Explore your local community through a creative lens

On Wednesday 28 January, join us to celebrate RESOLVE collective and the coming together of ‘Tending to the Centres’ at Orleans House Gallery.

Visit the new 'Tending to the Centres' exhibition - a collaboration between RESOLVE Collective and Ham, East Sheen, and Whitton Libraries, celebrating their pivotal role in the community now and into the future.

This free exhibition shows the process and outcomes of RESOLVE Collective’s Library Logs workshops and Library Lates events, supported by the Council.

Celebration event details:

• Date: Wednesday 28 January
• Time: 6 to 9 pm
• Location: Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham

Register for the celebration event

Exhibition details:

• Date: Until 5 May 2026
• Location: Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham

Find out more about the exhibition. 

In spring 2025, we partnered with RESOLVE Collective to host a series of workshops to create this exhibition. 

The Library Logs workshops involved inviting local library-goers to imagine themselves as libraries, answering the question: 'What experiences, memories, and passions would you borrow and lend from one another?'

RESOLVE Collective then worked with participants in their Library Lates events, to turn their ideas into tangible art such as buildings and other structures using different materials like clay and film. The participants explored themes of archiving, play, and the library as a stage.

In Whitton Library, curator and cultural producer Avni Patel explored the centrality of play in her work, offering interactive activities inside and outside the mini-ball pit.

In East Sheen Library, creative producer and educator Dhiyandra Natalegawa shared her embodied practice of mapping, inviting participants to use different media to articulate where and when they find inspiration and creativity.

In Ham Library, artist and facilitator Francesca Telling reflected on institutional memory and archives of erasure, activating the reimagined archive shelf.

Visit the Orleans House Gallery website to find out more.