2024 FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
Booking is now open for confirmed festival events. We will be adding more talks and workshops to the programme throughout September. Pay what you can tickets are available for all events.
SAT 26 - THURS 31 OCT
'YOU ME US' / VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN SHOW
YOU ME US is the Graduation Show from this year’s Visual Communication students at The Margate School. Having experimented with a range of new mediums and techniques over the past year the show focuses on IDENTITY - with reference to pop culture, consumerism, faith and a sense of place. PRIVATE VIEW: Saturday 26, 17.00 - 19.30
SUNDAY 27 OCT - 12.30 - 13.30
SAM FURNESS / INTRODUCING 'CREATIVE QUESTS'
Sam Furness is an artist and the founder of Creative Quests. His work focuses on helping people unlock their creativity through experience design that challenges perceptions, deepens connection and encourages intentional curiosity. You can hear Sam talk about this creative method and also join the first Creative Quest Margate.
SUNDAY 27 OCT - 14.00 - 15.00
KARRIE FRANSMAN / THE POWER OF COMICS
Karrie will be joining us to talk about her comic and visual storytelling practice. Karrie's work breaks down barriers, smashes stereotypes and tells important stories, often about social, humanitarian and environmental issues.
She is a founding member of The Comics Cultural Impact Collective (CCIC) that aims to raise awareness of the value of comics in the UK.
SUNDAY 27 OCT - 15.30 - 16.30
KIM LAWRIE / NEURODIVERGENT CREATIVITY IN THE AGE OF AI
Kim Lawrie was most recently Head of Creative and Emerging Tech at the Ad Agency, House 337. Kim specialises in AI and neurodiversity, and has spoken publicly about working in the creative industry as an autistic person.
SUNDAY 27 OCT - 15.00 - 17.00 (WALK)
BENJAMIN JENNER / SENSORY WALK
Artist and researcher Benjamin Jenner will be hosting a workshop or walk exploring the relationship between sensory and neurological difference. Join Benjamin and a group of neurodiverse collaborators in sensory walking experience.
SUNDAY 27 OCT - 17.00 - 18.00
MICHAEL JOHNSON / BRANDING WITH PURPOSE
Founder of Johnson Banks, an agency with 100% not-for-profit clients. They work with the cultural, climate, education, charity and philanthropic sectors. Michael’s mantra is to ‘do great work for good people’.
MONDAY 28 OCT - 10.00 - 16.00
FLEET ARCHITECTS / MARGATE REIMAGINED FOR ALL
MARGATE SEAFRONT REIMAGINED FOR ALL. Fleet Architects will be running a day of FREE workshops inviting guest to reimagine a more accessible and inclusive Margate Seafront. The day will conclude with a talk and discussion about the some of the issues and ideas raised throughout the day. (Kids & Adults workshops + drop in participants welcome)
MONDAY 28 OCT - 16.00 - 17.00
JAIME BISHOP / FLEET ARCHITECTS
MARGATE SEAFRONT REIMAGINED FOR ALL. Fleet Architects will be running a day of FREE workshops inviting guest to reimagine a more accessible and inclusive Margate Seafront. The day will conclude with a talk and discussion about the some of the issues and ideas raised throughout the day.
TUESDAY 29 OCT - 10.00 - 13.00
LINO-CUT WORKSHOP WITH NICK MORLEY
In this Neurodivergent Friendly workshop you will learn how to make a linocut print with artist Nick Morley. The workshop is suitable for beginners as well as people with some experience of linocut. Linocut printing involves carving a design out of a piece of linoleum (also known as lino), inking it with a roller and then printing it onto paper. It is a fun and accessible form of printmaking.
TUESDAY 29 OCT - 14.00 - 17.00
EIRINN HAYHOW / BIOMATERIAL WORKSHOP & TALK
Fashion designer Eirinn Hayhow joins us to talk about her innovative practice creating bio-material, using plants, bark, and herbs. You can also take part in a workshop with Eirinn and will take away your own natural creation and gain a newfound knowledge and appreciation of working with natural methods and materials. (photo: David Babaian)
TUESDAY 29 OCT - 17.00 - 18.00
LUCY PANESAR: DESIGNING AN INCLUSIVE & ACCESSIBLE CIRRICULA
Lucy will discuss approaches that are informing the development of more inclusive, empowering and culturally sensitive curricula, classrooms and interactions within and beyond art and design.
This talk is primarility aimed at those working in arts and design education. However, anyone insterested in this important topic and practice is very welcome to attend.
WEDNESDAY 30 OCT - 14.00 - 16.00
PAPERCRAFT WORKSHOP WITH NATHAN WARD +GF SMITH
Work with paper artist Nathan Ward to reimagine paper specialist G . F Smith's iconic collection book into a new 3D sculpture; professional artist Nathan will share techniques and insights for working with paper. Each participant will be given their own workshop collection book from which they can remove papers of their choice and create a unique paper sculpture.
THURSDAY 31 OCT - 10.30 - 12.30
ANOTHER ACRONYM / ACCESSIBLE BY DESIGN (KIDS)
Calling designers of tomorrow! Katie & Noel of Design Agency Another Acronym will be hosting a FREE kids workshop 'Accessible by Design'. In this fun and interactive workshop Katie, Noel and their son Cooper (aged 9) will explore the types of challenges people have when they are interacting with a design that isn’t made with them in mind.
THURSDAY 31 OCT - 14.00 - 16.00
COMMUNITY COLLAGE WITH BECKY THOMAS (KIDS)
Contribute to our community collage window! Drop in to create a collage of yourself, your friends, family, pets or wildlife. All materials and templates will be provided. Cut, stick and create people and creatures from magazines and paper, then we’ll add them to the TMS window to create a mural of all of the artworks. Suitable for children of any age / No experience needed / FREE / Booking not required, drop-ins welcome.
THURSDAY 31 OCT - 15.00 - 16.30
MARGATE CREATIVE QUEST
WITH SAM FURNESS
Join Sam Furness and his team for the first Margate Creative Quest. This fun, collective imagination workshop & walk will spark your curiosity and re-ignite your creativity, with Margate as your source of inspiration.
All welcome, aged 16+.
Please be aware the workshop will include a 25-30 min walk. No prior creative practice is required.
