From 3 to 31 January 2026, four local artists will transform the former O2 shop in Andover into a public, participatory creative space. Many Words For Snow invites residents and visitors to step inside a working studio environment where making, learning, experimenting, and conversation happen in the open.
The project is led by Dr Laurence Dube-Rushby, Tina Scahill FRSA, Kate Mieczkowska, and Simon Peter Green ARPS. Together, they will use the space as a catalyst for shared creativity, presenting a programme of exhibitions, discussions, performances, and drop in activities that unfold across the month.
Many Words For Snow is an invitation to rethink what art can be and to experience contemporary creative practice as something social, welcoming, and rooted in the local community.
All are welcome.
Dr Laurence Dube-Rushby
Tina Scahill FRSA
Kate Mieczkowska
Simon Peter Green ARPS
Programme Highlights
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Dr Laurence Dube-Rushby presents work from an ongoing un making practice, exploring art as research into the self and the world. Across January, works will be presented, reshaped, and revisited in conversation with the space, the public, and visiting artists, opening up questions about learning, teaching, and creativity beyond traditional structures.
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Dr Laurence Dube-Rushby and Tina Scahill FRSA host two sessions for local artist teachers and creative practitioners working in and beyond institutional education. The events focus on discussion, peer support, and networking.
Both organisers are council members of the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD), an advisory body to parliamentary committees and the Department for Education. The sessions also offer insight into NSEAD’s role in shaping the art curriculum.
Session 1: Friday 16 January, 5.30pm to 7.30pm - Cheese, wine, and discussion. Drop in or stay.
Session 2: Saturday 17 January, 2.00pm to 4.00pm - Making, Doing, Thinking Together
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Artist photographer Simon Peter Green offers professional portrait sessions in an accessible studio setting. Visitors are invited to drop in to learn more and reserve a free session. The project responds to the disappearance of high street portrait studios and aims to make high quality portraiture more accessible.
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Working with a local playwright and historian, the artists begin reviving the historic Andover mummers’ play. Once performed for centuries around Christmas by local men travelling between pubs and homes in and around Andover, the tradition declined and disappeared in the late 1960s.
This newly reborn version will be re contextualised for contemporary audiences, retaining its dramatic roots while aiming for humour and relevance. The collective goal is to have the play ready for Christmas 2026.
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A small group of students collaborate using digital equipment including audio recording, photography, film, and music production technologies. Winton School also works in collaboration with Andover Library.
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A socially engaged exhibition by artist photographer Simon Peter Green, created in collaboration with the Cultural Sharing Forum and local partners including Andover Vision, Chapel Art Studios, and Andover Museum and Museum of the Iron Age.
The exhibition explores people’s journeys to Andover and the stories that connect them, celebrating the diversity, positivity, and potential within the community.
Public facing events
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Free entry
UN_ASKED is a multi media photography event transforming the high street space into a warm, social setting for visual experimentation with photography, projection, and sound.
Live VJ: Xuesheng Ma
Live DJ: Simon Peter Green
Featuring work by photographers from across Britain, presented with permission and collaboration, including Anna Fox, Karen Knorr, Sunil Gupta, Andrew Jackson, Joanne Coates, Thom Bridge, Anthony Luvera, Jim Mortram, Alys Tomlinson, Peter Dench, Sian Bonnell, Jess Hurd, Jodie Bateman, Rob Bremner, Fion Hung Chin Yang, Matt Hind, Lucy Agius, Xuesheng Ma, and Simon Peter Green.
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New British Rural is an exhibition and seminar series celebrating real art by real farmers, exploring contemporary British rural life beyond stereotypes. The programme features artworks, poetry, books, documentaries, and theatrical props, and culminates in the live premiere of Roy Chatfield’s play S for Freedom.
The project supports the Farmers Mental Health Network and SPANA, highlighting the role of creativity in connection and wellbeing.