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Margate Festival Open Call

Margate Festival Open Call

Deadline: 31 March, midday
Margate NOW: 28 September 2019 to 12 January 2020

BRIEF
Margate NOW is the sixth Margate Festival – an ambitious, cross-artform festival; an inclusive and egalitarian programme rooted in Margate. Celebrating an extraordinary range of artists it will animate unusual spaces and is conceived as a journey through town creating a sense of curiosity and buzz around landmark locations and the current moment. Continue Reading

Facets of Us

Facets of Us

9 & 10, 16 & 17 March
Open 10am – 5pm
Resort Project Space

The artists at Resort Studios create an immersive installation; drawing on their individual memories and inspirations of women that have influenced their lives. Participating artists include: Teresa Limbrick, Helen Brooker, Melanie King, Natascha Maksimovic, Jenny Duff, Iain Purves, Nicholas Thompson, Anna Westin, Kim Conway and Eve Lloyd Knight.

Part of the POW! Thanet festival of arts and culture celebrating International Women’s Day 2019.

Asset of Community Value

Asset of Community Value

***OUTCOME AND REASON PROVIDED BY TDC:

Declined. ‘Reviewing all information available it is considered that the current main use of the premises is a commercial enterprise operating as an auctioneer and storage associated with that business. Therefore the criteria has not been met and the building will not be listed as an asset of community value’.

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Thanks to all those who came out to support Resort on Saturday morning!

We have applied for the Pettman Depository to be listed as an Asset of Community Value. This would recognise Resort’s status as a place where people go for their cultural life and give us time to try and purchase the building. Continue Reading

Margate Festival Launch

Margate Festival Launch

15 – 20 February
Friday: 5 to 8pm; Saturday to Wednesday 11am to 3pm
Pie Factory Margate

Hear all bout Margate Festival 2019 and the Open Call on Friday. Drop in and meet the team Saturday to Wednesday.

“Margate Festival celebrates the best contemporary culture from Margate’s world-class creative community. Art, music, performance, written and spoken word, collective action and visual culture will form a dynamic programme featuring co-commissions in the public realm and over 200 local, national and international artists. The theme NOW brings urgency and relevance – 2019 is our most ambitious year yet.”

Claire Orme, Dan Chilcott, Jenny Duff and Jo Murray, Margate Festival Delivery Team

Read the press release here.

Explorations

Explorations

5 Feb – 1 April
Opening event 8 Feb 6pm – 9pm
Bottle Shop, Marine Drive

“…And in the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started…” T.S.Eliot

Three RESORT artists Nat Maks, Melanie King and Charlotte Savage Print showcase an exhibition of cyanotypes, watercolours and screen prints, responding to the artists’ journeys, through practice and physical space. The artists’ use imagery from their own explorations, maps and NASA’s archive.

The next show is from 2 April to 6 May and will be organised by Helen Brooker, Teresa Limbrick and Mell Fisher.

Resort

Pettman Building

50 Athelstan Road

Cliftonville, Margate

Kent, CT9 2BH

Visit by appointment:

+44 (0)1843 449454

info@resortstudios.co.uk

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