[GSEF2016]: Workspace environments that support artists' careers and add value to their communities

Category: 
Europe
SSE Organisation
Class: 
Urban & Rural Regeneration / Community

Presented at: GSEF2016 Montreal

Organisation: Bow arts (SSE organization)

Date: September 8, 2016

Presenter: Mr. Marcel Baettig (Chief Executive Officer)

Contactsmbaettig@bowarts.com

Summary

Affordable creative workspace provision for a wide range of artists, makers, designers is at the core of Bow Arts, an educational arts charity in East London. They operate artist studios, run an education programme and manage The Nunnery, a contemporary art gallery in Bow. Their creative workspace environments are designed to be both a base for creative practitioners to work in, to meet other artists and access opportunities that come through being in an active supportive environment.
Recognizing both the needs and economies of recent graduates and emerging artists at the early stages of their careers, they provide artist studios and LiveWork accommodation. Their ethos is to create workspace environments that support artists’ careers and add value to the communities they are based in, and they welcome artists and makers who would like to be part of this growing Bow Arts community.