Turf Projects
Company Profile
Founded in 2013 by Croydon locals, Turf Projects is Croydon’s homegrown artist space and the first entirely artist-run contemporary art space in the borough. Based in Croydon’s Whitgift Shopping Centre, we;
- Put on free exhibitions of local & national artists, focusing on themes of space and place.
- Run free creative workshops, open to all, including artist skills workshops, Family Art Fun Days & schools workshops.
- Provide affordable artist studios.
- Facilitate two local collectives; MOSS collective of local learning disabled artists and Art Press collective of Croydon artists aged 13-18.
- Host a community project space which is free to use by Croydon locals.
- Run a support & residency programme for Croydon School of Art & BRIT school students.
- Support artists with paid opportunities, with a principle that artists should be fairly paid for their work and time. Since 2013 Turf has supported the work of over 500 artists!