What is Marine Studios?
Marine Studios is a co-working space for writers and creatives with stunning views over Margate’s Main Sands.
It houses a range of creative freelancers and professionals, a writers’ room and poetry library, and a professional meeting space for board meetings, workshops and events.
Who is Marine Studios?
Margate’s first co-working space, Marine Studios was created by exhibition design studio HKD in 2009. It is now established as Marine Studios Arts & Culture CIC and managed in partnership with Co-relate, Kent Poetry CIC, Dan Thompson Studio and Anthony Rendall-Davis.
Where is Marine Studios?
We are situated between Margate Railway Station and Turner Contemporary, right by the clocktower and Margate’s Main Sands. See map below.
What do we do?
We support Margate’s creative community with affordable desk space, writers’ resources, workshops, events and more. If you’d like to get involved or find out more, please get in touch.
First Fridays
Monthly
First Friday (est. 2009) is a place for the inquisitive where art, science and heritage meet, a town-wide opportunity for the community to explore, celebrate, network and connect. The First Friday programme at Marine Studios includes exhibitions, talks, games nights, workshops and more.
For details of upcoming events, click HERE
For past events view the archive
Support for writers
ongoing
In October 2023 we received Arts Council funding to create a dedicated work and development space for writers in Thanet and provide a hub for the area’s emerging literary scene. We are continuing to offer this take a look on our Writers’ Room page
Aim: To develop an ecosystem for writers to match the scale, calibre and success of the visual arts scene in Margate.
