Community Arts Archive - Stanley Arts London

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.

Panto Dame Costume Competition

Do you love to draw? Are you interested in costumes and fashion? Are you aged 5-18? Enter our Pantomime Dame Costume Competition for a chance to see your design come to life! Stanley Arts is kickstarting the run up to Christmas with our very own costume competition. The process is simple: use our template to […]

CREW

CREW (CRoydon Emerging Writers) is a peer-led writers group that is open to all. CREW was founded in order to bring together both aspiring and experienced writers alike, to allow them to collaborate, gain feedback on their work, and talk in a safe and non-judgemental space with other like-minded creatives. All CREW projects have been […]

Invention Archive

The South Norwood Invention Archive will record the local history of invention and celebrate examples of current innovation from the area. We will be delving into South Norwood’s history and then using that content to inspire the creation of a story of invention for South Norwood. Over the three years of the culture programme, the […]

Invention Points

Throughout the three years there will be regular pop-up Invention Points, starting in October 2021 with the very first Invention Point to be held at the Clocktower Market. Invention points might be a workshop or a lecture, the performance of a piece of music or the sharing of spoken word. They will be a chance for […]

Inventing South Norwood

A celebration of South Norwood’s history of invention and creativity. Over three years the programme will deliver online and in-person events that engage the whole of our local community in our unique local story of invention. The project will be inspired by famous South Norwood historic figures like the inventor & industrialist William Stanley and […]

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