Dame Costume

Mihaela from Croydon College, you’re a winner baby! The winning design of our Design a […]

Meet the Finalist: Design a Panto Fairy Dame Competition 2022

Meet the finalists of our Design a Panto Dame Costume Competition. One of these mighty fine and imaginative designs will be coming to life on the big stage as part of Sleeping Beauty!

Behind the Zines!

A look Behind the Zines! The Mysterious Doors of Stanley Halls, Issue 1 & 2 are out now! Available to read online as an e-zine, or free copies are available for collection from our Social Cafe, open Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm.

Medium Ignite Grants: Applications Closed

The medium round of the lgnite Fund is now closed for submissions. This round entailed […]

Design our Panto Fairy Dame returns for 2022!

This is your time to shine, design a stunning costume that will be featured in this year’s panto, Sleeping Beauty! We have a fairy dame this year, so keep this in mind when making designing.

Youth Campaign Officer – Hanton Fellowship

We are Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking. We want to create a […]

Spices of Life

Spices of life is a creative arts project which will explore Anglo-Indian and South Asian […]

As a registered charity, Stanley Arts relies on your support to lift up talented young artists and foreground marginalised voices, whilst caring for our unique Grade II listed home. Now more than ever, we need your help.

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