Pop-up legacy: Where you gonna go next?

If you made it through the process of setting up a first project – whether pop-up shop, gallery or temporary exhibition, then there is one large question that begins to loom: What next? How do you take the success of

Finding Empty Space for your Project

Finding an empty space in which to run your project – be it gallery, temporary exhibition or social enterprise – can seem daunting: How do you find space. If you see an empty shop in your high street how do

First Opening and Social Media

We had our launch on March 29th with speeches from the partners involved in the project.We had lots of visitors and artists from Brent Artists Resource show up to support this new gallery space. Please see the downloadable press release

Challenges, obstacles, jumping hurdles!

This is where the fun starts! I’ll be exploring the topics below in relation to my own experiences: Change of use (class of licence for building/unit) Some people have been finding that some councils insist on a change of use

First was the Pitch!

I found out about the project for our local high street when my flatmate brought home a postcard advertising the New Windows on Willesdsen Green project. It sat in my handbag for a while and took attending another event for

Getting the space

Big Society or Social Inclusion?

The name of the game is “cohesion”, whether you happen to subscribe to the Blairite catch-phrase of social inclusion or the more recent “Big Society” phrase adopted by Cameron. What makes for a cohesive, community-minded society? Good parenting; civic education;