Grow’s Blog
Follow the journey of Grow Plymouth as it transforms from a unused building in the city centre into a creative home for painters, digital artists, and socially engaged practitioners, with a ground-floor Project and Event Space.
PLYMOUTH ART WEEKNDER 2026
Join us at Grow Plymouth for Plymouth Art Weekender 2026, 16–18 October, featuring Totems for Troubling Timesby Room to Manoeuvre and 20 guest artists, a Friday evening Ritual Celebration, and Grow Plymouth Open Studiosacross the weekend.
ERICA LUKE SELECTED FOR DEVON OPEN STUDIOS EMERGING ARTIST BURSARY
Visit us to explore the work of Erica Luke as she opens up her creative process, sharing sketchbooks, works in progress, paintings and prints as part of her Emerging Artist Bursary Award for Devon Open Studios 2026.
VOICING THE OTHER: HUMAN AND NON-HUMAN
This April 2026, we welcome artists, researchers and collaborators Jaana Erkkilä-Hill and Angela Bartram for a three-week residency in the project space, exploring Voicing the Other.
KING TIDE WITH KAYLA PARKER AND STUART MOORE
This March, we welcome artist Kayla Parker and film-maker Stuart Moore for a three-week residency responding to the heritage and environment of the Mount Batten peninsula.
LET’S SEA YOUR TATTS WITH LAURA HOPES AND LOW PROFILE
SUN, WIND & RAIN. DON’T COMPLAIN.
Artist Kieran Walsh brings his work together in this pop-up residency this September to share recent portraits and landscapes. The paintings reflect a deep connection to Plymouth’s people and places as he prepares to leave the city. It’s a fond farewell for now, but by no means a goodbye.
“…AND BREATHE…” NEW RESIDENCY WITH MEGAN ROBERTS
Artist Megan Robertson will be popping up at the Project space over the coming months. On Sat 27 September (11am-3pm), as part of Grow Plymouth’s Open Studios, Megan invites you to come find out about her new project and join in with a drop-in collage session!
SUE LEWRY’S MOBILE PRINTMAKING MACHINE ‘COLOSSAL’
On Saturday 7 September (11-3pm), the artists of Grow will be opening their studios to show what goes on behind studio doors and artist-in-residence Sue Lewry will be revealing ‘Colossal’ a mobile printmaking machine in the ground floor space.
LOCAL PEOPLE SEW A KILOMETRE OF STITCHES BY HAND TO MAKE NEW ARTWORKS
Plymouth-based artists LOW PROFILE (Rachel Dobbs and Hannah Rose) have been inviting local people to join them once a month for open sewing sessions at GROW to make a series of new banners using simple patchwork and hand-quilting techniques. This month, the finished banners will go on show for the first time at an exhibition in GROW.
‘PRACTICE IN PROGRESS: TOWARDS A TRANSFORMABLE MAPPING METHODOLOGY’
Architectural researcher Leah Dinning joins us for her day residency on Friday 28 April, showcasing her Practice in Progress from her PhD at the University of Plymouth exploring the liminal nature of public space in the city.
ART AND ENERGY AT GROW
From the 23– 29 March 2023, Art and Energy will be in residence at GROW to experiment, play, learn and share! Take a look through Grow’s window throughout the week or join them at one of their pop-up events to make and share your views on energy, moss and more.
‘10 YEARS OF RECENT PAINTINGS’, PART OF PLYMOUTH’S ‘FIRST THURSDAY’
New show ‘10 YEARS OF RECENT PAINTINGS’’ opens on Thursday 2 June 2022 with the works of Plymouth-based artists Llyr Davies and Lee Stonehouse to mark ten years since they met and studied Fine Art at The University of Plymouth.