Strange Cargo is a participatory arts organisation based in Folkestone, Kent.

For over 30 years we have engaged communities in creating high-quality public artworks, exhibitions and festivals.

We’re dedicated to strengthening communities through active engagement in the cultural conversation of where they live. Our work is informed by a belief that by bringing people together, art can remain malleable and responsive to context and social history.

We believe passionately in the power of art to celebrate people and places

Since 1995 our participatory art projects have bought people, spaces and communities together, placing art created with local people at the heart of the community. We’re proud of our award winning projects, they range from guidebooks to sculptures: but what we’re proudest of is being trusted by the 27,000 people we’ve collaborated with.