Projects & Collaborations
GAWP! 2024
Part of NG200 with The National Gallery
July & August 2024
We collaborated with The National Gallery to bring more contemporary arts to Gloucester.
As part of this, we co-curated the exhibition "Representation" with our Young Creatives in our Pop-Up GAWP! Gallery on King’s Square.
The National Gallery Art Road Trip Bus parked on Kings Square with reproductions of artworks from the National Gallery, and NG facilitators hosted engaging art workshops in the GAWP! gallery.
"NG 200 celebrates the past and look forward to the future with a year-long festival of art, creativity and imagination, to set the tone for the third century of the National Gallery. " Create Glos is one of the host organisations for the travelling art studio programme, ‘Art Road Trip’, which brought 200 workshops and learning activities to different communities who otherwise would not have ready access. Find out more about NG200.
Workshops in The Hideout
At The Tall Ships Festival
25-27 May 2024
"In 2024 the Tall Ships return to Gloucester Docks after years at sea. Come hear their tales of far-flung shores, sample their cargo, alongside epic live music and more..."
For 2024 we were in The Hideout along with Toc de Fusta's interactive installation made of large-scale automata, a giant metal whale swallowing audiences whole and the Wagon of Dreams. We worked with a brilliant group of Gloucester creatives to bring a range of activities for visitors of all ages.
Art School
At The Ewe Space in Matson
Started in 2022, continues each term.
Art School is on every Wednesday, for young people aged 11-16 during Term time. For more information please contact nadiyaajaffer@gmail.com or admin@gasprojects.org.uk.
You can find things we've been working on all over our Instagram page at www.instagram.com/gasprojectsglos
We also run Art School for the Gloucester City HAF Programme. Follow us on social media, or keep an eye out for the HAF Programme at gloucestershirehaf.com.
Folk for Folk
At the National Waterways Museum, with the Canal & River Trust
March-June 2024
Folk for Folk : Art inspired by the past and rooted in the present.
#FolkforFolk came to life, engaging young people with a programme of events and an exhibition inspired by the Canal & River Trust Folk Art collection.
The project held artist commissions, community engagement, events and an exhibition. Open March 23rd-1st June 2024, the exhibition showcased a selection of the canal folk art collection from the museum, alongside new interpretations created for the project.
The project was funded by Arts Council England and the Canal & River Trust.
Word Walk
An art trail across Gloucester
March 2024
The Word Walk is an art trail to tell the story of the place and communities in Gloucester, that connects place and history to tell the stories of local people, past and present.
Installed in March 2024 the ten artworks have been inspired by conversations and workshops with local people, as well as archive research about the locations.
GAWP! 2023
An Art Weekender for Gloucester
September 2023
With GAWP! we're testing a new model of playful and participatory arts in Gloucester - art you can take part in.
We brought the first GAWP! Art Weekender in September 2023, and it was a big celebration of creative talent in Gloucester. We brought together as many young people, artists, creatives and community members as possible.
We held...
The ART MARKET at Kings Square, Gloucester on 23rd September 2023
The ART CAR BOOT in Podsmead on 24th September 2023
Funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, Voices Gloucester, Gloucester City Council, Create Gloucestershire, Blackbridge, Arts Council England and Gloucester City Homes.
Warm Words
With the HAF Programme
May 2023
These are textile and collage pieces, made by our group and some of the young people from our 2023 HAF workshops at The Ewe Space in Matson, with inspirational and positive quotes from members of the community about how they feel about themselves and their area.
M.A.D.
with Your Next Move and The Music Works
April 2023
As well as GAS Projects Art School at The Ewe Space and the Gloucester Resource Centre, we teamed up with @yournextmoveynm and @themusicworksglos to to bring Music, Art and Dance to Kings Square, Gloucester on Wednesday 5th April 2023!
Image : @flickspix_
GASP! @ EWE
From Matson Avenue
March 2022
GASP! @ EWE was the first project we developed together in Matson, where we had been working and developing projects over the past 4 years.
We worked with Nadiyaa, Daisy-May & Remaar, alongside the staff and community members visiting the space, to create 2 exhibitions over the 4 month period of our first test project.
The Ewe Space is a creative community hub in Matson, Gloucester, supported by GLCommunities, Gloucestershire Gateway Trust, Gloucester City Homes and Create Gloucestershire.
The Ewe Space Podcast
From Matson Avenue
2021-2022
Based at the Ewe Space on Matson Avenue, this community podcast showcased arts and community-based work in the Matson, Robinswood and White City ward of Gloucester.
Hannah started the podcast in November 2021 whilst working for GL Communities and production then got taken on by local resident Kiran Batool in September 2022 after a period of volunteering.
