Passing Through
with East Quay in Watchet and Studio KIND in Barnstaple
11th October - 16th November 2025 at East Quay, Watchet
7th February - 14th March 2026 at Studio KIND
Private View at Studio KIND: 18:00 - 20:00 Friday 6th February 2026
Studio 10 Project Space at East Quay and Studio KIND in Barnstaple have teamed up to develop a new project with a group of artists based across West Somerset and Mid/North Devon. The project will culminate in two exhibitions, featuring work made across a broad spectrum of contemporary practices, including photography, sound, textiles, sculpture, ceramics, video, writing and painting.
The project, Passing Through, is an exploration of what it means to live on the cusp of a place; from the ways in which we exist between built and rural spaces, to the intersections between different landscapes and environments, to the idea of edgelands, margins, and liminality in a broader context. Taking inspiration from the South West coastline, local landscapes and the moorland between us, the project explores the connections within our communities, whilst also acting as a kind of mapping of our geographical locations.
In August, the selected artists met for a ‘Walk and Talk’ event on Exmoor — at the ‘mid-point’ between Watchet and Barnstaple — to take a walk together along the River Barle, share ideas, and start gathering imagery and materials in response to the themes of the project. Since then, the group have been creating new work, both individually and collaboratively, ready for the first iteration of the project on display here in Studio 10 Project Space. Upon closure of this exhibition, the artists will have the chance to continue evolving their work in preparation for the exhibition to take new form at Studio KIND in February 2026.
Participating Artists
Tim Anderson | Sara Bor | Philip Clarke | Claudia Collins | Vanessa Donnelly | Marko Dutka | Rebecca Edwards | Catherine Heard | Dot Kuzniar | Lucy Large | Twearly Peaster | George Rayner | Daisy Xyla Scott | Olga Vynnyk | Rachael Wilson
Studio KIND CIC is an artist-led gallery and project space in Barnstaple Pannier Market, in the heart of North Devon, hosting a range of curated exhibitions and community projects, as well as workshops, events, and artist support opportunities.
East Quay, Watchet, is run by the Onion Collective, a social enterprise working to build social, cultural and environmental justice in Watchet, through wide- reaching and ambitious regeneration projects. East Quay’s cultural programme seeks to provide access to the highest quality contemporary art, raising new ideas in an open environment, and forming meaningful connections with the local community and visitors from further afield.
If you have any questions, please contact: laura@studiokind.org.uk or millie@containsart.co.uk