Arts Lab opens on Drury Lane, including London Filmmakers Co-op (LFMC). The Arts Council begins support for photography

Creative Camera begins. SPACE artist studio organisation and Cinema Action set up

Amber Associates, photo collective begins

The Other Cinema film distribution, Berwick St Films, Cockpit Arts begin

Photographers' Gallery opens in London

Impressions Gallery, York, set up by Val Williams & Andrew Sproxton.

Arts Council Photography Committee created. The Photographic Gallery, Southampton set up

Jo Spence and Terry Dennett create Photography Workshop. Paul Carter starts a community darkroom at Blackfriars Settlement. Exit Photography group & Hackney Flashers form

Tower Hamlets Arts Project created. The Independent Filmmakers Association campaigns begin

History Workshop launch their journal – encouraging history from below. Leeds Animation Workshop formed

Side Gallery founded in Newcastle, and Open Eye gallery, Liverpool. Cinema of Women (COW) film distribution

Rock against Racism carnivals in London

Exhibition 'Three Perspectives on Photography' (Hayward Gallery). Ten8 magazine launches.

Arts Council Photography committee scrapped, and grouped with the Visual Arts panel

Circles women's film distributor moves into Four Corners' building

Black Audio Film Collective, Retake & Ceddo Film & Video Workshop founded. Channel 4 begins

'Carry Greenham Home' (dir. Beeban Kidron), documentary about women's peace camp

ACTT Workshop Declaration enables independent film production for Channel 4

The GLC is dissolved leading to loss of arts funding