Current Projects
The Pavilion includes the W3 Venue elements of the Studio, Cafe, Kitchen & Garden are all managed by ARTification. Celebrating Art, Culture, Community.
The venue refurbishment since 1/9/24 continues, and with it a more inviting space…
School children have planted over 100 fruit bushes and a micro-orchard of fruit trees in North Acton Playing Fields this January as part of ARTification’s project, Edible Acton.
A green asset for the community, this field will provide an exciting addition to picnics in North Acton during the summer months as well as a vital habitat for birds and insects. Created with generous funding from The Tree Council, this new nature corridor has given life to a previously unused border on the West side of the playing fields, now populated with thornless blackberry’s,…
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Unveiling Bollo Brook Park Mural.
ARTification is proud to have hosted our 2nd MyMural with Georgia Green and Marina Renee Cemmick. The project has been exemplary in its partnership approach. Local people helped to shape the brief. Residents & partners voted and shortlisted their preferred art & artists. There have been school workshops, young people's training in the art of mural making. Special thanks to Kai, Tyrone and Andzelica for their invaluable input. Thanks to Ealing, Central St Martin's, MyMural & Stik…
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This summer a new beautiful public art piece was created at Bollo Brook Park in Acton. Here, the Artist Georgia Green talks about her process:
In August 2021 I was nominated for a project grant and given the commercial opportunity to create a large-scale outdoor mural in Bollo Brook Park, London. The project was funded by Central St Martins (UAL) in collaboration with the associate organisations MyMural and Artification to whom I am incredibly grateful.
The themes within the mural centre around a fusion of nature and childlike magic, complimenting the green and open space in…
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We asked some neighbours in the North Acton playing fields what they would like from the space. A few of the suggestions, that we will be developing into the programme at North Acton Pavilion this year:
Practical workshop to learn about food growing, balcony growing workshop Herb Garden and what herbs can be used for Plant swap / plan contributions from local gardens x 2 Storytelling / Poetry workshop Chess Board, drum workshops, art workshops Children's gardening workshops Read More
ARTification, or Acton Arts Forum as it was known then, emerged out of Acton Community Forum as ACAVA concluded its government-funded work with artists and art spaces in the area. Acton Arts Forum gathered artists, cultural groups, and creatives together in 2003 to decide what we felt would be the best way forward. This gathering established a monthly arts forum to discuss and act upon current and topical arts focused issues; established an annual visual arts exhibition and performing arts festival; and brokered opportunities for the arts communities to thrive.…
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Public art that improves the physical and psychological environment that confronts local residents as they go about their daily lives. ARTification provides opportunities to turn blank wall canvases into an accessible street gallery. Our projects initiate creative input into regeneration and cultural place-making. If you have a blank wall that could be transformed into art, email rachel@artification.org.uk
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The ARTification vision is to connect people and places through art. We make this happen by responding to local needs and developing our arts and cultural venues, with initiatives that bring communities together to catalyse change. ARTification’s work is transformative, as we have witnessed that making and experiencing arts and culture transforms quality of life for individuals, communities and indeed neighbourhoods.
ARTification develops new relationships, generates imaginative experiences and unites neighbourhoods and it’s people. We are building on…
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