Transforming people and places with collaborative art

Arts Lab is a social enterprise that uses visual art to help revitalise people’s lives at home, at work and the community at large.

We run hands-on group workshops for everyone from carers and children to teachers and students; prison officers and prisoners to corporate leaders and office workers.

   We make and sell affordable art for the home and the workplace.

We share inspiring case studies and stories of people and organisations we’ve worked with.

We work with artists to develop new ways of connecting with new audiences

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Artists

A platform for artists to meet, make work, and above all, to experiment

A platform for artists

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The Curious

A place for everyone to sign up for workshops, exhibitions and events

Who’s it for?

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The Vault

Explore our experiments, people we’ve worked with and projects

View our work

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Organisations

Boost morale and productivity in the workplace

Workshops and away days

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Behind the scenes

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Its novelty and uniqueness was attention-grabbing; I’d never done anything like this before.

Assistant Professor
- Department of Peace & Development Studies, University of Bradford, UK

The collaborative part of the activity encouraged teamwork, respecting others’ ideas and helping to overcome disagreement.

Peace & Conflict Studies student
- PIASS, Huye, Rwanda

Doing art every day, has given me a voice, helped me to develop a more refined creative skill set, and boosted my confidence as a professional artist ready to take on the world!

Matt O’Halloran
- Illustrator & Arts Lab Experimenter

Ideal for young people with emotional and medical/ mental health difficulties. Students feel safe, overcome the reluctance to get involved and have fun.

Assistant Principal
- Schools Company South & West

A truly moving and tender day sharing personal stories, painted memories and listening to one another's hearts with Syrian refugee families and the local community. The passion for community, acceptance and love was contagious.

Saif Ali
- Founder Integr8 UK

The environment you create feels like another world which helps the students remember educational experiences in a positive light. Learning can be fun!

Tim Wightman
- KEVICC Head of Art & University of Plymouth Teacher Trainer

The Arts Lab project is the one thing that isn’t ticking boxes in exercise books, that allows the prisoners to express themselves freely, and helps them to offload anxieties.

Mike Walker
- Head of Safer Custody, HMP Dartmoor

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