UPCOMING EVENTS
The Hundredth Monkey
Two Whitstable painters present recent work exploring the space between abstraction and figuration. Michelle Goggi examines life rituals, while Lucy Spanyol’s figurative paintings celebrate colour and narrative.
Socials:
Instagram: @michellegoggiart @lucyspanyol
Un-Certainties
Steve McPherson has been creating artworks using materials sourced from the Thanet coast for over 30 years. In this first of two solo shows at Joseph Wales Studios this year, he continues to explore and question themes of memory and history of the personal of objects and of place.
Socials:
Website: www.stevemcpherson.co.uk
Show and Tell
Show and Tell brings together a new 35mm slide installation by Kat Cutler-MacKenzie and photo series by Ben Caro. In the exhibition the artists draw inspiration from visual and performative tools used to transmit knowledge in classrooms and museums.
Socials:
Website: www.katcutlermackenzie.cargo.site
Instagram: @ben_caro_ @katcutmac
Hang-Ups
With an interest in the material and formal language of painting and the tactile and intuitive possibilities of process, Susan Absolon harnesses the fluid interaction between word, image, and thought allowing individual works to evolve organically. Working without a fixed subject, experiences and observations rooted in day-to-day life are synthesized to become a new, unexpected thing. Susan Absolon’s work has been exhibited in Europe and widely across the UK. She was the recipient of a Juliet Gomperts bursary in 2012, and winner of the Contemporary British Painting Prize in 2021.
Socials:
Instagram: @susan.absolon
Headland
An exploration of botanical forms found on the headland of Margate. Simon is a self taught local artist inspired by nature. He uses a collision of traditional woodcut printing techniques and digital laser cutouts to make work that combines a graphic acuity with a generous natural touch.
“I treat my art as a form of therapy, for me it is about the practice, how it lets me engage with the environment and express my love and curiosity. This will be my first exhibition and I’m interested to see how it feels to present my artwork to the world.”
Socials:
Instagram: @chalksounds
Quiver II
Quiver is an exploration of vibration, geometry, and imagined quantum landscapes. Drawing inspiration from the prevailing scientific idea that reality is shaped by fluctuating quantum fields, the work considers what it might mean to visualise the unseen structures that underlie space and matter, including vibrational wave forms like the ripples of water, the markings on sand, the patterns within plants. The quiver artworks begin as automatic drawings; meditatively created geometric lines which accumulate into webs, spirals, and clustered forms. The final images are presented as drawings, prints & photographic collages.
Opening Hours: 11am - 5pm
23rd June FORGE film screenings
Socials:
Instagram: @vasalisaworld
Website: www.vasilisaforbes.co.uk
Out of Whack
The exhibition will predominately show work from two projects, one about the Thames Estuary and the other the Kent Coast. (For other of my projects see website below). More broadly Frank Watson’s photographic work considers the English landscape in its many shapes and forms; how we abuse and mistreat it, whilst on the other hand idolising picture postcard depictions of pastoral scenes.
The projects spanning the last twenty years attempt through the photographs to reveal an aesthetic towards often unloved spaces, whilst at the same time offering up a critique as to how industrial zones clash with the natural world, where housing developments level natural habitats and military ruins dot the landscape, some memorialised while others lie redundant. Soundings from the Estuary looks to the Thames Estuary as a site where the river was once seen as ‘The Highway to the Empire’ and now seems to have become a lost world that awaits its predictable urban colonisation if rising sea levels do not claim the estuary first.
Rollercoasting is a response to the separation of the Kent coast from the rest of Europe both geologically and through recent political events, hinting at a longing perhaps to be reunited with our European allies. The exhibition of photographs also exist as books: Soundings from the Estuary (2014) and Rollercoasting (2022)
Open from Friday - Sunday: 12.00-5.00pm
Socials:
Instagram: @frankwatsonphotography
Website: www.frankwatsonphotography.com
Email: frank@thehushhouse.com
To Dust
Dust to Dust is a solo exhibition by GRIMSKI, bringing together two distinct bodies of work: atmospheric paintings and wall-based sculptures that explore the movement of matter between structure and sky.
