Medway Lens

Funded by Arts Council England, Medway and Kent Lens is a new open-call photography, film, and video event that includes a photography exhibition and online film and video platform celebrating the diverse creative voices across Medway and Kent—from hobbyists and students to emerging and professional photographers, filmmakers, and visual storytellers.

Presented both online and in person, the project showcases the photographers and creatives participating within the exhibition while also documenting Medway and Kent through photographic expression, moving image, community storytelling, and contemporary visual culture.

Led by The Black Art Hub CIC, Medway and Kent Lens creates a space for artists and communities to

• be seen

• be archived

• share their perspectives

• and contribute to a growing visual record of Medway and Kent.

The exhibition explores identity, place, creativity, everyday life, and local culture through photography, film, and video, bringing together a wide range of artistic styles, lived experiences, and creative approaches.

Alongside the exhibition, Medway and Kent Lens also support:

• community engagement

• artist visibility

• workshops and talks

• visual storytelling

• creative networking

• and the long-term cultural documentation of Medway and Kent through accessible visual arts practice.

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.

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.

In 2025, Creative Estuary, Ebbsfleet Development Corporation and Gravesham Council selected a cohort of creative practitioners to come together to develop a series of projects for the community.

The Open Northfleet festival will take place in September 2025 and more details will be available soon.

Photo credits top left clockwise.

Matthew Atkinson, Harriet Harmmond, Steven J Knowles and Elle Tennyson.

Create & Explore - The Art Pod

A collection of 2D and 3D artworks created by the students that attend The Art Pod and showcasing the professional artworks of their teachers Kerry and Keira.  

Featuring mixed media, sculpture, fine art and illustration. The exhibit is an exciting splash of colour, imagination and vitality that will sure to inspire all ages to  start creating again.

Our annual Summer Exhibition is back, this year with a theme: Common Ground.

More information and how to submit to the open call here