ENRICHMENT

Working within communities we aim to engage and inspire new audiences and enhance cultural and social regeneration.

We produce educational workshops and events that are accessible, unique and inspiring. Our events appeal to everyone whether or not they have previously had an interest in the arts and will program with audiences in mind.

We facilitate the professional development of emerging arts practitioners through artist residencies, studios and rehearsal space and understand the need to support the emotional health and wellbeing of artists and musicians.

We provide guidance, mentoring and opportunities for artists to develop their practice within a supportive environment - We strive to provide opportunities for artists to learn, experiment, and push creative and social boundaries.

We support our communities through innovative use of empty space; contributing to community pride of place.

KING’S ROAD, CHELSEA – CREATIVE HUB

Today King’s Road, Chelsea is known for its upscale shops, boutiques, and high-end stores.

Historically it was a significant hub for fashion, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s and played a pivotal role in shaping London’s fashion scene during its peak as a cultural and fashion epic-enter.

King's Road was not just a place for high fashion; it became a meeting ground for creatives, artists, and musicians. The street's blend of fashion, music and art during these decades turned it into an influential hotspot for London’s counterculture.

Cultural Influence

The Illuminate Productions Enrichment King's Road site has become a hub of creative activity; featuring studios for emerging artists, artist workshops, talks and open studios for the local community, Music rehearsal space for older adults with poor mental health, and a pop up space for independent fashion designers at the start of their career to show their designs to the public.

POP-UP SPACE

We have a rolling program of designer showcases

By providing opportunities for young fashion designers to showcase their work, we both foster their growth in an industry that can be challenging to break into and positively impact on local communities.

By supporting emerging designers we aim to promote diversity, creativity, and innovation within the fashion industry. influencing trends, offering new perspectives, and promoting sustainable and socially responsible fashion.

Young designers bring new, diverse perspectives that reflect the local community's values, heritage, or concerns. This enriches the cultural fabric of the area and can make it a more vibrant, dynamic place to live.

We promote young designers who are passionate about social causes or sustainability and bring awareness to important issues through their collections - supporting positive change.

Past fashion pop ups include: Dora’s Garden, Leblon London, Darlaman Design House, No Emotions Clothing, Manufacturedculture and Milk Kids.

Past Charity Pop Ups: Citizens Commission on Human Rights and Walkabout Foundation

London Fashion Week: Helen Anthony, Leblon London, Naomi Hart, One 2 Many and Bloke

UPCOMING POP-UPS INCLUDE

7 Rows

To coincide with London Craft Week (12th-16th May); A collective of 7 Chelsea College of Art Graduates who specialise in the many forms of knitting using sustainable materials.

Artists: Tomoko Yamanaka, Alice Thompson, Megan Sharples, Mila Harris-Mussi, Izzy Coyle, Beth Claxton and Verity Jones.

Workshops and demonstrations will run alongside (TBA)

MUSIC REHEARSAL SPACE

We provide Music rehearsal space for older adults with poor mental health; a dedicated space for participants to engage with music, express themselves, and reap the many physical, emotional, and social benefits that music-making can offer.

ARTIST STUDIOS

99, Kings Road, Chelsea, SW3

We have regular open artist studios and monthly artist talks open to the public

The next open studio will be in June 2025 (dates to be announced soon)

An opportunity to visit new artist’s studios, to meet the artists and makers and find out more about their work. From painters, installation artists, photographers, fashion designers and stylists. Drop by and get to know the artists; a opportunity to see, hear about and discuss the work-in-progress that they have been developing.

Artists include; Camelia Balea, Joy Bomb London (Aka Amy Broch), Lidiia Dresch, Julie Fitzpatrick, House of Harlot (Irida Trika), Russ Jones, Roisin Jones, Laura Mila, Penelope Meredith, Howard Milton, Alice Thompson, Karolina Ursula Urbaniak and Tomoko Yamanaka.

Camelia Balea

Starting with a long series in abstract art, Camelia now embodies contemporary surrealism, infused with elements of expressionism. Recent pieces are characterized by vibrant colours and dynamic compositions, featuring anthropomorphic figures in surreal and whimsical settings. The work challenges the boundaries of reality, offering an immersive experience into the surreal landscapes of the mind.

Joy Bomb London

Artist Amy Broch, explores the themes of love, death, and sex in the context of 21st-century femininity. Her work is characterized by a bold, confrontational aesthetic that draws on a range of media, including painting, sculpture, and performance art.
joybomblondon.com

Lidiia Dresch

Lidiia Dresch is a visionary Ukrainian designer. Lidiia stands at the threshold of her artistic odyssey, passionately dedicated to launching her avant-garde fashion label, MOHEN. Through her designs, Lidiia endeavours to spark dialogues and encourage people to rethink their perspectives on fashion and society.
mohen.co.uk
@lidiiadresch

Julie Fitzpatrick

As a mixed-media artist, her creations serve as portals into the intricate tapestry of human emotions and thoughts. Julie's artistic journey seeks to unravel the essence of boundary, where fantasies intertwine with fears, compelling us to embrace the ineffable beauty within.
shiftingstyleartwork.com

Roisin Jones

Roisin Jones is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher whose practice includes photography, filmmaking, sculpture, poetry and performance. Jones explores the theme of resilience, grief and belonging by capturing the unique experiences of the Global Majority. Through collective and individual storytelling, she aims at fostering and celebrating connections within these communities.
iamroisin.com
@iam_roisin

Russ Jones

Russ Jones is a conceptual artist and painter exploring themes of free will and identity. He is currently working with the Arts council researching modern perspectives on love and his work has been shown in NY, Miami, Austin, Paris and London.
russ-jones.com

