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KARST is recruiting for an Operations Manager

KARST is seeking a highly organised, ambitious and dynamic Operations Manager to direct a collaborative, diverse and effective working environment, across the organisation.

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Studio Open Call

This March, two studios will become available at KARST and Under (the unit below KARST’s main space). We are inviting applications from artists interested in joining KARST’s community. Applicants are judged on individual needs and scope for progression. Priority is given to artists who are able to evidence a sustained practice and potential for further …

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Against Apartheid School Workshops

Last month, we had the opportunity to work with students from St Andrews Primary School as part of our exhibition Against Apartheid. The students were given a tour of both the gallery and an artist’s studio. This was followed by two workshop sessions, led by KARST studio holder Anna Boland, in which the students explored their …

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Against Apartheid: Keynote Speech by Annalee Davis

On the opening night of our current exhibition Against Apartheid, Barbadian visual artist and writer Annalee Davis gave a keynote speech on her practice which combined history and biography in discussions of ‘post-plantation economies’ with cultural activism in the arts sector.   Didn’t make the live event? You can watch the full recording here:   …

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Black Atlantic

SATURDAY 25 – SUNDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2023 Black Atlantic is a weekend of public programming where participants are invited to consider how far racial equity and inclusion can serve as creative tactics for the imagination of just and sustainable planetary futures here and now. The weekend will be a celebration of such tactics in all …

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Against Apartheid: Artist Panel

Last month, curator Ashish Ghadiali brought together artists Annalee Davis, Kedisha Coakley, Iman Datoo and Ashanti Hare for a panel discussion hosted in KARST’s Fenster space as part of the opening event for our current exhibition, Against Apartheid. Didn’t make the live event? Scroll down to watch the full recording.     Film: Craig Whyte

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Graduate Residents join KARST

This month, KARST is pleased to welcome two graduate artists for a six-month studio residency, Beth Evans (Arts University Plymouth) and Sophie Lines (Bath Spa University). Beth Evans is a multidisciplinary artist, illustrator and writer whose practice is informed by both lived experience and imagined realities. Taking influence from the scientific and the poetic, Beth …

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Open City Season

This autumn, Radical Ecology, KARST and other partners present the Open City season of decolonial art and public programming.  Open City invites artists, activists and thinkers from across south-west England to listen, walk and dream together as we explore the essential role of inclusive civic spaces in creating just and sustainable planetary futures.  Centred around …

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New studio holders announced

Four new studio holders have joined KARST’s community, taking residence in Under – the space below KARST. We welcome Rachel Dobbs and Hannah Rose (LOW PROFILE), Tom Pether and Arielle Etheridge.  LOW PROFILE are artists Rachel Dobbs and Hannah Rose who have been working together in collaboration since 2003. The pair are most interested in …

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UNDER Studio Open Call

In August 2023, a new studio will become available at UNDER (the unit below KARST’s main space). This is a raw studio space similar to how KARST studios were before our recent capital works project.   Studio Facilities & Membership: 24 hour access Limited number of allocated parking spaces Kitchen facilities Communal social area  Meeting …

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Introducing Fenster

Introducing Fenster – a dynamic new space at KARST that we invite artists, curators and students to activate. The flexible nature of the space encourages versatility, creating the conditions for a multitude of uses, including learning, experimenting and connecting.  How are we using the space? Fenster was created as a space for KARST studio holders to …

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Graduate Residents reflect on their time at KARST

Mitzi Dabrowski and Ashanti Hare (left to right) have come to the end of their graduate residency at KARST. We asked them to reflect on their experience having a studio at KARST and presenting the work they developed over the residency in their Test Space – Recorded Offerings.   How has having a studio at …

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KARST x KIND: SPY-nul by Anna Boland

SPY-nul is an exhibition at Studio KIND. by KARST studio holder Anna Boland. The exhibition combines large-scale sculptures and projected media to create an immersive environment exploring the internal world. Bringing together research on biological forms, the air we breathe and Plato’s writing on the structure of elements, Anna embraces a fascination with the things …

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Image by Dom Moore.

Artists in Schools

As part of British Art Show 9 (BAS9), KARST ran an Artists in Schools programme in partnership with The Box and in collaboration with Millfields Inspired.

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Laura Hopes: Weather Station

New studio holders announced

Four new studio holders have joined KARST’s community, taking residence in the Under – the space below KARST.

"New studio holders announced"
Hanna Tuulikki Seals'kin (2022 film still).

Hanna Tuulikki Seals’kin Vocal Workshop and Performance

Join artist Hanna Tuulikki for a vocal workshop and take part in an improvised performance in Plymouth. Workshop: 12 Nov, 2pm (duration: 2.5 hours). Location: Room 206-207 Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University Performance: 13 Nov, 9am (duration: 45 minute). Location: Devils Point. Seals’kin: calling for the turning of the tide* Come together to sing an …

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Open call: British Art Show 9 artist crits

KARST and CAMP have organised a series of one-to-one crits with artists exhibiting in British Art Show 9 (BAS9) for Plymouth, Devon & Cornwall-based artists. The artists will do five crits, each lasting 45 minutes. Crits will take place at KARST in the CAMP library between 09:30-14:30. It is recommended – but not essential – …

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Graduate Residents join KARST

In October, KARST is pleased to welcome two graduate artists for a six-month studio residency, Ashanti Hare (Arts University Plymouth) and Mitzi Dabrowski (Bath Spa University). Ashanti is a Devon based multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores the duality of existing as both human being and spiritual entity. Combining digital manipulation, folk craftsmanship and writing, Hare …

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Beatrice Gibson, I Hope I’m Loud When I’m Dead, 2018, film still. © the artist. Courtesy the artist and Laura Bartlett Gallery.

Artists announced for final leg of British Art Show 9 in Plymouth

37 artists have been confirmed for this fourth and final stop on the national tour, which brings the work of some of the UK’s most exciting contemporary artists to four cities every five years. British Art Show 9 is curated by Irene Aristizábal and Hammad Nasar and highlights work that has been made since 2015. …

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Kevin Hunt, (lowkey), 2022

Kevin Hunt (lowkey)

(lowkey) is Liverpudlian artist Kevin Hunt’s first solo exhibition, bringing together several strands of his practice in a gallery setting for the very first time.

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