The sculptural works take the form of brutalist concrete forms — heavy, decaying, scarred pieces that suggest remnants of a built world shaped by time, gravity and erosion. Suspended on the wall, they appear as architectural relics, removed from their original context and held in a state between presence and decay.
In contrast, the paintings open into expansive cloud-filled spaces. Working in oil and acrylic, GRIMSKI creates atmospheric fields in which forms and figures emerge and dissolve, evoking both sky and cosmos. These works move away from structure toward dispersion, suggesting matter in a more fluid and transitional state.
Together, the works reflect a shared material origin. The same elements that form stone, concrete and the human body were forged in distant stars, before gathering into planets, structures and life itself. Through this lens, Dust to Dust considers the cycles through which matter gathers into form and disperses again.
We are, and everything is, quite literally, stardust.
Socials:
Instagram: @grimski23
TikTok: grimski23
Commonality
COMMONALITY
30th July - 3rd August 2026 | 11am - 6pm
Both artists explore memory and everyday experience, transforming familiar objects and fleeting moments through painting. Their layered, reworked surfaces move between observation and abstraction, elevating the overlooked and inviting open interpretation rather than fixed narratives.
Private View: 1st August 4-8pm
Socials:
Instagram: @melanieahmed.art @sarah.lord_artist
Website: sarahlordartist.com
Artificaceae
An exhibition of Botanical Engravings by Dawn Cole, dissecting artificial flowers and their meaning.
Socials:
Website: dawncole.co.uk
Mirrorphorms
In his second solo show at Joseph Wales Studios, Steve McPherson presents new works and experimentations using materials he has sourced from the Thanet coast for 30+ years.
McPherson transforms lost and discarded objects into the tools and substance of his practice to uncover the memories held within.
Socials:
Website: https://www.stevemcpherson.co.uk/
Instagram: @mcphersonsteve
Venn's Following
Venn’s Following presents portraits and models centred on Venn, a recurring figure within Chris Hawtin’s evolving mythos of the Metics. The works explore ambiguity, belief, and repetition, questioning whether these figures depict Venn himself or those who follow, imitate, or embody him.
Socials:
Website: www.chrishawtin.com
Instagram: @chris_hawtin
The Coast of Bohemia
Exhibiting artists:
Anderson Asteclines, Bhajan Hunjan, Caroline Streatfield, Carolyn Blake, David Streatfield, Fiona G Roberts, Gabriela Max, Geraint Evans, Graham Stewart, Heather McAteer, Howard Rogers, Jake Clark, Jan Sugden, Joe Packer, Karl Bielik, Kieran Rook, Kristin Rawcliffe, Laura de Moxom, Mat Clum, Nelson Diplexcito, Nicole Price, Peter Driver, Richard Bentley, Shaun Stamp, Sue Cohen, Suzanne Stallard, Tommy McMahon
The Coast of Bohemia takes its title from Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, in which he famously imagines a coastline in Bohemia, a geographical impossibility, as the real Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic) is landlocked. This poetic contradiction lies at the heart of the exhibition.
The project emerged from a series of conversations between Geoff Sawers, Caroline Streatfield, and Kristin Rawcliffe about grief and loss, following the death of Streatfield’s mother, who was born in Czechoslovakia. When she first arrived in the UK and encountered the sea, she was so overwhelmed that she ran away. Yet the sea remained a lifelong fascination, one she later explored through poetry and by living near both river and coast.
In her later years, Caroline Streatfield’s mother lived by the River Thames, its currents echoing the rivers of Slovakia. The exhibition’s journey mirrors this movement of water, completing a symbolic passage by travelling from Reading to Margate. Margate was the last place Caroline visited with her mother; it was here that her mother took her to the beach shelter where T.S. Eliot wrote The Waste Land.
Bringing together 27 artists, predominantly painters, The Coast of Bohemia reflects collectively on memory, displacement, and emotional geography. The exhibition is curated by Caroline Streatfield, with assistance from Kristin Rawcliffe.
At its core, the exhibition considers how we are bound together through nature, memory, and loss. It invites viewers to reflect on how water, river, sea, or imagined coast, shapes our sense of origin, belonging, and return.
