OPEN CALL
The chance to exhibit in the Tobacco Factory, Athens
The chance to exhibit in the Tobacco Factory, Athens
ATHENS
September 17th-20th, 2026
H-M-S OPEN CALL
To participate in Platforms Project, an artist-led art fair The Tobacco Factory, Athens
WHO: H-M-S is an UK independent platform established in 2018
www.h-m-s.co.uk
Insta: @platformhm
HOW TO ENTER
FOLLOW @platformhms on Instagram
POST entry on Instagram including title size, medium
TAG #littlepreciouslittle
ADD TEXT “This is my entry for @platformhms #littlepreciouslittle”
ARTWORK
THEME: ‘Little Precious Little’
SIZE: 10 cm x 10cm x 10cm max (to include sculpture)
Include the title, size, medium
45 artworks will be selected.
Painting, drawing, mixed media and sculpture. Please note the work will be transported by cabin bag on Ryanair and must meet all requirements for permitted items allowed on board.
Whilst every care will be taken handling artwork, please note we do not accept any responsibility for accidental damage, loss or theft. Please consider insurance.
DATES
ENTRIES OPEN: July 19th
ENTRIES CLOSE: August 7th
DECISION: August 21st
Notification of successful applicants by dm on Instagram (only selected artists will be notified and unfortunately, we can offer no feedback).
DELIVERY (to UK): August 30th – September 6TH
RETURN OF WORK: October 1st
Correct SAE and packaging MUST be provided for return of artwork
ENTRY FEE: £7 maximum of 1 entry per person
Make payment via PayPal to athensprecious26@gmail.com
Reference: Precious:YOUR NAME
SALES: No commission on sales but transactions must be dealt with by seller and buyer directly.
PEOPLE
Co-curated by artists and curators Jackie Berridge and Cynthia Harrison Orr
JACKIE BERRIDGE
www.jackieberridge.co.uk
INSTAGRAM: @j4ckieberridge
CYNTHIA HARRISON ORR
INSTAGRAM: @cynthiaharrisonorr
SELECTORS
KRISTIAN DAY
www.kristianday.co.uk @kristiandaygallery
Kristian Day is a curator, mentor and lecturer who has worked across the UK’s public and private art sectors for over 30 years. His practice spans contemporary curating, artist development, and strategic support for galleries, studio groups, and arts institutions. He is particularly interested in regional arts ecologies and has advised a wide range of organisations on how to build more sustainable, interconnected networks outside of metropolitan centres
RUTH HEATON
www.ruthheaton.com @rutheheaton
She explores painting as an expanded practice informed by architectural structures, interior design, personal memorabilia, and objects drawn from domestic, decorative, and popular culture. She dovetails this with independent curatorial projects and has led the recent series of Simulcast exhibitions in Yorkshire and the Northeast. She also supports on a voluntarily basis an artist led gallery in Sheffield with curatorial and installation assistance. She has exhibited widely, and her work is held in private and public collections.
ABOUT
PLATFORMS PROJECT, ATHENS
www.platformsproject.com
@platformsproject
Platforms Project is an international annual exhibition of the independent art scene for collectives and has been presented annually since 2013. The aim of Platforms Project is to map the international independent art scene, how it engages, how it’s produced within platforms, and to create channels for artists to communicate and collaborate.
H-M-S has participated almost every year since the launch of Platforms over a decade ago.
H-M-S
www.h-m-s.co.uk
INSTAGRAM: @platformhms
H-M-S is an initiative built on the success of Harrington Mill Studios (2007–18). The studios and gallery were established by Jackie Berridge over a decade ago to provide work spaces and opportunities for fine artists. As well as hosting shows by local, national and international artists, the studios also organised artist exchanges and exhibitions in places as far away as Chicago, Seoul, Stockholm, Honfleur and Athens.
18 studio spaces were built by Jackie and her husband Jem with the help of Shiela and Kristian Ravnkilde over a period of 5 months. After weekends and holidays spent creating partitions, the studios were ready for the first open studio launch in October 2007
Many exhibitions, exchanges and talks followed. See below for a few snapshots.
