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If Heaven Falls
08/02/2025
If Heaven Falls
Alternative Valentines Exhibition
8 February – 8 March 2025
The Lido Stores Art Gallery, Margate
Drinks reception: Saturday, 8 February, 7-9pm
All are invited to the opening drink reception for The Lido Stores’ fourth annual Alternative Valentines exhibition, ‘If Heaven Falls’, on Saturday, 8 February, 7-9pm.
More than 700 submissions were received during the two-week open call window, from which gallery owner-curator Kristen Healy has selected some 115 artworks that contemplate the themes of love, lust and romance in all their complexity. The exhibition, comprising painting, print, collage, sculpture and other mixed media, will occupy two thirds of The Lido Stores’ Gallery 1 and the entirety of Gallery 2 for 4 weeks.
“The Alternative Valentines show is always a fun and dynamic start to the Lido Stores’ exhibition programme”, says Kristen Healy. “We intentionally run a very brief open call to start the year and maintain that rapid pace through to the opening night. We’ve tried in recent years to give the show a memorable name; on the heels of ‘The Wild Thought’ and ‘Fierce Scandal’, we have ‘If Heaven Falls’. It’s such a loaded title that speaks to the power and stakes of desire – the exhibition is really a meditation on life affirming, deeply felt passion and renewal, the all-consuming nature and catastrophic consequences of lust – love in all its raw, messy forms.
“It’s exciting to see artists’ interpretation of that; as an artist and curator, reviewing those exciting submissions, discovering conversations between disparate works during the curation and fostering relationships with the artists is one of the pleasures of this open call.”
The drinks reception for ‘If Heaven Falls’ on Saturday, 8 February (7-9pm) promises to be a fun and engaging evening for those passionate about the arts – all are welcome.
Participating artists:
Katherine Allen - Min Angel - Tom Banks - Amy Barker - Sarah Barker Brown - Dom Blower - Dorota Bouali - Jess Brox - Deborah Burnstone - Louise Burston - John Butterworth - Bethenie Carriaga - Jione Choi - Roberta Cialfi - Ade Clewlow - Eugenia Cuellar - Emma Davis - Kathleen Dawson - Rebekah Dean - Emma Digerud-White - Robin Dixon - Gavin Dobson - Rory Draper - Rita Fernandez - Nikki Foster - Alex Fox - Sarah Grant - Emily Grenville-Grey - Liz Griffiths - Leanne Hagger - Lee Hardman - Stephen Harwood - Lisa Hawkins - Kristen Healy - Alexandra Helm - Sadie Hennessy - Rosalind Hobley - Guy Holder - Elisa Hudson - Chris Hunt - Nick Ivins - Davina Jackson - Lucy Jagger - Harry Jones - Olivia Jones - Sal Jones - Simon Klein - Julia Ellen-Lancaster - Sharon Leahy Clark - Patrick Lears - Emma Loveridge - Ella Lucas - Henrietta MacPhee - Susan Madert - Enzo Marra - Kate Marsden - Jennifer Louise Martin - Anthony McAndrew - Siobhan McAuley - Caroline McCambridge - Eilish McCann - Connor McIntyre - Sally McKay - Sonia McNally - Ben Medd-Phillips - Jane Merriman - Susan Montgomery - Natasha Mottaghi - Anja Niedring - Kelly Norman - Stephanie Norris - Gemma O’Brien - Mirja Oksanen - Zeynep Ozkan - Meera Palia - Tracie Peisley - Louise Pettifer - Lena Pomford - Tina Poole - Sheila Rennick - Donna Riddington - Henrietta Roeder - Angela Rumble - Guy Rutter - Frances Ryan - Jiyeon Ryu - Janina Samoles - Ian Sanderson - Casper Scarth - Clare Scott - Jo Gabriele Sheppard - Kate Sherman - Lewis Simpson - Mary Claire Smith - Lucy Spanyol - Martin Spanyol - Clare Thatcher - Gwennan Thomas - Karen Thomas - Patricia Thornton - Geoff Tibbs - Annette Treacy - Twinkle Troughton - Amy Turnbull - Jane Walker - Casey Walshe - Julia Warr - Stella Whalley - Dylan White - Charles Williams - Diana Wolzak - Qin Yue - Evie Yussuf
Notes to editors:
• Address: The Lido Stores, 2 Ethelbert Terrace, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 1RX.
• Winter opening hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-4pm.
• If Heaven Falls occupies two walls in The Lido Stores’ Gallery 1 and the entirety of Gallery 2.
• The Lido Stores art gallery exhibits artworks (including painting, print, collage and mixed media) from mid-career and established artists, as well as sculpture and ceramics from south-east makers. The gallery runs an exhibition programme comprising solo and group shows, and two open calls. Details can be found at www.thelidostores.com.
