Protest punk and poetry will be explored when night falls in Walthamstow next month.

The political campaigning of artist Bob and Roberta Smith, has been inspiring people across the borough and has sparked the William Morris Gallery’s next after-hours event WMG Late: Agitate. It will celebrate agitprop and artist activism with a subversive mix of performance, poetry, music, film and craft, co-curated with Vine Collective.

It coincides with the Leytonstone artist's latest show at the gallery, Art Is Your Human Right which chronicles his fight to keep art in schools and his election fight against Michael Gove.

His exhibition has also inspired young people aged 16 to 22 to create their own political art. A group of them were invited to meet the artist, who set up the Leytonstone Centre for Contemporary Art in his shed, in August and work with him. The resulting pieces are now on display at the gallery in Young People's Exhibition: Letters For Everyday.

You will be able to see both exhibitions at Agitate which features Walthamstow based electronic duo PoP Campaign, known for their fight against the “pretentious self-importance” of the music industry, playing a politically charged DJ set; Bill Drummond’s Sixty Second Clips, which explore the artist, writer and KLF band founder’s views on punk, playing throughout the evening; hands-on craft activities with founder of the Craftivist Collective Sarah Corbett; author, folklorist and landscape punk David Southwell telling stories of how Epping Forest has always been a place of rebellion and performance poet Luke Wright bringing you his mix of bawdy ballads and rabble-rousing verse.

William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road Walthamstow, E17 4PP, Agitate is on Thursday, December 3, 6.30pm to 10.30pm. Both exhibitions run until January 31. Details: wmgallery.org.uk