Abingdon Studios (ABS)

Artist Being Supported! Contemporary visual arts studio and project space in Blackpool. Est.2014. Engaging people with ideas, inspiration and curiosity.

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

📣Announcing artists on our STAND 228 at @McrContemporary
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Shout out to our Blackpool friends @GrundyBlackpool showing #ThepARTnership artists on STAND 221. @ace_national
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👁 forward to seeing @ParadiseWrks @shortsupplymcr @artistsrogue @VentureArts @WhitworthArt and more…

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

Abingdon Studios are open Sat/Sun 10-4pm (doors on the latch 🫦) come upstairs and see a new solo commission by Blackpool-based artist, Kris Canavan.
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coinciding with @BPLFilmFest.
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Also TODAY, check out @GrundyBlackpool @ace_national

[Grundy Art Gallery @GrundyBlackpool]

In #blackpool today for @BPLFilmFest ? 👀🎥

Join us here at Grundy before 4.45pm today to see STIM CINEMA and our friends @abingdonstudios for Kris Canavan's exhibition 'In the Shadow of' (10-4 today/tomorrow and by appt only until 20/11).

Both exhibitions are FREE 🎫🎫

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

‼️ ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️
Our next solo commission….
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Kris Canavan
Feat. Stuart Brisley
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PREVIEW
FRI 01 Nov
5-7 pm
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Full info via our website.
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Commissioned by @abingdonstudios @ace_national .
supported by @_AuntySocial_ as part of @BPLFilmFest
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With thanks to LUX, London

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

WORK/LEISURE_4 is active.
Projects are in session. Coming soon.

Chris Alton / Emily Simpson
Grace Clifford
Sam Williams

INFO: https://t.co/ZcdKJfcB2k

@GrundyBlackpool @factoryintl @ace_national @ace_thenorth

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

🚨 Final chance to apply for WORK/LEISURE_4 in #Blackpool 🚨

Deadline today, 5PM 🕔 ⏳

Details/Apply: https://t.co/57E1UX2yT7

@GrundyBlackpool @factoryintl @ace_national @ace_thenorth

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

🚨WORK/LEISURE_4 applications are live🚨

For this 4th iteration, we've partnered with @GrundyBlackpool and @factoryintl to create 3 opps for artists to make new work in #Blackpool in 2024.

Full details and app info: https://t.co/57E1UX2yT7

@ace_thenorth @ace_national

[Grundy Art Gallery @GrundyBlackpool]

WE'RE OPEN 🦩🦩🦩🦩

Garth Gratrix
Flamboyant Flamingos
feat.
Derek Jarman
Felix Gonzalez-Torres

https://t.co/ugEgTVXQqw

@visitBlackpool @BpoolCouncil

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

THIS SATURDAY IN BLACKPOOL @GrundyBlackpool
@garthgratrix
Feat.
Derek Jarman
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
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Collections Spotlight.
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@abingdonstudios SAME DAY will open from 4 pm with Open Studios and solo exhibition, Dunno Dunno, by Joseph Doubtfire

[Grundy Art Gallery @GrundyBlackpool]

OPENING THIS SATURDAY, 1PM
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https://t.co/KTreF4Ojn9

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

🚨WORK/LEISURE_4 applications are live🚨

For this 4th iteration, we've partnered with @GrundyBlackpool and @factoryintl to create 3 opps for artists to make new work in #Blackpool in 2024.

Full details and app info: https://t.co/57E1UX2yT7

@ace_thenorth @ace_national

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

A GREAT VISUAL ARTS DAY FOR BLACKPOOL
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‼️Sat 06 July‼️

1-4 pm 👀
Flamboyant Flamingos- solo exhibition by Garth Gratrix
@GrundyBlackpool

4-7 pm 👀
1. Dunno Dunno- solo exhibition by Joseph Doubtfire.
2. Open Studios- meet our artists.
@abingdonstudios

@ace_thenorth

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

@abingdonstudios is thrilled to announce that our Project Grant application to @ace_thenorth was successful. 🎉🙏

Enabling us to celebrate our 10th year as an artist-led space with a varied programme that is nuanced and relevant to the needs of artists and artistic leadership.

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

@abingdonstudios Director and Clore 18 visual art fellow @garthgratrix latest provocation paper included in @CloreLeadership resource library.
Fellowship supported by @ace_national @an_jobs_opps

[GARTH GRATRIX @garthgratrix]

What we can do on the periphery to commit to change in the UK Arts and Cultural Sector in a way that is ‘pace-conscious’.

My Provocation Paper is now part of @CloreLeadership Research Library 🙏👀. Link Below ⬇️

https://t.co/xO9ka29Vo8

[Clore Leadership @CloreLeadership]

This week is #mentalhealthawarenessweek & the theme is movement. Here we share a care framework created by @joverrent @weareunltd & @thesonghunter @64M_Artists. How can you use this to develop an environment at work that supports physical activity? https://t.co/JcjbC5Re0E

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

Up next @GrundyBlackpool @ace_thenorth
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R A Walden
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Read the article in @TheDbleNgtve
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[Grundy Art Gallery @GrundyBlackpool]

🕐🕑🕒🕓🕔🕕🕖🕗🕘🕙🕚🕛

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

Studio member @anncarragher PhD research freshly published within this new book 👀⬇️

[Dr. Ann Carragher @anncarragher]

Delighted to have my work included in this timely publication. Witnessing first hand the consequences and trauma of partition and contested space and being able to exercise my border thinking through my PhD.
#liminality #contestedspaces #trauma #partitionofireland #theborder

[GARTH GRATRIX @garthgratrix]

What we can do on the periphery to commit to change in the UK Arts and Cultural Sector in a way that is ‘pace-conscious’.

My Provocation Paper is now part of @CloreLeadership Research Library 🙏👀. Link Below ⬇️

https://t.co/xO9ka29Vo8

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

@CreativeLancs @BritishCouncil @BritishArts @BritishCouncil we would love to fill this in if you can provide an alternative link?
Happy Holiday 🥳

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

Last day to visit #blackpool @GrundyBlackpool incredible show @NewContemps whilst in the north before touring to @CamdenArtCentre

[Grundy Art Gallery @GrundyBlackpool]

Join us for the final day of @NewContemps 2023 in #Blackpool. Catch the works of 55 emerging artists before the exhibition travels to @CamdenArtCentre in early 2024.

FREE 2 SEE 🎟️👀 UNTIL 4.45PM

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

Take a dip into the work of our director @garthgratrix .
Currently showing solo show, Cheeky Felicia, @crescent_arts #scarborough
Read the article @Corridor8 written by @thatlooksqueer
👁💪✍️🚨

[Corridor8 @Corridor8]

‘Nostalgia often gives comfort, but Gratrix’s reality is so much more bracing. Take a dip!’
Even Allen (@thatlooksqueer) reviews Garth Gratrix: Cheeky Felicia at @crescent_arts, Scarborough, on until 18 February.
https://t.co/EhNJQdD9TH

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

Todays the day @McrContemporary
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Visit us at Stand 228 this weekend.
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@abingdonstudios showing 20 artists inc. studio members, Work/Leisure residency artists and commissioned exhibition artists.
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Blackpool, The Hebrides, Lancashire, London, Manchester, Margate and more….

[Abingdon Studios (ABS) @abingdonstudios]

🥳🥳🥳🥁🥁🥁@McrContemporary this year (Stand 228).
Showcasing 19 artists from Blackpool & beyond. All of which we have supported through studios, bursaries, residencies and exhibition commissions over the last few years.
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📸 Chippy Fork, Matthew Dowell. Cast sterling silver 👌