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A hand holds a paper cutout of a person with a Waste Heat Boiler sign, placed over a technical diagram. Another small figure sits near blocks and circles drawn on the diagram, which features handwritten notes and arrows.

Memory Machine: acts of witnessing

A performance-research event with Our Tiny Factory on Tuesday 4 November 2025

A woman with straight, light brown hair smiles at the camera. She wears a leopard print top and stands in front of a light stone wall. The image is framed with teal and white abstract doodle graphics.

Lunchtime Talk: Hope and resistance in oppressive systems, with Dr Katy Mason

Inspired by ideas in The Handmaid’s Tale, this talk will focus on resistance networks in systems where it feels too radical to openly offer any countercultural narrative | Wednesday October 22nd, 1pm to 2:30pm | online

Lunchtime Talks

A collection of expressive black-and-white abstract charcoal drawings on paper, with various lines, scribbles, and smudges; one sheet is crumpled and placed on top of the other artworks.

What is our approach to Arts and Organisation?

Creativity at our heart - the arts and our work

Double-exposure of a hand-drawn industrial process diagram on paper, featuring two silhouetted figures, a large magenta blob, and a reflective surface.

Breathing the Archive: Tavistock archive activity day

Performance researcher Heni Hale invites you to an exploratory activity day encountering our archive materials. Free, in-person, 14 June 2025 in London

Workshop

Silhouette of a person mid-motion against a vibrant blue and pink background. The silhouette contains floral and leaf patterns, adding texture and depth to the abstract composition. A circular pink shape is partially visible behind the figure.

Further discovery sessions for Deepening Creative Practice, 1st and 8th April 2025

Free session to find out what Deepening Creative Practice will look like in 2025

Talks & presentations

A hand with paint stains holds three torn paper strips with text: Other elements struggle, I have left flowers, and Whirring bird. Torn paper pieces are scattered over a dark blue fabric in the background.

Exploring new ways of writing

Juliet Scott and Marie Beauchamps talk about our upcoming Spring writing workshops: Writing with the Poetic Lens

Encountering our archive materials through artistic practice-as-research

Performance researcher Heni Hale is using the Tavistock archive to explore the meaning of work then and now

Deepening Creative Practice 2026

Certificated programme of practice in Artistic Action Research and Organisational Change: Winter and Spring Seasons

Professional development

A charcoal drawing of an envelope with a large "X" crossing it diagonally. The lines are rough and textured, set against a plain white background.

First Light: Theory of Change

Katy Mason is standing with a green screen behind her, apparently talking to camera

My creative journey, by psychiatrist Katy Mason

Deepening Creative Practice participant and mental health practitioner Katy Mason explains how she has brought her creativity to life

A set of black headphones hangs on a wall next to a sheet of paper with text. A transparent, colorful curtain with illustrations is partially draped over a white wall in an art gallery setting.

Evolved and evolving... our living and growing office exhibition

Our current exhibition in the Tavistock Institute office showcases some of the varied creative work that takes place at the Institute. This exhibition pays homage to and builds upon the traces of previous ones, acknowledging the evolving status of our interactions with the arts and organisations at the Institute.

Exhibitions

A watercolor painting featuring a blend of colors. The top half is warm shades of orange and pink, transitioning into a vibrant mix of green and yellow in the center. The bottom half is filled with cool blue tones, creating a serene atmosphere.

A production to cherish and chew on

Just imagine … coming to London each season, starting in Spring 2023. Four times, four days of intensive learning in very different ways.

A scenic view of a rocky coastline against a vibrant orange sunset sky. The word "KURÅT" is prominently displayed across the image.

The 2023/4 Deepening Creative Practice group presents: Kuråt

Watch the film made by this year’s Deepening Creative Practice group

Professional development

Aspex Portsmouth

Four people stand around a table engaged in creating a colorful, abstract art piece. Art supplies are scattered across the table. The room has several framed pictures on the wall in the background.

Create, Sing, Move: Using the arts to interpret stories

Engage with the learnings and themes from the PARCS Grows Everybody Project in this creative workshop.

Other

A woman with long dark hair and red lipstick is smiling and leaning forward. She is inside a room with white paneled walls and some exposed brick. She is wearing a dark coat with a light fur collar.

Dr Gayle Chong Kwan

A woman with long dark hair, dressed in black, sits in a theater seat, looking contemplatively at a projected light above. The dimly lit setting suggests a quiet, reflective moment inside the theater.

Bongsu Park

Bongsu Park is a London-based, multidisciplinary Korean artist and long-term collaborator with the Tavistock Institute.

A group of people in motion, one in a wheelchair and others assisting or interacting on a floor covered in fabric. They appear engaged in an activity or exercise, with a focus on cooperation and support.

