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FORM-ica is an Independent Collective of Artists.

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STORYTELLING: CURATING, COLLABORATION & CONVERSATIONS 
Wednesday 21 October 2026 7.00 — 8.30pm @form_i_c_a, Unit 5 Lymore Gardens, BA2 1AQ
Free tickets (register via link in bio)  
Join us to hear curator, writer, and Head of Exhibitions @arnolfiniarts Gemma Brace share her passion for storytelling and starting conversations through contemporary art, including curating for Bristol’s Arnolfini, an international centre for contemporary art. The talk will cover her experiences of collaborating with contemporary artists, creating publications, and programming for different organisations.

Gemma Brace is Head of Exhibitions at Arnolfini and a freelance writer and curator. Recent projects include Jonathan Baldock: Held (2026); Emma Talbot: Everything is Energy; Dana Awartani: Standing by the ruins (2025); Sahara Longe: The Other Side of the Mountain (2025); Elias Sime: Eregata እርጋታ, Threads: ‘Breathing stories into materials’ (2023); Garry Fabian Miller: Adore (2023); Bharti Kher: The Body is a Place (2022); Forest: Wake this Ground (2022); Donna Huanca: CUEVA DE COPAL (2022); Paula Rego: Subversive Stories (2022); Frank Bowling: Land of Many Waters (2021); Chantal Joffe: From Esme – with Love and Squalor (2020); and Franko B: The Body is Not Here (2019). She is a prior recipient of a Paul Mellon Curatorial Research Support Grant, the Art Fund’s Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grant and an Arvon and Visual Arts South West Critical Writing for the Visual Arts Award.

Hosted by Bath Art Depot at FORM-ICA (@form_i_c_a)

Photo: Jonathan Baldock: Held, exhibition installation, 2026. Courtesy Arnolfini, photo by Dan Weill. by @form_i_c_a

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STORYTELLING: CURATING, COLLABORATION & CONVERSATIONS 
Wednesday 21 October 2026 7.00 — 8.30pm @form_i_c_a, Unit 5 Lymore Gardens, BA2 1AQ
Free tickets (register via link in bio)  
Join us to hear curator, writer, and Head of Exhibitions @arnolfiniarts Gemma Brace share her passion for storytelling and starting conversations through contemporary art, including curating for Bristol's Arnolfini, an international centre for contemporary art. The talk will cover her experiences of collaborating with contemporary artists, creating publications, and programming for different organisations.

Gemma Brace is Head of Exhibitions at Arnolfini and a freelance writer and curator. Recent projects include Jonathan Baldock: Held (2026); Emma Talbot: Everything is Energy; Dana Awartani: Standing by the ruins (2025); Sahara Longe: The Other Side of the Mountain (2025); Elias Sime: Eregata እርጋታ, Threads: ‘Breathing stories into materials’ (2023); Garry Fabian Miller: Adore (2023); Bharti Kher: The Body is a Place (2022); Forest: Wake this Ground (2022); Donna Huanca: CUEVA DE COPAL (2022); Paula Rego: Subversive Stories (2022); Frank Bowling: Land of Many Waters (2021); Chantal Joffe: From Esme – with Love and Squalor (2020); and Franko B: The Body is Not Here (2019). She is a prior recipient of a Paul Mellon Curatorial Research Support Grant, the Art Fund’s Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grant and an Arvon and Visual Arts South West Critical Writing for the Visual Arts Award.

Hosted by Bath Art Depot at FORM-ICA (@form_i_c_a)

Photo: Jonathan Baldock: Held, exhibition installation, 2026. Courtesy Arnolfini, photo by Dan Weill. by @form_i_c_a

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17 days ago

Opening tomorrow night (17 September, 5-8pm) at Bath Spa’s Locksbrook Campus. At 6pm BAD’s @kelseycruzmartin is hosting a panel discussion with Jeff Scherer, Ian Parkes, and @matthewjpage (BAD).

More info below:

50 years of Locksbrook, and we’re celebrating all year.

In 2026, the iconic Locksbrook building turns 50–originally designed by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw as Herman Miller’s “Action Factory,” now home to Bath School of Creative and Cultural Arts and Bath School of Design at Bath Spa University.