Socials:
Website: www.coastofbohemia.art
Instagram: @thecoastofbohemia2026
Quiver
Quiver is an exploration of vibration, geometry, and imagined quantum landscapes. Drawing inspiration from the prevailing scientific idea that reality is shaped by fluctuating quantum fields, the work considers what it might mean to visualise the unseen structures that underlie space and matter.
The quiver artworks begin as automatic drawings; meditatively created geometric lines which accumulate into webs, spirals, and clustered forms. These patterns recall wave vibrations, granular perception, and the intuitive geometries found in nature and psychedelic experiences. These forms are intuitive explorations, which reflect a fascination with the hidden architectures of quantum reality and how that might link with the geometric patterns embedded within our own consciousness.
Vasilisa is a visual artist and filmmaker based in the Margate, originally from Russia. Working across drawing, collage, and moving image, her practice explores intersections of female identity, embodiment, nature, and the esoteric within contemporary culture. Recent work investigates quantum vibrational fields, expanding her interest in unseen forces, energy, and material presence.
Her projects often draw on folklore and mysticism while engaging critically with modern systems of representation. Notable works include the Waxchick series, which broadcast hyper-sexualised self-portraits on public billboards to interrogate women’s visibility and agency in media and the arts. Vasilisa’s work has been supported and presented by institutions such as the Royal Academy, Tate, and ICA. In 2018, she founded the eco-initiative Clean Air Now, integrating film and public advertising formats, and has since continued producing short films and visual art projects.
Socials:
Instagram: @vasilasaworld
Shuffle
This new body of work sees Megan using the 22 cards of the Major Arcana as her starting point. Rooted in process and play, each piece is built from hand-painted paper, which she cuts, layers, and illustrates directly onto the surface through collage.
From The Magician to The World, the works draw on tarot imagery while opening it up to chance and reinterpretation.
The physical act of collage — tearing, shifting, and reassembling — reflects the way we intuitively piece together meaning in our own lives.
Like a shuffled deck, these works embrace uncertainty, transformation, and the quiet logic that can emerge when things are allowed to fall into place.
Private view on 2nd April at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
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Website: www.meganmetcalfstudio.com
Instagram: @meganmetcalfstudio
Let it bring hope, let it bring a tale
What are people supposed to do when on our screens every day we see a genocide unfolding, one of the worst crimes a human society can commit. Yet no government will do anything to stop it? However surreal my drawings get, the reality is more extreme.
Opening reception on 20th March, 6-8pm
Show open Thursday - Sunday
Socials:
Instagram: @matthew.collings @art4afreepalestine
Heart and Head
An exhibition bringing together the expressive and vibrant paintings of Scruffdog.art and the sculptural millinery of Jayne Elizabeth Millenary.
Exploring the space between emotion and perception. Heart and Head considers how feeling is translated into form.
Through colour, texture, and structure, painting and millinery operate as complementary disciplines, shaping how we experience, interpret and present ourselves.
Socials:
Instagram: @scruffdog44 @jayne.elizabeth.millinery
Website: www.scruffdog.art www.jemillinery.com
ALL IS NOT LOST, MOST WILL BE FOUND
Rejoice, rejoice! Find, explore, spin, jump, love is here, come find it. Join Ellie Graham (of Other Leg) at the “All is not lost, most will be found” exhibition, where a series of abstract illustrations and storytelling panels will shed light on the beauty of life and love, reconnecting us to childlike whimsy and curiosity. Interact with a series of multimedia pieces that welcome playfulness - for all is not lost.
Instagram: @other.leg
Website: otherleg.org
Animistic Wonder
Kieran Rook presents his solo show ‘Animistic Wonder’. On view at the gallery Joseph Wales in Margate, this exhibition debuts a cycle of new paintings by Rook, experimenting with surreal narratives that unfold intuitively on the canvas, depicting bodies, animals, and hybrids in dream-like scenarios and disorienting spatial compositions. He reimagines fragments extracted from his inner life whilst envisioning worlds within worlds that bear uncanny resemblance to our own.
