WHAT’S ON - AT A GLANCE
Medway Lens - The Halpern Gallery
Medway Lens is a new, open-call exhibition celebrating the diverse photographic voices across Medway — from hobbyists and students to emerging and professional photographers.
This is a space to be seen, be archived, and be part of Medway’s growing visual culture.
Led by The Black Art Hub CIC, Medway Lens brings together community, creativity, and cultural documentation through photography, film, and video.
Medway Lens - MedwayArtBox
Led by The Black Art Hub CIC, Medway Lens brings together community, creativity, and cultural documentation through photography, film, and video.
Young at Art - Polymar Clay Earrings
Lead by Guest Artist Emily Stocker during this polymer clay workshop you will learn some basic techniques for manipulating the clay and colour marbling, before cutting out your earring shapes after coming up with your own design for your final product.
Please note; your creations will be taken away to be baked and will be available to collect at a later date.
Book now using link below
Digital Teen Art
Free weekly digital creative sessions for 13-17 year olds living in Medway and Kent!
iPads, Apple pencils and Procreate provided, or you are welcome to bring your own.
Drop in anytime between 3:30pm and 5:30pm
TEMPORARILY RELOCATED TO THE MEETING POINT AT NUCLEUS ARTS CHATHAM - 272 High Street, ME4 4BP
The Craft Club
Weekly creative sessions for 7 - 11 year olds.
Booking Required. £2.00 per child
Young at Art - Polymar Clay Earrings
Lead by Guest Artist Emily Stocker during this polymer clay workshop you will learn some basic techniques for manipulating the clay and colour marbling, before cutting out your earring shapes after coming up with your own design for your final product.
Please note; your creations will be taken away to be baked and will be available to collect at a later date.
Book now using link below
Digital Teen Art
Free weekly digital creative sessions for 13-17 year olds living in Medway and Kent!
iPads, Apple pencils and Procreate provided, or you are welcome to bring your own.
Drop in anytime between 3:30pm and 5:30pm
TEMPORARILY RELOCATED TO THE MEETING POINT AT NUCLEUS ARTS CHATHAM - 272 High Street, ME4 4BP
The Craft Club
Weekly creative sessions for 7 - 11 year olds.
Booking Required. £2.00 per child
Bradfield’s Academy
Bursting with unfiltered creativity and vibrancy, this exhibitions aims to challenge any misconceptions that talent is restricted by complex specialist needs and disabilities.
Chatham Carnival
This event is rooted in, and organised by Chatham’s community.
Get ready for an exhilarating return of Chatham's vibrant town centre carnival, back for its fourth spectacular year!
The day will be brimming with entertainment, featuring captivating exhibitions, lively demonstrations, electrifying live music, and vibrant stalls showcasing the inspiring work of local community organisations and innovative projects.
Join us on Chatham High Street for an unforgettable day of FREE family fun! For all the latest updates and details, visit Nucleus Arts and mark your calendars for this unmissable event!
Medway Open Studios at Nucleus Arts
Participating Nucleus Resident Artists
Lux Orion, Carol Smith, Diana Boyce, Kerrie Owens, Anne Taylor, Holly Chadd.
For full details of the Medway Open Studios and Arts Festival follow the link below
Medway Open Studios at Nucleus Arts
Visit Nucleus Resident Artists in their studios
Carol Smith, Diana Boyce, Kerrie Owens, Michi Masumi, Catherine Oatham
Exhibiting in our Meeting Point Space
Nasty Gallery
For full details of the Medway Open Studios and Arts Festival follow the link below
Young at Art - Mosaic Birds
Participants will be creating their own Mosaic Bird that will become part of a larger collaborative installation piece. The final piece will be permanently displayed at Nucleus Arts as part of the global ‘You Are Here’ project by American Mosaic artist Rachel Sager.
This worldwide community project sees people across the globe creating installations in their own areas, all of which will be mapped together to show connections through art across the world! If you would like to create something meaningful, permanent and visible for everyone to enjoy, this is, the perfect workshop to get involved with. All Materials are included.
Medway Open Studios at Nucleus Arts
Visit Nucleus Resident Artists in their studios
Lux Orion, Carol Smith, Diana Boyce, Kerrie Owens, Anne Taylor, Holly Chadd, Catherine Oatham.
