lewisham arthouse graduate award 2025

The Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Award is an exciting opportunity providing recent graduates (between 2021-2024) with free studio space and production support. It is a studio and mentorship award for recent graduates from university and alternative art education programs, please see eligibility at the end for further details. It is free to apply and the award lasts one year, it provides a first floor 200ft studio based within the artist-led cooperative and community of Lewisham Arthouse and a mentorship program with local professional networks and mentors selected by the awardee. At the end of the year, the awardee is invited to share the outcomes of their time in Lewisham Arthouse through a public event; such as an exhibition, a workshop, performance, symposium or gig.

We regret that at this time our graduate studio is on the first floor of the Lewisham Arthouse studios, a grade 2 listed building, and currently has no lift access. For more details about the accessibility of the award please go to our accessibility section.

Supported using public funding by Arts Council England and SEAL, as well as the volunteer work of Lewisham Arthouse Members.

ABOUT LEWISHAM ARTHOUSE

Lewisham Arthouse is an artist-run cooperative based in South East London. It houses an eclectic group of cultural practitioners whose work spans sculpture, painting, experimental sound, set design, textile, social practice, printmaking, photography and beyond. We provide affordable studios, exhibition and workshops for the selected graduate, encouraging them to draw on the lively and intergenerational membership of the Arthouse to support them throughout their time there. We host a programme of events and exhibitions as well as regularly contributing to local initiatives.