LSoM News
July 2025
Funding Awarded for New 2026 Deptford Market Mural!
Granted by Deptford Challenge Trust, this funding will enable the end of course mural to go ahead in May 2026.
Situated right in the heart of bustling Deptford Market, the existing wall, currently covered in graffiti, will be transformed into a compelling community mural. Reclaiming the public canvas from illegal vandalism and handing it back to community members.
The project will be designed in collaboration with the market stallholders and market users.
Lead by founding artist Patricio, Cohort 6 of the LSOM course will use their newly acquired participatory muralism skills to engage and co-create the design for the mural with both market stallholders and users.
We aim to engage at least 200 members of the local Deptford community in our project research, through five days of creative consultation and workshops during market days. This will include informal discussions, conversations, and visual exercises to gather input to co-create the mural design.
The design will celebrate the essence of Deptford Market, incorporating the voices of local traders and residents, including elements that reflect the market’s history and current day identity,
The mural will be painted over 9 days in May 2026, with a team formed of our LSoM Students and local volunteers . The final piece will be unveiled at a street party celebration, warmly welcoming the new urban focal point into the community.
With this grant we will also be able to look after the mural for 5 years, removing any future tagging and graffiti.
A large part of creating community murals is finding the finances to bring them from idea into reality.
When submitting a funding application, every cost has to be calculated and justified by the potential impact of the final outcome. From delivering design workshops to sourcing painting materials, it all adds. Luckily, we know that our impact is pretty far- reaching too.
We know from experience that the production of a permanent, meaningful mural, provides long-lasting and far reaching benefit to local residents. of Deptford as well as those closely involved in the creation process.
December 2024
Annual ‘End of Course’ Mural Project Approved for Prominent Waterloo Wall
LSOM are proud to announce a new recurring mural project in Waterloo
The prominent wall, situated beneath Waterloo Station, will host the School’s yearly final graduate work; in a series of annually transforming designs.
Network Rail has granted permission for the London School of Muralism to paint a high visibility mural under the Taxi Ramp on Mepham St. This is a prominent public canvas that will be used to create unique participatory murals; enhancing the currently neglected urban space and reducing fear of anti-social behaviour in the area.
The LSOM ‘end of course’ mural is an opportunity for students to put into practice the skills they have gained during the course. They will experience first-hand the process of running workshops with community groups, as well as organising and undertaking wall painting.
With a new graduate cohort approaching the project each year, the space will be kept fresh and interesting. Although the designs may change, we plan to maintain consistency through an ongoing collaboration with St Johns at Waterloo.
Our Plan is to work with their existing Arts Club. A group which is inclusive of local people experiencing mental health issues, homelessness and refugees.
Members of the St Johns Arts Club and the LSOM students will be equal participants in the creative process.
The school will begin its first participatory process for the wall on the 19th of March. With plans to complete the first mural here by the End of May 2025.
July 2025 Update:
As things often do in the world of muralism, this plan unfolded differently than expected.
In the end, a totally different wall space was chosen as the canvas for Cohort 5 End of Course mural.
The decision was driven by the high number of logistical challenges that emerged in planning to paint the original wall. Main issues were a lack of pavement and proximity to heavily trafficked road.
As this was a whole cohort project, there was a lot of pressure to find a suitable alternative wall. In the end, a nearby arch, also owned by network rail was agreed upon and the mural was successfully brought into the public realm.