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Exhibition

Anya Gallaccio: preserve

Sunley Gallery & First Floor Galleries

Saturday 28 September 2024 – Sunday 26 January 2025

FREE

Turner Contemporary presents 'preserve', the largest survey exhibition to date of British artist Anya Gallaccio.

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Exhibition

Sculpture Playscape

Clore Learning Studio

Ongoing

FREE

Interactive artworks from Leap Then Look to encourage all ages to play, interact and explore.

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Outdoor Artwork

Antony Gormley: Another Time

Fulsam Rock

Ongoing

Free

Sited in Margate, beside Turner Contemporary, you can see one of a series of one hundred, solid cast-iron figures by Antony Gormley that explore the experience of being human.

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Outdoor Artwork

Yinka Ilori: Slices of Peace

Orchard Park, Kings Hill, ME19 4TD

From April 2024

Free

'Slices of Peace' is a public artwork by artist and designer Yinka Ilori MBE installed in Orchard Park – a new public park in Kings Hill, near West Malling in Kent.

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Events

Markets & Fairs

Silver + Form Jewellery and Silverware Fair 2024

Foyle Rooms

Saturday 19 – Sunday 20 October 2024, 10.00am – 4.00pm

Free, drop in

Discover one-of-a-kind pieces of contemporary jewellery, silverware, objets d’art and sculptures.

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Festival

Margate Bookie 2024

Foyle Rooms

Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 October 2024

Prices vary

The Margate Bookie literary festival returns to Turner Contemporary for another year.

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Performance

Afro Blue - Listening In Colour

Foyle Rooms

Friday 25 October 2024, 6.00 - 9.30pm

£17.50

A joyful expression of the powerful, visionary and cathartic legacy of Black music accompanied by abstract visuals. An immersive experience presented by some of the UK's finest Jazz musicians featuring vocalists Sabina Desir and Randolph Matthews with arrangements by Jessica Lauren.

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Markets & Fairs

Brighter Days Markets - Autumn 2024

Foyle Rooms

Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 November 2024, 11.00am - 3.00pm

Free, drop-in

Brighter Days Market returns to the Foyle Rooms this Autumn. Discover delightful work from local artists and craftspeople.

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Free Events

Margate Ceramics Market - Winter 2024

Foyle Rooms

Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 November 2024, 10am - 4pm

Free

Margate Ceramics Market returns to the Foyle Rooms, with over 40 new and established makers.

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Accessible Events

Accessible Event

Relaxed Hours: Anya Gallaccio: preserve

First Floor Galleries

Sunday 13 October, Sunday 17 November, Sunday 15 December 2024, Sunday 19 January 2025, 10am - 12pm

FREE

Our Relaxed Hours are a chance to visit our exhibition 'Anya Gallaccio: preserve' in a calmer environment.

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Accessible Event

BSL Tour of Anya Gallaccio: preserve

Saturday 2 November and Sunday 1 December 2024, 12.00 - 1.00pm

Free

Join Jason Tennant for a free British Sign Language tour of 'BSL Tour of Anya Gallaccio: preserve'.

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Workshops

Workshop

Beginners Bookbinding Workshop

Foyle Rooms

Saturday 30 November 2024, 10.30am - 1.30pm

£60 includes tools and materials

Learn how to make handcrafted notebooks from the expert Aimee at Woodle Books. This workshop is for anyone with an interest in books and a love of stationery. Over 16 only.

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Workshop

Wreath Making Workshop

Foyle Rooms

Saturday 30 November 2024, 2.30 - 4.30pm

£50 + booking fee. Includes all materials, a glass of prosecco and mince pie.

Festive wreath making like a pro.

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Workshop

How to Copy Your Favourite Garment Workshop

Foyle Rooms

Saturday 16 November 2024, 10.00am – 1.00pm

£60

Do you have a favourite garment you wish you could clone? Join Timothy O'Sullivan for this introductory workshop where you'll learn techniques used in the fashion industry to create sewing patterns from an existing garment without taking it apart.

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Workshop

One Day ‘Write A Complete Story’ Workshop - November 2024

Foyle Rooms

Sunday 17 November 2024, 10:00am - 5:00pm

£47 Standard / £42 Concessions

Led by Dominic from Creative Writer UK, this creative writing workshop is suitable for beginners, writers with projects underway or those looking for a fresh injection of inspiration. It is perfect for all genres and also those wishing to write short stories.

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Family workshops

Family Workshop

Scribblers: Autumn/Winter 2024

Clore Learning Studio

Wednesdays, 16 October 2024 - 22 January 2025, 3:30pm – 4:30pm

Free, drop-in

Free, drop in session for children to take part in various drawing activities.

Guidance age: 5 - 12 years.

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Family Workshop

Art Rebels: Nature Badges

Clore Learning Studio

From Saturday 12 October: Saturdays and Sundays, 2 - 4pm

Free, drop-in

Come and create at our free, drop-in family workshops for ages 12 and under.

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Family Workshop

Seaweed Pressing with The Driftweed Artist

Foyle Rooms

Wednesday 30 October 2024, 1.00 - 3.30pm

£3.50

Create your own unique piece of artwork with natural materials using the Victorian art of seaweed pressing.

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Family Workshop

Pigment Workshop with Artist Polly Bennett

Tuesday 29 October 2024, 1.00 - 4.30pm

Free, drop-in

Join artist Polly Bennett in making watercolour paint with mussel shell pigment.

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Preview night of Turner Contemporary's Seeing Round Corners exhibition. Main gallery is filled with lots of visitors exploring the exhibition on opening night.

Current Projects and Opportunities

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