D31 Art Gallery in Waterdale Doncaster

Funded on
25 Jun 2020

We are looking to open a much needed art gallery where artists can show their work to the public as well as leverage on each other's skills while providing the public with art appreciation skills.

£5,733 Raised of £5,782

37 Backers

99%

Our Delivery Report

Funded on 25 June 2020 | Delivered on 14 November 2020

£5,733

RAISED

BACKERS

DAYS TO FUND

BIGGEST PLEDGE

£2,500

From The Doncaster Movement

£30

MOST POPULAR PLEDGE AMOUNT

We have received donations on justgiving, we will close this once our spacehivepage is life donated £680

Luke Oliver donated £10

Richard Appleby donated £55

Spacehive fee substitute - #LetsPullTogether donated £286

235 Artworks created

Chris Linacre donated £10

Rosemary Firth donated £30

Vicky Prior donated £20

Rosemary Firth donated £30

Richard Appleby donated £30

More about our impact

The environment

We have renovated a space which had been abandoned.

The local economy

This is our first gallery in this project and we are hoping to do more.

Arts, culture & heritage

We have given opportunities to local and regional artists to exhibit work in a professional environment.

https://www.d31artgallery.com/

I am an exhibiting artist and curator working from my town of Doncaster in South Yorkshire with over 25 years of professional experience in various fields such as arts development, and advisory, community development, training and consultancy, banking and finance, recruitment and human resources and cosmetics.

In 2018 I founded an art organisation called Doncaster art fair which is gradually reshaping the Visual arts sector in the town and giving hope to the much negleced community of artists working in the town. Through this organisation, I have successfully exhibited the works of over 150 visual artists and more than 50 designers, many of whom through my coaching and mentoring, launched themselves into the art sector.

My work in the community includes the following:

Doncaster art fairs -This takes place 4 times per year in the Market area of the town centre.

Cube Exhibition at the Market - Bringing arts to the heart of the market in a rolling exhibition.

Artists in residence at the Doncaster corn exchange

Service for artists at the Doncaster Minster

And many other.

My latest project is the Waterdale art Gallery where I am collaborating with 31 artists to open a commercial self sustaining art gallery run by the artists themselves. The aim is to launch 5 such galleries in the town over a period of 10 years. This will totally transform the sector, increase tourism, provide a pathway for art students, provide internship opportunities for young people, and increase skill acquisition in the sector.

In my own right as an artist, my work has been exhibited at the Royal academy of arts summer exhibition in london, not 30% project by Kate Bryan, saatchi art online, Finalist at the global arts awards 2018, Raw talent award 2018.

My aim is to continuesly help to develop others, help to shape Doncaster while developing myself.

Project Owner: chinwe Russell The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.