Rook’s psychologically layered, deliberately enigmatic works blur reality and fiction, past and present. His paintings operate through symbolism and analogy. Images hint, echo, and stand in for emotional states. Extending the language of the picture beyond the canvas, Rook also constructs the frames himself, treating them as an integral part of the work. At times, three-dimensional elements emerge within or from the painted surface, heightening the sense of liminal space and deepening the work’s shadowed melancholia, as if each scene is suspended in a transitory, dreamlike psychical state.
Socials:
Instagram: @kieranrookk
Colour Abstractions
In Colour Abstractions, Alice Walton explores changing light and energy through bold colour and expressive mark-making, drawing on the natural rhythms of land, sea, and sky.'
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Website: www.alicewaltonpaintings.com
Instagram: @alicewaltonpaintings
PRINT SOCIAL: An Exhibition
Featuring artwork and printmaking activities by the collective PRINT SOCIAL including artists Jo Dear, Tina Hagger, Abi Harrison, Sarah Knowler, Pat Mac Donald, Nick Morley, Jane Orwell and Mat Pringle.
Opening Times:
Thursday 20th: 3pm - 9pm
Friday 21st: 11am - 5pm
Saturday 22nd: 11am - 5pm
Sunday 23rd: 11am - 4pm
Pleroma Work In Progress
Weaver and natural dyer Studio Mond (Josie Mond-James) is offering a quiet glimpse into the early stages of Pleroma, A new large-scale woven installation in development for exhibition in spring 2026.
Trained at the Royal College of Art, the practice is rooted in slow, meticulous making and a deep connection to the natural world.
The work-in-progress will feature material, structural, colour explorations and images of the beloved stretch of coastline that inspires them, inviting visitors to experience the tactile beginnings of an ambitious new work and follow the journey as it unfolds.
Private view: 14th 11am-8pm
Socials:
Website: www.studiomond.co.uk
Instagram: @studiomond___
Bad Dad
"Bad Dad" is a photographic exploration of the quiet guilt and loud joy of raising children while still trying to hold onto some sense of self - a balancing act that brings judgment, curiosity, and confusion. I crave late‑night mischief, unfiltered conversations and adventure, as I navigate school runs, bedtime stories and scraped knees. This isn’t a show of extreme hedonism or shock value, but a look at the tension of being more than one thing, one sort of man, one archetype. Bad Dad leans into that tension with a wink and an open heart - not a guide to parenting, but a love letter to the mess of trying - inviting viewers to question what a “good” parent looks like, and who gets to decide.
Private View on the 7th November
Socials:
Instagram: @timtopple
Website: www.timtopple.com
Goodness Is Nothing
Taken from the stage play, Amadeus, the full quote: 'Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art.', is said by the bitter rival of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Salieri. He committed his chastity to God in exchange for musical prowess, only to see the promiscuous and morally 'unsound' Mozart create artistic perfection.
This exhibition explores authenticity versus ‘goodness’. Artist Hannah Joy King finds that words and confident explanations seem far less true than silent, observed motions of the human body: expression in a gesture and honesty in posture. Reflecting on contradictions in her own thinking brought her attention to broader societal 'goodnesses': blind spots and in-authenticities regarding cultural capital, identity, romance and religion. Hannah confronts 'goodness' and challenges it in these artworks, showcasing the messy authenticity she has found in the process of unraveling 'goodness' from authentic experience.
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Float
Float brings together three artists whose work navigates personal, poetic and emotional connections to the sea. Curated by Alice Herrick the exhibition at Joseph Wales Studios offers a shifting perspective on coastal life, memory and resilience.
Elizabeth Walker anchors the exhibition with cyanotypes of jellyfish – quiet, meditative works that trace the transient and the fluid. Pippa Darbyshire presents luminous seascape paintings, many featuring boats that float between abstraction and familiarity. Susanne Hakuba’s images are inspired by life and the sea, and have been fundamental in reconnecting with herself and nature.
Together, the artists offer viewers a space to reflect, drift, and reconnect – to sea, to self and to each other.
