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Tonight! I’m excited to share that @phoenix_artspace where I’ve had my studio since 2008 is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a members exhibition opening tonight. I arrived back from China just in time! Please join us!
Preview 10 July, 6 – 8pm, speeches at 7.
Phoenix Art Space is home to more than 100 studios and artists, and this exhibition features the work of 85 of them. It functions as a snapshot, a moment in time in the flow of our history and our future. What you will find is a joyous display of human creativity, encompassing painting, sculpture, film, photography, textiles, writing, ceramics, and everything in between.
Beyond the Studio is the keystone in a year of celebrations to mark the 30 years since the organisation became a charity in 1995, with a mission to support artists and present art to public audiences.
The exhibition title recognises that, while the studio is the starting point for each artist and maker, community is also built in the stairwells and corridors, where creativity is nurtured by chance meetings and conversations. It recognises that what artists imagine and create in their individual studios reaches the world through exhibitions, screenings, community outreach and engagement, teaching, and much more.
At its heart, this exhibition becomes, like our annual open studios event, a site where multiple voices and ideas converge in one place over a period of time. These are also gathered through a publication accompanying the exhibition, where all participating artists have contributed 100-word personal histories of their time at Phoenix.
This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of John Varah (1959 – 2026), who, with others, brought this organisation into being. His tenacity, vitality and creative ingenuity exemplify the spirit of Phoenix.
He is much missed.
Phoenix Artspace, 10-14 Waterloo Place, Brighton BN2 9NB
Dates: 11 July – 13 September, Wednesday-Sunday 12-5pm
Speeches at 7 with BSL interpretation by Dr Sue MacLaine
Preview 10 July, 6 – 8pm, speeches at 7.
Phoenix Art Space is home to more than 100 studios and artists, and this exhibition features the work of 85 of them. It functions as a snapshot, a moment in time in the flow of our history and our future. What you will find is a joyous display of human creativity, encompassing painting, sculpture, film, photography, textiles, writing, ceramics, and everything in between.
Beyond the Studio is the keystone in a year of celebrations to mark the 30 years since the organisation became a charity in 1995, with a mission to support artists and present art to public audiences.
The exhibition title recognises that, while the studio is the starting point for each artist and maker, community is also built in the stairwells and corridors, where creativity is nurtured by chance meetings and conversations. It recognises that what artists imagine and create in their individual studios reaches the world through exhibitions, screenings, community outreach and engagement, teaching, and much more.
At its heart, this exhibition becomes, like our annual open studios event, a site where multiple voices and ideas converge in one place over a period of time. These are also gathered through a publication accompanying the exhibition, where all participating artists have contributed 100-word personal histories of their time at Phoenix.
This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of John Varah (1959 – 2026), who, with others, brought this organisation into being. His tenacity, vitality and creative ingenuity exemplify the spirit of Phoenix.
He is much missed.
Phoenix Artspace, 10-14 Waterloo Place, Brighton BN2 9NB
Dates: 11 July – 13 September, Wednesday-Sunday 12-5pm
Speeches at 7 with BSL interpretation by Dr Sue MacLaine
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