Join us for the closing event of Voicing the Other, marking the end of a three-week residency with artists Dr Jaana Erkkilä-Hill and Dr Angela Bartram.

The evening will share insights from the residency, including works developed through letter writing, sound, drawing, and video, exploring relationships between human and non-human beings.

FREE, ALL WELCOME

Join artists Dr Jaana Erkkilä-Hill and Dr Angela Bartram during their residency in Grow’s Project Space for an open studio session exploring Voicing the Other.

A second opportunity to experience the Voicing the Other residency in progress.

Drop in to meet the artists, learn more about their research, and take part in this reflective and participatory project exploring communication across species.

This project looks at ways of communicating with human and non-human beings through letter writing, drawing, sound, and video. Visitors are invited to spend time in the space, observe the process, ask questions, and contribute their own letters.

FREE, ALL WELCOME

Join artists Dr Jaana Erkkilä-Hill and Dr Angela Bartram during their residency in Grow’s Project Space for an open studio session exploring Voicing the Other.

This project looks at ways of communicating with human and non-human beings through letter writing, drawing, sound, and video. Visitors are invited to spend time in the space, observe the process, ask questions, and contribute their own letters.

FREE, ALL WELCOME

Sea for Yourself open studio sessions at GROW with artist film-makers Kayla Parker and Stuart Moore

Friday 20th March 2026 from 5.00pm to 7.00pm
Saturday 21st March 2026 from 11.00am to 2.00pm

The open studio sessions at GROW are an opportunity for us to share work-in-progress for our Sea for Yourself Mount Batten Project, based in Grow’s ground floor project space.

Visitors can talk to the artist-in-residence about their work with film and sound; and they’ll show a taster of the 360 film work they’re making currently with the children at Hooe Primary Academy and the ‘green shoots’ of our short film poem, ‘King Tide’, which we’ve been able to cultivate through this residency – all focused on the Mount Batten peninsula, its heritage and maritime environment.

At the open studio sessions people can see:

• a taster of the 360 film, reformatted for single screen;

• a compilation of the 35mm sequences for ‘King Tide’, along with examples of examples of our previous, short direct animation film poems ‘Purling’, ‘Cadence’, ‘Flow’, and ‘Flora’;

• lightbox display of 35mm artwork for ‘King Tide’;

• wall-mounted lightbox of direct animation time-lapse 35mm artwork for ‘Sunset Strip’, the year of sunsets film commissioned by Channel 4 and the Arts Council.

FREE // ALL WELCOME.

King Tide has been commissioned and produced by Plymouth Culture for Sea for Yourself, with funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund Horizons programme and Arts Council England Place Partnership.

Sea for Yourself open studio sessions at GROW with artist film-makers Kayla Parker and Stuart Moore

Friday 20th March 2026 from 5.00pm to 7.00pm
Saturday 21st March 2026 from 11.00am to 2.00pm

The open studio sessions at GROW are an opportunity for us to share work-in-progress for our Sea for Yourself Mount Batten Project, based in Grow’s ground floor project space.

Visitors can talk to the artist-in-residence about their work with film and sound; and they’ll show a taster of the 360 film work they’re making currently with the children at Hooe Primary Academy and the ‘green shoots’ of our short film poem, ‘King Tide’, which we’ve been able to cultivate through this residency – all focused on the Mount Batten peninsula, its heritage and maritime environment.

At the open studio sessions people can see:

• a taster of the 360 film, reformatted for single screen;

• a compilation of the 35mm sequences for ‘King Tide’, along with examples of examples of our previous, short direct animation film poems ‘Purling’, ‘Cadence’, ‘Flow’, and ‘Flora’;

• lightbox display of 35mm artwork for ‘King Tide’;

• wall-mounted lightbox of direct animation time-lapse 35mm artwork for ‘Sunset Strip’, the year of sunsets film commissioned by Channel 4 and the Arts Council.

FREE // ALL WELCOME.

Let’s SEA Your Tatts has been commissioned and produced by Plymouth Culture for Sea for Yourself, with funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund Horizons programme and Arts Council England Place Partnership.

Join artists’ Laura Hopes and LOW PROFILE for an informal presentation of the outcomes of their Sea For Yourself artist’s residency. They'll be sharing their new collection of photos of sea-related tattoos (submitted by people who live, work in, or have a strong connection to Plymouth), new work-in-progress artworks, and a pop-up temporary tattoo parlour (where you can get a limited edition temporary tattoo designed by a range of invited artists).

Let’s SEA Your Tatts
Friday 27 February 2026
5-10pm

FREE // ALL WELCOME.

Let’s SEA Your Tatts has been commissioned and produced by Plymouth Culture for Sea for Yourself, with funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund Horizons programme and Arts Council England Place Partnership.

