In the late 1970s in London’s East End, Whitechapel Art Gallery developed a pioneering approach to art and education. Jenni Lomax, Community and Education Organiser at the time, invited artists to work alongside communities to set up residencies in schools, workshops at the Gallery and local partnerships with key organisations. Lomax joins curators Sofia Victorino and Nayia Yiakoumaki to return to this paradigmatic moment in the story of art education, discussing what can be learnt from artists and audiences.

For more information: www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/exercising-freedom

Transcript available: www.whitechapelgallery.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Hear-Now.-Episode-Four-Transcript.pdf