ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT THROUGH VISUAL ART

ACAVA, the Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art, is an educational charity dedicated to promoting the development of visual skills. Founded to use culture for social good, ACAVA provides a wide range of visual arts services, including studio spaces for professional artists, exhibitions, public art projects, community educational programs, training in digital technology, and a consultancy service. They support a community of over 400 creative practitioners across London, Essex, and Stoke-on-Trent, offering affordable workspace and a range of socially inclusive arts programs. ACAVA has been an innovator in workspace typologies, locations, radical curatorial programming, and dynamic collaborations, running artist studios and pioneering community arts programmes for 50 years.