UCL EAST runs a Public Art and Community Engagement department based in east London, focussed on bringing together world-class research and teaching at UCL, with creativity and the skills and experiences of our local communities in east London, to create meaningful and life-changing impact.

Back in 2021, to highlight many of the projects we had delivered or funded over the two prior years, i designed and developed this display in the North and South Cloisters at UCL’s Main Campus in Euston,

Among others, it features Trellis an artist-researcher knowledge exchange project, City Mill Skate, the Newham Youth Map, A research project between the Institute for Global Prosperity and Money A+E, Windrush Cricket, as well as numerous other projects funded through the Community Engagement Seed Fund, and Listen and Respond.

Sam Wilkinson, Head of Public Art at UCL, said: “I hope this exhibition will, in a small way, reflect how we seek to work in partnership with east London communities and our new neighbours on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

“We continue to learn from our collaborators and strive to create opportunities to bring UCL academics, exceptional artists and creatives and diverse communities, to work together – to connect UCL research with real life local issues.”‘

View the full exhibition slides below:

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