In 2020, during Covid-19, Abingdon Studios presented a series of invited artist talks. Meanwhile… in partnership with Grundy Art Gallery, LeftCoast and Blackpool School of Arts is pleased to present this permanent digital archive, encapsulating the essence of… Read More
PREVIEW EVENING 24 OCT 7-9PM Refreshments provided “Conceptually the works will revolve around abstract expressions of universal existential themes, such as contrast and dualities between fragility and strength, the eternal and ephemeral, and the liminal space where the… Read More
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
Allie Carr?Felicity Means Happiness Preview 13 Sept, 6 – 8pm 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
Elbows at Dawn Matt Antoniak | Matt Wilkinson Preview: Thursday 10 May 6 ?? 8pm 11 May ?? 27 May Abingdon Studios 14 Abingdon Street Blackpool FY1 1DE M I L K are pleased to present Elbows at… Read More
PREVIEW THU 15 MAR 6-8PM Laura Barnes | Jack Brown | Brendan Bunting | Tao Lashley-Burnley | Ann Carragher | Bethany Costerd | Tina Dempsey | Joseph Doubtfire | Ian Doughty | Pippa Eason | Garth Gratrix |… Read More
Twelve emerging young artists are were selected arrive in Blackpool this Friday for the first ever weekender residency scheme exploring popular culture. The weekend has been organised as part of a pilot to explore new ways for artists… Read More
Last Updated: 21st January 2021 by Abingdon Studios
WORK/LEISURE_2: OPEN CALL 2020
Work/Leisure is inviting emerging and mid-career artists, living and working in the UK/Europe, to create new work in 2020. In its first iteration, Work/Leisure (2016), delivered 5 short-term, non-prescriptive artist residencies designed to enable artists to research and… Read More