OUR VISION
Fourth Wall is a conduit between our community and the healthcare system.
Creative processes, and gentle activism, are used as tools to solve problems and create change.
People with lived experience are empowered to use their voice to influence systemic change resulting in a person centred approach to healthcare.
OUR VALUES
Equity | Accessibility | Transparency | Innovation | Activism
BIG NEWS!
A MESSAGE FROM FWF’S FOUNDING DIRECTOR SARAH LLOYD:
Fourth Wall Folkestone began as an experimental project exploring how I could share my art practice within research to the public by opening a gallery and open studio right on the high street. It soon evolved into a registered CIC and I was collaborating with other organisations in the voluntary sector who had exciting socially engaged projects to share with the community. Before I knew it, Fourth Wall had reached its capacity in its first premises and we were moving into a bigger space to accommodate the rate in which it was growing.
Long story short, the current physical space has become its own amazing beast that has outgrown my capacity. My own work as an artist researcher has been put on the back burner whilst I have been nurturing the space over the past four years. Alongside this, the current climate has meant that it has become increasingly difficult to access funding, so I have made the very difficult decision to close Fourth Wall as a physical space as of January 2026.
Whilst this phase of the project may be coming to a close, I am really excited to say that Fourth Wall Folkestone will remain as a not-for-profit Community Interest Company and will go nomadic.
This is not a goodbye, this is a ‘watch this space’. I have been doing a lot of reflection and blue sky dreaming as to what Fourth Wall Folkestone could go on to look like in the future (think podcasts and pop-ups etc). I’m looking forward to sharing the next part of this journey with you all.
Thank you for all your continued support. Community is so important and I am so grateful to be part of this one with you all.
Sarah. x
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!
It was amazing to see so many of your lovely faces at our recent Studio Sale. We are delighted that so many things found lovely new homes with you.
The keys to number 10-12 have been handed back now, but we’ll be back in the spring with our very first pop up project!
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Thanks again for your continued support.
“FWF is not afraid to tackle issues that are difficult, emotional and rarely shared. The quality of the events and artwork is always extremely good. It deals with real life subjects in a way that doesn’t happen elsewhere.”
“FWF invites and encourages all members of the community to take up space. There is this unique energy that FWF emulates, one that encourages people to show up as they are, being true to themselves and take what they need from the space. The work that goes on within FWF is life saving and life changing.”
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