Have you ever found shark teeth in Lesnes Abbey Woods fossil pit? Bexley was under a shallow tropical sea and these sharks were from the Eocene Epoch 55.8 to 33.9 million years ago.

That time was characterised by a warmer global climate that significantly helped mammals' evolution and biodiversity.

To celebrate Bexley's evolutionary history, we will create Eocene Sea animal lanterns including Basilosaurus, a giant prehistoric whale that lived there. Other individual lanterns will include ancient marine life such as jellyfish. Due to rapid global warming in the present era, climate change is now causing large marine animals to disappear, we must think about how to support our oceans and the biodiverse community living there. Together we can make Bexley's night sky into an Eocene epoch sea. 

January – Bexleyheath – Details coming soon

About Miyuki Kasahara

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Born in Japan, Miyuki Kasahara graduated with an MA from the Royal College of Art and is based in London. Her work is research driven and addresses the impact of humans on the ecosystem.

How we can find ways to reconnect with a losing grasp of the natural world and stop poisoning it and ourselves. She examines in her work the environmental factors affecting global issues, including that arising from politics and societal change. Warfare and weaponry appear as an ongoing theme through her work, as she believes it is one of the greatest human catastrophes to the natural environment. The outcomes from her research have included drawing, film, installation, interactive performance, sculpture, or a combination of those.

About Bow Arts

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Since 1994, Bow Arts has nurtured London’s diverse creativity and talent. We’ve provided artists and creative practitioners with affordable workspace, connecting them with local communities and supporting their professional development. We give communities throughout London greater access to and interaction with the arts, through our schools programme, workshops, exhibitions and events.

We’re an arts and education charity and a social enterprise; our services support the growth of sustainable local creative economies. Over 900 artists, designers and makers are affiliated with Bow Arts through our workspaces, Nunnery Gallery, affordable housing for creatives, and award-winning schools and young people’s learning programme.

2025 marks Bow Arts’ 30th anniversary, celebrating three decades of providing long-lasting artist support.