January 27 to February 26 2012
Sally Trueman and Patricia Castle will be holding a joint exhibition at the Margate Gallery, the Private View will take place on the 27th of January, from 5.00 pm – 9.00 pm, and all are welcome.

Sally Trueman has enjoyed many solo exhibitions in the UK, and abroad, followed by museum acquisitions and public commissions. Her work makes up part of the Museum of Carcassone, the Brighton Museum Collections as well as the Morton private museum, in New York.

Patricia Castle has exhibited widely. Her work has been shown in the Southwark Festival, with the Royal Society of British Artists, The Royal Society of Marine Painters, The Welcome Foundation, Price Waterhouse and Lloyds of London.

Both artists have come together to share their passion for light whether it it falls onto a sun-drenched Mediterranean landscape or nudes bathed in sunlight, the artist capturing the swirling movements and reflections of seawater.

This new exhibition “Lovers of Light” is coming to the Margate Gallery.

26 January to 8 February 2012
A mixed exhibition featuring work by 11 Kent based artists

Mark Dumbrell
MargatePhotoFest
13th-14th August
MargatePhotoFest (MPF) is a contemporary, art photography, festival taking place in various venues around Margate.

This year’s festival aims to explore social systems and political structures to see how photography can be used as an active social medium to change our environment.

MPF Organic: Full of good bacteria.

www.margatephotofest.co.uk

Emma Dove
Tree Exhibition
21 June – 9 July
A fantastic range of work based on the theme of Trees on show at The Art Room, Ashford. Includes paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, textiles and jewellery.

Entry is FREE. Opening hours: Tues-Fri 10.30am-5.00pm, Sat 10.00am-4.00pm.

Jane Jones
Pause; Breathe; Plunge:
18th June to 3rd July
Exhibition of paintings by Jane Jones illustrating coping stratagies for life at i Scream and Rock Gallery 16-18 High Street Margate Open 10am to 6pm daily

How Does Your Garden Grow?
3 June 2011 – 4 June 2011
How Does Your Garden Grow? is a conference bringing together a wide range of theatre-makers, academics and specialists from related fields to discuss what can be done to help innovative theatre and performance flourish.

Why is theatre important not only to artists but also to the communities in which they live? How Does Your Garden Grow? will bring together speakers from Kent, traditionally the Garden of England, and beyond.

3 & 4 June 2011
University of Kent, Canterbury
3 June 9.15am with Showcase at 7.30pm
4 June 9.15am – 1pm
Bookings: Gulbenkian Theatre www.thegulbenkian.co.uk

Organised by PANeK
Supported by Canterbury City Council

The 2011 Culture Awards
16 June 2011
The Culture Awards 2011 is the first of an annual awards ceremony celebrating the rich cultural life of the Canterbury District.

Led by Canterbury for Culture, the awards will cover the broad range of cultural activities throughout the year, from community events to contemporary music, visual arts to heritage, there is something for everyone.

Join us to celebrate the great achievements from those across the District. The evening will include a drinks reception, summer banquet, live music and dancing.

16 June 2011 at 6.45pm
Augustine House; Canterbury Christ Church University
Bookings: Marlowe Box Office or 01227 787 787

Supported by Canterbury City Council
www.creativecanterbury.com

Peter Gander, Paintings and Printmaking
Wednesday 25th May to Tuesday 31st May 2011

Known for his seagulls and ‘Whitstabubble crab’ Herne Bay artist Peter returns once more to Gallery 2 with a typically varied selection of whimsical paintings plus some of his latest printmaking pieces. Some are particularly suitable for fans of Whitstable, such as ‘Local mackerel’, a hand-coloured linocut, you’ll need to look closely for the visual twist! Look out too for his ‘Whitstable Fish Market Figure’ linocut. Peter will also be showing some original local landscapes in watercolour and as one-off prints, or monotypes. He frequently experiments with printmaking techniques and has an almost daily creative output, which can be viewed on his popular blog.

U Choose
27th to 28th of May from 10am to 8pm

Organised by three students from the University for the Creative Arts, the event will display a range of work from several artists. The focus of the exhibition is to raise awareness for the worthy charity of Trinity Foyer. For two days only from 10am to 8pm there will be a display of illustrations, graphics, photographs, videos and interactive art available for the public to view.

John Sims
‘AVIARY’ Predators
16 June – 1 July
Mon/Fri 10am – 5pm
Sat/Sun 9am – 6pm
UCF
University Centre Folkestone
Tel: 01303 760600

www.johnsims.yolasite.com
An exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by John Sims

Predatory Bird sculptures constructed from scrap wood, lolly and kebab sticks, glue, plaster and tea.

ROD McINTOSH
3rd – 19th June 2011

Check out www.seos-art.org/artists/rodmcintosh for full details of dates and times open, including demonstrations.

Rod McIntosh will be showing new work in his studio as part of South East Open Studios 2011 (SEOS)
On the three Saturdays he will be demonstrating preparing and working with gesso.
To find his studio on streetmap follow this link. www.seos-art.org/streetmap/rodmcintosh

Harriet Gifford
Open Studio

Saturday 4th June 11 am – 6:30 pm
Sunday 5th June 11 am – 6:30 pm
Thursday 9th June 4 pm – 7:30 pm
Friday 10th June 4 pm – 7:30 pm
Thursday 16th June 4 pm – 7:30 pm
Friday 17th June 4 pm – 7:30 pm
Saturday 18th June 11 am – 6:30 pm
Sunday 19th June 11 am – 6:30 pm

South East Open Studios
See art being made as artists open their studios to the public.