Located in a red and white striped building on the first floor of East Quay, Studio 10 functions as a multi-use project space, hosting residencies for artists and craft-based makers alongside more responsive projects, in tandem with our wider exhibition programme at East Quay.

The space welcomes local and South West based artists and craftspeople to come and be part of our creative community here in Watchet, offering the time and space to develop and explore their practice in an open and non-pressured environment The space also hosts work by local school students and community groups.

Please contact Millie Laing-Tate at millie@containsart.co.uk for more information.

Header image: Maker Residency with Bec Briar

- 2026:
‍MAKER RESIDENCY
‍With Bec Briar

‍REFRACTION
‍Collaborative project between East Quay studio artists and Geckoella
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- 2025:
SOUTH WEST ARTIST RESIDENCY
‍With Maya Ronchetti

PASSING THROUGH
Collaborative Project with Studio KIND in Barnstaple

SOMERSET ARTIST RESIDENCY
With Steve Burden

THE ANCIENT MARINER
‍West Somerset College Sixth Form students
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END OF YEAR ART SHOW
‍Danesfield and Minehead school students

‍Ama Dogbe x Bridgwater and Taunton College
‍Digital art collaboration
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HELD IN THE GRAIN; Craft As A Way To Preserve Nature's Story
‍Jeffrey Hart, Craftsman in Residence

Coating
‍A solo show by Anna Chrystal Stephens

Exmoor Farms: A Year on the Moor
‍A collaborative project between the Exmoor Society, the Exmoor Hill Farming Network, and local GCSE students
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‍- 2024:
In Search of Lost Time
‍A trio show by Mike Bradshaw, Vanessa Clegg and Andrew Davey

‍Closing the Loop
‍A solo show by Joe Preston

‍UNWRAPPED: Fast Fashion
‍A group show by Sixth Form Students from West Somerset College
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Danesfield End of Year Art Show
‍A group show by Years 5, 6 7 & 8 from Danesfield C of E School
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Artwork from the Multiverse
‍An NFT Project by Danesefield D of E pupils‍

Beside the Lake, Beneath the Trees
‍A solo show by Arushee Suri‍

‍Mind of Wonk
‍A community project led by Lottie McCarthy, with Bridgwater Art Group‍

‍DIAGENESIS
A solo show by Elizabeth Woodger
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- 2023:
‍Together Apart
‍A collaborative project by the West Somerset Welcome Hub, with Georgina Towler and Melanie Deegan

‍The Woods Echo Out To Us
‍A duo show by Elaoise Benson and Annie Watkins

‍Studio 10 Artist Residency
Somerset-based artist Jenni Dutton takes over Studio 10

‍Souvenir
A solo show by Beth Fox

Out of the Box
A group show celebrating 10 years of Contains Art‍

Slow Time
A group show by the Somerset Solargraphic Society, led by Janette Kerr in collaboration with John Gammans
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- 2022:
Watchet Sur La Mer
Exhibition featuringthe work of six architecture students from the Masters of Architecture (RIBA Part II) course at Oxford Brookes University, each project inspired by Watchet.

Artist Residency: Jenni Dutton
‍Jenni Dutton took over Studio 10 as artist in residence throughout August 2022, working on her climate activism, particularly focusing on the current dire state of the oceans. ‍

Somerset Art Weeks festival 2022
‍Studio 10 hosted the work of six invited artists: Sarah Easter Collins, Sarah Fox, Helen Jones, Georgina King, Dot Kuzniar and Veronica Wilbourn, as part of Somerset Art Weeks festival 2022.

The space has also previously been transformed into a sanctuary for artists Joanna Briar and Jill Davies. Commissioned by Somerset Art Works, their project featured over 400 postcards made by participants from Somerset and beyond. You can find out more about it here.