Alternative Valentines Exhibition
8 February – 8 March 2025
The Lido Stores Art Gallery, Margate
Drinks reception: Saturday, 8 February, 7-9pm
All are invited to the opening drink reception for The Lido Stores’ fourth annual Alternative Valentines exhibition, ‘If Heaven Falls’, on Saturday, 8 February, 7-9pm.
More than 700 submissions were received during the two-week open call window, from which gallery owner-curator Kristen Healy has selected some 115 artworks that contemplate the themes of love, lust and romance in all their complexity. The exhibition, comprising painting, print, collage, sculpture and other mixed media, will occupy two thirds of The Lido Stores’ Gallery 1 and the entirety of Gallery 2 for 4 weeks.
“The Alternative Valentines show is always a fun and dynamic start to the Lido Stores’ exhibition programme”, says Kristen Healy. “We intentionally run a very brief open call to start the year and maintain that rapid pace through to the opening night. We’ve tried in recent years to give the show a memorable name; on the heels of ‘The Wild Thought’ and ‘Fierce Scandal’, we have ‘If Heaven Falls’. It’s such a loaded title that speaks to the power and stakes of desire – the exhibition is really a meditation on life affirming, deeply felt passion and renewal, the all-consuming nature and catastrophic consequences of lust – love in all its raw, messy forms.
“It’s exciting to see artists’ interpretation of that; as an artist and curator, reviewing those exciting submissions, discovering conversations between disparate works during the curation and fostering relationships with the artists is one of the pleasures of this open call.”
The drinks reception for ‘If Heaven Falls’ on Saturday, 8 February (7-9pm) promises to be a fun and engaging evening for those passionate about the arts – all are welcome.
Participating artists:
Katherine Allen - Min Angel - Tom Banks - Amy Barker - Sarah Barker Brown - Dom Blower - Dorota Bouali - Jess Brox - Deborah Burnstone - Louise Burston - John Butterworth - Bethenie Carriaga - Jione Choi - Roberta Cialfi - Ade Clewlow - Eugenia Cuellar - Emma Davis - Kathleen Dawson - Rebekah Dean - Emma Digerud-White - Robin Dixon - Gavin Dobson - Rory Draper - Rita Fernandez - Nikki Foster - Alex Fox - Sarah Grant - Emily Grenville-Grey - Liz Griffiths - Leanne Hagger - Lee Hardman - Stephen Harwood - Lisa Hawkins - Kristen Healy - Alexandra Helm - Sadie Hennessy - Rosalind Hobley - Guy Holder - Elisa Hudson - Chris Hunt - Nick Ivins - Davina Jackson - Lucy Jagger - Harry Jones - Olivia Jones - Sal Jones - Simon Klein - Julia Ellen-Lancaster - Sharon Leahy Clark - Patrick Lears - Emma Loveridge - Ella Lucas - Henrietta MacPhee - Susan Madert - Enzo Marra - Kate Marsden - Jennifer Louise Martin - Anthony McAndrew - Siobhan McAuley - Caroline McCambridge - Eilish McCann - Connor McIntyre - Sally McKay - Sonia McNally - Ben Medd-Phillips - Jane Merriman - Susan Montgomery - Natasha Mottaghi - Anja Niedring - Kelly Norman - Stephanie Norris - Gemma O’Brien - Mirja Oksanen - Zeynep Ozkan - Meera Palia - Tracie Peisley - Louise Pettifer - Lena Pomford - Tina Poole - Sheila Rennick - Donna Riddington - Henrietta Roeder - Angela Rumble - Guy Rutter - Frances Ryan - Jiyeon Ryu - Janina Samoles - Ian Sanderson - Casper Scarth - Clare Scott - Jo Gabriele Sheppard - Kate Sherman - Lewis Simpson - Mary Claire Smith - Lucy Spanyol - Martin Spanyol - Clare Thatcher - Gwennan Thomas - Karen Thomas - Patricia Thornton - Geoff Tibbs - Annette Treacy - Twinkle Troughton - Amy Turnbull - Jane Walker - Casey Walshe - Julia Warr - Stella Whalley - Dylan White - Charles Williams - Diana Wolzak - Qin Yue - Evie Yussuf
Notes to editors:
• Address: The Lido Stores, 2 Ethelbert Terrace, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 1RX.
• Winter opening hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-4pm.
• If Heaven Falls occupies two walls in The Lido Stores’ Gallery 1 and the entirety of Gallery 2.
• The Lido Stores art gallery exhibits artworks (including painting, print, collage and mixed media) from mid-career and established artists, as well as sculpture and ceramics from south-east makers. The gallery runs an exhibition programme comprising solo and group shows, and two open calls. Details can be found at www.thelidostores.com.
