Whitstable Biennale 2006 Festival of Contemporary Visual Art

Main Programme

The Whitstable Biennale 2006 programme features extensive performance and screening programmes, and six main new commissions. Click on the icons above and right to get more information.

View the Biennale calendar for full details of the programme. Selected events include:

Art & Comedy Symposium
On Friday 9 June an Art & Comedy Symposium will take place. More details and full programme to come soon.

Biennale Finale Screen Event
Peter Fillingham is organising the very last Biennale event. Includes projections, found works, sculptures and a ceiladh, dancing and dressing up in costumes and masks. Refreshments will be served. Artists include Faisal Abdullah, Jo Addison, Judith Dean, Peter Fillingham, Lucy Gunning, Peter Hofer, Simon Kennedy, Peter Lewis, Charlotte Moth, Falke Pisano and Natasha Vicars.

University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury
The Waiting Place programme of artists' film and video works is being shown at University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury for three nights on Tuesday 13, Wednesday 14 and  Thursday 15 in the Cragg Auditorium, University College for the Creative Arts, New Dover Road, Canterbury, CT1 3AN. Telephone: 01227 817 302. www.ucreative.ac.uk
University for the Creative Arts at Canterbury (formerly Kent Institute of Art and Design) is Kent's leading institution for fine art and architecture.  

Professional development drop-in sessions
Book a surgery session at the Biennale HQ. Surgery sessions take place at the Mess Tent on the beach.

Watch the World Cup at the Wall Tavern
With the World Cup starting on Friday 9 June, we have organised our programme of events to enable you to come to events and still be able to watch key games. the Wall Tavern is the official Biennale venue to watch football in. The Wall have recently built a new room with a large screen specially for the World Cup, and are organising special offers for World Cup viewers.