Entelechy Arts

Abstract image featuring a series of swirling, curving white lines set against a softly blurred, multicolored background. The design is reminiscent of chalk or crayon on a smooth surface.

Organizational Aesthetics — the journal

Organizational Aesthetics is about how the five senses and artistry inform business, non-profit, and government organizations...

A sculpture resembling the Tower of Babel, made from layered pasta and food items, stands against a cloudy sky. The structure is intricate and towers over a food-crafted landscape.

Art as re-evaluation: everything is scattered

Our stream at the Art of Management and Organisation 2024 Conference

Conference

Two men greet each other with a hug in a crowded room, surrounded by people engaged in conversation. White swirling lines are overlaid on the image, adding a dynamic effect.

Teams that ‘soh’ together grow together

The turbulence of the past few years has affected health services in many different ways.

A hand writing with a pen in a spiral notebook, with abstract white chalk-like scribbles over the image. A coffee mug is blurred in the foreground, and eyeglasses rest nearby.

Spring Workshop Series — Writing with the Poetic Lens

Three online workshops to explore your work through a poetic lens

Professional development

A person in a black shirt engages with an art installation featuring ropes or wires in a modern gallery space. There's a blurred view of a TV screen and abstract shapes in the background.

Sidestepping

Searching for embodied experiences of work and labour in the Institute’s archive

A person holds up hands with fingers covered in black ink or paint, creating a triangular space between the thumbs and fingers. The background is softly blurred, focusing attention on the hands.

A Tavistock Kiss

A tender touch

A person with short, dark hair smiles warmly, wearing a blue turtleneck and a mustard-yellow jacket with floral patterns. They stand in an indoor hallway with arms crossed.

Marie Beauchamps

Three people are standing indoors, engaging in a conversation or presentation. They are in front of a wall with colorful panels, and there are chairs around them. One of them is speaking while holding papers, and a large screen is partially visible.

Artistic Affluence in Social Dreaming

An in person immersive Lunchtime Talk session

Lunchtime Talks

A man in a dark coat stands and speaks to a seated audience in a bright room with white walls and ornate architectural details. The audience listens attentively.

Poetry in the Here and Now

Joe Cullen selects poems from his own work as the Bard of Dalston that ask questions of the here and now.

Lunchtime Talks

A watercolor painting of a green apple surrounded by several speckled eggs in a textured, woven basket. The artwork features a soft, muted color palette with shades of green, brown, and gray.

Artistic Affluence in Social Dreaming

Come and see our current exhibition running until Autumn 2023

Exhibitions

Close-up of a curled fern frond, also known as a fiddlehead, surrounded by lush green fern leaves. The frond is in the process of unfurling, showcasing its intricate spiral shape against the vibrant background.

Experiences of Deepening Creative Practice

Join the Deepening Creative Practice community in a collective space to play, explore and experiment.

Lunchtime Talks

A textured, abstract sculpture featuring soft, fuzzy gray and black materials, colorful threads, and a yellow beaded section, arranged on a white background.

Mother / Child / Fly

Simone Kennedy was the Institute’s first Visiting Artist-in-Residence. In this recording, we hear how Simone re-imagines a symbolic mother shaped from experience.

Lunchtime Talks

Abstract painting with shades of gray, beige, and brown. The top half depicts a swirling, cloud-like pattern with a dark silhouette. The bottom half features abstract bottle shapes and flowing organic forms. The overall texture is rough and layered.

Sentient Excavations

Developing a social practice as an artist. A talk that took place within the first exhibition of artworks in our offices.

Lunchtime Talks

Deepening Creative Practice 2023

Professional development

A modern art piece featuring multiple transparent panels, each with white geometric line patterns intersecting. The panels are mounted on a wooden base, creating a three-dimensional visual effect against a soft gray background.

Artistic Affluence in Social Dreaming

Come and see our current exhibition running until Autumn 2023

A cozy corner with a glowing lamp on a white table. The wall displays hand-drawn artworks and notes, some with hearts and messages like "believe." A sheer white fabric with a red edge hangs over a window, adding a soft touch to the room.

Dichotomy Challenged: The Individual, Organisations & Art

‘Meet Tav’ at the Deepening Creative Practice 2021-22 Exhibiting Season

A surreal collage featuring a black and white photo of a smiling person's face, partially covered by an oversized image of a feathered hat or texture. The background is plain, enhancing the focus on the unusual composition.

Everything is scattered and the tower has collapsed

Exploring the role of art in activism at the Art of Management and Organisation Conference.

A large group of people gathers outside a building with "Gran Bretagna" on its facade. The structure is surrounded by lush trees, creating a lively, outdoor atmosphere. The scene is bright, with many individuals engaged and moving around.

