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.
IN SEARCH OF SOLACE - ARTIST TERRY FLOWER TAKES UP RESIDENCY
Terry Flower will be taking up residency on Tue 22 October where he is using the downstairs space as a studio. He will be bringing the series of portraits from his studio to show ‘In search of Solace’, opening on Friday 25 October (5-9pm), also open to the public Sat 26 and Sun 27 October (10-2pm).
EXPERIENCING PLYMOUTH BEACHSCAPES WITH SHIVA KING
Artist Shiva King opens the doors to Experiencing Plymouth Beachscapes, a three-day artist’s residency at GROW, culminating in a two-day show. Shiva will be immersing herself in the captivating world of Plymouth beaches, seeking beauty amidst the debris of the shore, and embracing the significance of the Great British Beach Clean initiative.
‘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.