September 17th-20th, 2026
H-M-S OPEN CALL
To participate in Platforms Project, an artist-led art fair The Tobacco Factory, Athens
WHO: H-M-S is an UK independent platform established in 2018
www.h-m-s.co.uk
Insta: @platformhm
HOW TO ENTER
FOLLOW @platformhms on Instagram
POST entry on Instagram including title size, medium
TAG #littlepreciouslittle
ADD TEXT “This is my entry for @platformhms #littlepreciouslittle”
ARTWORK
THEME: ‘Little Precious Little’
SIZE: 10 cm x 10cm x 10cm max (to include sculpture)
Include the title, size, medium
45 artworks will be selected.
Painting, drawing, mixed media and sculpture. Please note the work will be transported by cabin bag on Ryanair and must meet all requirements for permitted items allowed on board.
Whilst every care will be taken handling artwork, please note we do not accept any responsibility for accidental damage, loss or theft. Please consider insurance.
DATES
ENTRIES OPEN: July 19th
ENTRIES CLOSE: August 7th
DECISION: August 21st
Notification of successful applicants by dm on Instagram (only selected artists will be notified and unfortunately, we can offer no feedback).
DELIVERY (to UK): August 30th – September 6TH
RETURN OF WORK: October 1st
Correct SAE and packaging MUST be provided for return of artwork
ENTRY FEE: £7 maximum of 1 entry per person
Make payment via PayPal to athensprecious26@gmail.com
Reference: Precious:YOUR NAME
SALES: No commission on sales but transactions must be dealt with by seller and buyer directly.
PEOPLE
Co-curated by artists and curators Jackie Berridge and Cynthia Harrison Orr
JACKIE BERRIDGE
www.jackieberridge.co.uk
INSTAGRAM: @j4ckieberridge
CYNTHIA HARRISON ORR
INSTAGRAM: @cynthiaharrisonorr
SELECTORS
KRISTIAN DAY
www.kristianday.co.uk @kristiandaygallery
Kristian Day is a curator, mentor and lecturer who has worked across the UK’s public and private art sectors for over 30 years. His practice spans contemporary curating, artist development, and strategic support for galleries, studio groups, and arts institutions. He is particularly interested in regional arts ecologies and has advised a wide range of organisations on how to build more sustainable, interconnected networks outside of metropolitan centres
RUTH HEATON
www.ruthheaton.com @rutheheaton
She explores painting as an expanded practice informed by architectural structures, interior design, personal memorabilia, and objects drawn from domestic, decorative, and popular culture. She dovetails this with independent curatorial projects and has led the recent series of Simulcast exhibitions in Yorkshire and the Northeast. She also supports on a voluntarily basis an artist led gallery in Sheffield with curatorial and installation assistance. She has exhibited widely, and her work is held in private and public collections.
ABOUT
PLATFORMS PROJECT, ATHENS
www.platformsproject.com
@platformsproject
Platforms Project is an international annual exhibition of the independent art scene for collectives and has been presented annually since 2013. The aim of Platforms Project is to map the international independent art scene, how it engages, how it’s produced within platforms, and to create channels for artists to communicate and collaborate.
H-M-S has participated almost every year since the launch of Platforms over a decade ago.
H-M-S
www.h-m-s.co.uk
INSTAGRAM: @platformhms
H-M-S is an initiative built on the success of Harrington Mill Studios (2007–18). The studios and gallery were established by Jackie Berridge over a decade ago to provide work spaces and opportunities for fine artists. As well as hosting shows by local, national and international artists, the studios also organised artist exchanges and exhibitions in places as far away as Chicago, Seoul, Stockholm, Honfleur and Athens.
18 studio spaces were built by Jackie and her husband Jem with the help of Shiela and Kristian Ravnkilde over a period of 5 months. After weekends and holidays spent creating partitions, the studios were ready for the first open studio launch in October 2007
Many exhibitions, exchanges and talks followed. See below for a few snapshots.
Harrington Mill Studios 2007 - 20018
The studio spaces were 3m x 6m
SUPERMARKET, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, 2010
The first artist-led art fair for HMS artists was Supermarket held at the Kulturhuset, Stockholm which led to international and european exchanges with other artist groups.
The first artist-led art fair for HMS artists was Supermarket held at the Kulturhuset, Stockholm which led to international and european exchanges with other artist groups.
