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Located in Bedford Place in a grade II listed building, the Art House gallery cafe is a welcoming, vibrant and charmingly quirky venue - it is also a newly-formed Community Interest Company

In addition to veggie food (with lots of vegan options!) we run workshops, events and talks. Our latest addition is Green Fridays - which happen on the 2nd Friday of every month. Our first Green Friday featured Graham Cole of the Vegan Organic Network discussing the merits of stock free organic growing. The idea behind Green Fridays is to give people an opportunity to feel as though they can do something positive about environmental issues. The next talk is on Friday 13th June (!) and will be on the topic of Transition Towns.

We also host meetings of local poetry and writer's groups, life drawing classes, 'Stitchy Moments' (where you can bring your clothes etc to revamp and repair over a cup of coffee and a slice of vegan cake).

We are keen to display the works of local artists and are running exhibitions throughout the year - our next features work from the 2007 Climate Camp + local artists - the theme being on the environment. There will be a launch event for this on Saturday 24th May featuring speakers, stalls, info, debate and entertainment.

In addition, we sell an eclectic range of pre-loved and retro clothing 'Trash Cocktail' - accessories also available. This year we are hoping to build our local crafts and jewellery sections in the Trash Cocktail room, to support local craft makers as much as we can.

Other up and coming events include: Chocfest (a vegan choc tasting extravaganza) on 26th July and a Little Green Fete on August 30th...

We look forward to seeing you! Ziggy & the Art House Crew, 81a Bedford Place, Southampton SO15 2DF 023 80 238582 info@thearthousesouthampton.co.ukwww.thearthousesouthampton.co.uk/index.html

Open Tuesdays to Sundays.