Arts West Side
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Owned by Bristol City Council, 6 West Street was handed over to Trinity Community Arts, via the city's Community Asset Transfer (CAT) process on a 'peppercorn' leasehold. We looked after the building from 2011 to 2018, in order to increase arts provision in Old Market, at a time when the area was struggling with borded up and vacant premises.
For 7 years, Arts West Side provided artists and communities with an affordable, central resource used and visited by an average of 2,000 people each year, helping to encourage other businesses and social enterprises to take up residency in the area.
SPACE @ Arts West Side
SPACE was party of an exciting partnership between two Key Arts Providers for Bristol running from April 2016 to March 2018. Run by Artspace Lifespace our shared vision for SPACE (Sound-Performance-Art-Community-Engagement) was to create a welcoming and open shared environment from Arts West Side, supporting the creative communities in Bristol with a new hub where they can showcase work and share ideas. SPACE provided an exciting programme including monthly events, exhibitions, workshops, art & crafts, pop-up shops, small theatre shows, fashion markets and so much more.
Trinity handed back the keys to BCC on the 30th of March 2018, leaving SPACE to be the sole manager of 6 West Street - read our statement here.
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Arts West Side
By taking on the management of 6 West Street (2011-2018), Trinity aimed to provide more activities within the area and increase opportunities and support the ongoing regeneration of Old Market.
AWS was able to accommodate the needs of small grass-roots groups and community initiatives that may otherwise not be able to afford inner city space.
Tenants across the seven years of AWS included Phase 8 Photography, the Bristol Somali Youth Network, Good Roots Cafe, Pixeled Whipped and Dave Bain Illustrators.
Standing for ‘Sound, Performance, Art, Community, Engagement’, SPACE hosts public events, art shows, artist residencies, community meetings, pop-up shops, as well as providing opportunities for volunteers, all from AWS main shop-front (Apr 2016 - March 2018).
Artspace Lifespace (ASLS) will continue their SPACE project and 6 West Street from April 2018 until 2020.
To check SPACE available dates, spaces and rates, please get in touch directly with with Claire, SPACE Project Coordinator: space@theislandbristol.com / 07922359261
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Project history...
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August 2011 - Trinity took on a 5-year lease on 6 West Street, Old Market, through the Bristol City Council's Community Asset Transfer (CAT) policy
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2012 - Trinity launched Arts West Side (AWS), to provide a hub for community and arts activities
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April 2016 - Trinity began a partnership with Artspace Lifespace to launch SPACE - an affordable, accessible community arts exhibition space from AWS main shop-front
- July 2016 - Trinity and Artspace Lifespace launched a public petition to "Save SPACE & Arts West Side", following a City Council decision to lease the premises commercially. The petition gained over 1,000 signatures in the space of two weeks!
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August 2016 - We secured an extended lease from the City Council until the end of March 2018
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April 2018 Trinity says goodbye to AWS and hands over the running of 6 West St to Artspace Lifespace to continue their SPACE projet until 2020.
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