The Blackpool Arts Department ethos is to develop an import and export of talented artists. Our members are nominated as well as open to submission as exhibiting Artists automatically receive membership status free of charge. The Membership is not exclusively for Blackpool residents and encourages links through out the UK and abroad.

This year we have received a number of international artists requesting information on exhibiting and joining BADept and we have catered for a number of local artists in giving free advice and mentorship. BADept is proud to have a high standard reputation of working with quality artists with recent members whom this year have been nominated for awards like Virginia Verran who has recently attained 1st prize at the Jerwood Drawing Prize and Kit Abramson a North West Artist who was short listed and exhibited for the Northern Futures.

Blackpool Arts Department is a not- for-profit organization current members are:

Adrian Pritchard ............................... BADept Project Coordinator/Artist
Darren Clarke..................................Work Placements/Artist ( Blackpool)
Stephen Wymark.............................Performance Artist ( Blackpool)
Sue Godsiff......................................Work Placements/Artist ( Blackpool)
Michael Cassidy..............................Exhibiting Artist ( Blackpool )
Clare Chapman...............................Exhibiting Artist ( London )
Kit Abramson ..................................Exhibiting Artist & Lecturer (Lancaster/Cumbria)
Jayne Hudson...................................Work placements, Technician/Artist (Blackpool)
Steve Bell .........................................Kilne House Gallery Curator (Blackpool)
Maria Goss ......................................Financial Secretary (Lytham)
Kazu Watanabe ..............................Teacher of Asian Culture (Blackpool, Tokyo)
Kerry Hunt ........................................Arts Officer Grundy Gallery (Blackpool)
Helena Ben-Zenou...........................Artist in Residence (London, Nottingham)
David Parkinson............................. Work placements Curator/Artist(Blackpool)
Mary Greenwood.............................Work placements,Technician/Artist(Blackpool)
Virginia Verran.................................Exhibiting Artist & Lecturer (London)
Nick Kowalski...................................Exhibiting Artist & Lecturer (Blackpool)
Christopher Mills .............................Exhibiting Artist (Manchester)
Emma Oldridge............................... Exhibiting Artist (Bristol)
Esteban Igartua............................... Exhibiting Artist (Bristol, Peru)
Ann Carragher .................................Exhibiting Artist & Lecturer (Blackpool, Ireland)
Josh Tennant ................................. .Exhibiting Artist (Liverpool)
Margaret Cahill ................................Exhibiting Artist (Manchester)
Georgia Cox ....................................Exhibiting Artist (Bath)
Kelly Garlic ......................................Gallery Assistant (Lytham)