Artspace’s 40th Anniversary

30 Apr-19 Jun 2016

Overview

2016 marks the 40th anniversary of Artspace Bristol Ltd. (or Artspace), which later became Spike Island. Artspace was founded in the mid-1970s by a group of painters, sculptors and printmakers who sought out and administered affordable studio spaces for artists in Bristol. For this display, photographs, letters and posters from the Artspace archive (now housed at the Bristol Record Office) are presented alongside a new film produced to celebrate this pioneering artists’ collective.