GoCart Gallery, Halfway to Russia and other Eastbound Horizons, 2011
The initial contacts for this exchange took place during Supermarket Art Fair, 2010. Members from the two organisations metresulting in a collaborative exchange project. Swedish artists came to Nottingham in June and Nottingham based artists visited Gotland, Sweden in August.
The initial contacts for this exchange took place during Supermarket Art Fair, 2010. Members from the two organisations metresulting in a collaborative exchange project. Swedish artists came to Nottingham in June and Nottingham based artists visited Gotland, Sweden in August.
Above. Installation at Harrington Mills, 2011
Above. Harrington Mills at GoCart Gallery curated by David Manley and Sarah Key
Salt House Honfleur, France 2018
In 2018 Harrington Mill Studios and Contre Courant, an artist initiative from Honfleur, France participated in an exchange. This was the last event before the close of the studios in December 2018.
In 2018 Harrington Mill Studios and Contre Courant, an artist initiative from Honfleur, France participated in an exchange. This was the last event before the close of the studios in December 2018.
Darkness of Light, Seoul, South Korea, 2012
Curated by Sookyung Huh. An artist exchange with Korean artist, Professor Lim
Curated by Sookyung Huh. An artist exchange with Korean artist, Professor Lim
INBOX, 2015
Platforms Project, Athens
Platforms Project, Athens
PLATFORMS PROJECT 2023
https://platformsproject.com
Instagram HMS @platformhms
Instagram Platforms Project @platformsproject
26th – 29th October 2023
Platforms Project 2023, Technopolis, Athens
The theme of the HMS Booth was PLOT. Four curators from Notts, Sheffield, Liverpool, and London were invited.
14 Nottinghamshire artists and HMS Alumni also responded to the theme of PLOT
https://platformsproject.com
Instagram HMS @platformhms
Instagram Platforms Project @platformsproject
26th – 29th October 2023
Platforms Project 2023, Technopolis, Athens
The theme of the HMS Booth was PLOT. Four curators from Notts, Sheffield, Liverpool, and London were invited.
14 Nottinghamshire artists and HMS Alumni also responded to the theme of PLOT
PLOT 1 150 x 80cm Jackie Berridge
PLOT 2 200 x 80cm Wendy Williams/Basement Arts
PLOT 3 200 x 80cm Cynthia Harrison Orr
PLOT 4 200 x 80cm Fronteer Art/Sean Williams
PLOT 5 150 x 100cm Rosalind Davis
PLOT
PLOT 2 200 x 80cm Wendy Williams/Basement Arts
PLOT 3 200 x 80cm Cynthia Harrison Orr
PLOT 4 200 x 80cm Fronteer Art/Sean Williams
PLOT 5 150 x 100cm Rosalind Davis
PLOT
- a small area of ground
- a schematic or technical drawing showing variables
- a chart, map, or graphic representation
- the story that is told as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
- a devise for the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
- secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- plan secretly, usually something illegal
Platforms Project 2022
13th – 16th October 2022
This marked the 10th anniversary of the artist led event and took place in the School of Fine Arts, Athens.
The theme of the HMS booth was 'Telling Tales'.
David Ainley - Joan Ainley - Jackie Berridge
Andrew Bracey - Robbie Bushe - Louisa Chambers
Laura Footes - Cynthia Harrison Orr - Harriet Mena Hill
Michael Johnson - Debbie Lee - Arianna Tinulla Milesi
Masao Nakahara - Mandy Payne - Kerri Pratt
R&F Mo - Geraldine Swayne - Gabriel Tejeda
13th – 16th October 2022
This marked the 10th anniversary of the artist led event and took place in the School of Fine Arts, Athens.
The theme of the HMS booth was 'Telling Tales'.
David Ainley - Joan Ainley - Jackie Berridge
Andrew Bracey - Robbie Bushe - Louisa Chambers
Laura Footes - Cynthia Harrison Orr - Harriet Mena Hill
Michael Johnson - Debbie Lee - Arianna Tinulla Milesi
Masao Nakahara - Mandy Payne - Kerri Pratt
R&F Mo - Geraldine Swayne - Gabriel Tejeda
Platforms Project 2019, Athens
In the first exhibition after the closure of the studios, artists from different regions of the UK, each with their own way of working were brought together to present House. See images below.
In the first exhibition after the closure of the studios, artists from different regions of the UK, each with their own way of working were brought together to present House. See images below.
