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SEASIDE SHELTERS
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SEASIDE SHELTERS
Community based art project with focus on the history of Margate coastal park shelters.
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"Sea Shelters" a participatory project to celebrate, reinforce connections in local communities, between Margate's seven coastal park shelters, between land and sea, between I and my environment. Funding will support research, production, workshops, seven site specific artwork installations/interventions built within the Margate coastal park shelters. (Medium: drawings, sculptures and sound). Many sea shelters seem to be in imminent danger of collapse, and yet have played such an important part in the development and use of the public space over the last 150 years. I’m looking to show the contrast between old and new as well as documenting the rise, fall and perhaps rise again of Britain’s coastal town. The heart of the project centres around working with diverse and new audiences located in some of the most deprived wards in the country through talks, interactive workshops, action research and an exhibition.
What we'll deliver:
- 7 art installations
- 7 workshops
- Artist talk
Why it's a great idea:
Research stage: residents of Margate willing to share their experiences and memories of the seven Margate coastal park shelters. This will involve individuals who would not usually engage with my work. Reach out is to a diverse age, class and ethnic groups in order to create an honest base for my studio work and the exhibition to follow. Workshops with local schools and artists especially from the LGBTQ+ community enabling platform for creativity, dialogue and exchange.
Steps to get it done:
- Buying the equipment to produce and record the art installations and to deliver the workshops.
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How will the money be spent?Total £17,385
Costs Breakdown
This shows how money raised for the project will be spent. Before entering fundraising these costs will be confirmed by the project's Delivery Manager and verified by the verifier.
Artistic and creative or specialist costs
£14,756
3%
Marketing and developing audiences
£600
3%
Overheads
£525
Overfunding
This project is enabled for overfunding. If the project hits its funding goal before the end of the campaign period, any extra funds raised will be spent (in order of priority) on:
- Produce a publication
Total £17,385
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VolunteerAbout the Project Creator
Born in 1979 in Warsaw, Poland. I am a queer artist working through the media of drawing, illustration, sculpture and installation art. I live and work in London. I have exhibited widely nationally and internationally since 2003, when I graduated from the University of Northumbria in Newcastle where I was awarded my Masters in Fine Art with distinction. I focus on studio practice, research, exhibiting and curating. Commercially I work as an illustrator.
My practice is rooted in drawing and the forming of numerous representations of urban environments. I also create sculptures and installations from found materials as extensions of ideas that inform my two dimensional based pieces.
In June/July 2021 I successfully completed an art residency at The Margate school followed by a solo exhibition "A Place In-Between" at the Old Primark Building in Margate.
In 2019 I successfully curated, delivered and participated in a group exhibition ‘CITYISLAND’ at the Silver Building, London. The same year I was commissioned 192 new drawings for The Hoxton hotel collection in London. I also completed 45 commissioned illustrations for ‘Eat What You Saw’ book by Alys Fowler, published by Kyle Books, April 2021. My artwork installation "You Will Never Sleep Again" is featured in ‘The Word is Art’ book, Michael Petry, Thames & Hudson 2018.
Between 2010/2013 I successfully delivered three solo exhibitions: ’Welcome to Paradise III’ Fundacja Sztuczna, Warsaw, Poland. ‘Welcome to Paradise II’, Crima’rt Gallery, Milan (Funded by the British Council Travel Grant). ‘Welcome to Paradise I’, PayneShurvell Gallery, London (Supported by The Polish Cultural Institute).
In 2012/2013 I successfully completed an artist in residency program and large scale commission for the Vital Arts/Barts NHS Trust at The Royal London Hospital. Engaging with my audience via workshops and talks. Working with Whitechapel youth community with a focus on LGBTQI+ individuals.
Project Owner: Anka Dabrowska The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.