Shapla Showcase

Located on floor level of Kentish Town Health Centre

Exhibition Opening Times:

Monday - Friday: 8:30 - 18:30

Saturday: Closed

Sunday: Closed

Social Shapla is a Creative Health Camden project, led by artist/project manager, Li Williams and outreach worker, Dee Talukder.

Funded for the first two years by the Baring Foundation, the project was developed with the aim of encouraging greater engagement between the James Wigg and Queens Crescent practices and the local Bangladeshi community. It has a particular focus on the links between physical and mental wellbeing.

This project provides weekly creativity, art and chat sessions for women from a Bangladeshi background and serves as a conduit for discussion on health and wellbeing. Additional art workshops are offered during the school holidays to the next generation of young women in the 13-18 year old age group.

In August ’23 Social Shapla hosted a summer outdoor event in the community garden at Kentish Town Health Centre. Everyone was invited to share South Asian snacks and creative workshops - bookmaking, collaborative painting, textiles and mehndi, children’s play specialists,

Assemble Play joined us to provide creative play provision. The Social Shapla participants contributed work to ‘Nurture,’ Creative Health Camden's Central London group exhibition in Soho May 2024.

During our time working together the group have explored a range of techniques and methods, both traditional and experimental. We’ve printed, painted, sewn, sprayed, drawn with electrical tape and plan to continue our creative journey into 2025.

The pieces in this show were generated in these sessions and are displayed over both GP practices, Kentish Town Heath Centre and Queens Crescent.

You can find out more about our Social Shapla group here

For more information or to book a place at our sessions please email Li li@creativehealthcamden.com or text 07523 533490