“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 [...]
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 [...]
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’ [...]
Charles Holland is an Architect, writer and teacher. He is the principal of Charles Holland Architects, a multi-disciplinary practice based in Dover.
Cormac Martin is a Forest school leader and director of the Silverback cic
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
Helen Lindon is an artist, climate activist, film maker, performer, gardener and voracious reader.
Joanna Jones paints and draws and actively pursues a strategic role for the arts in the places that she lives.
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, [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
Polysemic is a cultural design practice established by Christopher Daniel to help people and organisations shape the next chapters in their stories.
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.
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.
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 [...]
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, [...]
