Margate Festival of Design Pop Up Information Stand
Sunley Gallery
Staff and students from The Margate School’s Visual Communication: Design, Society, Nature course will be hosting a pop up space to tell you all about an exciting new event, Margate Festival of Design.
Margate Festival of Design will be hosting a pop up information stand, taking place near our gallery shop in our Sunley Gallery, from 2-7 August.
What will be happening:
Staff and students from The Margate School’s Visual Communication: Design, Society, Nature course will be hosting a pop up space to tell you all about an exciting new event, Margate Festival of Design. You’ll be able to get information, buy tickets, plus more.
What will be available:
- Information about the festival programme
- Tickets for festival events
- Artwork created by the Design, Society, Nature Visual Communication students
- Information about the Visual Communication post-graduate programme
About Margate Festival of Design:
When the festival itself is taking place: 16-25 September 2022
Where: Around Margate High Street
Margate Festival of Design: Design, Society, Nature. Explore the relationship between design, community and environment at the seaside.
2022 will be the debut year of Margate Festival of Design, an event created by The Margate School that will explore social and environmental matters through the language of design.A lively programme of talks, walks, workshops and exhibitions will draw together education, community and industry.The Festival will be held over two weekends:Weekend one will focus on Society
Weekend two will focus on NatureAdditional talks and displays will feature in between. The focus will be graphic design and it will be a festival for all, with many events free to attend. The hub will be The Margate School supported by other locations in Margate High Street.
www.margatefestivalofdesign.com
Come along to the pop up information stand in Turner Contemporary from 1-7 August to find out more.
About The Margate School:
The Margate School (TMS) is an independent non-for-profit postgraduate art school. TMS redefined the former Woolworths building in Margate’s High Street and has become a hub for innovation and creativity in the town, playing an influential role in the story of Margate’s regeneration.The School’s theme – Art, Society, Nature guides its socially engaged and sustainability-driven programme, delivered through knowledge sharing, space and facility provision, enabling creative practitioners to realise their potential.TMS is rooted in community and connects nationally and internationally; reaching out through academic programmes, events, workshops, residencies, guest lectures and exhibitions. Much of the School’s provision is subsidised in support of Margate and its diverse creative and wider communities.TMS runs a post-graduate portfolio building course in Visual Communication. Part of the academic curriculum of that course is to help plan and to take part in the Margate Festival of Design. Key to the Festival’s ambition is to draw together design education, industry and our communitythemargateschool.com
