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Turf is Croydon’s homegrown art space.

We put on exhibitions & workshops, provide artists with opportunities, space & resources & host collectives.

The Forever Temporary

Nicolaas van de Lande & Lucía Scarselletta

30 Oct

to 22 Mar 2025

How do we name a place home when it feels forever temporary? Through soft sculptural works, woven texts and film, Nicolaas van de Lande & Lucía Scarselletta explore the tender threads of existing in precarious housing environments.

Parasite TV

PolyVocalCity

28 Sep

to 12 Oct 2024

Parasite TV is a four episode show, adopting different formats from a talk show giving voice to the inhabitants (both human and more than human) of a tower block, inviting you to meet Croydon’s local through music and conversations.

Fungus Press Residency: ‘Passing Through’

Becky Bone

28 Sep

to 6 Dec 2024

‘passing through’ is a poetic response to the act of moving through each site at different times; stopping and observing what or who else is passing through; but also imagining what or who else has and will.

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Upcoming events

Ceramics Space Induction

Our monthly Inductions to use the facilities will take place on the first Saturday of each month.

Ceramics

Family Art Fun Day – Experimental Embroidery

Let’s learn new tools to produce art together whilst being kind to our environment!

Families, The Forever Temporary

‘Passing Through’ – Creative Writing Workshop

A gentle walking and writing workshop starting at Turf Projects and passing through the Fungus Press sites with current resident artist Becky Bone.

Openings & Project-Related

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Black Lives Matter

Art Press: Turf’s resident collective of young Croydon artists.

Turf are looking for trustees

Writing

Nammy Wams (AP LIFE Croydon FM) x Shellsondeck

Nammy Wams

Shop

Mystery Patches! Bundle of 5

£10.00

Makers of Stuff Squad: Turf’s resident collective of local learning disabled artists.

Tomorrow Sat 7 Dec is the Croydon Town Centre Rege

Tomorrow Sat 7 Dec is the Croydon Town Centre Regeneration Strategy: Festive Pop-Up Day!

Come and join in a day of festive activities, to say thank you for your input so far and feed into next stages of the strategy;

💌 Crafty Croydon: Make Your Own Greetings Card
10am – 5 pm
Pop in at any time, to make greetings cards inspired by your favourite places in Croydon.

🏗️ How does Croydon get made? A community workshop.
3 – 3:30 pm
Want to learn more about how decisions get made about your town centre? Come and join us for one of two interactive workshops

🤖 Ask Chat GPT: An AI workshop to look into the future of Croydon.
2– 2:30 pm &
4 – 4:30 pm
Curious about how AI can help to demystify complex documents? Join a practical workshop to learn about the principles of AI.

While you're there, you can learn more about these ideas, and share your thoughts via an interactive display, featuring proposals from the Croydon Town Centre Regeneration Strategy for how spaces and activities may need to change to make the vision for the town centre a reality.

Croydon Urban Room, Units 161-162 & 1161-1162, Whitgift Centre, Croydon CR01UQ
Free and open to all; no booking required.

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Croydon Council is creating a new strategy to underpin the regeneration being planned for the town centre. A series of creative activities provide opportunities for the community, businesses and partners to get involved. Turf is part of a multi-disciplinary team led by We Made That on the project, working with Croydon Council in partnership with the GLA.

#TurfTBT Old pix from our 'Stones of Croydon' dra

#TurfTBT

Old pix from our 'Stones of Croydon' drawing tours back in 2014/15 evidence how Croydon's changed in the past few years... or not changed as in the case of the pumphouse (slide 6) & Leslie (slide 10) which are still empty and semi-derelict🙄. East Croydon (2) is wildly different with several new buildings and Boxpark. Beloved indie stronghold St George's Walk (4) is half demolished, in development hell and on its 4th(!) developer. The midcentury artwork by Peter Youngman (5) in College Green mysteriously disappeared. And Thornton Heath pond (8) lost ALL of its surrounding pubs. Bit of a bleak outlook!

Should we bring these drawing tours back?

TOMORROW 4 December 2024 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Tho

TOMORROW 4 December 2024
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Thornton Heath Library, 190 Brigstock Rd, Thornton Heath, CR7 7JB

Come pop-by Thornton Heath Library to find out more and input your thoughts on the developing proposals for the Croydon Town Centre Regeneration Strategy. At this drop-in you can come and speak to members of the Project Team. They will be on hand to take you through the ideas that have been shared so far, and listen to your comments, thoughts, and queries.

