“From Trauma to Recovery” in Canvas and Cream


A powerful exhibition, “From Trauma to Recovery,” recently concluded at the Canvas and Cream gallery in Forest Hill, featuring the work of five Centrepieces female artists. The exhibition was made possible with a modest budget…

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The Art of Healing: How Painting Nourishes the Mind and Strengthens Community


Blog post by Rashikkha Ra Iyer As we approach Mental Health Awareness Week 2025, the relationship between creative expression and psychological wellbeing demands our consideration. Among the numerous types of therapeutic activity, painting emerges as…

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Emotional effect of beauty, music and art


Blog post by Rashikkha Ra Iyer “Beauty belongs to life, but is immortalized in art” – Leonardo Da Vinci I come from a family where everyone is a patron of any form of art. My…

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Black History Month Workshops 2024


Blog post by: Isotou Nadia Halliday This year’s theme is ‘Rewriting The Narrative’. History in general has been written up by the victors but in today’s age how should we perceive the history of black…

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Exhibition curated by Abdul Waheed Adeniran


A couple of months ago, one of our artists, Abdul Waheed Adeniran was invited to curate his first exhibition. The title of the exhibition, Creativity of Freedom, was chosen by Abdul as a reference to the…

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Congratulations to Lilani Dilrukshan


We are thrilled to announce that our talented artist, Lilani Dilrukshan, has been awarded the runner-up prize for The Charles Bracken Award 2024 for her acrylic painting titled “By the Lake.” This prestigious award is…

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Soundscape Workshop


Centrepieces in collaboration with our guest tutor, Madison Miller, produced a 2 week soundscapes workshop. After the workshop, Madison put together the photos and sounds captured by our artists. This beautiful video is the result…

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Celebrating JOY!


This month two of our artists are participating in the LGC X Theo Paphitis Art Prize. The theme is JOY, which resonates a lot with Centrepieces. Hence we are using the opportunity to Celebrate Joy!…

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Books by BRITTA VON ZWEIGBERGK


Our trustee Britta Von Zweigbergk is a prolific writer and has written numerous books over the years. Despite the Swedish connections attached to her name she is a long standing self confessed Anglophile. Now in her…

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Saturday Craft Club


Our Craft Club is held twice each month on Saturdays at the Pop Up, Sidcup from 10.30am-1pm and is open to the public. The cost is £2 pp.Bring your own Craft activity to do, or…

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