To mark this milestone, we’re launching a year-long programme digging into the building’s story—from Grimshaw’s original design ethos, to the furniture made on the factory floor, to its transformation into a university, to the culture of design and making that still lives here today. Expect archival research, new creative commissions, public events and community projects.

New artwork commission by @kelseycruzmartin  Heritage Open Days  Exhibition Open Call  Events throughout the year — more to be announced
Save the dates:  * Launch event: 17 Sept, 5–8pm — tours, talks, exhibition opening  * Exhibition: 18 Sept–9 Oct, Michael Pennie Gallery  * Heritage Open Day: 19 Sept, 11am–4pm — tours + creative workshop

Poster design by @studio_______ac.

#Locksbrook50 #BathSpaUni by @form_i_c_a

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a month ago

In 2023 I founded @form_i_c_a which is an old industrial unit now housing 7 artist studios and a versatile communal space in Bath, UK. ✨

While documenting my work recently @maxwellattenborough captured a few shots of my studio there and the shared communal area.
I love this space and it’s an honour to work alongside the 6 other artists at form-ica.

The last image shows work packed up getting ready for my solo exhibition with @annelyjuda opening 16 Hanover Square, London 1-10-26. Thanks @catattaway for help with all the wrapping. 🎁

#artistledspace #artiststudios #arthub #independentcollectiveofartists #artstudio by @form_i_c_a

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2 months ago

Huge thanks to @maxwellattenborough for capturing shots of my studio last week and taking photos of my latest work as I prepare for my solo exhibition ‘I Tear Secrets from your Yielding Flesh’ that opens 1.10.2026 @annelyjuda London.

Will share more shortly.

@form_i_c_a #soloexhibition #workinprogress #artstudıo #newwork #artistledspace by @form_i_c_a

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Thank you to everyone who came to the Yard Party and Open Studios at @form_i_c_a, @outline__studios and @perfectspacecarpentry!

During the event Bath Art Depot raised over £1500, which will go towards developing a programme of events and talks—bringing people together, building community, and fostering new connections and new possibilities. Thank you to those who bought raffle tickets and donated prizes—and to those who helped drink the bar dry…!

@annagillespiesculpture @nicolaturner.art @simonperiton @matthewjpage @natashakiddartist @kelseycruzmartin @cathparsonage @zoewoolley6 @libbydillon.painter @perfectspacecarpentry @form_i_c_a @bathartdepot @outline__studios @vherbalkitchen by @form_i_c_a

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3 months ago

Tonight! Looking forward to seeing you!

Yard Party + Open Studios
Friday 26 June
5–10pm

Open Studios (@form_i_c_a)
Saturday 27 June
1–5pm

The Lymore Gardens Yard Party is back. Join us for open studios at @form_i_c_a, @outline__studios and @perfectspacecarpentry; and pizza by @vherbalkitchen in the yard.

@bathartdepot will be running the bar and hosting a raffle to fundraise for community events and projects.

Free entry, all welcome!

📍Lymore Gardens, Bath, BA2 1AQ
On street parking only. Short walk from Oldfield Park train station.

@annagillespiesculpture @nicolaturner.art @simonperiton @matthewjpage @natashakiddartist @kelseycruzmartin @cathparsonage @zoewoolley6 @libbydillon.painter @perfectspacecarpentry @form_i_c_a @bathartdepot @outline__studios

During this year’s Yard Party and Open Studios, BAD will be running a raffle to support us in developing a programme of events and talks—bringing people together, building community, and fostering new connections and new possibilities. 🎟️

Purchase a ticket (£4 each or 3 for £10) during the Yard Party (Friday 26 June, 5–10pm) or Open Studios (Saturday 27 June, 1–5pm) or online via Zeffy (link in bio) any time before 5pm on Tuesday 30 June.

