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Join us for a special behind the scenes tour of Spike Island where Asmaa Jama and Veronica Vickery open their studio doors to the public.

As part of the Heritage Open Days, join us for a special behind the scenes tour of Spike Island where two artists will open their studio doors to the public. This is a chance to; explore the building’s unique architectural features and gain a glimpse into its previous life as a Brooke Bond tea-packing factory and meet some of the artists based at Spike Island, learn about their practice and see works in progress.

On this visit, meet artists Asmaa Jama and Veronica Vickery. Asmaa Jama is a Somali multidisciplinary artist, writer, and filmmaker based in Bristol, UK. Their work is interested in myth, movement, and migration. She has recently exhibited at the 2026 Venice Biennale where she was the artist chosen to represent Somalia.

Veronica Vickery’s materials-led practice fuses and layers sculpture, ceramics, painting, performance and sound, and has recently expanded to include spinning and weaving. Materials-led and site-responsive, she works with foraged, discarded, wasted and gifted materials.

Entry requirements: no age restrictions (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult over 21yrs, 1:1 ratio) — Read more — Read less