- Urban Wild on the Common 2026
- Punk Poetry, Protest & Pantry news (August newsletter & Autumn what’s on)
- A Warm Welcome at Bitterne Station – Our First Friday Pantry at our new home!
- The Art House pop-up pantry at Bitterne Station open day!
- Event announcement: Valentine Noire with Jason Buck
- Gig Announcement: Grant Sharkey’s 24th Album Launch
- Bunkerfest 2024 Recap – a community effort that raised over £1200!
- Special guest for this month’s Moving Voices
Category Archives: Our history
Save our venues
As we spend this week dismantling the arts and performance venue we worked so hard to create over 15 years, we decided to remove our sign last night. Why did we go to the trouble of doing this and not … Continue reading
On our name and neurodivergence (it’ll make sense in a minute).
We didn’t choose the name ‘The Art House’, we inherited it from the business before us, but we had a lot of fun punning with the name, as did our detractors. The ART House because it’s a house where art … Continue reading
What’s changed? 2021 update
In early 2020, before the pandemic, we held a fundraiser to allow us to step back, repurpose and redesign how we ran The Art House. You can watch us talking about this here We raised £25K at the end of … Continue reading
Happy birthday to our Community Pantry!
One year ago, we had our first delivery of surplus food diverted from waste and set up a stall outside our space, which was still closed due to the first lockdown. Since then we have redistributed more than 12 tonnes of … Continue reading
COVID update November
Update: our community pantry is expanding! During lockdown we will have even more veggie and vegan groceries and freshly prepared ready meals available on a pay as you feel basis, 12.30-4pm Weds – Saturday. We will close this Friday 6/11 … Continue reading
Covid update Monday 3 August
The Art House is continuing to offer online events, including live music streamed from our House to yours in August, food deliveries and kerbside collections and a community pantry with pay-as-you-feel groceries and chilled meals. We will be pausing food … Continue reading
Update for the last week of July
Jani here – another week of this weird time done. This week we: Ran three online streamed shows to a total of 114 households. Fed 21 households in Southampton and Totton with our deliveries of meals, including some paid forward … Continue reading
Sunday 31 May update #covid19 #lockdown
The Art House doors won’t be opening again until it is safe to open. Our aim at the present moment is to empower and support people to #stayhome as much as possible by bringing meals, entertainment and connection from our … Continue reading