Events 2026
Carefully curated for the curious
For 2026 we have established a monthly programme of Exhibitions, Performances and Workshops. There is a focus on local Artists and Makers in all fields. Some of our shows combine words and images, sculptures and digital art or Installations and video art. Every four weeks there will be a new Show in the Gallery with perhaps a break in between as we dress the space for the next exhibition. Aiming to bring to you the unusual, the unheard and the unseen we hope to help you continue on your journey with the Arts in an unforgettable way.
Scroll down to learn about our current exhibition & you’re invited to our Private View for the October show Friday 9th 6-8pm. See you there!
In Celebration of Trees
7th to the 29th May Wednesday to Saturday 10-4pm
Kent maybe a place of seascapes but once from our shores to the city we were a forest. With trees providing almost everything we and its inhabitants needed.
The landscape has changed but our trees that remain still provide us with what we and other inhabitants need.It is just that with smaller numbers of trees there are smaller numbers of everything except us.
Join us in celebrating these sentinel, life giving & life affirming beings through painting, drawing, sculpture, words & photography.
Works by: Jean Burton, Glyn Davies, Justin Gilday, Garry Parsons, Angela Rumble, Merike Sein, Robert Swain, Steve White & Caroline Wright
A Canterbury Collective
June 5th – 28th
Clive Soord and Lindsay West will be curating this show. Bringing the world of the cathedral city to the coast. They have a deep connection to ceramics, the world of raku, the mechanisation of art, sculpture and, perhaps the absurd. There will be up to ten Artists involved, with site specific works for the church.
Sanctuary
July 10th – August 2nd
Nicolas Cobb and Sarah Baulch alongside The Tread Collective will be exploring places, journeys, objects and the spaces we declare as sanctuary. The centre piece will be an 8 metre high cardboard tower symbolising a Roman tower that pilgrims from Canterbury once walked to. The journey taken will be reflected, amongst other things, by imagined environments, bundles of objects collected on walks and an installation about arrival by sea.
Works by: Nicolas Cobb, Sarah Baulch, Paul Bretherton, Dystin Johnson, Merike Sein, Tread Collective and the Bay Unite community.
Kiss me Quick
August 15th-31st
A celebration of the glory of seaside living in all its forms. An Open sponsored by Herne Bay Festival for everyone to enter and get to see their work displayed in the Gallery. No judgement, no fees and no prizes this exhibition builds on the success of the 2025 Open Our Coast, which over 100 Artists, Makers and Designers took part in.
The Millbank Collection
September 2nd to October 2nd
Christopher Millbank began as a Fine Art student specialising in Printmaking in the 1980s. His first purchase was a 200 year old Japanese woodcut which he still has.
It was the starting point of what is now a large collection, one which he has been keen to share for a number of years because he wanted others to know that collecting original Art by famous Artists was possible (and affordable) if one knew what to look for and where to find it. Collecting original prints thus became something of an obsession!
Numerous great Artists like Picasso, Miro, Chagall, Sutherland, Ravilious, Rembrandt, Hockney, Warhol (and many others) made numerous original etchings, lithographs, woodcuts etc that really do make Art more proletarian. Indeed many of their greatest works are graphical. The exhibition is diverse, reflecting a broad interest in Art, and it’s history, with a fascination for different ideas, materials & techniques. To this end the exhibition also includes numerous unsigned works; superb pieces but ignored by the Art world because they are anonymous.
East Kent Open House Artist Trail
October 10th–31st
The Magnificent seven are swaggering into Herne Bay Artists to take over individual spaces within the Gallery to show works. Its all part of the East Kent Open House Artists trail, which features around 250 Artists and has been going for over 20 years. Click HERE for more information.
We are hosting Garry Parsons, David Riley, Debs Smith, Spencer Alden, Shelli B, Chris Millbank and Sarah Baulch. It takes place from the 9th October: weekends of the 10/11, 17/18, 24/25 and for the Gallery during the weeks 10- 31st, weds to sat 10-4pm too
All that Glitters
November 12th-29th
Makers, Artists and Designers will create works around this theme for a show celebrating the season. There will be paintings, Christmas baubles, homewares, cards, gifts and stocking fillers for your loved (and unloved ones) at this time of year.
A stitch in time
December 4th-20th
A textile show with a focus on pieces by the PEG (Profanity Embroidery Group) Artists. They are from Whitstable, and they are showing as individuals not a Collective. Although we are expecting their Patchwork workshops around the theme of Confessions. Which. of course, take place and be displayed in a more private space at the church
“Nestled in the charming coastal town of Herne Bay, the Sarah Baulch Gallery stands as a vibrant testament to local artistry. This delightful space is dedicated to showcasing an array of fine art, prints, sculptures, furniture, and homewares crafted by talented artists from the area. The gallery not only features rotating exhibitions but also hosts workshops that engage schools and communities in the creative process”