What If … a construct by Julia Rogers
Julia Rogers’ much anticipated new exhibition ‘What If …’ opens at Hold Creative Spaces in Ramsgate today (October 7).
Following her celebrated solo show last year ‘Ancestral Guide’, exploring her emotional ties with her childhood, Julia Rogers has now developed work on different realities, where she reinterprets omens and elevates the ordinary in a sideways glance at the search for meaning.
.Since she was young Julia has been a ritualistic follower of the old adage ‘See a penny, pick it up, then all day you’ll have good luck’. It wasn’t until September 2014 when she started to take it more seriously, documenting and preserving her found ‘luck’. Her collection has inevitably grown since then, as did the problem of how to present them. Her luckiest day, months, years, places and sides are her metrics and in this exhibition she has had to take up the role of cartographer as she explores this intangible concept.
This show looks at prediction, hopes and desires in these uncertain, chaotic times through thought provoking connections, humour and nostalgia.
“What If … a construct by Julia Rogers” opens today , 6pm-8pm, and continues until Sunday 9th Oct, 11am-5pm daily. Hosted in the newly renovated gallery at Hold Creative Spaces, Penstone House, Albert Street, Ramsgate, CT11 9HD
Naima Bock at Elsewhere
October 8. Presented by Art’s Cool… plus very special guests
7pm (doors open)
This is a 16+ event
Tickets from £11 Book now
Light & Life: Trix Newham and Sian C. Morgan
October 6-12, A joint exhibition at the Pie Factory Gallery, Margate.
10AM to 5PM daily
LUX Pottery – Trix Newham
By the use of hand painted abstract motifs Trix at ‘LUX Pottery’ marries the trinity of aestheticism, functionality and originality, creating unusual shapes and textures on beautifully useful objects for interiors.
Something Familiar – Sian C. Morgan
Sian C. Morgan explores the coastal life of Thanet through watercolour and ink drawings, initially with studies of lonely wind shelters, more recently Sian has captured many architectural icons familiar to the denizens of ‘The Isle’.
Squangey Bobbins
October 8, performing live at Ramsgate Music Hall., doors open 7.30pm.
Squangey Bobbins make their headline debut at Ramsgate Music Hall with support from Striking Thirteen and Adam Green.
All ages event.
Tickets for the Ramsgate Music Hall gig are £7, no booking fees and can be bought at: SquangeyRMHtickets.eventbrite.com
A performance by the Thanet Community Gospel Choir
October 8, 7:30pm at the Sarah Thorne Theatre, Broadstairs.
Thanet Community Gospel Choir will perform popular songs and the traditional gospel music that inspired them.
Advance: £10 Children / On the door: £12 Book now
Green Hop Celebrations
October 8, Northdown Brewery, Channel Road, Westwood Industrial estate, 2pm-6pm
Come and enjoy the two Green hop beers brewed for this unique celebration using Kent hops
Hop Along Thanet, the hop growing collective supplied Prima Donna hops grown in their backyards, gardens and allotments to produce an English Pale Ale.
The second beer is a Patersbier. Lush Ernest hops from Hukin Hops in Tenterden & Belgian yeast promise a zesty, crisp finished beauty!
Vietnamese street food from the talented Thao Thao Kitchen currently found in Margate’s Old Kent Market & causing a stir since opening 2 months ago.
Tunes by Margate historian & DJ Crippsy.
DJ Luck & MC Neat performing live at Rokka
October 8. Doors open 9pm with a 4am close
A night of pure Garage anthems, in an intimate gig showcasing
18+ only
Tickets £15 – £20 + Booking fee Book now
Remote at the Palace Cinema Broadstairs
October 8, 4pm-5.30pm
The Palace presents a special screening of Remote in partnership with Turner Contemporary and Artangel.
The film will be followed by a pre-recorded Q&A with co-creators Mika Rottenberg and Mahyad Tousi.
REMOTE follows Unoaku, an ex-pat architect living in a solar-punk apartment in Kuala Lumpur, and four other women living on their own in Iran, Argentine, Puerto Rico and South Africa. While watching a popular South Korean dog grooming show, the five women discover they are connected through mysterious portals hidden in their homes.
