Guest programme · 3 residencies a year · Early access for the list
Three seasons a year we hand the sixth chair to an award-winning artist from somewhere else entirely — and we book the flights so you don't have to. One week in residence, open books, flash and small customs, deposits only.
Deposits onlyFlash and small customsThe list hears a week early
Aino Koskinen · 12–16 AUGAutumn chair · 14–18 OCTWinter chair · 09–13 DEC
Residencies · 3 a yearSlots · 20 a chairDeposit · from £50The list · Early access, 7 days ahead
GUEST PROGRAMME · 2026 · EARLY ACCESS FOR THE LIST
Every published week, and every month still open. Residencies go to the list first, a week before they go anywhere near the internet — early access means exactly that.
HELSINKI NORTHAMPTON · 12–16 AUG · 20 SLOTS
Dotwork and Nordic ornamental blackwork, stippled at glacial patience. Five days on Fish Street, twenty slots, flash and small customs only. When it's gone, it's gone — and the waitlist heard about it first.
IN RESIDENCETBA NORTHAMPTON · 14–18 OCT · 20 SLOTS
Name drops in September. The shortlist is three artists long and two time zones wide. The list gets the email a week before Instagram does.
ANNOUNCED · OCTTBA NORTHAMPTON · 09–13 DEC · 20 SLOTS
Announced in November. Every guest passes one test before we book the flights: would our own residents queue for them? If yes, welcome to Northampton.
ANNOUNCED · DEC2 chairs announced but unnamed. The list gets the name and the dates in the same email.
JOIN THE GUEST LISTHow the chair works · Booked like any other
The name, the city and the week go out to the list first, then to the calendar above, then to Instagram. Announced-but-unnamed chairs hold their place in the year — that is the point of publishing the whole calendar rather than one poster at a time.
List first · 7 daysSame form as the residents, same three-day reply. Pick the guest chair, tell us the idea and the placement, and you get a straight answer on whether it fits the week. Guest weeks are flash and small customs — the sitting is short by design.
Reply · < 3 working daysDeposit from £50, and it comes off the final price exactly like a resident booking. Twenty slots to a chair, and when they are gone the list carries over to the next residency rather than starting again.
Deposit · from £50In residence now · 12–16 AUG
No spam, no newsletter theatre — one email when a chair is named, one when the books open. That is the whole arrangement.