Home is where the garden is

22nd August - 24th August 2025

Roland Ross

Despacitos Art School's Summer Exhibition at the Roland Ross Gallery in Margate

Open daily... 12 noon - 5pm

An exhibition of artwork made by Despacito Art School with guest artists Samara Scott, Harold Offeh and Flora Parrott, with the work made with community partners as part of Open School East’s roaming civic project Home is where the garden is.

Open School East’s 2024-26 programming cycle is Home is where the garden is. The cycle explores the garden as a metaphor for spaces of cultivation, rooting, and unexpected encounters. It is built around an ecological, rhizomatic framework that focuses on the networks, systems and communities that form civic space.

Community partners include: AgeUK Thanet, Ark (Cliftonville Cultural Space), Cliftonville Community Centre, Roma Drom: Cliftonville Culture Centre and Millmead Community Centre.

Exhibition Events

Friday 22nd August, 4pm – 6pm... Opening preview and celebration for families, community partners and the public – speeches start promptly at 5pm

RSVP for the exhibition opening

Saturday 23rd August, 2pm – 3.30pm... Tour of the exhibition and community garden at EthelAthel Alley, starting at Roland Ross

Click here to book your place on the tour

Sunday 24th August, 12 noon – 5pm... Drop-in poster-making workshop with the Home is where the garden is mobile growing unit – all welcome, just turn up!

Click here to find out more about the Roland Ross Gallery

Tickets and Pricing

Free

Location

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Address

Home is where the garden is Roland Ross Gallery, 231 Northdown Road, Margate
CT9 2PJ

Contact

info@roland-ross.com 07972 877251

Links

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