OPEN STUDIOS 2025
Grow Plymouth, 14 Drake Circus, PL4 8AQ
Sat 7 September, 11am-3pm
All Welcome, no need to book

GROW is located in the cultural quarter of Plymouth and has been creative home to over 15+ Plymouth-based artists since 2021. The top four floors of the building have been converted into studios and a coworking space and include painters, audio artists, printmakers, installation and socially engaged artists, as well as graphic an 3D designers.

The ground floor has been used as a project and event space and for pop-up residencies, where we work with creative and community partners to experiment and explore the building, its surroundings, heritage and future in terms of sustainability, inclusion and culture.

On Saturday 27 September (11am-3pm), the artists of the space will be opening their studios to show what goes on behind studio doors. Plus, artist-in-residence Megan Roberts invites you to come explore how experiencing the sea can be good for your wellbeing and take part in a drop-in collage session (free, no experience required)

In Studios

• Amy Moores

• Benji Thomas

• Erica Luke

• Emily Chung

• Ewa Morawski

• Ethan Pennell

• Jo Holt

• Jordanna Greaves

• Melissa Junttila

• NATE Studio

• Shiva King

• Terry Flower

• Zahra Khanum

ACCESS INFORMATION
All studios, except ground floor (the project space where the collage session will be based) are stairs access only. There is an accessible toilet and parking at The Box (next door)

OPEN STUDIOS 2024
Grow Plymouth, 14 Drake Circus, PL4 8AQ
Sat 7 September, 11am-3pm
All Welcome, no need to book

GROW is located in the cultural quarter of Plymouth and has been creative home to over 15+ Plymouth-based artists since 2021. The top four floors of the building have been converted into studios and a coworking space and include painters, audio artists, printmakers, installation and socially engaged artists, as well as graphic an 3D designers.

The ground floor has been used as a project and event space and for pop-up residencies, where we work with creative and community partners to experiment and explore the building, its surroundings, heritage and future in terms of sustainability, inclusion and culture.

On Saturday 7 September (11am-3pm), the artists of the space will be opening their studios to show what goes on behind studio doors. Plus, artist-in-residence Sue Lewry will be revealing ‘Colossal’ a mobile printmaking machine in the ground floor space.

GROW STUDIO HOLDER ARTISTS

Aleksandra Sosnowska
Aleksandra’s art works is focused on the human body. Her work includes life drawings as well as portraits. She works directly from life and also from photographs. Her main media is oil paint, acrylic and oil pastels. @alo_art__

Amy Moores
Amy is a painter and sculptor based in Plymouth, Devon. She works primarily from sketchbook journals, documenting form, feeling and memory to develop into larger projects. @moores.amy.2/

Beverley Roach
Beverley is a multidisciplinary artist and maker investigating the embodied landscape within her practice. @beverley_roach

Chloe Georgakis
Chloe is a socially and environmentally engaged artist. She is one half of Future Meadows, a creative DesignMake duo, who collaborate with marine-focused organisations to create innovative and engaging experiences. She will be displaying images from previous projects, as well as studio experiments. Future Meadows Website @futuremeadows

Jordanna Greaves
Jordanna is a multidisplinary artist and curator whose socially engaged practice and playful visual work explores and reimagines conditions for alternate realities. Also, founder of cultural venue Grow Hackney and Grow Studios Plymouth. www.jordannagreaves.co.uk

Nate Studios
NATE Studio is a local creative studio specialising in fashion design, textile and homeware printing. The studio supports local artists, helping them transform their work into profitable products.

Polly Plouviez
Polly is a mixed media artist, whose work explores her own neurodiversity in relation to her painting practice. She consciously paints in both a limited palette of oil colours, to allow her to simply focus on the imagery.@pplouviez

Shiva King
Shiva is an artist and maker, specialising in multimedia abstract landscapes, and intricate driftwood carvings. @shivakingcreates

Skull + Bone Studios
Anthony and Scott are two creative animators working in stop motion, motion graphics and 3D animation. They both graduated from Arts Universtity Plymouth and are looking to create a hub for animation in the South West and want to build a studio where stop motion is at the forefront of thier animation projects.

