Coventry Artspace

Coventry Artspace is a charity dedicated to supporting and developing the visual arts in Coventry for the benefit of its citizens.

Andrea Mbarushimana’s summer in Foleshill

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It is a lovely hot day in August and we’re gathered in the Families For All Hub for our weekly WOW (Wellbeing on Wednesdays) session. Running these sessions in August is part of my Artist On My Street residency, culminating in the creation of a big piece of art for a wall within the Centre. […]

*annotations – (re) assembling artist residencies 2020-21

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* annotations on multiplicity of us by melissandre varin Between 2021 and 2022 artist melissandre varin completed 4 artist residencies in Arcadia Gallery, during which they invited artists and community members into the space to share art, culture, food, creative thoughts, actions, conversation and friendship. Collected here are writings and images produced during and after […]

Jessica Timmis reflects on her residency with us

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‘… a melancholy sea as I remember it. A tideless sea. I can recall, as a child, seeing pictures in English children’s books of boys and girls playing on the sand and making sandcastles- and I tried to play on my sand. But a Mediterranean beach is not a place for playing on. It is […]

Artist On My Street – Foleshill 2023

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Artist On My Street is a Coventry Artspace led project through which we work in collaboration with local community organisations to bring artists and artwork to local communities. The project was developed as part of Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture. Find out more here. Images by Andrea Mbarushimana A partnership project with Foleshill […]

Artist-in-Residence Jess Timmis Blogs

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Jessica Timmis is currently our Artist-In-Residence for our residency opportunity in partnership with Art Friends Warwickshire. She has shared some words on her time at Eaton House so far, and where the residency is taking her creative practice…    ‘Inside the Red Room – Shruff End ‘   On the 6th of February 2023 I […]

Studio Holder Lorsen Camps reflects on 2022

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It’s December and the end of the year… Whaaat?? How did that happen? I find it helpful to consider what’s happened in the year that’s gone – to look back for forward’s strength. It’s very easy to be overly critical, to regret things that haven’t quite worked out the way I wanted them to, but […]

2021 – 2022 Memories Scrapbook

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As 2022 draws to a close, we’ve taken the opportunity to reflect on some of our highlights of our contribution to Coventry’s year of UK City of Culture. We have looked back on the exhibitions that took place at Arcadia and the projects that have seen us to the end of 2022. We have many […]