Following the success of their Charity Art Gallery Shop in the Beechwood Shopping Centre in Cheltenham, Art Shape would like to hear from Gloucestershire Landlords with an empty shop unit.
Last year the management of the Beechwood Shopping Centre in Cheltenham offered Art Shape the use of a shop unit for a week in October. The management, visitors and other retailers were so impressed with the quality of what was only meant to be a temporary shop that Art Shape were invited to remain open until Christmas Eve.
The Art Shape Artist Members and students from Art Shape’s Adult Education Programme of Arts Classes for participants found the experience rewarding; to see their artwork sell, have it showcased so professionally and have the opportunity to talk to the general public about their work.
People facing barriers to mainstream participation such as learning disabilities, mental health issues, those facing the problems associated with aging and many others in Gloucestershire will know Art Shape as providers of quality, life enhancing, arts activities.
A percentage of all sales from the shop and the Artists Memberships went to Art Shape to support development and continued provision of these life enhancing, arts activities and our continued charitable aims of supporting communities, groups and individuals to access the life enhancing opportunities of participation in the arts whatever their abilities and whatever stage on their artistic journey they have reached.
Your temporary loan of a shop unit, currently standing empty, could help someone who would really benefit from this kind of learning have the chance to attend Art Shape provision.
“When shops become empty it can create a negative impact on high streets and the people that use them”
“This is a perfect opportunity to make the most of otherwise unused spaces and bring them back to life for the benefit of the whole community, until demand from suitable long-term business lessees for the vacant premises is found” Ed Argar, London Informer, June 23rd 2009
Understandably we are not able to contact landlords through estate agents due to confidentiality agreements and the agents not wanting to send information out that is not relevant to their work as agents. In addition to the charitable objectives you can help us through working in partnership with us. There are also some ways in which we may be able to financially benefit you. So if you are a landlord with an empty shop unit and would like to help yourself as well as others in your community, please contact Lucy Sharp, Art Shape’s Managing Director, on 01452 863855 or Email: info@artshape.org.uk
Alternatively if you are able to make a financial donation to help fund more classes please visit our website www.artshape.org.uk for details of how to give.
Last year the management of the Beechwood Shopping Centre in Cheltenham offered Art Shape the use of a shop unit for a week in October. The management, visitors and other retailers were so impressed with the quality of what was only meant to be a temporary shop that Art Shape were invited to remain open until Christmas Eve.
The Art Shape Artist Members and students from Art Shape’s Adult Education Programme of Arts Classes for participants found the experience rewarding; to see their artwork sell, have it showcased so professionally and have the opportunity to talk to the general public about their work.
People facing barriers to mainstream participation such as learning disabilities, mental health issues, those facing the problems associated with aging and many others in Gloucestershire will know Art Shape as providers of quality, life enhancing, arts activities.
A percentage of all sales from the shop and the Artists Memberships went to Art Shape to support development and continued provision of these life enhancing, arts activities and our continued charitable aims of supporting communities, groups and individuals to access the life enhancing opportunities of participation in the arts whatever their abilities and whatever stage on their artistic journey they have reached.
Your temporary loan of a shop unit, currently standing empty, could help someone who would really benefit from this kind of learning have the chance to attend Art Shape provision.
“When shops become empty it can create a negative impact on high streets and the people that use them”
“This is a perfect opportunity to make the most of otherwise unused spaces and bring them back to life for the benefit of the whole community, until demand from suitable long-term business lessees for the vacant premises is found” Ed Argar, London Informer, June 23rd 2009
Understandably we are not able to contact landlords through estate agents due to confidentiality agreements and the agents not wanting to send information out that is not relevant to their work as agents. In addition to the charitable objectives you can help us through working in partnership with us. There are also some ways in which we may be able to financially benefit you. So if you are a landlord with an empty shop unit and would like to help yourself as well as others in your community, please contact Lucy Sharp, Art Shape’s Managing Director, on 01452 863855 or Email: info@artshape.org.uk
Alternatively if you are able to make a financial donation to help fund more classes please visit our website www.artshape.org.uk for details of how to give.
Images caption: Not the usual high street charity shop.
Contact: Lucy Sharp at Art Shape on 01452 863855
Email: info@artshape.org.uk Website: http://www.artshape.org.uk
"I feel that since I have started at Artshape my confidence has grown and grown. I felt that before the course I was in hibernation. I needed the chance to be creative and Art Shape has given me wonderful opportunities! I feel that I started out like a beige coloured chameleon blending into the background and then I picked up some sunflower seeds which were the seeds of inspiration, which I learned from Artshape course. Now the seeds have grown into a wonderful golden sunflower and I have become a vivid, multicoloured, vibrant chameleon full of confidence!" Anita Walsh - Art Shape student
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