A contemporary Exhibition Space showcasing new and experimental work from established and emerging artists. SVAF also actively promotes and engages with artists’ collaboration projects and formulate interactive community, school and University projects in the Gallery.
Rosalind Barker MA and Susan Evans MFA with the members of the Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum, run The KCC Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Art Gallery as an artist led space.The forum is based at the Gallery.
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SEVENOAKS CAMERA CLUB Annual Exhibition
22 July – Saturday 1 August 2026
If it’s summer, it’s time for another edition of the Sevenoaks Camera Club Annual Exhibition. Celebrating the multiple possibilities of contemporary photography in two exhibition spaces. Kaleidoscope Art Gallery and Mezzanine space.
Prints will be displayed every day and the entries in the digital category will be showing every day on a large-screen TV. Club members will be in the Gallery on Saturdays ready to talk about the Club.
Derek Medhurst RED GREEN BLUE
Unmounted prints in the mezzanine area will focus on Club members’ pictures of local activities – either on their own account or as part of a Club project. As well as showing some of the things we do in and for the local community, it will also show that you don’t have to travel far to get good photos: they can be found almost on your doorstep.
Sevenoaks Camera Club awards evening July 2025 Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Art Gallery
The 200th anniversary of the first permanent photograph to have survived, taken by Nicéphore Niépce, is being celebrated in France over 2026 to 2027. We don’t of course have that picture but we will join in the spirit with a small display of Victorian photographs in the gallery’s vitrines.
Bring the family and vote for your favourite photograph.
Full information on the Camera Club http://www.sevenoakscameraclub.org.uk
The SVAF Community Art Project 2026 Horsing Around Sevenoaks
From Tuesday July 7 in the New Mezzanine Exhibition Space
The Horsing Around Sevenoaks herd needs to grow. Join in our Pony and Horse themed free artist led workshops
Thank you to all the families who horsed around at the April, Easter holiday, May and June artist led workshops.
SVAF Artist led Drop in Free Family Art Workshops
Saturday 4 JULY with Amanda Hopkins and Sarah Cliff
All Family workshops are 10:30 – 12:30
Drop in or stay Children must be accompanied
ALL materials provided
Dress for mess
Why Horses and ponies?
It will weave together that 2026 is the Year of the Horse. The Kent County Council logo is a white horse. The relaunch of Explore your Kaleidoscope, a joyous fold out interactive leaflet aimed at guiding visitors of all ages around the 4 different levels of the building in an art treasure hunt. Including find the mischievous Kaleidoscope pony who is covered in your children’s drawings and the ‘hidden’ artworks commissioned by KCC at the 2007 opening of the new Kaleidoscope Library, Gallery and Museum. 2027 will be the 20th anniversary.
Thank you to all the SVAF artist for their Pony themed workshops on Saturdays and across the Easter break. Susanne Beard – horse painting, Christine Highlane– collage, Sarah Cliff- drawing and collage, Sue Evans- for her multiple pony surprise mornings, Wendy Steryn and Cliona Murphy for our May Day workshop Saturday May 2nd.
JOIN IN Horsing Around Sevenoaks
Your pony or horse can be any shape or type of horse, not just the head. It can be multiples of small horses.
We can provide paper and templates, or you do your own thing.
Email Ros and Sue at sevenoakskaleidoscope@gmail.com if you have a group aged 2 – 92 who would like to be involved.
We will be inviting everyone to join in and make your own pony or horse at home.
Thank you to Susanne Beard who ran the first off site workshop for Horsing Around Sevenoaks working with Forget-me-Not-Café. Thank you to other community contributors who have also worked with Susanne The Embroidery Club Otford, Sevenoaks Adult Social Services, Sevenoaks Town Council as part of their Vine Theatre Event, Sevenoaks Adult social services.
Sevenoaks Library Knit and Natter group are already Horsing Around Sevenoaks
If you run a group of any age 2 – 92 and would like to join in the fun. Email us: sevenoakskaleidoscope@gmail.com
NOT JUST 7 OAKS the KALEIDOSCOPE FOREST of the IMAGINATION
The SVAF Community Art Project 2025
The Forrest is slowly being cleared this June, it has been a joyous project enjoyed by hundreds of visitors.
Thank you for all your arty Trees in every sort of media for our Forest of the Imagination on the Mezzanine outside the Gallery.
Thank you to The Otford Embroidery Group, The Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Knit and Natter Group, EPIC St Barts Youth Club, Sevenoaks Adult Social Services, Otford Library children’s craft morning and Forget-me-Not-Cafe for many stunning fun trees.
Every Saturday in June and July the drop-in workshops at Kaleidoscope were enthusiastically attended by many families. The inventiveness and pleasure expressed in making by all the family members has made this a joyful project. We owe a big thank you to lead artists Sarah Cliff, Susanne Beard, Sue Evans, Amanda Hopkins and Irene Vaughan who volunteered to run them.
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