Prizes, generous contributed by businesses, organisations and artists in the city:

* Afternoon tea voucher for 2 people including a glass of champagne, courtesy of @royalcrescentbath
* Adult entry tickets, courtesy of @holburnemuseumbath
* Artist studio visit with Amy Stephens, courtesy of @amystephensstudio
* A place on 10 week film class, courtesy of Philip Raby
* 2 tickets to Bath Film Festival, courtesy of @FilmBath
* Artworks ranging from print to sculpture to painting generously donated by local artists Angel Greenham (@Angel_greenham), Alex le May (@Alex_le_makes), Brian Gibson (@Briangbath), Amy Stephens (@amystephensstudio), Valentina Dorronsoro (@ValentinaDorronsoro), Morgan Jeffries (@mog_jef)
* ‘The House Rules’ by Patrick Williams, courtesy of @berdoulat_interior_design
* Tea selection, courtesy of @nuditea
* Coffee selection, courtesy of @colonnacoffee
* Hot chocolate and mug, courtesy of @harthchocolate
* Beer selection, courtesy of @electricbearbre Poster for Yard Party taken in Bath, United Kingdom by @form_i_c_a

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4 months ago

@matthewjpage preparing for @form_i_c_a open studios this Friday. Come and join us!

Yard Party + Open Studios
Friday 26 June
5–10pm

Open Studios (@form_i_c_a)
Saturday 27 June
1–5pm

The Lymore Gardens Yard Party is back. Join us for open studios at @form_i_c_a, @outline__studios and @perfectspacecarpentry; and pizza by @vherbalkitchen in the yard.

@bathartdepot will be running the bar and hosting a raffle to fundraise for community events and projects.

Free entry, all welcome!

📍Lymore Gardens, Bath, BA2 1AQ
On street parking only. Short walk from Oldfield Park train station.

@annagillespiesculpture @nicolaturner.art @simonperiton @matthewjpage @natashakiddartist @kelseycruzmartin @cathparsonage @zoewoolley6 @libbydillon.painter @perfectspacecarpentry @form_i_c_a @bathartdepot @outline__studios by @form_i_c_a

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4 months ago

During this year’s Yard Party and Open Studios, BAD will be running a raffle to support us in developing a programme of events and talks—bringing people together, building community, and fostering new connections and new possibilities.

🎟️ Purchase a ticket (£4 each or 3 for £10) during the Yard Party (Friday 26 June, 5–10pm) or Open Studios (Saturday 27 June, 1–5pm) or online via Zeffy (link in bio) any time before 5pm on Tuesday 30 June.

Prizes, generously contributed by businesses, organisations and artists in the city:

* Afternoon tea voucher for 2 people including a glass of champagne, courtesy of @royalcrescentbath
* Adult annual memberships, courtesy of @holburnemuseumbath
* Artist studio visit with Amy Stephens, courtesy of @amystephensstudio
* A place on 10 week film class, courtesy of Philip Raby
* 2 tickets to Bath Film Festival, courtesy of @FilmBath
* Artworks ranging from print to sculpture to painting donated by local artists Angel Greenham (@Angel_greenham), Alex le May (@Alex_le_makes), Brian Gibson (@Briangbath), Amy Stephens (@amystephensstudio), Valentina Dorronsoro (@ValentinaDorronsoro), Morgan Jeffries (@mog_jef)
* 'The House Rules' by Patrick Williams, courtesy of @berdoulat_interior_design
* Tea selection, courtesy of @nuditea
* Coffee selection, courtesy of @colonnacoffee
* Hot chocolate and mug, courtesy of @harthchocolate
* Beer selection, courtesy of @electricbearbrewing
* 2 x £10 vouchers, courtesy of @littlechaico
* Peter Smithson: Bath, Walks within the Walls publication, courtesy of @drawing.matter
* £25 voucher, courtesy of @makecreativestudio
* Wine with unique artist-made labels, courtesy of @form_i_c_a and @bathartdepot
* A choice of six books (one per month for six months posted to the prizewinner), courtesy of @persephonebooks
* £60 for food and drink for two, courtesy of @ravenofbath

The raffle draw will take place on Tuesday 30 June at 5pm. Prizewinners will be notified by email. Please email bathartdepot@gmail.com to arrange to collect your prize from FORM-ICA. taken in Bath, United Kingdom by @form_i_c_a

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4 months ago

Thank you to everyone who came to @form_i_c_a last night to hear insights into curation from Bridget de Léon (@deleongallery), Freeny Yianni (@freeny_yianni / @closeltd) and Layla Gatens, moderated by Simon Periton (@simonperiton).