Private view: Thursday 16th October, 5pm to 8pm
Socials:
Instagram: @elizabethwalker.artist @susannehakuba @pippadarbyshire @aliceherrickstudio
Websites: marlonstudios.com susannehakuba.com pippadarbyshire.com
Ligatures and Textpletives
An exploration of legibility and illegibility in written language using textual ligatures to subvert everyday words. Some will be obvious, some not so, and some will be rude.
A ligature in graphic design refers to the combination of two or more characters into a single glyph or typographic unit. Ligatures are created to enhance the appearance and readability of text by replacing certain character combinations that may visually clash or create awkward spacing with a more aesthetically pleasing and harmonious alternative. Here are a few examples below:
I became fascinated with the idea of transforming complete words into ligatured words. Starting with swear words, combining crudity with beauty, I continued with more motivational words. Not always immediately readable, they show a unique typographical twist with word shapes. Some are more obvious than others.
Private view on Friday 10th, 4pm - 8pm
Socials:
Instagram: @wavygravydavey
“PEOPLE BEING STILL SOMEWHERE”: DRAWINGS BY ROY EASTLAND
“People being still somewhere” will be an exhibition of drawings. Eastland’s work focuses
on themes of memory and human presence. Eastland uses the unusual and archaic medium
of silver and goldpoint drawing to make small, intensely intimate portraits. These works
sometimes incorporate lines of hand-written text recalling remembered speech or details
associated with the person drawn. The works are repeatedly scratched-away and redrawn
over long periods of time, sometimes continuing over the course of years. He doesn’t
consider his drawings to ever really be finished. The practice of Life Drawing and drawings-
from-life are also an important part of his artistic life; the exhibition will include examples of
these as well as sketchbooks. He is fascinated by the ways hand-drawn lines and marks are
able to convey meaning and the sense of presence. He hopes to give a series of talks and
demonstrations at the gallery while the exhibition is on.
Socials:
Instagram: @royeastland
Matt Greenwood- The Plastic Bag: ‘Don’t worry, it wasn’t used for laundry!!’
An exhibition of photographs from The Plastic Bag, an ongoing project by Matt Greenwood. Matt hopes that his work will inspire people to connect with design and sustainability.
With a growing collection of over 1000 single-use plastic bags, what began as a fascination with design has evolved into a personal exploration of waste, sustainability, and the beauty hidden in everyday objects.
Opening Times:
Private View: Friday 26th, 6pm - 9pm
27th and 28th: 10am - 4pm
Socials:
Website: www.theplasticbag.co.uk
Instagram: @_theplasticbag
Sea Change
An exhibition by two Margate artists that are interested in the seashore and sunshine. Janet Banzaca’s stoneware sculptures are inspired by the coastal landscape, eroded fragments in rockpools, and childhood memories of building sandcastles. Julie Caves makes vibrant, light-filled paintings that explore the boundary between still life and abstraction.
Opening Times:
17th-21st: 12am - 6pm
Private view 19th: 6pm - 9pm
Socials:
Instagram: @janet_banzaca @julie_caves
FRNT OF HOUSE | Keep It Down Please
An exhibition of postcard sized works that say a lot more than wish you were here. Frnt of house celebrates the artistic practice of front of house workers. A collective committed to building an accessible and inclusive art world. Founded not on trust funds and connections but talent, drive, ideas and a genuine love of the craft.
Opening Times
Thursday 11th - Sunday 14th: 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11th: Private View 18:00 - 20:00
Open House for fellow front of house workers:
Wed 10 Sept 16:00 - 18:00
Fri 12 Sept 11:00 - 13:00
Socials:
Instagram: @frntofhouse
Idle Tongues
‘IDLE TONGUES’, a two-person exhibition by textile artist Molly Lester and sculptor Rose Bagenal
More than an artistic collaboration, this exhibition is a testament to a decade-long friendship. Born from a mutual appreciation of each other’s distinct yet complementary practices, IDLE TONGUES is a playful warping of the old adage “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop,” unsettling the false assumption that the modern craftsperson works with a calm or sanctified mind. For Rose, sculpting is a steady commitment to carving away, through which the contours of the female figure emerge. In contrast, Molly sees her practice as a kind of perilous entanglement, where intricate narratives are worked into tight, deliberate stitches. This new body of work, composed of both ceramics and textiles, returns to themes of mythic archetypes, the body in the landscape, folkish Englishness, and the unruly boundaries between art and craft.
