Author Archives: janifranck

About janifranck

Artist, activist, founding director of The Art House in Southampton.

Pantry update – Friday 26 April ’24

Gill here! Todays pantry we had a lovely selection of goodies saved from supermarket waste. Huge beefsteak tomatoes, lovely ripe bananas, satsumas by the few dozen, swede, butternut squash, a huge variety of breads, cakes and pastries, vegan milk, coconut … Continue reading

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Arches Open Studios ’24 – Bunker178 music stage

Bunker178, the mobile offshoot of The Art House, are delighted to present a music stage at Arches Open Studios 2024, showcasing local talent. The stage will be compered by local performance poet Nicola Beck. Arches Open studios is a free … Continue reading

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Bunker178 FAQs – where are you based now?

Bunker178 FAQs: Have you moved to Arch 4, Arches studios? No. We are now a pop-up which means we swoop into a space which we’ve hired or been allowed to use, dress it as the Bunker, run the event and … Continue reading

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The Shed!

In February, when we were planning ahead to become a pop-up, we asked our community to fund a lockable storage box at Board in the City for our pop-up community pantry which we’ll be holding there every Friday 11am – … Continue reading

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First pop-up pantry at Board in the City

Our first pop up pantry at Board in the City CIC was lovely, we had SO much food from The Big Difference and Co-op! Thank you Board in the City team for making us feel really at home. Nic and … Continue reading

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