London-Based Community Art Exhibition ‘Then & Now’ Opens Soon

Community organisation Everyone on Boards CIC, whose mission is to inspire and empower young people and families through skateboarding and its culture, is hosting Then & Now – an exhibition exploring youth culture of past and present through Waltham Forest’s skateboard community. 

Then & Now Exhibition: More info
A visual exploration of youth culture from the past and present through the eyes of the skateboarding community of Waltham Forest.
Taking place for 10 days between October 20 and 30 at Winns Gallery,
Lloyd Park, London, E17 5JW.

EVERYONE ON BOARDS, with the support of Waltham Forest Council
Culture Department, presents a photographic and artistic journey through the skateboarding community, which developed a distinctive visual language, occupying a significant position in youth culture for over 45 years.

Chase Lane, Lloyd Park & Cann Hall skateparks and other spots around Waltham Forest are focal points for skateboarders and artists from diverse backgrounds, nurturing creativity and encouraging integration and collaboration, reflecting the multicultural nature of the borough.

This community focus project highlight the importance of the local skateparks and local spots.

A comment from the Founder of Everyone on Boards:
“Everyone on Boards – our values are firmly grounded in community, skateboarding and its creative culture. The opportunity to highlight all 3 of the central pillars of Everyone on Boards purpose to a wider audience, is incredible. The skateboard community in Waltham Forest is such a positive force and with the opening of the exhibition THEN & NOW and the launch of the supporting book … & NOW , it means we can only get better.”
— Agnieszka Aga Wood

More info on the supporting book … & Now
Accompanying this exhibition is a community-led publication. The book comprises portraits by legendary skate photographer Wig Worland of the local community involved in the Waltham Forest skate scene from the 80s through to the present generation, taken during 10th anniversary of Lloyd Skatepark. The book portrays the changing faces of the skateboard scene with the aim to inspire the next generation.

“Throughout my life in photography I’ve been lucky enough to work with the extended, ever changing skateboard community in the UK and throughout the world. At its best, skateboarding brings people together and meeting the collection of incredible characters that make up the Lloyd Park Skate community in 2022 is exactly the type of project that illustrates this perfectly.”
– Wig Worland, … & Now photographer

Artists on Boards
10 artists / 10 one-off skateboards in partnership with ‘In Action’ the CIC arm of Clown Skateboard that helped our campaign to raise funds for the first indoor skatepark in Waltham Forest by Pete Fowler Experimental Jetset, Mau Mau, Angry Dan, Simon Brown, Katrina Adams, Fandangoe Kid, Tizer, and Hatch.

“As a resident of Walthamstow, an artist and an ex skater I was more than happy to paint a deck for this brilliant organisation. I skated for a large chunk of my life — the culture of skateboarding, the visual art,
attitude, music, friendship and the outsider aspect, made me who I am today. It makes me very happy to support ‘Artists on Boards’ in whatever positive way I can then that would make me happy.”
— Pete Fowler (about Artists on Boards)

RSVP for Then & Now here