Next Friday (26 June) is the Lymore Gardens Yard Party. Bath Art Depot will be running the bar and hosting a fundraising raffle. Buying a raffle ticket will support us to develop a programme of events and talks—bringing people together, building community, and fostering new connections and new possibilities. Pin 📌 See pinned post for more info! by @form_i_c_a

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4 months ago

UPCOMING EVENTS IN JUNE

Join us this month for the third of our Artists’ Insights conversations and the Lymore Gardens Yard Party and Open Studios!

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ARTISTS’ INSIGHTS: CURATION Thursday 18 June 7.00–8.30pm @form_i_c_a, Unit 5 Lymore Gardens, BA2 1AQ
Free tickets (register via link in bio)   Curators Bridget de Léon (@deleongallery), Freeny Yianni (@closeltd) and Layla Gatens will share their insights into curation in conversation with Simon Periton (@simonperiton).

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YARD PARTY + OPEN STUDIOS
Friday 26 June
5–10pm

Open Studios (@form_i_c_a)
Saturday 27 June
1–5pm

The Lymore Gardens Yard Party is back. Join us for open studios at @form_i_c_a, @outline__studios and @perfectspacecarpentry; and pizza by @vherbalkitchen in the yard.

@bathartdepot will be running the bar and hosting a raffle to fundraise for community events and projects.

Free entry, all welcome!

📍Lymore Gardens, Bath, BA2 1AQ
On street parking only. Short walk from Oldfield Park train station.

@annagillespiesculpture @nicolaturner.art @simonperiton @matthewjpage @natashakiddartist @kelseycruzmartin @cathparsonage @zoewoolley6 @libbydillon.painter @perfectspacecarpentry @form_i_c_a @bathartdepot @outline__studios by @form_i_c_a

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4 months ago

Join us for the third in our series of bi-monthly conversations hosted by Bath Art Depot at FORM-ICA (@form_i_c_a)

ARTISTS’ INSIGHTS: CURATION Thursday 18 June 2026 7.00 — 8.30pm @form_i_c_a, Unit 5 Lymore Gardens, BA2 1AQ
Free tickets (register via link in bio)   Curators Bridget de Léon, Freeny Yianni and Layla Gatens will share their insights into curation in conversation with Simon Periton.

Bridget de León (@deleongallery) is a curator and art adviser living in Bath. She has an M.A. in Curating Contemporary Art from The Royal College of Art. She managed the Delfina Studio Trust for 4 years and co-founded and ran Percy Miller gallery, London from 1999–2005. Her gallery DE LEÓN, Bath, is in its 10th year and is currently showing ‘Take Two’ with the work of four international artists, Ori Gersht, Laurent Grasso, Dawn Ng and Erin O’Keefe.

Freeny Yianni (@closeltd) is Founder and Creative Director of Close Gallery. Based in Somerset, with a viewing room in Marylebone, London, the gallery is shaped by a strong environmental ethos and operates as a ‘slow green’ gallery. Yianni is also Co-Chair of Somerset Art Works (SAW). In 2026, she curated the Royal Society of Sculptors Oliver Bayes Award 2026 and participated as a speaker in the Photo London Talks Programme. She lives and works between London and Somerset.

Layla Gatens is a Curator based in the South West and London. She is currently Senior Curator at the Wilson Art Gallery and Museum. Previously, she was Curator of Contemporary Art at the Holburne Museum where she organized a number of solo presentations by various artists, and Assistant Curator at Serpentine Galleries where she worked on new commissions and publications in the Civic Projects team. She has also held curatorial roles at Chisenhale Gallery and Spike Island.

Simon Periton (@simonperiton) lives and works in Bath. He has a wide-ranging sculptural practice and is known for his site specific artworks within the public realm.

Images: Take Two, DE LÉON (11 May—10 June 2026); Onya McCausland: Tailings, Close Gallery (25 April—30 May 2026); Lubaina Himid: Lost Threads, Holburne Museum (19 January—21 April 2024) taken in Bath, United Kingdom by @form_i_c_a

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