STST Word Club | Dress Poetics

Word Club at Staffordshire St is a space for collectives, curators and audiences to explore cross-disciplinary writing, from prose and non-fiction, to academia and poetry.

For a special July edition, we are delighted to host the London launch event for the second issue of Dress Poetics, After Midnight, featuring artists from the first and second generation of Dress Poetics.

Participating artists: Mahsa Saloor, Isabel Castro Jung, Fauness, Jess Zamora-Turner, Lottie McCrindell, Rose Higham-Stainton, Cat Feliciano, Lou Willmott, Jeff Wallner, Jessica Lim, Leila Kelley, Emily Platzer.

Info:
16 / 07 / 2026
19.00 - 22.00

Tickets:
£3 low-income
£6 general
£9 pay it forward

If you would like to attend but the cost is prohibitive, please get contact info@staffordshirest.com. If you are financially able, please consider choosing a pay-it-forward ticket. This helps keep events accessible to all.


Dress Poetics | @dresspoetics
Dress Poetics is an exhibition and publication project that explores clothing as a poetic medium, bringing together artists, writers, and performers who use garments to tell stories of memory, identity, desire, and transformation. Through textile works, sculpture, performance, and text, the project investigates how dresses and clothing can function as vessels for personal and collective narratives.

Accessibility: There is step-free access to the gallery via the door to the left hand side of the main entrance. There is a wheelchair accessible toilet. The event will be taking place in the exhibition space, which is a large open room with bright lighting and some seating available. View our accessibility rider here. 

Staffordshire St is an independent project space in Peckham, South East London. The venue facilitates arts and cultural events and provides affordable studios for artists, makers and designers. ​

Staffordshire St is not-for-profit and all income is invested into developing our public programme which launched the summer of 2022. The venue was established as an art gallery in 2017, before then it was vacant for many years after a community centre closed. Originally it was built as a Methodist Hall. We intend to support a range of cultural events for the local community.

Staffordshire St will build on the established record of these histories, opening up again to the neighbourhood and developing a welcoming interdisciplinary arts space. More information on upcoming events at : info@staffordshirest.com or @staffordshirest

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