Interview - Jasmin Vardimon opens ‘world-class’ performance facility in Ashford

Jasmin Vardimon opens ‘world-class’ performance facility in Ashford

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillSeptember 2, 2022Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, #23, Jasmin Vardimon, Iam Ross, Ashford, Dance, facility, training

MARKET MOVERS - CITY CORE CREATIVES

From illustrators to fashion designers, City Core Creatives has launched a travelling market for the creative businesses

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillSeptember 2, 2022Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, City Core Creatives, Market, Canterbury, #23, Feature, Features

LOOKING FOR LOST - Interview with David Shillinglaw

Artist David Shillinglaw talks to Joe Bill about finding true abstraction, the purity of sketchbooks and his personal journey through space and time

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillSeptember 2, 2022Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, #23, Feature, Features, David Shillinglaw, Artist, Margate, Murals

Inside the new Curzon Canterbury Riverside cinema

New Curzon Canterbury Riverside opens with a cinema experience you can’t get at home

Culture, Art and DesignJim LyonsSeptember 1, 2022Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, Curzon Canterbury, Riverside, Interiors, Features, Feature, #23

HEVER FESTIVAL - A PLACE TO PERFORM

Hever Festival returns this year with a stunning array of 40 shows across the summer

Culture, Art and DesignGuest UserJune 28, 2022Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, #22, Feature, Hever Festival

INTERVIEW: Mural Artist Catherine Chinatree

Artist Catherine Chinatree will join the Rise Up Residency project looking at Margate’s underwater cultural heritage, writes Marijke Hall

FOOD FIGHT : Samuel Capell

Folkestone artist Samuel Capell takes aim at the fast-food industry and its influences on modern society

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillJune 28, 2022Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, #22, Samuel Cappel, Capell, illustration

The Meta Matinee - AΦE Dance Company in Chatham

Renowned dance company AΦE opens unique creative space in Chatham to explore theatre and art both physically and in the Metaverse

ELECTRIC MEDWAY 2022: FEELING THE BUZZ

Digital arts festival Electric Medway returns for its third year with its biggest and most interactive line-up to date

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillJune 28, 2022Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, #22, Feature, Electric Meday, Festival

Perceiving Perfect - Photographer Zuzu Valla

Ashford photographer Zuzu Valla finds beauty where others might not and it has led her to international recognition, writes Marijke Hall

Culture, Art and DesignGuest UserMay 3, 2022#keepitkent, Kent, Feature, #21, Zuzu Valla, Photography, Ashford, British Vigue

Poster Passion - Katy Austin on music-inspired illustration

Combining her devotion to music and risograph printing, illustrator Katy Austin is coming to an album sleeve near you

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillMay 3, 2022#keepitkent, Kent, #21, Katy Austin, gig, illustration, Feature

The Outside Chance - Outsider Art Focus - Gravesend

Marijke Hall meets the team behind Artrack and new selling platform Art Rabble, putting disabled artists’ work on the international stage

Culture, Art and DesignGuest UserMay 3, 2022#keepitkent, Kent, #21, Feature, Artrack, Gravesend, Outsider Art

Toy Story - Interview with Louis Masai

Mural artist Louis Masai has travelled the world highlighting the plight of endangered species with his ‘soft toy’ concept - his hometown of Margate is the next target

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillMay 3, 2022Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, #21, Murals, artist, Featur

Bjørn Johnson - ALL IN THE EDIT

Film director Bjørn Johnson talks to us about working on major documentaries and now directing his own in Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillMarch 1, 2022#keepitkent, Kent, Bjorn Johnson, Dont Fuck with cats, Director, #20, Feature, Features

THE ECCENTRIC LEOPARD - CHANGING SPOTS

From clashing prints to Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, The Eccentric Leopard has found a way to let old furniture take centre stage once more

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillMarch 1, 2022#keepitkent, Kent, The Eccentric Leopard, Canterbury, Upcycling, #20, design

SELLOTEL: The Sellotape Sculptor

From a life-sized BMX to immaculate Nike Air Max trainers, artist Terry Metrovic creates nostalgic pieces entirely out of sellotape

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillMarch 1, 2022Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, Feature, Features, #20

Sam Collins: The man behind Rochester's Billy Childish mural

From Jeremy Corbyn to Billy Childish, Rochester artist Sam Collins tells us how his photorealistic murals have been drawn into political statements

Culture, Art and DesignJoe BillMarch 1, 2022Latest Feature, #keepitkent, Kent, Billy Childish, Jeremy Corbyn, #20

LAUGH OUT LOUD: THE BEST COMEDY CLUBS/NIGHTS IN KENT

With live performance heading back to the county in a big way for 2022, we wanted to highlight some of the places you can see some great comedy

SEA CHANGE: Underwater sculpture with Jason DeCaires Taylor

Faversham’s Jason deCaires Taylor has been creating ‘living’ sculptures to highlight the desperate plight of underwater environments for 20 years and it’s time we all caught on, writes Joe Bill

CREATING CHANGE: PEOPLE DEM COLLECTIVE X 'CENE

New research project from People Dem Collective - co-commissioned by Creative Estuary - to be documented by ‘cene

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