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Brushwork Unmasked
Starts 16th of January for 10 weeks: Dive deep into the world of mark making in this comprehensive 10-week course, where you'll unearth the secrets behind the art of painting.
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Art and Artists 4 (2025)
17 Feb: Art and Oscar Wilde “All Art is perfectly useless” he said. Was he right? A talk about the Aesthetic Movement and Wilde’s place as the self-proclaimed “Professor of Aesthetics”.
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Monthly Print Club
next on 14 Jan: Print Club is a social, sharing, learning group, set up to offer a studio space where people with some experience of the process can come to experiment and produce their own prints.
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Nature-inspired abstract painting
25 Jan: Discover the beauty of nature through the lens of abstract painting in this immersive one-day workshop. Perfect for artists of all levels, this session will guide you in translating the natural world's organic shapes, colours, and textures onto canvas in innovative and expressive ways.
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Our Shop supporting local creatives
See our range of cards, prints, ceramics, glassware, homeware, bags, t-shirts, accessories and craft kits for kids. Many of our products are designed and made locally and sustainably.
The Whitstable Seaside Guide commissioned by The Horsebridge is now in stock.
Art Bank accessible art materials for all
We collect unwanted arts and crafts materials (and books) and offer these on a “pay what you can basis” along with using some of the materials in Art Bank Live! sessions where you can try something new in an informal, supportive session.
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Become a FRIEND of The Horsebridge
Becoming a FRIEND not only gives you great benefits, but it really does support and benefit& us too.
With your support and donations we are able to open 6 days a week. You support us delivering youth and teen projects all year and we can provide accessible activities and community events.
Hire a room
Did you know we have rooms and spaces available for hire at incredibly reasonable rates at the centre?
Whether you are looking for a one-to-one meeting space, a creative space for workshops and demonstrations or somewhere to take the team away for the day we have spaces that can fit up to 220 people. You can also hire multiple rooms to create break out spaces at different times of the day.
Better still we are in a fantastic location right by the sea and in the heart of Whitstable. A chance for a working from home team to meet up and work together?
Prices start from £15 an hour, and you can hire as a one off or make regular bookings. We have facilities you'd expect like WiFi and our team can make sure the room furniture is setup before you arrive.
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WHAT'S ON NEXT
Centre Closed To Public
Tuesday 14 January12:00am to 11:59pm
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Adult Classes & Workshops
Adult Classes & Workshops
Centre Closed To Public
Tuesday 21 January12:00am to 11:59pm
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Adult Classes & Workshops
Centre Closed To Public
Tuesday 28 January12:00am to 11:59pm
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Adult Classes & Workshops
Centre Closed To Public
Tuesday 4 February12:00am to 11:59pm
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Adult Classes & Workshops
Adult Classes & Workshops
Studio Sessions: The Ideas of Portrayal: Childhood Favourite Portraits
Saturday 8 February10:00am to 4:00pm
Centre Closed To Public
Tuesday 11 February12:00am to 11:59pm
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Adult Classes & Workshops
Childrens Classes & Workshops
SUPPORT
Your support has made so many of our past events, projects and everyday activities possible. Projects like the 2022 Jubilee community celebrations and ongoing Art Bank along with our regular activities like Young Makers Club and volunteer sessions are only possible because of the donations we receive and regular support of our amazing Friends.