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Make happy those who are near …

Morag Myerscough's Triennial artwork echoes the gasometers which once stood on this site and draws on the shared cultural history, heritage and talents of...
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Culture

Triennial artists commissioned for Gasworks site

The fifth edition of Creative Folkestone Triennial will present around 20 newly commissioned site-specific artworks by internationally acclaimed artists, inviting you to explore the...
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Features

Online Placemaking

How is a community's sense of place and placemaking reflected online? Where does place exist in the digital realm? As we emerge from the...
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Culture

Unveiling the Plinths

Banksy artwork returns to Folkestone and a new project launches to celebrate creativity and community A well-known artwork has returned to the streets of Folkestone,...
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Planning

Time present and time past: the future of Folkestone Gasworks

In this, the first part of an in-depth interview with award-winning architects, East, co-founder and director, Julian Lewis, discusses the "relatively unusual" experience of working with a cultural organisation
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Culture

Heritage assets on the Edge of going digital

One of the common themes of the Pioneering Places projects is how heritage assets - often long-forgotten or underused sites - can be used...
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Planning

Model students exceed expectations

Over the past six months children from four primary schools in Folkestone have been working on proposals for how the disused Gasworks on Ship...
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Community

Wisdom springs eternal down memory lane

Looking to the future use of Folkestone’s old Gasworks site involves reflecting on the past. And remembering the past can help revive the connections...
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Creative Folkestone will work with residents, artists, architects, historians and policy makers to re-imagine the abandoned and historically important former Gasworks site on Ship Street.

We are inviting local people’s stories of the site, along with their aspirations for its future and mixing this with leading creative place makers, in an effort to form an inspiring and credible proposal and so a stronger community. This will empower people and creatives to influence local planning decisions and places art and creativity in the heart of this place making initiative.

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