Opening Times:
Friday 5th: 11am - 5pm
Saturday 6th: 11am - 8pm
Sunday 7th: 11am - 5pm
Paper & Steel
Asa Shoul
Asa Shoul has worked creatively in feature films for over a decade on such projects as Ex Machina, The Crown and Mission Impossible, and has created limited edition posters for directors Edgar Wright and Quentin Tarantino. His work explores themes of democracy, religion and identity as well as the exploitation of iconic images. Click here to see more of Asa’s work!
Matt Shoul
Matt Shoul’s sculpture compositions explore existential themes of altered states/sentience, anthropomorphism, surface & geometric monumentality. Matt studied architecture & animation at PCL, EWE, UAL & LMU School of Art, Architecture & Design. Realised through disparate techniques & technologies, primarily in metal, this sculpture series incorporates & explores monolithic minimalism, utilising laser & lathe CNC facilities, bronze welding, artisan & industrial surface finishing - incorporating natural & manufactured mixed media/found objects.
A significant proportion of show profits will contribute towards the fundraiser for SUUK (Skateboarding Unlimited UK). Click here to get involved!
Supermodern Romance II
Ramsgate-based artist Narisara Jirojananukun brings Supermodern Romance II to Margate, continuing the quiet, heartfelt journey that began with her first show in London.
This new series of prints and one-off pieces captures fleeting moments of connection — those split-second sparks that ripple through everyday spaces with a quiet current of energy.
Together, they weave a loose web of vignettes: scenes that feel both familiar and just out of reach, reminding us how easily we overlook the flickers of meaning when our paths cross.
Supermodern Romance II is less about grand statements and more about tuning in to the small things that make any moment worth a second look.
Instagram: @pgnarisara
Website: pgnarisara.com
Stuart Rayner
Margate-based artist Stuart Rayner presents a solo exhibition of new paintings, drawings and ceramics that explore the emotional resonance of nature, memory, and domestic life. Drawing from an art historical lineage of modernist painters, Rayner’s work amplifies the possibilities of human connection through the painted surface. Combining tender, impressionistic forms with vibrant colours, he brings natural elements into cubist-inspired compositions designed for reflection and care. Through gentle, intimate scenes the exhibition offers a poetic glimpse into the artist’s relationship with others and the natural world, embracing fleeting moments and quiet interactions.
The title ‘TUSW’ comes from a Welsh term which translates as ‘bunch’, ‘bouquet’ or ‘bundle’, generally signifying a collection or gathering of something, often flowers
Stuart Rayner is a Margate based artist working through the mediums of painting and illustration. Stuart subverts art historical tradition tradition by referencing the female nude and classical still life compositions whilst portraying contemporary living as a queer person in a vibrant yet quiet atmosphere. Stuart’s work often expresses a tender emotional connection to nature through his flourishing use of colour and impressionistic form. Natural forms are brought inside to populate cubist interior living spaces, caring spaces designed for contemplation
Socials:
Instagram: @stuiedewii
Email: stuartdewii@gmail.com
Instagram: @stuiedewii
Seaside To City Tour
Join songwriters Poppy Prescott and Meg Bird for a special co-headline show at Folklore.
Both artists split their time between the seaside and London, bringing their heartfelt songwriting to the coast and city as they travel and perform together. Expect an intimate evening of stories and melodies from two rising voices on the independent music scene.
Poppy Prescott
Hastings-born singer-songwriter Poppy Prescott has a gift for drawing even the rowdiest crowds to silence with her soft, soulful vocals and folk-style storytelling. Growing up surrounded by musicians, she was performing live long before she was technically allowed in music venues. Highlights of her career include sold-out performances at The Troubadour and Two Palms, festival appearances at WOMAD, and scholarships to Richard Thompson’s New York guitar camp and Chris Difford’s songwriting retreat. With guitar influences like Adrienne Lenker and Nick Drake, and a love for Radiohead and Sam Amidon, her sound blends introspection with experimentation. She performs alongside a stellar band: Dan McConkey (sax), Harry Osborne (bass), Keir Tyson (guitar), Liam Talbot (keys), and Josh Walker-Martin (drums). Her EPs Grand Gestures (2022) and Reasons Why (2023) earned airplay on BBC Radio 6 and praise from Tom Robinson.
