The Margate School is under threat of closure after recent funding bids failed to come to fruition.
The independent art school is one of Margate’s largest creative communities with nine staff, 25 students, 17 tutors, 12 fellows, 42 studio holders, and a number of volunteers who are in danger of being displaced by the end of January.
Courses are suspended with immediate effect and if TMS cannot raise the necessary funds this month, then it will not be able to restart the courses and will begin the process of winding down all provisions over the coming months.
This would result in the loss of jobs and livelihoods and also a hub for innovation and creativity in Margate. It would also see the Woolworths building, which is such a feature of the High Street, empty once again.
The Margate School is currently…