For full details of the Medway Open Studios and Arts Festival follow the link below
Medway Open Studios at Nucleus Arts
Visit Nucleus Resident Artists in their studios
Lux Orion, Carol Smith, Diana Boyce, Kerrie Owens, Anne Taylor.
For full details of the Medway Open Studios and Arts Festival follow the link below
Open Northfleet Exhibition ‘ON’
As part of Medway Open Studios
Open Northfleet exhibition 'ON' is a collaboration and celebration of the current contemporary art scene in Northfleet, Gravesham.
Young at Art - Mosaic Birds
Participants will be creating their own Mosaic Bird that will become part of a larger collaborative installation piece. The final piece will be permanently displayed at Nucleus Arts as part of the global ‘You Are Here’ project by American Mosaic artist Rachel Sager.
This worldwide community project sees people across the globe creating installations in their own areas, all of which will be mapped together to show connections through art across the world! If you would like to create something meaningful, permanent and visible for everyone to enjoy, this is, the perfect workshop to get involved with. All Materials are included.
Medway Open Studios at Nucleus Arts
Visit Nucleus Resident Artists in their studios
Lux Orion, Carol Smith, Diana Boyce, Kerrie Owens, Anne Taylor, Holly Chadd.
For full details of the Medway Open Studios and Arts Festival follow the link below
Medway Open Studios at Nucleus Arts
Visit Nucleus Resident Artists in their studios
Lux Orion, Carol Smith, Diana Boyce, Kerrie Owens, Anne Taylor, Holly Chadd, Catherine Oatham
Exhibiting in our Meeting Point Space
Resident Artist - Suzanne West and Creative Associate - Meridian Mosaics
Exhibiting in our Creative Cabin
Resident Artist Lisa Pegram
For full details of the Medway Open Studios and Arts Festival follow the link below
Medway Open Studios at Nucleus Arts
Visit Nucleus Resident Artists in their studios
Lux Orion, Carol Smith, Anne Taylor, Holly Chadd, Diana Boyce, Kerrie Owens, Michi Masumi.
Exhibiting in our Meeting Point Space
Resident Artist Suzanne West
Exhibiting in our Creative Cabin
Resident Artist Lisa Pegram
For full details of the Medway Open Studios and Arts Festival follow the link below
Young at Art - Mosaic Birds
Participants will be creating their own Mosaic Bird that will become part of a larger collaborative installation piece. The final piece will be permanently displayed at Nucleus Arts as part of the global ‘You Are Here’ project by American Mosaic artist Rachel Sager.
This worldwide community project sees people across the globe creating installations in their own areas, all of which will be mapped together to show connections through art across the world! If you would like to create something meaningful, permanent and visible for everyone to enjoy, this is, the perfect workshop to get involved with. All Materials are included.
Common Ground
Our Summer Exhibition is now in its eighth year and is a highlight in the gallery calendar.
This is an open call exhibition with this years theme being Common Ground. Sumbissions by midnight 14th July. To find out more including how to submit for this exhibition visit the link below.
The Craft Club
Weekly creative sessions for 7 - 11 year olds.
Booking Required. £2.00 per child
Digital Teen Art
Free weekly digital creative sessions for 13-17 year olds living in Medway and Kent!
iPads, Apple pencils and Procreate provided, or you are welcome to bring your own.
Drop in anytime between 3:30pm and 5:30pm
TEMPORARILY RELOCATED TO THE MEETING POINT AT NUCLEUS ARTS CHATHAM - 272 High Street, ME4 4BP
Young at Art - Polymar Clay Earrings
Lead by Guest Artist Emily Stocker during this polymer clay workshop you will learn some basic techniques for manipulating the clay and colour marbling, before cutting out your earring shapes after coming up with your own design for your final product.
Please note; your creations will be taken away to be baked and will be available to collect at a later date.
Book now using link below
The Craft Club
Weekly creative sessions for 7 - 11 year olds.
Booking Required. £2.00 per child
Creative Medway Meet-Up
In partnership with Creative Medway.
A get together for creatives and artists.
Guest Speaker - Lance phillips
Free event, no need to book.
