Come along for a guided walk along part of The Line's public art trail at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park with Gusty Ferro, the East London Art Prize shortlisted artist who will be sharing their practice that explores the relationship between urban infrastructure, public space, and the body.

The walk will be followed by a hands-on collaborative workshop where you will collectively create a fictional square, sketching and transforming objects, taking inspiration from the surrounding artworks along The Line and Gusty's sculptural works that present a brutalist sensitivity to texture and material.

This is an interactive workshop with plenty of time for discussion. All materials provided.

Route information

The initial meeting point for the walk will be at Bromley-by-Bow Station. We will make our way along the River Lea to Bow Locks where we will see Eva Rothschild’s Living Spring; (2011) and then continue along The Line, passing more installations towards The House Mill where Virginia Overton’s ‘Untitled (Juniper)’ ; (2014) is located. After visiting the works there, we will then walk back to our Bow Arts office, 183 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ for the workshop.

The guided tour will last roughly from 11am-12pm, followed by a two-hour long workshop in our outdoor courtyard (we have sheltered areas if the weather isn’t on our side!) at our main offices at Bow Arts Trust, 183 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ. There will be breaks for you to grab food and snacks during the workshop.

Please note there will be photography taken at this event for Bow Arts and The Line’s internal reporting and for sharing in print and social media.

This event is co-curated by Wan Yi Sandra Lam, Curator: Programmes & Engagement at Bow Arts and Lorna Powell, Engagement Producer (Public Programme) at The Line.

Free - Tickets must be booked to guarantee your place!

More about Gusty Ferro

Gusty Ferro works across sculpture, video, sound, drawing and installation. Ferro considers their approach a form of personal cartography, one that centres and the ‘other’ as witness to the shifting dynamics of control, negotiation, and desire to shape public space. They graduated in BA Visual Arts at Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São Paulo in 2011 and participated in the fine arts roaming programme School of the Damned (2019). Ferro has exhibited and done residencies across Latin America and the UK, including at TACO (London), Glasgow Sculpture Studios, SWG3 Gallery (Glasgow), Abingdon Studios (Blackpool), Manchester Contemporary, No Lugar (Quito), Centre de Producció Hangar (Barcelona) and Centro Cultural São Paulo. Ferro will graduate from the Royal Academy Schools postgraduate programme in 2025.

More about The Line

The Line is East London’s public art trail that connects Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and The O2, following the waterways and the line of the Greenwich Meridian. Our mission is to connect communities and inspire individuals through a dynamic outdoor exhibition programme where everyone can explore art, nature and heritage for free. We focus on collaborative engagement projects that support wellbeing and learning, as well as providing opportunities for young people to develop skills and improve employability. At The Line, we value an open, inclusive and nurturing environment to promote collaboration, creativity and wellbeing. We aim to listen and learn from the people we connect with, including visitors and programme participants. The Line believes in the transformative impact of art and nature, and we are committed to increasing access to the arts through our programmes and challenging barriers to participation.

Access information

There is step-free access at Bromley-by-Bow station. We will be following a section of The Line's route that is not easily accessible for a wheelchair user due to ramp gradient and cobblestoned surfaces. There will be opportunities to stop and rest along the way, however the tour is reasonably paced and covers changes in level. If you have access needs, please get in touch prior on info@the-line.org and we will see what is possible.

The Bow Arts Trust offices have step-free access throughout from street level, including to the accessible toilet, and is service animal friendly. This venue does not have a hearing loop system. Accessible parking is not available on-site.

If you have any questions regarding accessibility at this venue or event, would like to make us aware of any access requirements that you have in advance of visiting, or would like this information in an alternate format including Easy Read, please email nunnery@bowarts.com or call 020 8980 7774 (Ext. 3)

Access requirements could include things like providing equipment, services or support (e.g. information in Easy Read, speech to text software, additional 1:1 support), adjusting workshop timings (e.g. more break times), adjustments to the event space (e.g. making sure you have a seat near the entrance) or anything else you can think of!

About the East London Art Prize Events Programme

The East London Art Prize events programme is a dynamic, free public programme open to all, which builds on the Prize’s ethos of providing ongoing support, development, and networking opportunities for artists in east London and beyond.

Featuring a constellation of workshops, talks, panels, lates, socials, labs, walks, and takeovers in collaboration with our Prize partners and featuring some familiar faces from our shortlist of 12 fantastic artists, this year’s events programme celebrates and pays homage to the huge abundance of talent and creativity nestled in east London.

These events have been developed by Wan Yi Sandra Lam, Curator: Programmes & Engagement at Bow Arts in collaboration with our Prize partners the British Council, The Line, London College of Fashion (LCF), London Legacy Development Corporation, University College London (UCL), V&A East, Whitechapel Gallery and Dulux.

Find out more about the wider programme here.

More about the East London Art Prize

The East London Art Prize is an all-media art prize designed to showcase the talent of artists working and living in east London, with an accompanying event programme supporting artists’ careers and opportunities. The Prize is generously funded by Minerva and Prue MacLeod. Find out more on the Prize webpage here.