We're delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding from Arts Council England for Holloway Arts Festival 2013

Holloway Arts Festival 2013 brings you a holiday within Holloway from 1-8 June. Escape to Holloway and experience the atmosphere of the British seaside through a riot of eclectic music, spoken word, film, comic performance, crafts, theatre and outdoor events.

Click here to see the full festival programme

Winner of Short Film Award 2013

After receiving numerous high quality submissions for short films relating to the Reel Islington Film Festival 2013 theme of ‘A Place Called England’, we are pleased to announce that the winner of this year’s award is Andy Oxley for his film ‘White English Men’.

Click here to see the winning film.

Holloway Arts Festival 2013 Competitions Launched

Singer Songwriter Competition Calling musicians in London. Entries are limited to one or two musician line-ups (at least one must be from North London) and the final will be held on 5 June 2013 at Holloway Arts Festival.

Urban Shots Photography Competition We are running a photography competition open to all ages. We're looking for striking and distinctive photographs of North Islington, which bring about a strong sense of place - show us what North Islington means to you and you could win a £500 prize sponsored by David Andrew Estate Agents.

Deadline for entries: 5pm on 10 May 2013

Click for more information and to enter.

If you would like to join the Holloway Arts Festival Steering Group, please click here for more information.

Our full programme for the Holloway Arts Festival 2013 will be announced very soon.

Read local blogger 'Do you Wish to Continue'

Find out what a local blogger thought about our recent event Martin Parr in conversation with Susie Godsil, part of the Connectin Conversations series of events.

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Praveen Receives Vodafone Award

We are proud to announce that Praveen Manghani is a winner of the Vodafone World of Difference programme. Congratulations!

He will be using this award to curate the Holloway Arts Festival as part of Project Adorno. Look out for what surprises they might come up with!

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

20 people braved the rain on 2 January 2013 for architecture journalist Tony Minichiello's informative walking tour of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly', looking at the highs and lows of Holloway's historic thoroughfare and its surroundings.

The walk focused on local landmarks along Holloway Road, including Manor Gardens Centre, the old Royal Northern Hospital, St John the Evangelist Church - where walk-goers met vicar Karowei Dorgu and warden Maggie Smyth (pictured with Tony Minichiello) and enjoyed a cup of tea - St Gabriels Church and Archway Methodist Church.

People who came along had a lot of fun, saying:

"Despite the rain we really enjoyed the second of these [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly] Holloway Road walks and hope that the excellent Tony Minichiello can lead us on some other jaunts in the area. Another brilliant Rowan Arts event!"

"Thanks alot for guiding us onwards and upwards up the Holloway Road. Im certainly not a church fan but enjoyed all three of the churches  visited especially the last which put the history of the Archway in context."

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was part of Discover Holloway, a year-long project through which volunteers and devised and led themed-walks around Holloway.

Plunging into History launched

We are really excited to announce that the official launch of Plunging into History at an event on Saturday 17 November at the newly refurbished Ironmonger Road Baths was a great success.

The exhibition of photographs by Ruth Corney and others will be on long term display at Ironmonger Row Baths, 1 Norman Street, EC1V 3AA and you can pick up your free copy of the book (while stocks last).

Please click here for more information about the project.

LMA Competition

Congratulation to Haley Ma, a first year student at Goldsmiths, who won the competition.

Elsa Westreicher and Fabio do Prado were also highly commended for their design. The poster was designed for London Metropolitan Archives, and it will be used to promote their film collection. London Metropolitan Archives holds an extraordinary range of collections and records about London – for more information visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma