Pot Luck is a unique social club for creative people. Hosted at the Blast Theory studios in Portslade every two months and led by artist Ju Row Farr, Pot Luck events are a chance to try things out, meet new people, get inspired and find new ways to move forward.

Pot Luck is designed to build confidence, develop skills and facilitate connections. You might be looking for inspiration, changing direction, or you might be at the end of a course and thinking about what’s next. You might have a strong creative twinkle that needs attention; you might be working on a project and need something else.

All sorts of people come with all kinds of creative experiences. There are always new faces as well as regulars: we never know who will be in the room, and that’s part of what makes it exciting.

Join us for the next Pot Luck: Dwelling on 14 May 2025

Choose an image and follow a set of prompts to create a through line, a story, a set of observations – looking in detail and imagining whatever you can. Our lives are filled with so many images, and we can forget sometimes that each one can be a moment to see more, to tell something, or escape elsewhere.

This might be the start of something or a gorgeous derive into the future in your mind.

Bring yourself, bring someone else if you would like and bring some food to share.

I look forward to seeing you, and I am excited to see what we come up with.

Don’t forget to save the date and RSVP. You can do this by emailing me at [email protected]. Please also let me know if you’re bringing someone with you.

We have free bus passes available to travel to Pot Luck – if you’d like one, let me know when you email me.

Looking forward to seeing you,

Ju

Save the dates – coming up at Pot Luck

Is This Book A Piece Of Work or A Notebook? – Making A Book/Zine – Folding and Binding
9 July 2025 | RSVP

Drawing/Mark Making Even If You Don’t Think You Can: Flow and Brain/Hand Connections
10 September 2025 | RSVP

Air Drying Clay Building: A lot of freedom, some techniques and things to take home
12 November 2025 | RSVP

What happens at Pot Luck?

Pot Luck is based on the Potlatch, a North American Indigenous communal meal or gathering where everyone brings something they can contribute to the meal or to give away.

Eating together is a central part of the evening and we encourage everyone to bring something to share which is either vegetarian or vegan. Alongside a dish, we encourage you to bring a friend or someone curious too.

There is always something to take away, connected to the theme of the evening. Often, you might take away a new idea, an object, some new writing, or a potential collaborator or friend.

Hopefully, you will leave with a full belly and feel different to when you arrived.