A date for your diary if you wish to join us on this Whitstable Oyster Festival event, and visit some of the town’s creatives in their own homes and studios.
We are now delighted to confirm that over 20 addresses shall be opening their doors this July – more details and the 2019 map to follow.
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Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd July 2018
There are painters, textile artists, ceramicists, glass fusers, illustrators, print makers and vintage collectors on the Made in Whitstable Trail this year.
Starting at Keam’s Yard Studio Gallery on the seafront, the Trail spirals around central Whitstable and then out; and with our final house along the far end of Tankerton Slopes you can take in the Oyster Festival food market on your way. Or start at Tankerton, and work your way back along the Trail.
With all the activities of the Oyster Festival crammed into one weekend, you’ll want to plan you your day wisely.
Map 2018: 15 Houses, Galleries and Studios to Visit in 2 Days
For further information about the participants in this year’s Trail, click on the links to visit their websites:
No.1 Paintings Bruce Williams
Keam’s Yard Studio Gallery, On the seafront, Horsebridge Road CT5 1BU 07970633112
No.2 Contemporary woven textiles Margo Selby
Margo Selby Ltd. Bradstowe House, 35 Middle Wall, CT5 1BJ 01227282758
No.3 Mixed media Fishslab Art Gallery: A4 Anon Group Exhibition
11 Oxford Street CT5 1DB
No.4 Unique wheel thrown porcelain tableware Vicky Hageman
37 Swanfield Road CT5 4HN 07850 107399
No.5 Ceramics Sue Moreton
29 Douglas Avenue CT5 1RT 01227 272822
No.6 Vibrant oil paintings Katrina Taylor plus charcoal drawings Susan Heyer
Top Bell 4 Athol Road CT5 2EW
No.7 Kiln fused glass with flamework elements Alma Caira
165 Cromwell Road CT5 1NQ 07947 842642
No.8 Animation and films Paul Elliott plus 2 artists on a crazy collaborative mission Elliott Clark and Clark Elliott
161 Cromwell Road CT5 1NQ entry through Stream Walk
No.9 Vintage & retro homewares, books and collectables Oyster & Pearl Vintage & Handcrafted
54 Regent Street CT5 1JQ
No.10 Illustrative and textile 2D/3D fairy tale art from Annie Taylor, plus a synergy of watercolour paint and digital process aiming to capture the mysticism of nature from Helene Williams
52 Regent Street CT5 1JQ 07950 174115
No.11 Vibrant paintings and ceramics Tracie Peisley
6 Regent Street CT5 1 JD 07813 932620
No.12 Original vintage midcentury travel posters Travel On Paper
8 Albert Street CT5 1HP 07979 527000
No.13 Prints and collage by Jennifer Wright plus woodblock printing from Sarah Lancaster
62 Syndenham Street CT5 1HL 07990 580925
No.14 contemporary hand embroidered textiles Susan Pickard
1 Fountain Street CT5 1HB 07974 723310
No.15 colourful pottery, textiles and paintings from Ella Watkins, Katie Agnew and Lucy Mayor
16 Herne Bay Road CT5 2LJ 01227 506402