Set in a near future, Mika Rottenberg and Mahyad’s Tousi’s film explores what it means to be connected in this global age of pandemics, and the escalating reach of technology into the lives of billions of people around the world.
Remote co-creators Mika Rottenberg and Mahyad Tousi explore the impact of the technology and convenience we take for granted. You can discover more about the creative process and the production in the pre-recorded Q&A, which follows the screening.
You can watch the trailer here…
The Classroom Westgate
The Classroom in Westgate’s Station Road will be celebrating Book Shop Day on October 8 with a banner, balloons, stickers, catalogues and cupcakes plus 30% off all books ordered in store tomorrow from the @booksaremybag #Christmas catalogues
Open 10am-4pm.
East Kent Open Houses
October 8-9
The chance to see an array of artists’ works within their homes and studios.
The event also runs over the weekends of 15th & 16th and 22nd & 23rd October.
Venues open 11am-5pm unless otherwise stated.
Throughout the Festival, artists and artisans homes, studios and galleries across the Isle open their spaces to visitors for three weekends. This is a great chance to see and buy unique artworks and meet the artists within their creative environment.
Damien Cifelli – Liminal Gallery, 34 Fort Hill, Margate (OPEN SATURDAY ONLY 11am-3pm)
Sarah Manly – Unit 3 Beales Yard, Grotto Hill, Margate (OPEN SATURDAY ONLY)
Deborah Isabella Gilbert – DIG Gallery – 85a Canterbury Road (11.30am-4pm)
Cecilia Bonilla, Matt Lewis, Stuart Leech, Colin Gorry and Pam Tait – 31A Clifton Gardens, Cliftonville
Anthony Giles- 3 Lombard Street, Margate
Govinda Sah ‘Azad’ – 35 Godwin Road, Margate
The Lido Open 2022 – HERA, 2 Ethelbert Terrace, Margate
Jayne Wright – 37 Westbrook Avenue, Margate
Kellie Hogben – 45 Glencoe Road, Margate
Adelphine Newton, Deborah Gilbert, Janis Volckman, Lorraine Kinnear, Maddy Grout, Michele Papageorghiou, Nick Gilbert, Sarah Gibbon, Sian C Morgan and Trix Newham – The Eclectic Art Gallery, 6 Broad Street, Margate
Zoe Murphy and Lois Gunn -Studio 24, Hawley Street, Margate
Kirsty Kennedy – 170 High Street, Margate
MOND and Christopher James – Studio MOND, 9c Dalby Road, Margate
Bridget McVey, Violet Shaw, Vivien Lee, Louise Frances Smith and Julia Ellen Lancaster – Clayspace Studios, 61 Northdown Road, Margate
David Shillinglaw, Hayden Kays, Lily Mixe and Luke McLean – Kill Me Now Gallery, 32 High Street, Margate
Ami Blastock, Gem Blastock and Green & Gold Ceramics – 21 Lloyd Road, Broadstairs
Christine Jeffryes, Josephine Harvatt and Jessica Newby: Sea Worn Jewellery – 87 Bradstow Way, Broadstairs
Christine May Pettet and Lucy May Pettet: THE COLLAGE CLUB – 64 Bradstow Way, Broadstairs
Karen H-King – New Kent Art Gallery & Studio, 49a Albion Street, Broadstairs (11am-4pm)
Lana Arkhi, Peter Campbell Saunders and Bob Connell – Kent Talents Art Gallery 80 High Street, Broadstairs (11am-4pm)
Terry Thompson – 8, Darnley Close, Broadstairs
Vivienne Yankah, Nigel Cunningham and Janie Eales – 5 Marlborough Close, Broadstairs (11am-4pm)
Tony Caroli – 1 Montefiore Avenue, Ramsgate
Stacie Coyne – 14 Rosebery Avenue, Ramsgate
Rebekah Sunshine – The Wooden Box Cafe 91 High Street, Ramsgate
Rebekah Sunshine – The Wooden Box Gallery, 92 High Street, Ramsgate
Claudia Rice – The Mascot Gallery, 7 Chatham Street, Ramsgate
Jana Valencic, Jean Stockwell, Morfydd Ransom-Hall and Crow Dillon-Parkin – The Red Door Space, 14 Rodney Street, Ramsgate
Carl Stafford – 3 Royal Road, Ramsgate
Eve Stickler and Michael O’Donoghue – 18 St Mildred’s Road, Ramsgate
Pet Blessing Service
October 8, 10am, St Laurence C of E Church, St Lawrence High Street
Ramsgate FC vs Sheppey United
October 8, WW Martin Stadium, Prices Avenue, 3pm
The Circus Birds UNPLUGGED @ The Waste Land
October 8, 8pm, The Albion Rooms, 31 Eastern Esplanade
Free entry
Fabric Painting Workshop
October 8, 1pm
Art-in-the-Bag presents a fabric painting workshop at Westgate Galleria, Westgate on sea.
