As any artist will testify, exhibiting your work is an exciting opportunity and such opportunities come in all forms; from traditional gallery exhibiting, taking part in a seasonal arts’ festivals or filling a public space.

So when the opp to take over GAP shop front came up, myself a bunch of artist friends jumped straight in! It is incredibly sad that our town centres are being depleted of brand shops as our love affair with online shopping grows. Yet, to fill the void, its a fabulous way to promote the creative industry and the local talent within it. Buying and viewing art just got a whole lot easier. Lets face it, you could pop into M&S for your underwear and then pop across the Mall and purchase a very affordable piece of art? What a fab slant on the shopping experience!

I find it totally heartwarming that artists are now given such great opportunities to get work ’out there’ in public spaces like this one, and same time inspiring and adding colour to peoples’ day!

Early next week (from 11th Jan) we shall be setting the space up. (Prices, contact details etc. on each artwork will be clearly labelled).

The exhibition runs until 9th Feb.

Venue: GAP adults & kids, Royal Victoria Place, Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK

Exhibiting partners: Evie Armstrong, Jess Chapman, Georgina Luck

You can also find all of us at the Bell’s Yew Green (Space2Make) studios if you wish to view our works, purchase, chat commissions.

Its worth keeping an eye on my ‘Events’ page for dates and venues if planning to visit.

Tan x