APT Now 25

26 September - 11 October 2020
Opening: Thursday 26th September 18:00-20:00

This September, APT celebrates the organisation’s 25th anniversary with 25, an exhibition curated by APT artists, to commemorate this milestone moment in our history.

Curated by Marcus Cope

Exhibiting artists: Alix MacSweeney, Anthony Daley, Arnold Dobbs, Brigitte Parusel, Catherine Ferguson, Charlotte Warne Thomas, Chloe Farrar, Chris Marshall, David Bloor, David Oates, David Webb, Dexter Dymoke, Fran Cottell, Geoff Mowlam, Heather Burrell, Jeff Dellow, Laurence Noga, Liz Harrison, Lou Smith, Lulu Cottell, Mali Morris, Marcus Cope, Margaret Higginson, Marilyn Hallam, Nicola Rae, Nicolas Godbold, Rachel Russell, Rebecca Harper, Richard Lawrence, Robert Welch, Paul Tonkin, Sheila Vollmer, Stephen Jaques, Steve Lewis, Veronique Chance and Victoria Rance.

Lead Image by David Bloor

Whilst 25 is a celebration of our history, it also looks forward to our future. The show features new work created by APT members measuring 25cm x 25cm. Video or audio installations were measured by time either by 25 seconds, minutes, or hours in length.

APT was founded in 1995 by a group of artists in an old textile warehouse overlooking Deptford Creek. Its mission was and still is to support creative thought and artistic vision, both in the studio, gallery and the wider community. Today APT houses 42 artist studios, a 1500sq ft gallery space, and delivers over 20 free exhibitions and educational events per year with 5,200 visitors..

Over the last 25 years APT has seen significant changes to the building, the surrounding area of Creekside and Deptford and to studio artists. During this time connections have been forged within the local community and partnerships created with a number of local organisations such as, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, through projects such as Hearten, and Redstart Arts and Lewisham Council, a commission for the 2012 Olympics, skySCAPE.

Our Gallery programme continues to be artist led and is a combination of long standing projects such as Creekside Open, a biennial open submission arts competition, now in its 15th year; and newer projects that explore the possibilities of collaborative practice such as August Collectives. Over 25 years we have continued to provide platforms for emerging artists by offering affordable studio space and mentoring programmes; such as Ryder Project Space and Graduate Student Programme.