R.I.P Christine Gist
It is a great sadness to have learnt of the passing of Christine Gist on March 19th 2025. Christine was the third partner of the original Dover Arts Development partnership [...]
Embarkation
Embarkation is Dover Arts Development’s first major programme of international contemporary visual art for Dover Town and District. Embarkation has two strands:
Transmettre/Transmit
Transmit/Transmetttre is a collaboration between Dover Arts Development and Espace 36, Association d’Art Contemporain, Saint-Omer. Four UK artists and four French artists will be working with heritage sites in Saint-Omer in 2007 and in Dover in 2008. The project also has an educational strand which is being led by published author and poet Katherine May in Dover District schools.
DAD Photography Commissions 2007-08
The DAD Photography Commissions invited Jane Lyster from the UK and Laura Padgett, Götz Diergarten, Phillipe Bazin and Ebru Ozsecen from mainland Europe to develop photographic works for key exterior sites in Dover town centre. The artists spent two weeks in Dover District researching and developing their work in response to the location and communities. The objective of the DAD photography commissions 07-08 are to bring high-level contemporary photography to Dover Town with total public accessibility for local residents and those passing through the port.
DAD PHOTOGRAPHY COMMISSIONS Götz Diergarten
DAD PHOTOGRAPHY COMMISSIONS Laura Padgett
Embarkation is funded by Arts Council England , South East, (ACE) with additional funding from the European Union (ERDF) through the Interegg 111A programme.
Jawbreaker
The last of the DAD Photography Commissions 07/08 series can now be seen on the ten signboards in Dover Town Centre. The image is by Ebru Özseçen, a Turkish artist based in Munich who works [...]
Philippe Bazin returns to Dover
On 10 January this year Philippe Bazin returned to Dover to see his work in the town. He was particularly pleased because this is the first time he has had [...]
Philippe Bazin’s photographs of Dover port
During his residency in Dover, Philippe Bazin was able to photograph activity at the container port and also SeaFrance ferries. All photos kindly supplied by the artist. Copyright Philippe Bazin.
