A
event
held at Spike Island
on Thursday 16th October. The event starts at 17:30.
Tickets and info: www.spikeisland.org.uk/programme/events/night-of-the-fellows-2025/
Join us for an evening of presentations, installations and networking with the Spike Island community, wishing best of luck to our outgoing and incoming Fellows.
Each year, Spike Island offers fellowships to promising emerging artists selected through an open call to graduating students. Fellows are awarded a studio at Spike Island for one year, giving them space and support to develop their professional practices within Bristol’s vibrant artistic community.
This event sees our new Graduate Fellows 2025–26 introduce themselves and their practices, alongside our outgoing Graduate Fellows 2024–25, who share their experiences and aspirations for the future.
Alongside their presentations, the 2024–25 cohort will present a selection of work, and The Museum of Roadside Magic – a travelling archive of imagined folklore by artist Libby Bove – will be open for visitors to explore before and after the talks.
Graduate Fellows 2024–25:
Alice Farrington (UWE Bristol), Amy Coaten (UWE Bristol), Hannah Hornby (UWE Bristol) and Libby Bove (Bath Spa University), as well as Alexis Over Papatzaneteas, the Dreamtime Fellow 2024–25, a programme funded and supported by established Bristol-based artist Luke Jerram.
Graduate Fellows Studio, Spike Island Open Studios 2025. Photograph by Lisa Whiting
Museum of Roadside Magic internal image credit: Photography by Dom Moore. Courtesy of Karst, Plymouth.
External image courtesy Libby Bove