The School of the Damned to takeover St Anne's House

The School of the Damned to takeover St Anne's House

Posted on: 22 Jan 2024

The School of the Damned, an alternative & peer-led art education program and collective based across the UK, are taking over community space St Anne’s House for the coming weekend.

The School of the Damned is an arts education programme with no fees based around a student-led, peer-supported system. Created in response to exorbitant art school tutition fees, School of the Damned is a nomadic organisation who collaborate with different spaces across the UK to make and display their students’ art.

Now, School of the Damned are showcasing work from over 20 artists in a special weekend exhibition at St Anne’s House, a community and arts space run by arts charity Bricks. The exhibition, the theme of which is ‘Mud’, will run from Friday 26 January to Sunday 28 January, with the exhibition opening with a preview event on the evening of the Friday.

In an interesting and positive model of labour exchange, St Anne’s House are hosting TSOTD in return for the latter providing a programme of workshops and community arts events throughout the weekend.

To begin with, on the January 27 and January 28, TSOTD will be running a free, drop-in stop motion workshop from 12:00-17:00. Led by artist, designer and maker Julia Mallaby, the workshop will provide all the materials, including paper, clay and textiles that has been found and recycled to ensure maximum sustainability.

The 27th will also see a free ‘craftivist’ mug-making workshop hosted by ceramicist Laura Grainger, and a papermaking workshop with artist Rob Likes to Draw – unfortunately both already sold out of tickets.

For more information on The School of the Damned’s “Mud” exhibition, you can check out their Instagram here and their website here, or go to the St Anne’s House website to learn about the venue and the other events they have running.

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Patrick Bate

Patrick is a filmmaker with so much Bristol in his blood the white blood cells are graffiti'd. Educated at the Northern Film School in Leeds, he’s returned home to be a Videographer and Reviewer for 365Bristol and BARBI. When he’s not messing about with cameras, he enjoys playing guitar, spending far too much time on tabletop RPGs, and being an awful snob about cider. Have a look at his work here, or get in touch at patrickb@365bristol.com.