Laura Milá

Through sweeping strokes of large abstract canvases, Laura's narrative is of her homeland remembered and reimagined. A hopeful ode to the future — a future where the children of Colombia can flourish under skies stitched with promise. Through her art, she channels the sentiment of her past, casting it forward in colours that speak of pain transformed into beauty.
lauramila.co.uk

Penelope Meredith

Penelope Meredith is a stylist and founder of the Rhulan Archive, a collection of luxury vintage and pre-loved collectable clothing. She’s also creating a womenswear and menswear line, with pieces made in England and limited in number, using luxury fabrics and couture finishing. Her designs honour the cut and craft of vintage clothing but work within a relaxed, contemporary wardrobe.
penstylist.com

Alice Thompson

Alice previously studied Textile Design at Chelsea College of Art. Her practice makes reference to the transitional stages in our lifetime and the cast aside nature of clothing. Working with the medium of knit, she tests the durability of yarn, often knitting on a loose tension so the physical line of the knitted row is seen. The knitting sits in conjunction with hard found frames. Specific colour combinations can evoke snippets of memory. She is a Tutor in Machine Knitting at Working Men's College and Technical Instructor in Textiles Yarn Resource at the Royal College of Art.
alicethompson.co.uk
@alicethompzon

Miraan Moon Sa

Miraan Moon Sa is a Korean-American artist incorporating East Asian calligraphy and large brushwork into her visual conceptions. Space, textiles and tactile creations, such as working with paper creating pop-up three-dimensional designs are her playground. “Dynamic, balanced, gestural thought, interpretive, potent, choreography of ink and paper, immediate yet still, emotion set free, floating thoughts in suspended pigment” have been words used to describe her work. Now living in London, England, Miraan is available for consultation and commissioned pieces.
@miraanmoonsa

Karolina Ursula Urbaniak

Karolina Ursula Urbaniak is a multi-media artist and co-founder of Infinity Land Press. Her practice transcends traditional boundaries, blending digital innovation with tangible artistic expression. With a portfolio that includes photography, video art, sound design and sculpture, Urbaniak is renowned for creating works that engage audiences on a profound level.
karolinaurbaniak.com
infinitylandpress.com

Tomoko Yamanaka

A UK-based textile designer from Japan, Tomoko produces her own original, high quality 100% British Alpaca yarns spun by a mill in Dorset. Each winter, she designs a collection of knitwear under her label Cabinet. In 2012, she started her winter "British Alpaca Project" knitwear collection using only 100% British alpaca wool. Tomoko is happy to now produce her own original, high quality 100% British Alpaca yarns spun by a micro-mill in Dorset. Each winter, she designs a collection of knitwear under her label Cabinet. Tomoko is Associate Lecture in Textile at Chelsea College of Art (UAL).
www.cabinetbyty.co.uk

WHEN THE WORLD STOOD STILL

A new touring Covid-19 memorial artwork by Emily Peasgood

Award-winning sound artist and composer Emily Peasgood is creating a new interactive sound installation (with lyrics by Kate Lynn-Devere).

Emily Peasgood has previously created two artworks that explore grief and loss: Halfway to Heaven (Folkestone Triennial, 2017) and Requiem for Crossbones (Illuminate Productions, 2018). This new artwork will acknowledge and commemorate the many lives lost through the Covid-19 Pandemic and will tour across the United Kingdom, it will feature sound and visuals.

More information coming soon….

Artist Residency Programme

We are proud to support artist health and wellbeing and we do this in a number of ways:

We facilitate the professional development of arts practitioners at all levels of their career; from emerging to established arts professionals
By providing guidance, mentoring and opportunities for artists to develop their practice within a supportive environment. We strive to provide opportunities for artists to learn, experiment, push creative and social boundaries and improve.

We understand the need to support the emotional health and wellbeing of artists
By providing opportunities to connect, converse and learn with peers. Our supportive environments enable artists to thrive, take risks and allows for opportunities to create art without restrictions.

Our affordable studios scheme lessons the financial burdens faced by artists and allows them freedom to create.
Every artist needs their space. By providing provision such as affordable art studios, we are able to support artist welfare and allow creativity to flow

We empower artists to develop their practice and thrive
Our tailor made residency programme provides additional opportunities for residents and allows them further freedom to incubate ideas plus showcase them to peers and the general public.

Open studio events
We actively engage with our residential and business communities, building a mutually respectful and transparent relationship between our artists, staff and volunteers. Through open days, we also give the public the opportunity to meet the artists and makers - to see and discuss the work-in-progress that the artists have been developing.

Exhibition Spaces
We recognize the need to exhibit artwork and proactively champion underrepresented artists with a platform to celebrate their work.

Career development
We promote respectful and supportive environments and provide career developing opportunities. We contribute to education, networking and business support.

Current Studios

81-103 Kings Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 4NX

Past Studios

35 Soho Square, Soho, London W1K

13-14 Dean Street, Soho, London, W1

Suite 2 + 3, Claridge House, Davies Street, Mayfair, London, W1K

48 + 56 Brook Street, Mayfair, London, W1K

68-70 Southhampton Row, Bloomsbury, London, WC1

Capital House, Weston Street, London Bridge SE1

New studios coming soon, watch this space…

The objects of the CIO are

To advance education and to promote the public appreciation and participation in the arts for the public benefit, in particular but not exclusively by raising awareness of contemporary art practices and connections between art and science through workshops, seminars, talks, residencies and other such events.

The relief of those in need, in particular people with mental and emotional health and well-being needs, through the use of the arts.

Registered Charity Number 1189817