Heating Albion Row Studios hit its fundraising target!11 months ago
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Bringing together people and opportunities to create vibrant communities
By Maya Wallis
Heating Albion Row Studio aims to create an insulated self-contained warm pod in our communal project space, and to provide portable heaters for members to use in their individual studios.
Albion Row Studio is an artist-led shared studio space in Byker, Newcastle. The project was initiated as a response to multiple studio closures across the city. Albion Row Studio now provides vital workspaces for 14 Artists. We are focused on creating affordable, long-term spaces and immediate community. Our studios are housed in an ex-industrial unit with no central heating. The floors are bare concrete, and the industrial roof is not insulated. We want to ensure that the studios can be used throughout the winter. We developed a plan to build a self-contained communal warm pod, insulated by PVA sheets, floor insulation and heated by an infrared heater. This will offer a comfortable communal pod for artists to warm up, socialise, and work. We want to purchase a set of portable studio heaters for studio holders to sign out and use it in their spaces following the safe protocol. This will provide a safe and manageable way for studio holders to heat their own studios.
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Why it's a great idea:
By creating a warm pod and providing heaters, our studio holders can work throughout the winter months without compromising their artistic practice. The warm space will benefit our artists by providing a space of comfort and warmth. It will also support the community building by creating a contained and welcoming space to socialise and chat with other members throughout the workday. This space will be used during our general meetings or other public events. The purchase of energy efficient and safe heaters, that can be signed in and out will ensure that studio holders can work to their full potential in their individual spaces without the seasonal discomfort. Albion Row Studios is a huge success. We have collectively built the studios, transforming our unit into a functional workspace. We are passionate about creating good working conditions and community, by Heating our Albion Row Studios we can continue to provide this for our artists over winter.
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You can read about Albion Row Studios and how far our project has already developed in the last year on: http://albionrowstudios.com Check out our in dialogue with Artist Network North East: https://anne.art/dialogue-albion-row-studios/
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Brilliant news, thanks everyone!
Bringing together people and opportunities to create vibrant communities
Whoop, 30 people have pledged since fundraising began!
Whoop, 10 people have pledged since fundraising began!
Whoop, 10 people have pledged since fundraising began!
How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £1,122
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Target (inc. fees) £1,122
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VolunteerAlbion Row Studio is a shared studio space for 14 artists in Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne. We are an artist-led organization operating as an Unincorporated Association.
The project was founded, and it’s led by experienced and multifaceted artists Hannah Christy, Sabina Sallis and Maya Wallis. Among us we have breadth of experience and expertise on leading organising, fundrising and delivering abitious projects on time and on budget.
The project was initiated as a response to multiple Studio closures across the city and as a desire to experiment with modes for sustainable practice and community building.
Albion Row Studio now provides vital work-spaces for 14 Artists. We provide people with space to do their work, to develop their practice, socialise, and share a diversity of perspectives, and ideas across artistic disciplines.
The project is run with a collective responsibility between members. We are keen to experiment with our organisational structure by creating and sustaining co-operative governing principles of honesty, transparency, care, democracy and equality. We are committed to supporting creative and experimental modes of artistic autonomy and production; where artists are able to practice and thrive outside centralised models and mainstream institutions.
We believe that offering affordable, long term work-spaces and immediate community is the most radical and necessary thing we can do now to face an uncertain future.
With our hands and collective coming together we have built 14 individual studio spaces in the post-industrial wearhouse. The building was previously used for industrial purposes, and it wasn’t fit to house artists. The space is divided by stud walls, the floors are original concrete, and the walls and roof are not insulated. Since we built the studios, we have experienced a few winter months. The space is extremely cold and it was hard to work here. Through the Heating Albion Row Studios campaign, we want to change this. We aim to create a warm and welcoming space and also, we want to offer a number of efficient heaters. This will ensure that our organisation can be sustained, and our artists can work comfortably during the harsh winter.
Project Owner: Maya Wallis The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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