ABOUT
"We encourage, enable, develop, mentor, facilitate, empower and support local creative arts practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds."
Since our Foundation, in September 2014, we have staged over 160 exhibitions showcasing a varied body of work, by artists both emerging and established. Encompassing a diverse and multi-disciplinary range of artistic practices including: Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Illustration, Photography, Sound, Video and Performance Art.
Our overarching ‘Philosophy’ is to actively encourage, enable, develop, mentor, facilitate, empower and support local creative arts practitioners from a wide range of background with a priority to engage in discussion around accessibility within the arts in relation to mental health, financial hardship and institutional bias.
We have also provided work placements through a number of initiatives such as Erasmus +, Gecko programme, University placements, ACTIVATE and Learnplay.
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We first and foremost are artist mentors who support our collective of studio holders to develop their practise and run their own programme in our spaces.
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We also actively develop and manage projects in partnerships with multiple stakeholders which actively question and support regeneration in the locale through the arts, integrating people powered producing into the method of delivery.
We also provide our Studio gallery and Main gallery for both hire and for free depending on the nature of the request. We offer support to all levels at any entry point.
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Our initiative is to offer this space first and foremost to west-midlands based artists who wish to strengthen their local artistic community and create a discourse for regeneration.
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​The team no longer has a rolling exhibiton programme and the main gallery is also utilised as artist residency space during projects, but we do still accept proposals or hire requests from groups or collectives with a passion for community welfare and development to use the spaces for poetry , music, discussions, rehearsals , workshops or their own curatorial interests.
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We operate both a private limited and a community interest company to support the different arms of our remit.​​​
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For more information on the gallery space and exhibiting please visit the 'Exhibiting' page.
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If you wish to book any other spaces or facilities please email; info@theasylumartgallery.com
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