NFASP case studies: Artists' studios engaging with social housing • Grassroots rural artists' studios
NFASP's new case studies of innovative practice in artists' studio provision: ACAVA's Flying Angel in partnership with social housing and rurally-based Green Close Studios.
Flying Angel: Artists' studios engaging with communities
ACAVA (Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art) studio providers have worked in partnership with Look Ahead Housing and Care (LAHC) to create a unique project combinging artists’ studios with accommodation for previously homeless people.
The project has used space in a residential building in Newham, London, for artists’ studios to complement and extend the housing provider’s programme of arts activities. Flying Angel, an old seaman’s mission building in Newham, has been converted into mixed use residential units and artists’ studios.
The development places artists and their practice at the centre of a challenging community - and aims to benefit artists and the community.
Download the Flying Angel Case Study PDF here
Green Close Studios: A grassroots approach to rural artists' studios
Green Close Studios are local, rural studios with a global reach. Based in the village of Melling, North Lancashire, this visual arts organisation has has been delivering culturally diverse contemporary art to rural and urban communities since its inception in 1997.
Green Close Studios has connected with its local environment, rural setting, and community and has also engaged with international artists and projects to build an outstanding, innovative arts provision.
A grassroots approach to the management of the studios means that artists are supported in their practice and in developing a wider understanding of working within community and educational contexts.
Download the Green Close Studios Case Study PDF here
Date posted: 26th May 2010
