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Founded in 2013 by Croydon locals, Turf Projects is Croydon’s homegrown artist space and the first entirely artist-run contemporary art space in the borough.

Based in Croydon’s Whitgift Shopping Centre, we;

- Put on free exhibitions, showcasing the work of both local & national artists.
- Run free creative workshops, open to all, including skills workshops for artists, Family Art Fun Days and workshops with local schools.
- Provide space for artists to create via affordable artist studios.
- Host two collectives of local artists; MOSS (a collective of

local learning disabled artists) and Art Press (a collective of Croydon artists aged 14-21).
- Host a community project space which is free to use by Croydon locals (we also have spaces you can hire!)
- Run a support & residency programme for Croydon School of Art & BRIT school students, family workshops, projects with local schools & more.
- Support artists with paid opportunities via exhibitions, workshops and commissions, with a principle that artists should be fairly paid for their work and time. Since 2013 Turf has supported the work of over 500 artists! Turf is a registered charity ( #1160527), and currently exists across two meanwhile-use retail units. A second site at Keeley Road, ‘Little Turf’, is our original home which now houses production space for artists & makers. You can hire that, too! For more info or to get involved, please email us at [email protected]

09/05/2026

Drawing The Space Inside My Hand with Lina Ivanova [] ✏️✋

Sat 16 May 11am-1pm
Free & open to all!

Drawing The Space Inside My Hand invites participants to explore drawing as a sensory and embodied practice. Taking place during the exhibition Tending, the workshop uses observational drawing to deepen ways of sensing and feeling.

Participants will draw from the ceramic pieces in the show, as well as their own hands and each other’s, considering the hand as our first tool for making and tending.

The session encourages slow looking, presence, and learning through the body. This workshop is open to the public and no prior drawing experience is required.

🔗 Link to upcoming events in bio!

15/04/2026

Drinking Tea & Hiding with Meera Shakti Osborne [] 🍵

Sat 18 Apr 2-4pm @ Turf Projects, Whitgift Centre Free & open to all

Join in a gathering with tea and light creative invitations exploring our right to opacity and the need to hide sometimes. Meera has put together a series of short texts that will help guide us in our creative explorations. There will be reflective charcoal drawing and writing activities along with breath work and getting to know each other.

This workshop particularly welcomes people of global majority and folks who have experience of migration and displacement.

🔗 Link to upcoming events in bio!

09/04/2026

Take a look at some of the creations recently made in our ceramics space! 🔥

Book your spot on an Induction to use the facilities for only £35! Completion of this induction will grant you open access to our ceramic facilities Wed to Sat, 11-5pm, which is then bookable via Eventbrite for £15 for a 3 hour slot.

🔗 Our next induction is Sat 11 Apr 10-11am. Booking link in bio!

18/03/2026

Tomorrow! Artist Brunch with Lateisha Davine Lovelace-Hanson [] ☕

Taking place four times a year, our artist brunches are an opportunity to get feedback on your work, while digesting food and ideas in a supportive environment.

Exploring rest, building on our Hibernation Fungus Press, into our latest show Tending, Lateisha will lead us through conversations and light activities which explore how we find rest and sustainability in our creative practices.

🔗Link to uncoming events in bio!

07/03/2026

Build Your Own Biosphere. Part 1: Utopian Modelmaking (Art Press []) 🏞️

Sat 14 Mar 2-4pm
Free & open to all aged 25 and under

Build Your Own Biosphere is a three-part workshop series led by artists Amy J Wilson [] and Meitao Qu [], exploring how methods of model-making can be used to imagine utopian futures and prompt reflective dialogue about climate challenges. Drawing inspiration from Biosphere 2 and other experimental environments, the series introduces participants to physical and digital model-making techniques to design and build a miniature biosphere. Participants will have the opportunity to exhibit their outcomes as part of Wilson and Qu’s upcoming exhibition Biosphere IV at Turf Projects in July 2026.

The first session will introduce participants to physical modelling techniques. Participants will shape a miniature terrain base and learn how to apply scenic scatter and foliage.

🔗 Link to upcoming events in bio!

21/02/2026

Artist Brunch with Lateisha Davine Lovelace-Hanson [] 🥗

Thur 19 Mar, 11am-1pm @ Turf Projects
Free & open to all

Taking place four times a year, our artist brunches are an opportunity to get feedback on your work, while digesting food and ideas in a supportive environment.

Exploring rest, building on our Hibernation Fungus Press, into our latest show Tending, Lateisha will lead us through conversations and light activities which explore how we find rest and sustainability in our creative practices.

Image Credit: Kes Gill-Martin

🔗 Link to upcoming events in bio!

22/01/2026

Heard 2016 was trending…

to our 2016 gallery programme, at Keeley Road (Little Turf forever in our hearts )

1. Can I Help You? ❓
2. Get Fit 💪
3. Moments of Zen 🧘
4. Formal Gardens & Informal Weeds ☘️
5. WAVES ⚽️
6. Trojan Home 👟
7. And So It Was, And So It Is 📖(spot the B!)
8. Ground 🪱
9. Charlie Reed []’s artist designed patch for River Wandle: A Constant Amid Change 🏞️
10. Stones of Croydon walking tour 🪨 (this image from the Thornton Heath tour with Chris Alton [] - should we do more of these?? Let us know below 👇)

08/01/2026

We’re looking for a reliable & high quality local to Croydon cleaner to clean our art space on London Road, Croydon on a fortnightly basis (2 hours a fortnight). Paid at our hourly rate of £20.50

Please email [email protected] if interested.

29/11/2025

13/11/2025

12 Years of Turf: In-conversation with Phoebe Russell [] 🗣️

Sat 15 Nov 11-1pm @ Turf Projects
Free & open to all!

As part of our 2025/26 LEGACY programme year, we're inviting Turf alumni artists back to reflect on and discuss their careers since their involvement with Turf. Our second alumni artist will be Phoebe Russell, alum of our own collective of young creatives: Art Press [], who has gone on to study on the Fine Art BA at Slade School of Art [] and was recently awarded the Clare Winsten Memorial Award.

Join Phoebe and some of the Turf team for an informal discussion about their initial involvement with Turf, how it's impacted their career and working processes and what they've been up to since.

(Photo credit: Nksazahna Scott)

🔗 Link to upcoming events in bio!

Address

46/47, Trinity Court (Ground Floor), Whitgift Shopping Centre
Croydon
CR01UQ

Opening Hours

Wednesday	11am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 5pm
Friday	11am - 5pm
Saturday	11am - 5pm

Telephone

+442032510108

Website

http://www.turf-projects.com/

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