Workers Gallery
@workersgallery.bsky.social
Small but fierce artist-led studio, #gallery & workshop in S #Wales valleys. Est 2014.Resident artists Chris Williams & Gayle Rogers. #Art & Sport, Graphic Novels, #Photography & Sculpture. Cargo e-bike tours/delivery. Also 'Friends of the Workers Gallery'
On this #smallpressday, be sure to check out your comic shop and look what they've got on their local and zine shelves. Check out what the artists and creators in your neighbourhood are up to!
For Small Press Day you can get my first zine - Custard - The Jam Roly Poly issue in print here - custardcomix.gumroad.com/l/tgslkn?lay... #smallpressday #smallpressday2026
Happy @smallpressday.bsky.social !! 📕 To celebrate I have reopened my online store on Ko-Fi! ✨ Currently its just my books listed so running a 20% off sale till Friday! use code SPD2026 or go via the link below! ko-fi.com/rhubarbwitch... #SmallPressDay #SPD2026
Open for business! Leeds Small Press Day, 11-5 at the Brew Society.
Our #SmallPressDay co-organiser @andywpoliver.bsky.social will be at all the SPD events in London tomorrow. He's also the @brokenfrontier.bsky.social Ed-in-Chief so he knows a bit about small press comics! Grab him for a chat if you want to ask anything. www.brokenfrontier.com/whats-happen...
What's Happening for Small Press Day 2026? - Check Out Events Around the UK and Ireland this Saturday – Broken Frontier
It's Small Press Day this Saturday, July 25th with around twenty events happening across the UK and Ireland.
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You, David Greene, and the people at Broken Frontier are a godsend to the UK Comics Industry, Andy 👏. Always good things come out of Broken Frontier when its mentioned by anyone I speak to, and having a day dedicated to Indie in a world of Industry should be appreciated more ❤️
My first @smallpressday.bsky.social stop was Oxfam Blackheath where #bf6towatch artist Beatrice Mossman signed my copy of BLACKHEATH FOLK. #smallpressday
Yay! Looking forward to a fun day at the gallery and to seeing what everyone else is up to for #smallpressday 2026!
Small Press Day@smallpressday.bsky.social · 2w agoIt’s finally here! Wishing a very happy SMALL PRESS DAY 2026 to all who celebrate! And a big thank you to all of the amazing small press creators out there - this day’s for you 💪❤️ #SmallPressDay
It's #smallpressday 🥳 *We've a social & share - just pop in *Exhibition of art from Noisy Valley, The Art of Protest by @myfanwytristram.bsky.social *Artist in Residence Gayle Rogers’ zine-in-progress *Explore our community #GraphicNovel library.For more events see @smallpressday.bsky.social
Anyway, a special shout-out to @lydiaturner97.bsky.social for all her hard work promoting @smallpressday.bsky.social this year. She's held the whole thing together in 2026 and worked tirelessly to push your events. So please give her a follow! #SmallPressDay
✨SMALL PRESS DAY COMIC OF THE DAY!✨ Sunday by Olivier Schrauwen - A brilliantly inventive look at one ordinary day☀️ 3 DAYS TIL #SMALLPRESSDAY!!!
This is a lovely community effort. Wonderful that comics hubs like this exist and work together to promote and support each other. That they've chosen to use @smallpressday.bsky.social to launch their new book is all the more rewarding.
Broken Frontier@brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 2w agoReview! Hants Comics Club Anthology 01: Travel – A Community Effort for @smallpressday.bsky.social Featuring Tim Bird, Julian Payne, Ellie May and More. www.brokenfrontier.com/hants-comics... #SmallPressDay
1/ 🧵 It’s almost Small Press Day! 🎉 Here are some of the brilliant events happening this Saturday, 25 July, across the UK, Ireland and beyond. Whether you’re into comics, zines, workshops or creator signings, there’s something to discover👇
2/ 🇬🇧 Wales 📍 The Workers Gallery (RCT) Join an open social & share event alongside Noisy Valley: The Art of Protest, see Artist in Residence Gayle Rogers’ zine-in-progress, and explore a community graphic novel library (donations welcome!).