Art and Organisation: Venice Biennale 2022

Where the Impossible Becomes Possible

A withered plant with green and brown leaves is reflected on a shiny, gold-tinted surface, creating a mirrored effect. The background is blurred and has a warm, golden tone.

Launching Deepening Creative Practice 2023-24

Exploring your creative practice with your organisation or group

A stone path winds through a dense forest, flanked by tall trees and lush greenery. Sunlight filters through the leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground. The scene feels serene and inviting, capturing the essence of a peaceful woodland walk.

The second issue of OPEN

A tabletop art project featuring colorful tissue paper clusters, handwritten text, scribbles, a red card reading "EVIDENCE," and two small photos of art gallery spaces, one with framed artworks on white walls.

Sharing the Work

Past 2021-2022 Deepening Creative Practice with Organisations participants share their process

Text reading "SENTIENT EXCAVATIONS" in large, outlined capital letters overlaid on a watercolor-style map with shades of blue and teal.

Sentient Excavations catalogue

Come and visit our art/organisation exhibition...

A green anatomical heart is surrounded by intricately drawn flowers and leaves against a black background. The design blends botanical elements with detailed biological illustration.

All the world’s a stage…

The Leicester Conference 2022 invites us to engage in a new way, studying the capillary, tentacular and rhizomatic in organisations.

A museum display showcasing historical documents and a colorful chart under glass. The room features informational panels and has a modern, minimalistic design with natural lighting.

Funded Doctoral Opportunity

Relational Practices and the Tavistock Institute's Archive

A display of five colorful scrolls mounted on a board, each in a different color (pink, yellow, green, red, and blue). Below the scrolls is a wooden table with a small box and some scattered papers.

Social Matters through Dream Sharing

A Dream Symposium and Dream Auction

A black and white photo of a person with shoulder-length hair facing sideways. There is a large, decorative butterfly-shaped object covering their mouth, resembling a unique mask. The person is wearing a dark-colored top.

Awakening an Untamed Presence

In conversation with Simone Kennedy, Visiting Artist-in-Residence.

A person with shoulder-length blond hair is wearing a yellow shirt, looking directly at the camera against a neutral background.

Reflections on London

Our visiting Artist in Residence arrives

A serene landscape of a sandy beach under a cloudy sky. The sun is partially visible, casting light on the beach, which is covered with patches of grass. The horizon shows a line of distant trees or bushes.

Still time to get your application in for Deepening Creative Practice

The deadline for applications is approaching - 2nd September

A man in a hat and jacket leans slightly with one hand cupped around his ear, as if listening intently. The background is out of focus, with a few people visible. The image is in black and white.

A beuy for all seasons: Joseph Beuys

'Every person is an artist – every action, a work of art'

A piece of paper with a blue spiral drawing. Nearby, a note on masking tape reads "Start somewhere and see where it leads." The paper rests on a wooden table surface.

The first issue of OPEN

is launched in the Exhibiting Season of Deepening Creative Practice with organisations.

A sketched rectangle with an 'X' inside, drawn in black charcoal on a white background. The lines are rough and textured.

2 Symposia; 1 International Study Tour

Design thinking and the arts for social change

A multi-story building with a modern facade, featuring large windows and a rooftop garden. Trees partially obscure the view. Cars are parked on the street in front, and a tall skyscraper looms in the background under a clear blue sky.

We’re on the move! - a new space for the Institute

Redefining, reshaping and reinventing the work space

A piece of paper with black crayons on it.

Creating the holding environment for Deepening Creative Practice with Organisations

Expanding physical and psychological spaces

Person wearing a striped shirt reading a newspaper, seated outdoors on a wooden bench. The person's face is obscured by the newspaper. The background shows blurred outdoor scenery.

Professional Development Opportunities

Find out what’s happening in 2021…

A blue and white photogram features abstract, ethereal shapes resembling a feather, a circular orb, and a flowery explosion against a dark background, evoking a sense of mystery and cosmic beauty.

Becoming Situated, Becoming Sensitised, Becoming Image

Reflections from a light-sensitive process

Surreal artwork with a crowned black figure in a colorful landscape, a fish, and a human figure with a starburst backdrop, set against a cosmic background with planets and swirling lights.

Social Dreaming as container

to help deepen creative practice with organisations.

A group of people is in a room with scattered paper on the floor. Some are holding a large, bright pink cloth. Others are seated or standing around, engaging in activities. A woman in a wheelchair participates in the gathering.

From small beginnings

Tavistock Institute and Entelechy Arts. The relationship between the two organisations has grown over the years...

