We are hugely pleased to announce that Charlie Gregory will join the team as the curator of The White House this summer. She will steer the project, which is now well-established in the heart of the Becontree Estate, towards becoming an independent organisation, and will work with the community in Dagenham to develop a collaborative vision and future for the house. This is a huge step for The White House, and one we are incredibly excited about.

She will start with a residency in the autumn with the Barbican and local Sydney Russell School, as well as oversee the completion of The White House’s Garden, led by collaborative practice They Are Here.

Charlie joins us from The Newbridge Project, where she has been Director since 2013 and led the project towards achieving Arts Council NPO status. She has previously worked with ISIS Arts, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, AV Festival and Wunderbar.

“I’m thrilled to be joining the team at Create, an organisation I greatly admire and respect, to take up the role of Curator at The White House. The role will allow me to pursue my passion for supporting artists to explore different models of collaborative arts practice embedded within a community context. The White House is unique in providing a space where artists and communities can experiment, think, play and ultimately create new ways art can form part of our everyday lives. I look forward to working with the communities of Barking & Dagenham to help develop a collaborative vision for The White House, creating an artistic and community resource with real impact.”

(c) Kuba Ryniewicz