Topics include:
- Places that celebrate Croydon’s heritage, identity and culture
- Places to shop, relax, socialise and work
- Places that are accessible, welcoming and safe
- Places that help Croydon’s communities to live happy, healthy lives

Drop-in when it suits you, there is no need to book!

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Croydon Council is creating a new strategy to underpin the regeneration being planned for the town centre. A series of creative activities provide opportunities for the community, businesses and partners to get involved.

Croydon Town Centre Regeneration Strategy: Festive

Croydon Town Centre Regeneration Strategy: Festive Pop-Up Day
Sat 7 Dec
10am– 5 pm
Croydon Urban Room, Units 161-162 & 1161-1162, Whitgift Centre, Croydon CR01UQ

Free and open to all; no booking required.

Come and join us for a day of festive activities, to say thank you for your input on the Croydon Town Centre Regeneration Strategy so far and to input into next stages of the strategy. We have heard from nearly 1,900 of you on the vision for the future town centre! We Made That have teamed up with A Very Croydon Christmas, to offer a series of interactive and creative workshops:

💌 Crafty Croydon: Make Your Own Greetings Card
10am – 5 pm
Pop in at any time, to make greetings cards inspired by your favourite places in Croydon. Get creative with drawing, collage, and more. Suitable for children aged 5-12, but all are welcome!

🏗️ How does Croydon get made? A community workshop.
1 – 1:30 pm
3 – 3:30 pm
Want to learn more about how decisions get made about your town centre? Come and join us for one of two interactive workshops, with the Project Team, and Council's Regeneration Team.

🤖 Ask Chat GPT: An AI workshop to look into the future of Croydon.
2– 2:30 pm
4 – 4:30 pm
Curious about how AI can help to demystify complex documents? Join a practical workshop to learn about the principles of AI, and test out your new skills, by quizzing the Croydon Town Centre Strategy.

There will be an interactive display, featuring proposals from the Croydon Town Centre Regeneration Strategy for how spaces and activities may need to change to make the vision for the town centre a reality. While you are here, you can learn more about these ideas, and share your thoughts.

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Croydon Council is creating a new strategy to underpin the regeneration being planned for the town centre. A series of creative activities provide opportunities for the community, businesses and partners to get involved. Turf is part of a multi-disciplinary team led by We Made That on the project, working with Croydon Council in partnership with the GLA.

Project Space: a free creative space for Croydon l

Project Space: a free creative space for Croydon locals!

Project Space is a creative community project space which is FREE to use by Croydon locals for projects, events and exhibitions for two weeks (this will extend to one month from Spring 2024)

The aim of the Project Space is to give local people and organisations the chance to test out ideas and projects that they might not otherwise have the opportunity to, when space is increasingly challenging to find at reasonable cost in Croydon, especially with good access and visibility. Priority is given to nonprofit groups, early career and under-supported creatives.

🌱 About the space:
- Approx 38 sq/m
- Window visibility with the shopping centre
- Equipt with projector
- Full cork wall

🌱 Conditions of use:
- You must be living and/or working in Croydon, or working directly with a local on your project.
- For any creative use.
- You’re responsible for all of install, deinstall and marketing of your use.
- You must leave the space as you found it.
- We ask that funded projects pay for space use where they are able. This helps us keep the space available for free for those who need it most.

🔗 Link in bio!

Touch and Explore! 🤚 Did you know that you can

Touch and Explore! 🤚

Did you know that you can get your hands onto the materials the arists used for your current show? In our sample section of the exhibition, we invite you to discover odd shapes, little details and soft textures. And...can you find the hidden words?

There is also a large print of the exhibition text and visual descriptions available and we are more than happy to offer a touch or audio described tour. Just come around and chat to us!

🔗 More info on 'The Forever Temporary' in bio!

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Est 2013, Turf is Croydon’s homegrown art space; free exhibitions & workshops, studios & collectives run by creatives for creatives.
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46-47 Trinity Court, Whitgift Centre, Croydon CR01UQ. For detailed visitor info, click here.

Monday	Closed
Tuesday	Closed
Wednesday	11:00 — 17:00
Thursday	11:00 — 17:00
Friday	11:00 — 17:00
Saturday	11:00 — 17:00
Sunday	Closed
21 Aug	Closed

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