Throughout March we are delighted to be showing recent drawings, ceramics and sculpture by Rachael House – work to buoy us up in difficult times. ‘Resistance and Repair’ – we need both. Continue reading
Author Archives: Xtina Lamb
Shadow Shop – Circo Rum Ba Ba
Circo Rum Ba Ba return with their beautiful, live shadow puppet show in our windows, telling a story of magic and environmental peril, with costumed performers and music. Continue reading
One Day: Holocaust Memorial Day & LGBT+ History Month
This year’s theme of ‘One Day’ was chosen for an installation of remembrance for Nazi victims who were Jewish, gay men, and people with disabilities. Continue reading
Creatures of Light & Darkness
An exhibition of magic lantern apparitions by Nicole Mollett and Frog Morris is lighting up our January windows at INTRA. The show mixes antique glass slides with modern imagery, humour and live audience interaction, a playful take on the dark and twisty moods lurking in corners at a murky time of year. Continue reading
‘Points In Between’ and ‘Fun Never Dies’
For December we have two amazing exhibitions in our windows: David O’Mara’s photography, collage and handmade books, and photos from Nye Martin’s 1980s archive celebrating Gillingham Skatepark’s skateboarding and BMX community. Continue reading
‘Map Series’ and ‘Boundary Lines’
November’s exhibition, curated by Jas Dhillon, brings two Margate-based artists to our windows: ‘Boundary Lines’ – Geoffrey Chambers’ ink on paper works, and Catherine Chinatree’s ‘Map Series’ assemblages. These two collections of work compliment each other in scale and themes, exploring geography, heritage and invisible boundaries. Continue reading
Mexican Day Of The Dead
At the end of October it’s time to honour lost loved ones again, with one of our favourite festivals. Decorate sugar skulls or lantern shrine jars, screen print tote bags with skull and flower designs, cut colourful papel picado hanging banners, make a skull mask or choose other creative activities in this day inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead. Continue reading
Gallery Launch & Pop Up Museum
We’ve been busy at INTRA during lockdown – a refitted windows gallery, a new festival Ebb & Flow, a Pop Up Museum, and more! Continue reading
Closer Than You Think
For Holocaust Memorial Day and LGBT History Month, we’re proud to be part of ‘Closer Than You Think’, a project bringing together our neighbours The Ship Inn (thought to be one of the oldest LGBT pubs in the country) and the Chatham Memorial Synagogue. Continue reading
Hopes & Dreams
Join in with Hopes & Dreams, and help artist Xtina Lamb to make large illuminated lanterns for the Pentagon Shopping Centre in Chatham, by creating pictures or patterns from plastic bags. Continue reading