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The first edition of The Wick newspaper is out now! Pick up a copy in various venues (shops, cafes & bars etc) in Hackney Wick and Fish Island. Also at thisisthewick.com Featuring the future of the neighbourhood, Stewart Bywater’s amazing portraits of local people, a virtual art tour, the people’s pavilion and heroes of the…

The Hackney Wick and Fish Island area offers a deep textural history of innovation and risk taking through a multitude of mediums. Creative Wick has selected a diverse offering of experimental and unique creative minds in video & film for the Hackney Bridge launch. Film a powerful tool offers a vast range of storytelling that…

Our Masterclass series is live. Free monthly virtual workshop on topics from Landlord and tenant law to Sustainable marketing. Check out the latest on here: masterclass series registration

In the Spring of 2019, Creative Wick recruited 12 young East Londoners to work with some of Hackney Wick’s best musicians and producers to make some music. In only seven, two hour workshops over 8 weeks, they wrote and produced more than 10 tracks before performing them live in a series of public concerts. With…

Wick Wednesday Every 3rd Wednesday of the month Buy, eat, drink, play, look, learn, listen, watch, relax, sweat, chill, LOCAL A day and night of special offers, exhibitions, events, performances Wick Wednesday is an initiative led by the HWFI Cultural Interest Group and supported by Arts Council England that promotes a coordinated creative and cultural…

Creative Wick has commissioned local artist Robert Shaer to create the sign for Fish Island Village, one of the new residential communities in Fish Island, being built by Peabody & Hill. Robert’s sculpture also inspired Fish Island Village’s logo and permanent sign. Learn more about Robert Shaer’s work here.  

Creative Wick facilitated Zippo in commissioning five local artists – Jason Warren, Teddy Baden, Xenz, Andre Hopley and Lee Walker – to the project ‘An Unconventional Canvas’ with well-known street artist Ben Eine.

Creative Wick facilitated Aitch Group in commissioning local artist Adam Doughty to create a Hackney Wick Illustrated Map.  

  Creative Wick facilitated the ‘Create’ project from early concept stage through to delivery –  found the site, obtained the permissions, ensured that local artists were commissioned and will be running a children’s after school graffiti workshop & staging an exhibition of prints from the project. The Arts Council also commissioned a short film that can be seen here….

Creative Wick in partnership with Hackney Wick Boulder Project and CoreArts is being funded by the WickAward to deliver beginner climbing mentoring sessions (one-to-one) with a qualified instructor, to help people manage their mental health issues. The benefits of bouldering and climbing as a mindful practice used as part of mental wellbeing management, have been…