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Covid-19 update: our learning programmes have now resumed physically in our space following social distancing guidelines. Activities involving members of the public continue to take place online or outdoors. Please visit the Public Events & Short Courses page to find out about our activities and their location.
Open School East is a free, independent art school and community space that focuses on collective learning through the arts.
Featured content
September – October
Topics in Critical Thought, 2020
- Short Course
, 2–3:30pm
A view on to the street: a short history of community research, oral history and local publishing, with Ken Worpole
- Seminars
CANCELLED
*CANCELLED* La Poupe, live film performance with Anthea Hamilton
- Public event
From the archive
Every two months we will feature an event from our archive. Presently, we invite you to listen to a recording of Open School East’s inaugural public discussion ‘Art, School, Society’ from back in 2013, with speakers Elena Crippa (curator, researcher and lecturer), Alistair Hudson (deputy director, Grizedale Arts), Janna Graham (projects curator, Serpentine Gallery), Ahmet Öğüt (artist and initiator of The Silent University).
About
Established in 2013 and located in Margate, Open School East is a free, independent art school and community space that focuses on collective learning through the arts. We support artists at an early stage of their career to develop and sustain their practice, and enable young people and adults alike to learn new and transferable skills, develop their confidence and shape their creative voice by becoming active learners and co-producers of OSE’s programmes.
Past events
, 2–3:30pm
A view on to the street: a short history of community research, oral history and local publishing, with Ken Worpole
- Seminars
, 11am–5pm
The Magic of an Ordinary Day with Sue Emm
- Workshops
Every Wednesday from 8 July to 2 September 2020, 3-5pm
Doorstep Despacito
- Despacito Art School