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We're holding our second annual pop up shop this F We're holding our second annual pop up shop this Friday, Saturday and Sunday (6-8 Dec). We'll have work from 13 of the artists who've shown in our window in the past. Cards, small prints, photographs, ceramics and more, including small gifts from £10. Artists include @pattern.maker.breaker @charleempiper @chrisfclark @dominicroseinst @jawceramics @studiojonspencer @lilyzhughes @mr_m_oliver @meerapalia_art @mel___cole @rob.ball @stuartleech
Brrrds Flock Riot Now! A new show by Chris F Clark Brrrds Flock Riot Now! A new show by Chris F Clark @chrisfclark in the window now and part of the amazing Pride Art Map organised by @margatepride Chris' show is on till the end of September, some other PAM shows have come down, but many still on - check them out if you can ... still lots of great stuff to see!
New Show: c-lines by Agata Dixon-Smith @pattern.ma New Show: c-lines by Agata Dixon-Smith @pattern.maker.breaker Agata's beautiful large format drawings will be up until the end of July. More images and info soon.
This Friday, Saturday & Sunday we're hosting a pop This Friday, Saturday & Sunday we're hosting a pop up art shop featuring 15 artists, photographers & ceramicists who have previously shown (or will soon be showing) their work in the shop window. Come and join us for a glass of mulled wine, look back over some of the work you might have seen previously, see what the artists are up to now and some of the work to come to Northdown Rd next year. We'll have lots of small prints, photobooks, cards and posters as well as ceramics, sculpture and framed work on the walls. Friday 8th December 6-9pm Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th December 11-4pm The contributing artists are @ankadabrowskaart @pattern.maker.breaker @hotmealsnow @catocreates @charleempiper @chrisfclark @dominicroseinst @mostlymargate @jawceramics @studiojonspencer @kavelrafferty @mr_m_oliver @meerapalia_art @rob.ball @stuartleech *** Rrpostedy again with the correct end date in the video file 🤦
Big Trees of Thanet - new work from Heather Tait @ Big Trees of Thanet - new work from Heather Tait @mostlymargate now up in the shop window and here to view till the end of January. Prints of this project, along with her other work and photo books are available to order directly from Heather. Next weekend 9/10 December we'll be hosting a pop up art shop, featuring work by 15 artists who have or will soon be showing their work in the window - including Heather - more details soon, pop by if you can!
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
Now on show in our window is 'By the Light of a Si Now on show in our window is 'By the Light of a Silvery Moon' by Jon Spencer. This installation celebrates the strange world created by postcard artists who reworked previously published daytime photographs to conjure up fantastical night-time views. This installation was originally produced for a show in the windows of Rodić Davidson Architects in Bury Place, Bloomsbury. This video shows that original, larger, installation.
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
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