About Turf

Founded in 2013 by Croydon locals, Turf Projects is Croydon’s homegrown artist space and the first entirely artist-run contemporary art space in the borough.

Based in Croydon’s Whitgift Shopping Centre, we;

🌱 Put on free exhibitions, showcasing local & national artists.

🌱 Run free creative workshops, open to all, including skills workshops for artists, Family Art Fun Days & workshops with local schools.

🌱 Provide affordable artist studios.

🌱 Host two collectives of local artists; MOSS (a collective of local learning disabled artists) and Art Press (a collective of Croydon artists aged 13-18).

🌱 Host a community project space which is free to use by Croydon locals.

🌱 Run a support & residency programme for Croydon School of Art & BRIT school students, family workshops, projects with local schools & more.

🌱 Support artists with paid opportunities via exhibitions, workshops and commissions, with a principle that artists should be fairly paid for their work and time. Since 2013 Turf has supported the work of over 500 artists!

Turf is a registered charity (#1160527), and currently exists across two meanwhile-use retail units.

A second site at Keeley Road, ‘Little Turf’, is our original home which now houses production space for artists & makers. You can hire that for commercial productions, too!

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