insideKENT Magazine Issue 170 - June 2026 | Page 53

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

THE ARTS HOTLIST 2026

BRINGING TALENT, CURIOSITY AND CREATIVE INSPIRATION FROM COAST TO COUNTRYSIDE, DISCOVER THE PEOPLE AND PLACES
THAT ARE SHAPING KENT’ S ARTS SCENE THIS YEAR …
50.
7.
40.
17.
SWALE
6.
45.
14.
38. 31. 37.
CANTERBURY
THANET
27.
48.
44.
22.
29.
24. 20.
34. 33.
DOVER
11.
9.
47.
8.
28.
ASHFORD
26.
25.
46.
FOLKESTONE & HYTHE
48.
43.
41.
39.
2.
10.
16.
Various locations across Kent
32.
MUSEUMS & HISTORY
34. The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge,
Canterbury 35. The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Chatham 36. The Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham 37. Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex Park 38. Whitstable Museum and Gallery,
Whitstable 39. Dover Castle, Dover 40. Turner Contemporary, Margate
ARTISTS, AUTHORS & COLLECTIVES
41. Creative Folkestone, Folkestone 42. Charlotte Coe Art, East Malling 43. Ben Gaunlett Art, Folkestone 44. Evangeline Thyme Fine Art, Canterbury 45. Creative Courses, Faversham 46. Rod McIntosh, Elmsted 47. Dizzy Pragnell Prints, Egerton 48. Petticoat Lane Emporium, Ramsgate and
Folkestone 49. Kent Art Collective, Maidstone 50. Thanet Creative, Thanet
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