Living Lab Second Project now live – Housing Creative Practitioners and Young People in East London

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Housing Creative Practitioners and Young People in East London

The Hackney Wick and Fish Island creative community is diverse with the potential for permanence. This report focusses on the Hackney Wick and Fish Island (HWFI) and wider East London area but highlights issues which extend well beyond London and the UK. By examining community-led responses to housing issues it highlights global themes of housing affordability, lack of housing supply, gentrification and displacement and changing demand patterns for living and working in the post Covid and digital-age city.

 

Read the report here: Creative Wick Living Lab Community Led Housing research report FINAL April 2022

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Robert Shaer | Fish Island Village

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.  
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The Art Talks

Art Map London in partnership with Creative Wick present THE ART TALKS (SEASON 3): a series of talks that focus on professional development for artists and art professionals, where the best art professionals and industry leaders are invited to talk and share their knowledge with artists and art professionals in early stages of their careers. The third season of The Art Talks is…
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