Learn how to use acrylic fabric paint to decorate small canvas gift bags with a Halloween or Christmas themes (or you can always choose to paint your own ideas).
All the materials you need will be supplied.
Cost £30
To book message artinthebag@outlook.com
or contact Westgate Galleria 29, station road, Westgate shorelinepartners1@gmail.com
www.westgategalleria.co.uk
Jimmy Lavender
Sundowners Gay Bar, 1 Albert Terrace Margate, 7pm
Tickets from £5 https://licklist.co.uk/event/1299702
NOBS – 3 Is The Magic Number
October 9, 7pm, Sugar Rush, Ramsgate
Nobs – the no b.s all glitter poetry and spoken word event! Happening every second Sunday of the month, NOBS prides itself on being a friendly environment welcome to all, no matter your age, sexuality, gender, race or performing experience!
FREE ENTRY – We will have a jazzy box for donations if you would like to, but there is no expectation
IF YOU’D LIKE TO PERFORM:
You can contact Jen, Gen, or Heidi
There will be a small number of slots to sign up on the night – arrive when doors open at 7 to grab a slot
Performers have 10 minutes each to dazzle us
LOCATION – Sugar Rush – 66 High Street Ramsgate –
The story and music of Rodgers and Hammerstein
October 9, 4PM at the Sarah Thorne Theatre, Broadstairs
Dean Caston and company will perform the story and music of Rodgers and Hammerstein to include:
The Sound of Music
Oklahoma!
South Pacific
The King and I
Tickets £14 in advance / £16 on the door Book now
Rise Up Residency
17 murals across Margate (16 complete – Dreamland one still to be painted)
The project is spearheaded by Rise Up Clean Up and Margate-based, internationally-acclaimed artist Louis Masai with the aim of raising awareness of ocean conservation and the issues caused by plastic in and around our coastline.
Find the artworks at:
AARON LI-HILL -33 RANCORN / WEST CLIFF ROAD
DOUDOU– 46 CANTERBURY ROAD
SMUG– 31 CANTERBURY ROAD
SCOTTY BRAVE– NOT YET PAINTED
HERA– 1 VICARAGE PLACE
NUNO VIEGAS– 33 VICTORIA ROAD
CURTIS HYLTON– 29 OXFORD STREET
MARTIN WHATSON -CAROLINE SQUARE
DREPH– 22 DANESMEAD TERRACE
CATHERINE CHINATREE & PETER NICHOLLS-24 CLIFTON GARDENS
FAUNAGRAPHIC– 55 THANET ROAD
JORDAN T GRAY– 2 CLIFTON GARDENS
LILY MIXE– DRAPERS WINDMILL, ST PETERS FOOTPATH
DAVID SHILLINGLAW– BLACK AXE THROWING CO, EDGAR RD, CLIFTONVILLE
NOMAD CLAN– 68 HAROLD ROAD
LOUIS MASAI– 351 NORTHDOWN ROAD
ONUR– 351 NORTHDOWN ROAD (KENT TEC)
Think L will stay in !!!!!
you beat me to it , not worth leaving the house for
Nice to see the artworks brightening the place up!
We’re staying in too , nothing on the list excites us. Wine and a takeaway, can’t beat it !