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Heritage Action Zone: Calling all artists, creatives, and organisations on the Fylde Coast

Are you an Artist, creative business or arts organisation on the Fylde Coast?If so, this is your chance to take part in new research to inform Blackpool Council’s Heritage Action Zone (HAZ). The research aims to understand what… Read More

Harry Clayton-Wright: The Fortnight

Across 14 days, Harry Clayton-Wright presented 14 brand new eight hour performance pieces. Each day involved its own persona, its own world. Each piece experimented with the different ways in which people stage themselves over time. Reflecting on… Read More

JOYRIDE

  JOYRIDE: Bethany Costerd, Sarah Louise Hawkins and Daniel Newsham 08 – 22 Feb 2019. Bethany Costerd, Sarah Louise Hawkins and Daniel Newsham. Diverse disciplines and varied perspectives converge, showcasing a shared interest in methodical, repetitive processes and… Read More

Alison J Carr: Felicity Means Happiness

Allie Carr Felicity Means Happiness 13 Sep – 01 Oct 2019 Felicity Means Happiness is video work that tells the story of a 98-year old former chorus girl. Alison J Carr interviewed Felicity about her time as a… Read More

WORK/LEISURE: Ralph Dorey

Ralph Dorey Organs for Water It is a short film about things like Buffy The Vampire Slayer on the beach, joining the police or joining a gang, the beach, finding a job or losing a job, falling in… Read More

WORK/LEISURE Residency Programme

Work/Leisure was a pilot programme of five residencies, inviting emerging and mid-career artists to work alongside the community of resident artists based at Abingdon Studios, Blackpool. These?short term residencies were non-prescriptive and designed to enable artists to research… Read More

Grants for the Arts

Abingdon Studios successfully received Grants for the Arts funding from Arts Council England for a period of 1 year. 2016?will focus on a range of activity to test bed ways which Abingdon develops in situ currently in Blackpool…. Read More

Graduate Placement Studio

Abingdon Studios currently offers a shared studio space in support of Final Year BA(hons) students through to graduation; in order to support their Professional Placement Practice Module- a crucial stage in their artistic development and decision making as… Read More