Artist Being Supported! Contemporary visual arts studio and project space in Blackpool. Est.2014. Engaging people with ideas, inspiration and curiosity.

Joined September 2014
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📣Announcing artists on our STAND 228 at @McrContemporary . Shout out to our Blackpool friends @GrundyBlackpool showing #ThepARTnership artists on STAND 221. @ace_national . 👁 forward to seeing @ParadiseWrks @shortsupplymcr @artistsrogue @VentureArts @WhitworthArt and more…
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Abingdon Studios are open Sat/Sun 10-4pm (doors on the latch 🫦) come upstairs and see a new solo commission by Blackpool-based artist, Kris Canavan. 🥳 coinciding with @BPLFilmFest. 🥳 Also TODAY, check out @GrundyBlackpool @ace_national
In #blackpool today for @BPLFilmFest ? 👀🎥 Join us here at Grundy before 4.45pm today to see STIM CINEMA and our friends @abingdonstudios for Kris Canavan's exhibition 'In the Shadow of' (10-4 today/tomorrow and by appt only until 20/11). Both exhibitions are FREE 🎫🎫
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‼️ ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️ Our next solo commission…. . Kris Canavan Feat. Stuart Brisley . PREVIEW FRI 01 Nov 5-7 pm . Full info via our website. . Commissioned by @abingdonstudios @ace_national . supported by @_AuntySocial_ as part of @BPLFilmFest . With thanks to LUX, London
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WORK/LEISURE_4 is active. Projects are in session. Coming soon. Chris Alton / Emily Simpson Grace Clifford Sam Williams INFO: work-leisure.org/ @GrundyBlackpool @factoryintl @ace_national @ace_thenorth
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Abingdon Studios (ABS) retweeted
WE'RE OPEN 🦩🦩🦩🦩 Garth Gratrix Flamboyant Flamingos feat. Derek Jarman Felix Gonzalez-Torres thegrundy.org/whats-on/singl… @visitBlackpool @BpoolCouncil
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THIS SATURDAY IN BLACKPOOL @GrundyBlackpool @garthgratrix Feat. Derek Jarman Felix Gonzalez-Torres & Collections Spotlight. . @abingdonstudios SAME DAY will open from 4 pm with Open Studios and solo exhibition, Dunno Dunno, by Joseph Doubtfire
OPENING THIS SATURDAY, 1PM 🦩🦩🦩🦩 thegrundy.org/whats-on/exhib…
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🚨WORK/LEISURE_4 applications are live🚨 For this 4th iteration, we've partnered with @GrundyBlackpool and @factoryintl to create 3 opps for artists to make new work in #Blackpool in 2024. Full details and app info: work-leisure.org/open-call-2… @ace_thenorth @ace_national
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A GREAT VISUAL ARTS DAY FOR BLACKPOOL ✍️🗓 ‼️Sat 06 July‼️ 1-4 pm 👀 Flamboyant Flamingos- solo exhibition by Garth Gratrix @GrundyBlackpool 4-7 pm 👀 1. Dunno Dunno- solo exhibition by Joseph Doubtfire. 2. Open Studios- meet our artists. @abingdonstudios @ace_thenorth
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@abingdonstudios is thrilled to announce that our Project Grant application to @ace_thenorth was successful. 🎉🙏 Enabling us to celebrate our 10th year as an artist-led space with a varied programme that is nuanced and relevant to the needs of artists and artistic leadership.
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@abingdonstudios Director and Clore 18 visual art fellow @garthgratrix latest provocation paper included in @CloreLeadership resource library. Fellowship supported by @ace_national @an_jobs_opps
What we can do on the periphery to commit to change in the UK Arts and Cultural Sector in a way that is ‘pace-conscious’. My Provocation Paper is now part of @CloreLeadership Research Library 🙏👀. Link Below ⬇️ cloreleadership.org/provocat…
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Abingdon Studios (ABS) retweeted
This week is #mentalhealthawarenessweek & the theme is movement. Here we share a care framework created by @joverrent @weareunltd & @thesonghunter @64M_Artists. How can you use this to develop an environment at work that supports physical activity? bit.ly/CLCareFr
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Up next @GrundyBlackpool @ace_thenorth 🌟 R A Walden 🌟 Read the article in @TheDbleNgtve 👌⬇️
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Studio member @anncarragher PhD research freshly published within this new book 👀⬇️
Delighted to have my work included in this timely publication. Witnessing first hand the consequences and trauma of partition and contested space and being able to exercise my border thinking through my PhD. #liminality #contestedspaces #trauma #partitionofireland #theborder
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Abingdon Studios (ABS) retweeted
What we can do on the periphery to commit to change in the UK Arts and Cultural Sector in a way that is ‘pace-conscious’. My Provocation Paper is now part of @CloreLeadership Research Library 🙏👀. Link Below ⬇️ cloreleadership.org/provocat…
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Last day to visit #blackpool @GrundyBlackpool incredible show @NewContemps whilst in the north before touring to @CamdenArtCentre
Join us for the final day of @NewContemps 2023 in #Blackpool. Catch the works of 55 emerging artists before the exhibition travels to @CamdenArtCentre in early 2024. FREE 2 SEE 🎟️👀 UNTIL 4.45PM
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Take a dip into the work of our director @garthgratrix . Currently showing solo show, Cheeky Felicia, @crescent_arts #scarborough Read the article @Corridor8 written by @thatlooksqueer 👁💪✍️🚨
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‘Nostalgia often gives comfort, but Gratrix’s reality is so much more bracing. Take a dip!’ Even Allen (@thatlooksqueer) reviews Garth Gratrix: Cheeky Felicia at @crescent_arts, Scarborough, on until 18 February. corridor8.co.uk/article/gart…
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Todays the day @McrContemporary . Visit us at Stand 228 this weekend. . @abingdonstudios showing 20 artists inc. studio members, Work/Leisure residency artists and commissioned exhibition artists. . Blackpool, The Hebrides, Lancashire, London, Manchester, Margate and more….
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🥳🥳🥳🥁🥁🥁@McrContemporary this year (Stand 228). Showcasing 19 artists from Blackpool & beyond. All of which we have supported through studios, bursaries, residencies and exhibition commissions over the last few years. . 📸 Chippy Fork, Matthew Dowell. Cast sterling silver 👌
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Abingdon Studios (ABS) retweeted
Studio members of @abingdonstudios #blackpool are showing works and works-in-progress. Coinciding with @NewContemps @GrundyBlackpool Appointment requests via Instagram: abingdonstudios_projectspace. Testing ideas ahead of @McrContemporary
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