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Open studio again today! This is the second of thr Open studio again today! This is the second of three weekends as part of @eastkentartistsopenhouses We've got photography, illustration & sculpture with work by @stuartleech @studiojonspencer @catocreates and @dominicroseinst We've also got photo books and post cards/greetings cards. Lots of others to see across Margate! Try and catch previous collaborators @kavelrafferty showing @thehouseofmabel and @jawceramics showing at @werkhausmargate and @mui.folkware.shop
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Very excited to announce the next show in our wind Very excited to announce the next show in our window will be the work of Anka Dabrowska @ankadabrowskaart Anka Dabrowska is a queer artist working and living in London. Her installation HOPE & GLORY is a mixture of drawings, collage, sculptures and placards embracing themes of queer empowerment, identity, belonging, environmental issues, architecture and regeneration. This is part of the fantastic Pride Art Map, the art trail of 60 or so installations/exhibitions organised by @margatepride Anka's work will be on show from 4 August, in the meantime there's still a chance to come and see the fabulous @thanet.tiles.of.joy
Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by to join in Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by to join in with the second @thanet.tiles.of.joy workshop with @jawceramics on Saturday. Keep a look out for your awesome designs appearing in the window! 👀 Really keen to run similar workshops alongside future shows in the window space. Any ideas welcome! 👂
Thank you so much to everyone who joined the @than Thank you so much to everyone who joined the @thanet.tiles.of.joy workshop today! Your tiles have been glazed and will hopefully be added to the window display in the next week 👀 Join @jawceramics for another tile making workshop next Saturday (24 June) from 10am, here outside The Shop Front, 161 Northdown Rd 📅📍
We've going to have a half share of this studio sp We've going to have a half share of this studio space come February - get in touch with Jon if you're interested to come and have a proper look! jon@jonspencer.co.uk 07967 079150 £100pcm
BTS @thelmaspeirs creating her Bird Spotting insta BTS @thelmaspeirs creating her Bird Spotting installation in our shop window. Part of the @margatepride Pride Art Map featuring a wonderful array of shows in galleries, shop windows and other spaces across Margate. All up till the 20 August. Events too! See the Pride website for full details. www.margatepride.org.uk/pride-art-map/ Huge thanks to @mostlymargate for the photos. #windolenesgraffito #Pam
Shadows on the studio floor ... Bird Spotting by @ Shadows on the studio floor ... Bird Spotting by @thelmaspeirs up in the window till August 20th.
Installation of Bird Spotting by @thelmaspeirs W Installation of Bird Spotting by @thelmaspeirs Windolene sgraffito Up until 20 August
The first of 60+ paintings of cherry blossom by ch The first of 60+ paintings of cherry blossom by children at Cliftonville Primary School being mounted ready to display in our window. From a collaboration between @colourfulmargate and Cliftonville Primary School.
Happy Pride Margate! Hope everyone has a wonderfu Happy Pride Margate! Hope everyone has a wonderful time today, enjoying one of those days this town is at its best! xxx - A few years ago we hosted this display of newsstand posters from Heather Tait's (@mostlymargate) project Reconstructing Reality, commissioned by @margatepride As part of the project the posters were surreptitiously displayed in newsstands across Thanet.
Artist's Book made as part of the show Thames, a 1 Artist's Book made as part of the show Thames, a 100 mile walk from London to Margate by @dominicroseinst The book is concertina bound and extends to over 5 meters when fully extended. The show features large format prints of a selection of images from the project as well as the book itself. Book designed in collaboration with @studiojonspencer
@dominicroseinst putting the finishing touches to @dominicroseinst putting the finishing touches to the window illustration for his new show, Thames a 100 mile walk from London to Margate.
Changeover time! @kavelrafferty 's 'crushed' insta Changeover time! @kavelrafferty 's 'crushed' installation has come down (beautifully faded by the sun!) and next up in our shop window will be prints and an artist's book telling the story of a walk from London to Margate by @dominicroseinst Kavel's crushed print and lots of other great work available from her website www.kavelrafferty.art/shop
Very exciting to look through the final prints for Very exciting to look through the final prints for @dominicroseinst 's upcoming show in our window space. 'Thames, a 100 mile walk from London to Margate' will present a series of prints as well as a large format artist's book. Launching in May, dates TBC. Prints by @blueswiftframers
Progress! Progress!
We're delighted to be working with @ratlifflandell We're delighted to be working with @ratlifflandells and @tadandcbuilders on the remodeling & refurbishment of our space and restoring the face of the building onto Northdown Rd. Also really glad to have @the_shopjoinery @plastering4u and KLP electrical bringing their skills to bare. By September / October we'll be looking for 1 or 2 people to share the space with @studiojonspencer ... various configurations possible across 3 rooms & 2 floors and of course we'll need to make sure any arrangement follows the best advice re covid. Drop us a DM if you might be interested!
As well as being purveyors of excellent coffee, fo As well as being purveyors of excellent coffee, for those in Margate @curveroasters / @storeroombycurve do a combined coffee & cake delivery on a Saturday morning ... a little ray of decadent sunshine!
Myatt’s Field & Battersea Park from @studiojonsp Myatt’s Field & Battersea Park from @studiojonspencer‘s Bandstand Series are up for grabs at tonight’s fund raising auction for @resortstudios over at @elsewheremarg8 starting at 8pm. Lots of other great work from the likes of @linocutboy @j.elbourne @memphishennessy and many others. . These two pieces are the original A/Ps and first of the whole series produced for exhibition at the Exeter Contemporary Open where they won first prize a few years back. . 59x42cm Digital C-type prints mounted to aluminium & framed.
#Repost @resortstudios ・・・ This incredible s #Repost @resortstudios ・・・ This incredible screenprint of the Pettman Building by @james.johns is now available from our Crowdfunder page (link in bio). This building means so much to us. It has been our home for the last seven years and as a place to make work, exhibit and hold workshops and events it has been inspirational to many many people. We are fundraising to cover legal fees and secure our future. You can help us reach our target of £10,000 by pledging, buying the donated artworks by our members and sharing with your friends. We have had so much amazing support so far so thank you!! #saveresortstudios #pettmanbuilding #screenprint #cliftonville #margate #artstudio #crowdfunder
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