Freelancers - you may wish to sign this to prevent your data being sold to private companies: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Create a government-owned, free software for Making Tax Digital (MTD)
With the roll-out of Making Tax Digital going ahead, HMRC must provide an in-house, government-developed, fully-functional software that allows easy and confident compliance with MTD. Self-employed pe...
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The positive migrant stories like this in our Rebellion! exhibition in Newcastle seem to have sent right wing types up there into meltdown from the comments in the visitor book. I guess the juxtaposition of positive stories next to anti-migrant protests is very uncomfortable for some people.
Davenant 📸@marcdavenant.bsky.social · 4mo agoRishan from the asylum and immigration section of my Rebellion! zine. She escaped religious persecution and came to England when she was 16. She has now qualified as an NHS nurse. The zine can be purchased here https://marcdavenant.com/product/rebellion-zine/
Handmade #pitchfork anyone? Useful for the small holding or farm or #protest march. Created by splitting one piece of wood lengthways and steambending. Made here in the Workers Workshop by @masterwoodchip.bsky.social Exhibition continues until mid August. youtube.com/shorts/_uzHK...
Pitchfork - handmade at #art exhibition of Noisy Valley the Art of #protest graphic novel
YouTube video by The WORKERS Gallery, Studio and Workshop
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Please enjoy another joyful bit of live scribing from @petermorey.bsky.social from our final* roundtable on Thursday 🔥 We discussed the whole comics industry this time, and honestly the wealth of ideas coming from the lot of you was electric!
These sculptures were created in the Workers Gallery workshop by resident artist Chris Williams. They are astonishing!
Chris Williams@masterwoodchip.bsky.social · 3w agoEarlier this year I completed two very challenging sculptures, see the story of making them here. youtu.be/zeUiMEP3b4Q?...
Meet and Make Friends - all welcome! Wednesday 15th July 12-2pm Get creative or pop in for a cuppa and a chat. This small social hey together is for those living with #dementia, their friends, family and carers. A small friendly group run by #volunteers from the Friends of the Workers Gallery.
If you'd like to purchase a Noisy Valley graphic novel Rhondda bundle check out www.workersgallery.co.uk/shop Exhibition remains open until mid August with free entry and a warm welcome 🤗
SHOP | workersgallery
Browse and buy art, cards and handmade gifts with all profits helping us to keep our creative community flourishing here and beyond the south Wales valleys.
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The memes surrounding Binface V Farage are brilliant, share your favourites below, preferably with links to original creators, and if we get enough, we will collate and publish..... Via Penny Nite on Facebook.
Just 2 weeks to go until #SmallPressDay! 🎉 Planning a signing, workshop, panel, launch, market or any other event to celebrate? Make sure it’s on our map by submitting it here: smallpressday.co.uk/event-submis...
Event Submission
The Small Press Day Event Submissions Form. Have this your SPD event all sorted? Let us know about it!
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It's Saturday so get yourself up the Workers! A warm welcome awaits...😁🤣
Workers Gallery@workersgallery.bsky.social · 4w agoNoisy Valley #exhibition of artwork by comics creator @myfanwytristram.bsky.social continues 10am-5pm Saturdays or make an appointment to visit on a week day www.workersgallery.co.uk/contact Video clip from recent #artist talk with Myf and Annie (chair of Friends of the Workers #Gallery).
‘He goes a bit funny if you use his real name’: the unstoppable rise of Count Binface
‘He goes a bit funny if you use his real name’: the unstoppable rise of Count Binface
Nigel Farage foresaw a summer stroll to glory when he forced a byelection – but now risks his career being trashed
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Noisy Valley #exhibition of artwork by comics creator @myfanwytristram.bsky.social continues 10am-5pm Saturdays or make an appointment to visit on a week day www.workersgallery.co.uk/contact Video clip from recent #artist talk with Myf and Annie (chair of Friends of the Workers #Gallery).
Great chance to learn more about @myfanwytristram.bsky.social 's artist journey & practice #comics #artist #ArtistTalk
Myfanwy Tristram@myfanwytristram.bsky.social · last mo.I had the honour of speaking as a guest on the ETC Artist series, and you can now watch it on YouTube at youtu.be/lfRonvc2dPg?... Be warned - I did have a coughing fit right at the end. Probably the result of talking for an hour!