Common Works Gallery CIC

Common Works Gallery is a non-profit community interest company based in Wimbledon that organises community arts events.

Katie Preston and Katharine Rowe, with fellow artist Mel Barrett, came up with the idea during lockdown of bringing together artists to exchange ideas and create opportunities to share and show work. We took inspiration for the Common Works logo, name and philosophy from artist, maker and designer William Morris, whose workshops were based in Merton Abbey Mills, not far from central Wimbledon.

We aim to SHOWCASE artists, provide them with a supportive COMMUNITY as well as opportunities to COLLABORATE in paid workshops and commissions, and finally to INSPIRE everyone to explore their own creativity.

Common Works Gallery’s first major event was Art in the Park in 2021, in partnership with The Friends of Cannizaro Park and is now a biennial event with the third one happening in September 2025. In 2022 we revived the Merton Arts Festival Artists’ Open House after a three-year break and are happy to discuss new opportunities for local artists and teachers so please get in touch for a chat.