Current / Upcoming Events

Performance & Poetry | The Fossor and the Liberator | Stop the War on People, Society, Nature
Fri, 29 Apr
Online Live Stream
29 Apr 2022, 19:15 – 21:15
Online Live Stream
29 Apr 2022, 19:15 – 21:15
Online Live Stream
A performance poetry reading by Nigerian poet Taiye Ojo and UKD on 29 April, 7.15 — 9.15pm, as part of the concurrent installation.
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Multiple Dates
Visitor Days | Fine Art Masters
Wed, 06 Apr
Margate
06 Apr 2022, 10:00 – 16:00
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
06 Apr 2022, 10:00 – 16:00
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
Our Visitor Days are an opportunity for you to get to know The Margate School, its community, and learn more about our European accredited Fine Art Masters.
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Multiple Dates
Visitor Days | Visual Communication
Wed, 06 Apr
Margate
06 Apr 2022, 10:00 – 16:00
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
06 Apr 2022, 10:00 – 16:00
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
Our Visitor Days are an opportunity for you to get to know The Margate School, its community, and learn more about our Visual Communication Programme.
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Past Events

Sat, 25 Nov
Analogue Photographic Printing
Margate
Finished
25 Nov 2023, 10:00 – 16:30
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
Brush up on your darkroom skills on this one day course in black and white photographic printing, learning how to get the most from your image
Sat, 18 Nov
Screenprinting Basics Workshop
Margate
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18 Nov 2023, 10:00 – 14:30
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
Join local graphic designer Becky Thomas for a half-day workshop as she teaches the basics of screenprinting. This workshop will take place in the TMS Print Space.
Tue, 14 Nov
Great Expectations by Sue Pitman
Margate
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14 Nov 2023, 10:00 – 19 Nov 2023, 16:00
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
Sue continues to work with scale, using small abstract acrylic images as the basis for a series of glicee prints.
Tue, 31 Oct
Hope Tales
Margate
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31 Oct 2023, 18:30 – 21:00
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
An evening of creative Hope on the theme of Fire
Tue, 31 Oct
An Absence, exhibition of work by Philippa Beale
Margate
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31 Oct 2023, 14:00 – 11 Nov 2023, 17:00
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
An exhibition of trees, woodland and forest
Fri, 27 Oct
Create Narratives in Sound
27 Oct: Margate
Multiple Dates
Finished
27 Oct 2023, 10:00 – 13:00
27 Oct: Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
Spend the morning editing to Create Narratives in Sound...
Thu, 19 Oct
Writing the Climate Crisis - Margate Bookie
Margate
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19 Oct 2023, 17:30 – 19:30
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
Join us on the opening night of Margate Bookie festival to connect with the writing, artistic and environmental community by the sea
Sat, 07 Oct
Introduction to Analogue Photography with Dominic Rose
Margate
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07 Oct 2023, 10:00 – 16:30
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
Join Dominic Rose for a day of exploration of the joy of Black and White Analogue Photography
Sat, 07 Oct
MAKING versus TAKING photographs with Arnold Borgerth
Margate
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07 Oct 2023, 10:00 – 08 Oct 2023, 13:00
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
A photograph is never only about what was in front of the camera. To MAKE PHOTOGRAPHS, one must take full control over all necessary technical parameters involved in producing a photograph
Fri, 06 Oct
Art School - exhibition of works by Shem
Margate
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06 Oct 2023, 11:00 – 27 Oct 2023, 16:00
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
Shem is a British-born self-taught contemporary abstract expressionist painter.
Sat, 16 Sept
Project Planning for Artist Brains with Crista Cloutier
The Margate School
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16 Sept 2023, 14:00 – 17:00
The Margate School, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
Are you a creative person who suffers from overwhelm? Do you have too many ideas that never get finished? Are you stopped by a lack of confidence? Then this workshop is for you!
Mon, 04 Sept
Monthly Analogue Photography Drop-In
Margate
Multiple Dates
Finished
04 Sept 2023, 10:00 – 13:30
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
Every 1st Monday morning of the month 10am – 1:30pm in The Margate School Darkroom with Dominic Rose.
Thu, 17 Aug
Proud 2 Create
The Margate School
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17 Aug 2023, 11:00 – 30 Aug 2023, 16:00
The Margate School, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
The Margate School is delighted to be welcoming back Sandra Hampton of the Art4All Gallery between 17-20th August 2023. This time Sandra will be showcasing the Proud 2 Create collection comprising of a vibrant selction of drawings, paintings and photographs by twelve local artists.
Fri, 11 Aug
Sightlines : Visual Communication students showcase
The Margate School
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11 Aug 2023, 10:00 – 17 Aug 2023, 16:00
The Margate School, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
SIGHTLINES is the end-of-year showcase from this year’s Visual Communication students at The Margate School. The show examines the seaside as a place for pleasure and therapy, through light, colour and perspective.
Fri, 11 Aug
Margate Festival of Design: Horizons
The Margate School
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11 Aug 2023, 10:00 – 17 Aug 2023, 16:00
The Margate School, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
Tickets are now LIVE for an exciting programme of talks and exhibitions
Wed, 09 Aug
Proclamations
The Margate School
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09 Aug 2023, 11:00 – 14 Aug 2023, 16:00
The Margate School, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
A recent archive of works and includes Cherish Your Friends' by Rebecca Strickson; The Queer Community Quilt, 2022; Red Flags open call from 2020 - 2022 curated by Lo Lo No; 2023 Banners and Parade Puppets made at Margate Pride workshops with the community and BeYou LGBTQ+ participants
Thu, 27 Jul
water//music : performance by benjin
The Margate School
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27 Jul 2023, 18:30 – 20:30
The Margate School, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
benjin shares a music programme that explores the multiple ways that his music has been informed (and formed) through a lifetime spent on water and the sea
Wed, 26 Jul
Eirinn Hayhow's Biolab at The Margate School
The Margate School
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26 Jul 2023, 10:00 – 30 Jul 2023, 17:00
The Margate School, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
Eirinn Hayhow will be transforming The Margate School's main space into a biolab, filled with scents from foraged perfumes and healing herbs that will be infused into her biomaterial. She will also be working on her natural dyes, inks and pigments from plants and barks foraged locally.