Venue: Meeting Point, Nucleus Arts, 272 High Street, Chatham, ME4 4BP
There is no onsite parking, the nearest car park is Rhode Street.
The Craft Club
Weekly creative sessions for 7 - 11 year olds.
Booking Required. £2.00 per child
Young at Art - Embroidery
In this exciting beginners workshop, you will be introduced to Jacobean crewel embroidery to create a beautiful Bumble Bee.
Using Appletons crewel wool, which is lovely to work with (and forgiving for beginners!) you will learn 4 different stitches; Split Stitch, Trellis stitches, Block Shading & a Whipped Wheel.
Guest Artist LucyAnn Trill has over 20 years of teaching experience, having previously worked as a secondary school teacher and is a diploma graduate from the Royal School of Needlework.
FREE Wellbeing workshop & Teen Art
Teen Art Half Term Special!
Free Wellbeing Workshop 2 - 3pm (just before our regular Teen Art session 3- 5pm)
We are excited to announce we have been generously given a FREE Emotional wellbeing & resilience workshop for our Teen Art group, by Amari Rae FDN CIC through their National Lottery funded, "Together We Rise" programme.
Designed to empower young people through engaging, interactive workshops and mentoring support, this is open to our current Teen Art group and anyone new.
Please come and enjoy this session, (adults/carers are welcome too) then stay on at Teen Art to get creative with us!
Free drinks and snacks will be provided!
Booking Required
The Craft Club
Weekly creative sessions for 7 - 11 year olds.
Booking Required. £2.00 per child
Young at Art - Embroidery
In this exciting beginners workshop, you will be introduced to Jacobean crewel embroidery to create a beautiful Bumble Bee.
Using Appletons crewel wool, which is lovely to work with (and forgiving for beginners!) you will learn 4 different stitches; Split Stitch, Trellis stitches, Block Shading & a Whipped Wheel.
Guest Artist LucyAnn Trill has over 20 years of teaching experience, having previously worked as a secondary school teacher and is a diploma graduate from the Royal School of Needlework.
The Craft Club
Weekly creative sessions for 7 - 11 year olds.
Booking Required. £2.00 per child
Vessels of Memory - The Halpern Gallery
Venezuelan artist Gledys Ibarra presents her first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom with Vessels of Memory, a series of recent paintings exploring memory and the recurring motif of the vessel.
The Craft Club
Weekly creative sessions for 7 - 11 year olds.
Booking Required. £2.00 per child
The Art of Belonging - The Halpern Gallery
The Art of Belonging, a community arts project delivered by Demelza and funded by Hospice UK for Dying Matters Awareness Week 2026, the national campaign encouraging open conversations about death, dying and bereavement.
Through a series of creative workshops, families supported by Demelza and members of Medway’s diverse communities have explored memory, connection and belonging. The exhibition brings together their artwork, reflecting shared stories, emotions and experiences.
‘My Sun Pier House’ A Resident Artists show - Medway ArtBox
A collaborative exhibition highlighting the photography and personal reflections from Sixteen of Sun Pier House’s resident Artists, offering a behind-the-scenes look at studio life.
Creative Medway Meet-Up
In partnership with Creative Medway.
A get together for creatives and artists to chat, learn, discuss ideas and get support. Each month there is a guest speaker.
Free event, no need to book.
Venue: Meeting Point, Nucleus Arts, 272 High Street, Chatham, ME4 4BP
There is no onsite parking, the nearest car park is Rhode Street.
Great Big Sweeps Festival Art Swap
For the bank holiday weekend only, we return with our annual Sweeps Festival Art swap!
Artists gift artwork by placing it in the phone box for art lovers to take home and enjoy - for the price of a shout out and thanks on social media!
The Craft Club
Weekly creative sessions for 7 - 11 year olds.
Booking Required. £2.00 per child
Oceans - The Halpern Gallery
Medway School of Arts students have been commissioned by The Historic Dockyard Chatham to produce creative responses inspired by their 2026 theme of Oceans for this community exhibition.
The work on display responds to the brief set by The Historic Dockyard which asked students to make work that documents or celebrates, or explores myths & narratives, relating to The River Medway and Dockyard.