8 Oct 2021
Leading arts organisations based in Plymouth have secured a £100,000 grant from Arts Council England to support the city’s hosting of British Art Show 9 (BAS9). The funding award comes just as the twelve month countdown to the prestigious exhibition begins. "Arts venues mark one year to British Art Show 9 with £100k funding boost" Read more
7 Oct 2021
From October, three new artists will be joining the studio community at KARST. Two artists are Plymouth-based and will join KARST on an ongoing basis. The third is a BA Fine Art graduate from Bath Spa University joining us for a five month residency. "KARST welcomes three new studio artists" Read more
2 Sep 2021
KARST is excited to invite you to our next exhibition, Bedwyr Williams’ MILQUETOAST - open from 11am on Friday 24 September. This major new body of work by Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams satirizes the art world through sculpture, video, painting and drawing. The exhibition also includes his witty and acerbic autobiographical Instagram drawings in "Introducing Bedwyr Williams’ MILQUETOAST" Read more
2 Sep 2021
In October 2021, two studios will become available at KARST and we are inviting applications from artists interested in joining our community. Applications are judged on individual artist’s needs and scope for progression. Priority is given to artists who are able to evidence a sustained practice and potential for further development within their work. "Studio open call" Read more
16 Jul 2021
KARST completed an extensive refurbishment before reopening in July this year with the Plymouth Contemporary 21 open exhibition. Occupying a 7,000 sq. ft. industrial unit, the gallery is a more accessible and environmentally friendly space ahead of hosting the British Art Show 9 next year. "KARST reopens with increased accessibility, environmental credentials and new exhibition" Read more
6 May 2021
An international line-up of established and emerging creative talent has been selected for exhibition at this year’s Plymouth Contemporary. Twenty-nine artists from around the world, working across different and varying disciplines including fine art and performance, will exhibit 44 works of art for this third staging of the prestigious event. Held across two galleries in the city – KARST and the University of Plymouth’s Levinsky Gallery – and with support from The Box, Plymouth Contemporary 2021 will run from 7 July – 5 September, and will explore the theme of ‘Making It’. "Artists announced for Plymouth Contemporary 2021" Read more
9 Apr 2021
British Art Show 9 will focus on migration when it reaches Plymouth next year, speaking to the city’s longstanding maritime history and its role in colonisation. The show's overall themes are Healing, Care and Reparative History; Tactics for Togetherness, and Imagining New Futures. "Themes for British Art Show 9" Read more
1 Apr 2021
"KARST to receive £42000 from second round of Government’s Culture Recovery Fund" Read more
25 Feb 2021
KARST has been awarded funding to research a digital solution to international artistic collaboration restrictions because of the Covid-19 epidemic. KARST will receive money from the British Council Arts Digital Collaboration Fund to research the development of a collaborative digital platform that aims to preserve and interpret Highlife music’s legacy, reinventing it for a new generation of musicians and audiences in Ghana and internationally. Through the project Mogya Na Nsuo (Blood and Water), KARST will work with UK artist Larry Achiampong and Julia Greenway, a curator focussing on how digital media influences the aesthetic presentation of gender, economics, and environment. It is a collaboration with the Bokoor African Popular Music Archive Foundation in Ghana. "KARST awarded funding for international digital collaboration" Read more