Meg Bird
London-born and Margate-based, Meg Bird is a singer-songwriter known for her emotionally rich songwriting, soulful voice, and whimsical lyricism. Blending jazz harmony with contemporary songwriting, Meg explores complex themes with warmth, humour, and depth. Her music is equally at home in jazz clubs and grassroots venues. Whether accompanied by a full rhythm section or playing solo on keys, Meg’s performances are immersive and story-driven, shaped by her background in jazz and her love of language. A first-class graduate of the Guildhall School of Music, Meg released her debut album Girls Like Lions in 2021, earning praise and airplay on BBC Radio 3 and Jazz FM. In 2024, she followed with a series of singles titled Of Hope, showcasing her ever-evolving sound and artistry.
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Two
A show by Sarah Todd and Joe Rogers
TWO: A Celebration of Play, Experimentation, and Collaboration.
“TWO” marks the second anniversary of the ASOBI Store's second birthday. ASOBI is a design lead shop in Margate Old Town. Created by Joe and Sarah.
The Store is fuelled by a shared passion of contemporary design in all forms.
This joint exhibition features works born from the playful experimentation with materials that have defined our approach to creation throughout the years. Together, we explore the possibilities of tactile exploration. Each piece is a testament to our partnership - Where different ideas, processes, and styles converge, reflecting the unique energy of working together.
In this space we celebrate the joy of discovery, and the beauty of imperfection.
“TWO” is not just a number, but a symbol of how two distinct voices can come together to create something greater than the sum of its parts.
Opening Times:
Friday 28th: 5pm - 9pm
Saturday 29th: 10am - 6pm
Sunday 30th: 11am - 5pm
Socials:
Instagram: @asobi_store.co.uk
Website: https://www.asobi-store.co.uk
Love and Mankind is Grass
Blue Whip is pleased to present ‘Love and Mankind is Grass’, a group exhibition showcasing a range of sculptural works by women, non-binary+, and trans artists. The show explores the dawn of the new year through its cultural significance and seasonal rhythms. Weaving together themes of renewal, fortitude, hope, and melancholy.
List of artists participating:
Leonie Cameron
Zoe De Caluwé
Evangelia Dimitrakopoulou
Hannah Lees
Melloney Harvey
Bryony Rose
El Samms
Rebecca Halliwell Sutton
Instagram: @blue__whip
Blue Whip Website: www.bluewhip.co.uk
Off Season Website: www.offseasonmargate.co.uk
Department of Somethings #1
The show consists of 4 x 16 page colour tabloid newspapers, each published in an edition of 50. These will be free to take for anyone who visits. The themes covered by the newspapers include grief and loss, invisible systems, moments passing, magick, horror, lost spaces and the ineffable.
Shit or bust!
A year of breaking, a year of making.
One woman's painting journey in the year following the loss of her partner. A series of oil paintings by emerging Margate artist Jo-Ann Doherty.
A story of Neon love and darkest loss. Immortalising portraits, dealing with memory, emotion and a continued evolving journey...
19th, 21st, 22nd: 12-4PM
Private View on 20th sponsored by @northdownbrewery from 6-9:30PM
MA Fundraiser Part 2
A show by Twinkle Troughton
Studio sale - New limited editions, New series
Pay what you can
Unearthed
This interdisciplinary exhibition by the Quiet Storms Collective brings together a group of local and international contemporary artists from diverse backgrounds and disciplines who use visual storytelling to question power structures, embody inner-worlds and memories, and reclaim liminal and wondrous spaces.
Featuring painting, photography, mixed-media and sculpture, artists in the exhibition include: Fiona Stewart, JC Candanedo, Jo Mason, Josie McCoy, Kristin Rawcliffe, Laura Hope, Lisa Snook, Sheila MacNeill, Sinead McKillian and Zara Carpenter
Private View on Friday 26th April 5-7pm, everyone welcome, drinks and silliness will be provided.