BEHIND THE SCENES | Drawing Room Gallery & The Tannery

Set up in 2002 by curators Mary Doyle, Kate Macfarlane and Katharine Stout, the Drawing Room has a long history of showcasing artists of international standing as well as emerging promise. Visitors will get a chance to explore the latest exhibition - The Time of Our Lives - which focuses on the pioneering drawing practices of women artists and their impact on feminist activism from the 1980s until today, including Venice Golden Lion winner Sonia Boyce, Claudette Johnson and Sutapa Biswas.

Once a centre for the tannery trade which defined Bermondsey in the 19th century, The Tannery at Rich Industrial Estate in London now comprises a community of new homes of mixed tenure, a hub for local and longstanding creative charities and Southwark Studios, and individual artist studios.