A watercolor painting of two caterpillars on green leaves facing each other, joined by a bridge made of small segments. A cloud-like shape hovers above, and the background is white.

Deepening Creative Practice

A reflection on our journey so far.

Black paragraph symbol on a white background.

Minding your Body

The psychophysical in the Deepening Creative Practice with organisations programme.

Simone Kennedy – Artist in Residence

Announcing Inaugural Visiting AiR at the Institute

A vibrant abstract painting with clusters of colorful dots in blue, pink, green, and red. Various brushstrokes create a dynamic, swirling pattern across the canvas, blending colors and textures.

Making Visible the Invisible

Bricolage into activism in the arts and systems psychodynamic approaches of Deepening Creative Practice.

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Deepening Creative Practice

Announcing new dates for 2021/22

A mirrored image of a dancer in a white outfit against a black background, creating a symmetrical and abstract visual effect with their arms and legs extended outward.

Announcing the Artists

Deepening Creative Practice starting in Spring 2020

Two people kneel in front of a dollhouse-shaped display, painting or repairing it. The display has colorful sections and illustrations. They are in a room with a table and chairs, next to a window. A sign above reads "Wet Paint Please Do Not Touch.

What’s figuring in Art and Organisation

Updates; opportunities; hashtags from the intersection of art and organisation.

A person in a striped leotard performs a graceful dance pose on a wooden floor in a room with empty chairs and art-covered walls. One arm is extended upward, and one leg is lifted behind.

Creating beyond silos

Awakening the creative shadow in each of us.

An abstract image of a human head silhouette surrounded by spiraling numbers and binary code. The design features glowing orange and blue hues against a dark background, suggesting a fusion of technology and human thought.

Professional Development Round-up

Read about some of our professional development programmes and the great early bird discounts available...

A large red spiral sculpture stands prominently in a green park, with modern high-rise buildings in the background under a blue sky.

Art as status symbol and game-changer

Deeping Creative Practice: a new programme.

An image of colorful, vertical strips of film negatives against a gradient backdrop. The negatives have various patterns and texts, creating a visually striking arrangement.

Tavistock at ‘Art & Activism’ in Liverpool 2020

Inviting contributions to an arts stream – Across the Universe

Tavistock at ‘Art&Activism’ in Liverpool 2020

Illustration of a large, dramatic wave with small boats caught in it, set against a white background. Mount Fuji is visible in the distance. The scene is influenced by traditional Japanese art, featuring bold blues and intricate details.

Leicester Conference 2020

Task Authority Organisation: 4C’s C-Change.

A modern building featuring colorful sections and vertical columns elevating its base. The structure showcases geometric patterns with a mix of green, yellow, orange, and red accents, set against a clear sky and grassy area in the background.

100 years of the Bauhaus

It’s legacy and potential.

A child with blue eyes peeks through their hands, which are covered in colorful paint. The vibrant colors create a frame around the child's face, highlighting their gaze and the creativity expressed through the painted hands.

Research published on collaboration in the Arts sector

Collaborating for change... A research report prepared for Arts Council England.

Join us in Boston!

Bringing ‘Art at Work’ to the Academy of Management annual meeting.

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Testing New Ground

Art and Organisation at the Institute

The story of our work with arts. Expanding our disciplines and customising practice.

What is the ‘P’ in P3C?

Deepening consulting practice at the Tavistock Institute.

Close-up of a rough, textured surface with large white salt crystals forming on a brownish ground. The image captures the detail of the salt's crystalline structure and its natural, uneven accumulation.

Preservation and mutability: salt and the archive – two dynamic systems

I have been thinking about salt a lot recently. Maybe a strange way to start a blog for the TIHR Archive Project but actually there are many connections between the qualities of salt and the archive.

The artistry of the archive

Launching our new blog to document the emergent TIHR archive.

The Museums Libraries & Archives Council

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Arts & Organisation

Arts and Organisation is an alive enquiry, an evolving social practice of the arts within contemporary social science.

A hand is visible in the background, partially obscured by white abstract chalk markings on a dark surface. The focus is on the intricate lines drawn across the image.

Consultancy

Our consultants are there both to hold the space open for profound discussions and ensure that actions are taken, and accountability lines identified.

A silhouette of a person appears to be running against a vibrant backdrop of pink and deep blue. The silhouette is filled with floral patterns, adding texture and contrast to the abstract composition.

Deepening Creative Practice with organisations

Certificated programme of practice in Artistic Action Research and Organisational Change. In-person, London and UK locations.

A person writing in a notebook with a blue pen. Abstract scribbles overlay the image, creating a dynamic and artistic effect.

Spring Workshop Series: Writing with the Poetic Lens

These online workshops are designed for professionals who seek new ways of writing about their work and practice.