The Charlton Art Centre

An extensive gallery with changing exhibitions of art and craftwork, project areas and artist studios. We are located on the upper floor of the Charlton Shopping Centre, High Street, Dover, Kent. Ample parking is available in the multi-storey car park behind.
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This is a community based Art Centre featuring work by local artists and craftworkers, from well-established professionals, to local art groups, students and young people. Visit the Centre to view the Gallery, meet the artists, see working demonstrations, and attend regular workshops.
The Gallery is managed by the White Cliffs Creatives' Guild.

South East Artists

SEAS (South East ArtistS) are a group of artists and craftmakers from Deal and surrounding areas. Our aim is to actively promote the visual arts and crafts in the local community. We began as a small group of artists in January 2005 and now we have a membership of around fifty members. Anyone is welcome to join us, whether they are a practising artist or just take an interest in the Arts.

If you would like to learn more, please click here

East Kent Coastal Studio Art Trail

If you click the image above, you will be able to download a copy of our East Kent Coastal Studio Trail map and information for visiting artists participating in South East Open Studios 2010. The optimum Trail Day to visit the event this year is June 6th, when all the seven studios are open and the artists present.

South East Open Studios has become an annual dynamic and growing showcase of talent and creative enterprise. 300 artists & makers across Kent and East Sussex open their studio doors to the public to share their artistic passion between 4th - 20th June.

Please see the SEOS free guide for full listings, artist contact details and opening times. You can collect a copy of the 65 page 2010 guide from participating studios, libraries, tourist information centres, or
via download here: SEOS 2010 Studio Guide Book

Folkestone Arts Collective

The Folkestone Arts Collective is open to all artists practising in any disciplin of the visual, performing and literary arts, from established professional artists, and those seeking to make an income from their art, to keen amateurs who wish to display or perform their work in a piblic arena. It is open to members of the public who wish to see the arts scene in Folkestone develop. Members are welcome wherever they live or work.

The Folkestone Artis Collective was formally set up in Spring 2006, developing from the Open Air Gallery in The Old High Street. The FAC website shows members work. The Creative Directory webpage lists creatives in and around Folkestone. The FAC is pro-active in many events and exhibitions within the community. Join now at www.folkestoneartists.org.uk

Aims and Objectives:

• To increase public awareness of members' work and Folkestone as a centre for the Arts throughout Kent and further a field.
• To provide a forum for members to network, and to assist each other in their artistic and commercial practice.
• To act as an information resource for members and the wider community.
• To provide facilities and run events to showcase members' work in order to promote sales.
• To develop artistic expression within the diverse local community.
• To enable work created by the local community to be displayed and or performed in the public arena.
• To act and serve in a democratic way, show equality, and recognise openness and honesty.

See more at the FAC website here: http://www.folkestoneartists.org.uk

South East Artists Open Studios July 3/4th 10/11th and 17/18th Open Studios is being run concurrently with the Deal Music Festival and takes place over the first three weekends in July, during the Deal Festival of Music and Arts, a major local cultural event. Artists and craftmakers from, Deal, Eastry, Ringwould, Worth and Walmer invite the public into their studios to meet the artists, look at their work and talk about art. Most items will be for sale and commissions can be negotiated. This year I will be exhibiting and demonstrating at the Astor Community Theatre in Stanhope Road, Deal for the 2nd and 3rd weekends. The guide book to accompany the event, listing the artists taking part, with easy to follow maps and directions, will be available from many local outlets including library, tourist information centres. Click to download a catalogue here.