About Turf

Founded in 2013 by Croydon locals, Turf Projects is the first entirely artist-run contemporary art space in Croydon, South London.

A registered charity (#1160527), Turf has supported the work of over 400 artists to date through a programme of free public exhibitions, workshops and events.

Turf also run vocational skills workshops for artists, MOSS (a collective of learning disabled adult artists), Art Press (a young peoples collective of Croydon locals aged 14-21), a support & residency programme for Croydon School of Art students, family workshops, projects with local schools & more.

Turf currently exists across two meanwhile-use retail units.

Our main unit in Croydon’s Whitgift Shopping Centre houses:

👉 Our gallery space, exhibiting the work of both local & national, emerging & established artists
👉 A creative workshop & events space (also available for hire)
👉 Artists’ studio space
👉 An open-use shared community project & exhibition space.

A second site at Keeley Road, ‘Little Turf’, is our original home which now houses a coworking space and expanded studio provision for artists & makers.

For more info about current exhibitions or to get involved, please email us at info@turf-projects.com

// TEAM

Marketing & Communications // B Atherton, Skye Baker, Rosie Mills Eckmire

Learning // Rosie Mills Eckmire, Skye Baker

Finance Officer // Belinda Brissett

Director // Alice Cretney

Artist Development // Holly Graham

Community & Accessibility // Jhinuk Sarkar

Previous Team Members ❤🌱 // Chris Alton, Mandisa Apena, Deborah Findlater, Oscar Gaynor, Isabelle Zhizhi Southwood

// CO-FOUNDERS

Alice Cretney // Aoife Flynn // B Atherton // Isabelle Zhizhi Southwood // Jack Friswell // Helena Wee // Tom Winter

// BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Eleanor Breeze // Caroline Dawson // Mary Lee (Treasurer) // Becky Lyon (Secretary) // John Messenbird // Ugo Okoroafor (Treasurer from Apr 2021) // Yusuf Osman (Chair) // Isabelle Zhizhi Southwood // Kamy Wicks

// PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS

Ines Canellas-Jager (Chair) // Eunice Dickinson // Harriet Warden // Jacinta Bridge // Doug Bowen // Mireille Fauchon // Aoife Flynn // Nigel Dias // Andrew Dickinson // Clair Donnelly // John Lawlor // Holly Lewis // David McLeavy // Jasmine Popper // Vincent Lacovara

// TURF FRIENDS

Kiera Blakey // Alice Channer // James Lewis // Will Pham & others who wish to remain anonymous

// SUPPORTERS

Are you a business who wants to show their support for our charity in some way? Get in touch at becky@turf-projects.com and let’s chat! Take a look below to see who’s helped us so far.

Thanks to: 34sp for hosting our website for free via their awesome charity hosting programme (strong recommend for their amazing support too) // Richard Bray for hosting us for many years prior to that // cartridgesave.co.uk for donating a set of toner and imaging drums // fastprint.co.uk for supporting us with stickers // POSCA for a donation of their glorious chalk markers.