Support
- Funding
Mission Gallery is funded by The Arts Council of Wales www.artswales.org.uk/
- Partners
The Jane Phillips Award | www.janephillipsaward.co.uk
A new award and residency for emerging artists, which aims to mentor, nurture and support the professional artistic growth of young, emerging artists across the Visual and Applied Arts. The Jane Phillips Award was set up in 2011 as a memorial to Jane Phillips (1957-2011) Mission Gallery's first director. The Award is a legacy to Jane's passion for mentoring and nurturing talent, and consistently supporting young artists. The Jane Phillips Award seeks to award and support one artist every two years, commencing November 2011. The Jane Phillips Award is administered by Mission Gallery.
Ruthin Craft Centre | www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk
With three galleries, six artist studios, retail gallery, education and residency workshops, tourist information gateway and café with courtyard terracehe Arts Council of Wales Lottery funded transformation of Ruthin Craft Centre is now complete. This amazing re-development designed by Sergison Bates architects is located on the existing site in its own landscape and is a dynamic zinc and cast stone building with undulating roofs to echo the surrounding Clwydian hills.
SATnet | www.smu.ac.uk/satnet
SATnet facilitates the interaction between Swansea Metropolitan University based academics and Welsh companies that work in the visual arts, the science and technology sectors. By fusing together these traditionally polar disciplines, SATnet not only creates new partnerships, but also helps to develop potential new products and processes.
Supersaurus | http://studiosupersaurus.tumblr.com/
Supersaurus is a new artist studio collective based in the centre of Swansea. The group balances individual practice with a parallel focus on collaborative work which can take the form of interventions, text and image based work, participatory and social events as well as podcasts which encompass interviews, discussions, experimental sound recordings and themed radio broadcasts. Members are Adele Vye, Aled Simons, Fern Thomas, Lewis Watkins and Owen Griffiths. The group will be hosting monthly artist residencies at the Supersaurus Studio and showcasing current artist practice in the Project Space.
Jamie Hill Ltd | www.jamiehill-salon.com
Jamie Hill - Director
Jamie Hill Ltd
Unit 2, Squire Court
Marina
Swansea SA54BD
Tel: 01792 460203
Vetch Veg | http://vetchveg.tumblr.com/
The landmark Vetch field in Sandfields, at the heart of Swansea city centre, has been transformed into an urban utopia over the last six months as part of a socially engaged artwork created as part of Wales Cultural Olympiad projects. Owen Griffiths was commissioned by the projects director Marc Rees and has been working with the local community to transform a section of the historic filed into a community vegetable garden.
The Vetch Veg project is a participatory and interdisciplinary social artwork, in association with Adain Avion, part of Wales’s ‘Artists taking the lead’ commission, funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council of Wales, included in the London 2012 Festival and part of London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
Elysium Gallery | www.elysiumgallery.com
elysium gallery promotes the work of emerging artists by providing a solid platform from which artists can anchor themselves and provide a comprehensive national and international network to increase their exposure. elysium gallery strives to provide support for new artists and art organisations as well as encouraging pride and participation in local visual and performing arts in an environment that promotes experimentation, freedom and appreciation in all creative practices. This helps to bridge the large gap between emerging and established artists, whilst continuing to strengthen, promote and sustain the vibrant Welsh arts scene.
elysium gallery was established in 2007, and is run by 3 directors; Jonathan Powell, Sarah Williams and Daniel Staveley, and a dedicated core of fantastic volunteers.
Swansea Studios | www.swanseastudios.com
Swansea Studios provides thirteen studios on a long-term basis to Swansea based artists as part of its commitment to supporting local emerging practitioners. The group, which reflects the diversity of artists and practices in Swansea, forms an integral part of the artistic community in Swansea, with many of the studio artists being proactive and involved in the various grassroots activities and collectives taking place in the city.
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