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“A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.”   Spike Milligan Alma Tischlerwood studied with Günter Fruhtrunk at the Munich Academy and briefly Philosophy at Goldsmiths University of London. After graduating in Germany the artist received among other awards a prize for painting and a scholarship from the city [...]

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Anna-Marya is currently based in Dover.  She has an MA in Theory and Practice of Transnational Art from Camberwell, and likes to draw, perform, take pictures, use textiles and sometimes make art.  She has had residencies in Cyprus, Japan and Hungary, and has a long association with recycling and community [...]

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Cathy Rogers is an artist who uses film and photography making work in the form of site-specific installations, screenings and interventions exploring visual representations of place, time, filmic and photographic materiality. She has a BA in Design and Public Art from Chelsea College of Art (UAL) an MA in Artists’ [...]

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Charles Holland is an Architect, writer and teacher. He is the principal of Charles Holland Architects, a multi-disciplinary practice based in Dover.

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Charlotte Chapman trained in 3D Design at Ravensbourne College and went on to complete a PGCE in Design Education at Goldsmiths College. From there she became a secondary school teacher in Design & Technology in South East London before leading the design department at Auckland Girls Grammar School in New [...]

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Christine Gist is a practising artist and independent curator living in Hastings, East Sussex who works along the south east/south coast and mainland Europe. She lived in the USA for many years where she received a BFA Sculpture from University of Washington, Seattle and an MFA Sculpture from Yale University [...]

Cormac Martin is a Forest school leader and director of the Silverback cic

Vinoteq Wine Bar

Musician Dave Robinson founded the Vinoteq wine bar and venue for the all things creative: Whether it is music, poetry, talks, films or just a space to meet with friends old and new, we try to make your visit with us both productive and enjoyable. And there is a selection [...]

Destination Dover Website

Diederik Smet is manager at Destination Dover, an organisation that works to promote Dover as a tourist destination, rather than only as a place of transition and journeying. With its dramatic coastline, its intriguing art and architecture, the magnificent castle, and great transport connections, Diederik is enthusiastic about the town’s [...]

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Dominic Pillai is a multidisciplinary artist working across moving image, sound, and the written word. He is also an experienced project leader and educator. Dominic's work has been showcased globally, most notably the Cannes Film Festival, Folkestone Triennial and Normal? Festival of the Brain. Trained as a visual anthropologist, Dominic [...]

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Elliot is a Dover resident who works in Creative Arts Education and on commercial creative projects that involve illustration, design and photography. He studied Fine Art at Reading University.  

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Dr Emily Peasgood (born 1981 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire) is an award-winning composer, sound artist and visual artist. She creates research-led and site specific interactive artworks for galleries and public spaces, ranging from large scale community events to intimate sound installations. Peasgood uses intricate sound and technology design to invite connection with people [...]

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Gabor Stark is an architect, urbanist and educator, living and working in Berlin, Germany and Canterbury, UK.

Our Finest Dour Facebook

Iona Dubieniec works for White Cliffs Countryside Partnership and runs the Our Finest Dour project which is a lottery funding programme to raise awareness about the River Dour in Dover.

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Kate France grew up in Sussex and studied music and literature before deciding to perform and create live art. She founded The Grand Opera of Oklahoma with Andrew Davenport, and their work was shown in theatres and art spaces in Britain, the USSR and France. In 1992, she moved to France, [...]

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I am preoccupied with space.  My conception of space is both physical and experiential, real and metaphysical.  An early interest in the created reality of the theatre has been of lasting influence in my work. I work with performers, sound engineers, light engineers to create a site-specific live performance. I locate and explore hidden spaces within the urban environment as [...]

Kristin O’Donnell’s work focuses on the intersections of history, memory, and art, with a particular focus on the performativity of memory, embodiment, representation, identity, and the politics of war commemoration. Kristin is currently working towards a PhD through an AHRC TECHNE NPIF funded studentship entitled ‘Performing Emotional Histories: Centenary Commemorations [...]

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Leah Thorn is a spoken word poet, who works in collaboration with film-makers, dancers and musicians. At the heart of her poetry is the autobiographical exploration of identity and of issues of liberation. She is published through performance, film and anthologies and magazines in England and the United States.

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Louisa Love is a Dover-born contemporary artist working experimentally in sound, music, writing, installation, performance and collaborative/curatorial activity.

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Louise Webb is a Dover-based artist, curator and researcher who has worked throughout Kent, the UK and has shown internationally.  Louise has recently been investigating the importance of listening spaces in communities and is interested in alternative learning spaces. She is researching the importance of conversation, listening, arts administration and work ethics. Looking [...]

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A bricolure/ archivist/ artist/ collector. Experimenting with the relationship between digital experience, lived experience and souvenirs as a way to share projects with different audiences. I often work location specifically and an interested in how to facilitate a dialogue between people in different parts of the country and world. My [...]

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Nicole Mollett is a multi-disciplinary socially engaged artist. Nicole's practise includes drawing, sculpture and performance using Magic Lanterns. Nicole is interested in public art and the role culture plays in communities.

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Polysemic is a cultural design practice established by Christopher Daniel to help people and organisations shape the next chapters in their stories.

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Samuel is an artist and printmaker, he explores comparisons in the food industry and makes work to champion those food manufacturers who take their practice seriously and passionately. He continues to explore ideas about our environment, health and food security. 

Just to say I like Dover and feel part of it.  There are ups and downs but in general I feel the joy of living, communicating and creativity of my position.   I have met with great companionship not least from Virginia and including Joanna.  My drawings are an expression [...]

Steph O'Connor is a Dover based visual artist and teacher who promotes creativity and equality of opportunity. She uses art as a well-being tool for the children with whom she works and advises across schools on inclusion, creativity and open access.

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Thurle’s delicate paper reconstructions stem from an interest in the systems and structures of language, the ordering of knowledge, the collecting, storing and accessing of words.

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Tom is a Creative Producer based in London with three strands to his practice – theatrical events, live music, and formal conference or research events. He regularly produces dynamic, interdisciplinary projects which share an element of social conscience.

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Underground Pearl is the collaborative practice of artists Loren Beven and Katryn Saqui. Inspired by seaside poetics and nautical traditions, the beach is their main studio and exhibition space. Specialising in illuminations and magical transformations their locally sited practice engages with history in contemporary ways through forming unexpected relationships, prompting [...]

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Uwe Derksen (UKD) was born and grew up in Emmerich (Germany), a small border town of the lower Rhine region, not far from where Joseph Beuys grew up and had his first studio. His first encounter with the arts was in the early 60s, through the local artist Hein Driessen, [...]

A local artist, born in Dover, she is inspired by Taoist and Zen concerns of oneness and unity. Her work attempts to achieve a balance through materials and process, chance and choice, chaos and order, spontaneity and intuition.