NewsThe store was recently enhanced by the addition of The Queensbury Coffee House, an independent business taking great pride in serving handcrafted coffee, freshly baked cakes and delicious sandwiches. Having the Queensbury gives us an opportunity to reach out to a wider audience who may not be familiar with our brand and gives us a flexible space within the store to use for events and partnerships.
The Artists Open Houses festival happens twice a year and allows visitors to view an array of artwork by local artists in their own homes, or in other spaces across Brighton and Hove. And that’s where Barker and Stonehouse comes in. We wanted to do something that would give something back to the local community and allow artists to use our store to display their work.
Established in 2007 and based in Brighton, Creative Future specialise in supporting artists excluded from the mainstream art world by barriers that include neurodiversity, mental health, disability, identity or other social circumstance to gain access to it. Their mission is to make the arts more diverse and representative of the world we live in.
Jane from Creative Future said of the event:
Artists Open Houses will kick off with a launch day on Saturday 4th May between 11am and 1pm. There will be a chance to talk to the artists and buy their work and The Queensbury Coffee House will be providing refreshments. The festival will then be held each weekend of May, with artwork by Creative Future artists and Two Faced Twins on display in our Hove store.
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Words by Michaela Quinn
April 23, 2019
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