STUDIO PL1
A fashion manufacturing studio based in Plymouth, founded and directed by Anna Masclans. We serve as a hub for fashion enthusiasts, local businesses, young designers and brands, offering a studio for sampling and production, workwear clothing and training programs. @studiopl1

Studio Wallop
A multifaceted creative studio that uses moving image, illustration, photography, and graphic design to tell compelling stories. Studiowallop.co.uk

Terry Flowers
Terry is a painter influenced by his experiences of the people and places of Plymouth, his family and the various trades he has worked in over the years. @terryflowerr

Will Harvey
Will Harvey is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator. He works between digital and analog processes. He will be sharing some of his recent risograph prints and paintings. Will Harvey’s website @w.harvey

Zahra Khanum
Zahra is a British Bangladeshi painter/filmmaker who’s practice revolves around identity, place, memory, and migration. Khanum’s recent experimental work focuses on atypical experiences of diasporic identity, which is centred around South Asian women, reflecting on womanhood in British society. @zahrakhanum_

Introducing Sue Lewry's Mobile Printmaking Machine 'Collosol'

Part of Open Studios, Grow Plymouth, 14 Drake Circus, PL4 8AQ
Sat 7 September, 11am-3pm
All Welcome, no need to book

After two years of development, artist Sue Lewry is excited to publicly reveal ‘Colossal’, as part of her week-long residency at the Open Studios at GROW on Sat 7 September, 11-3pm. www.suelewry.com @suelewry

Come see, and talk to the artist about ‘Colossal’, a mobile printmaking machine built to harness the power of print to engage and ignite creativity! 

Get hands-on and jump into the print run during two drop-in sessions: 12-12:30 PM and 1-1:30PM, to make a screen print designed by the artist. 

No prior experience is needed, and all ages are welcome!

This event is part of a wider open studio event at Grow Plymouth, where artists will be opening their doors to the public for the first time.

ABOUT GROW
GROW is located in the cultural quarter of Plymouth and has been creative home to over 15+ Plymouth-based artists since 2021. The top four floors of the building have been converted into studios and a coworking space and include painters, audio artists, printmakers, installation and socially engaged artists, as well as graphic an 3D designers.

The ground floor has been used as a project and event space and for pop-up residencies, where we work with creative and community partners to experiment and explore the building, its surroundings, heritage and future in terms of sustainability, inclusion and culture.

GROW STUDIO HOLDER ARTISTS

Aleksandra Sosnowska
Aleksandra’s art works is focused on the human body. Her work includes life drawings as well as portraits. She works directly from life and also from photographs. Her main media is oil paint, acrylic and oil pastels. @alo_art__

Amy Moores
Amy is a painter and sculptor based in Plymouth, Devon. She works primarily from sketchbook journals, documenting form, feeling and memory to develop into larger projects. @moores.amy.2/

Beverley Roach
Beverley is a multidisciplinary artist and maker investigating the embodied landscape within her practice. @beverley_roach

Chloe Georgakis
Chloe is a socially and environmentally engaged artist. She is one half of Future Meadows, a creative DesignMake duo, who collaborate with marine-focused organisations to create innovative and engaging experiences. She will be displaying images from previous projects, as well as studio experiments. Future Meadows Website @futuremeadows

Jordanna Greaves
Jordanna is a multidisplinary artist and curator whose socially engaged practice and playful visual work explores and reimagines conditions for alternate realities. Also, founder of cultural venue Grow Hackney and Grow Studios Plymouth. www.jordannagreaves.co.uk

Nate Studios
NATE Studio is a local creative studio specialising in fashion design, textile and homeware printing. The studio supports local artists, helping them transform their work into profitable products.

Polly Plouviez
Polly is a mixed media artist, whose work explores her own neurodiversity in relation to her painting practice. She consciously paints in both a limited palette of oil colours, to allow her to simply focus on the imagery.@pplouviez

Shiva King
Shiva is an artist and maker, specialising in multimedia abstract landscapes, and intricate driftwood carvings. @shivakingcreates

Skull + Bone Studios
Anthony and Scott are two creative animators working in stop motion, motion graphics and 3D animation. They both graduated from Arts Universtity Plymouth and are looking to create a hub for animation in the South West and want to build a studio where stop motion is at the forefront of thier animation projects.

STUDIO PL1
A fashion manufacturing studio based in Plymouth, founded and directed by Anna Masclans. We serve as a hub for fashion enthusiasts, local businesses, young designers and brands, offering a studio for sampling and production, workwear clothing and training programs. @studiopl1

Studio Wallop
A multifaceted creative studio that uses moving image, illustration, photography, and graphic design to tell compelling stories. Studiowallop.co.uk

Terry Flowers
Terry is a painter influenced by his experiences of the people and places of Plymouth, his family and the various trades he has worked in over the years. @terryflowerr

Will Harvey
Will Harvey is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator. He works between digital and analog processes. He will be sharing some of his recent risograph prints and paintings. Will Harvey’s website @w.harvey

Zahra Khanum
Zahra is a British Bangladeshi painter/filmmaker who’s practice revolves around identity, place, memory, and migration. Khanum’s recent experimental work focuses on atypical experiences of diasporic identity, which is centred around South Asian women, reflecting on womanhood in British society. @zahrakhanum_