Coventry Artspace

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

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 […]

‘Stories That Made Us’ by Hardish Virk

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  In the late 1980s, the Indian actor and comedian Mehar Mittal visited my family home. I remember my father positioning our new Panasonic Video Camera Recorder a few feet from where Mittal was sitting and started filming. I can remember this famous actor’s face showing some discomfort to a camera pointed at him as […]

Stories That Made Us – Hardish Virk

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Our Stories That Made Us project is led by Hardish Virk. Read his blog here about why he chose to continue his father’s work and collect his own archive of South Asian artefacts, and find out more about his 2025 exhibition at The Herbert Art Gallery at Museum, Stories That Made Us – Roots, Resilience, Representation […]

My Year at Coventry Artspace by Sophie Clausen

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Sophie Clausen worked with Coventry Artspace during Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture as our Lead Producer. Her wealth of talent and skills saw us through the Artist on My Street Project and the roll out of the Artist Development Programme, both of which were a great success. It was a delight working with […]

A visit to the seaside by Xiaohan Wu

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See the Chinese translation of this blog below! Leave all the stress to the sea – in conversation with artist Denise Startin at Arcadia Gallery   My name is Xiaohan, and I am currently studying at Warwick University for an MA in International Cultural Policy and Management. As part of my course I am currently […]

(re)assembling residencies 2020-21

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Context by Coventry Artspace In Autumn 2020, emerging artist melisandre varin was awarded the Covid Artist in Action Award, providing free use of Arcadia Gallery as a residency space. Alongside this they were also selected as the first ‘Featured Artist’ on the new Outside In Midlands Hub. Combining the benefits of both, melissandre worked on […]