GROW: EVENTS, OPEN STUDIOS & AFTER PARTY
Join us for Open House Festival 2023 and help celebrate London’s housing, architecture and neighbourhoods. Each year, we join the festival to explore Grow’s history, heritage and contemporary context.
This year, we’ll be marking our inclusion in the festival at events on Thurs 7, Friday 8 and Open Studios and afterparty on Saturday 9 September. See blog for more information.
SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER - GROW OPEN STUDIOS
Meet some of the GROW STUDIO artists of who shaped us into what we are today and see the usually hidden repurposed warehouses we have inhabited since 2007.
STUDIOS
About a Bike - Our resident bike workshop will have their finest bikes on display and will give some demonstrations throughout the day.
Acupuncture Treatment London - Matthew Ackroyd, acupuncture and Chinese medicine expert will be leading a number of sessions throughout the day.
9-10am - Learn more about Chinese medicine, drop by for tea and an informal chat.
10-11am - Community Auricular Acupuncture session 1, payment by donation (max 5 places).
11am-12pm - Moxibustion demonstration and free mini treatments.
12-12.30pm - Learn more about Chinese medicine, drop by for tea and an informal chat.
12.30-1.30pm - Community Auricular Acupuncture session 2, payment by donation (max 5 places).
1.30-2.30pm - Shoulder & Neck assessment Drop in.
2.30pm - Close
Conscious Forms - Established in 2004 by Concrete Artist Junior Phipps. Junior is a master craftsmen who collaborates with private clients; architects and designers to create bespoke cast in-situ, seamless polished concrete furniture and surfaces for statements within the home, work or public space.
Hearth Bakery - The social enterprise bakery that specialises in baked goods using heritage flours will be serving delicious treats and coffee all day.
Sara Hoque - An artist that specialises in abstract landscapes will be opening up her shared studio to display the work of all the artists in her studio.
Studio U - Our ceramics studio will be showcasing their studio and sharing information about their workshops.
This year, we’re partnering with neighbours Main Yard Studios so you will have even more studios to view at this Open Studios event.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SUPPLIERS
Meet some of our community partners and suppliers including By Hand Ukraine, an organisation that hand delivers aid to Ukrainians and the project Grow is currently fundraising for.
LIVE MUSIC (1-6pm)
Expect live music from Conga drumming legend and world-class musician: Williams Cumberbatch.
AFTERPARTY W/ GROW STUDIOS RESIDENT, THOMA BULWER (6-2am)
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About Grow Studios
Did you know Grow Studios was founded in 2007 by two locals living and working in Hackney Wick? The studios were repurposed from two empty warehouses - one was a commercial printers; the other a sausage factory backing onto the Lea Navigation canal. The studios were borne out of a DIY self-organising ethos to create useful and sustainable spaces for its tenants. GROW is a unit of these studios and a space to bring grassroots music, art and people together, operated as an experiment in ethical and sustainable business.
Food & Drink - Kitchen Open till 10pm
Our Spice Trail inspired menu is predominantly plant based, with some ethically sourced meat options, as part of our conscious drive towards sustainability. Our passion is for the cooking of the Middle East and southern Mediterranean so expect warm flavours and spices and as always the best ingredients we can find to comfort and nourish the soul.
With our drinks, we partner with breweries St Austell and Signature Brew for our lagers and IPAs and serve organic wine and prosecco which help international wildlife charity, Born Free. We design our own drinks such as homemade Hackney Spiced Rum.