What kind of studio space do
artists require?
Traditionally the answer was
simple: a big, airy space with north facing windows and affordable.
WASPS, a Scottish based
charity, aim to provide such spaces and they were in Stirling last week doing a
presentation.
Chris of WASPS (pictured) pointed
out that the kind of space artists require these days is changing.
One new interesting venture
is their South Block in Glasgow, a new studio complex with 64 studios as well
as facilities for hot-desking and commercial offices too.
A more radical approach is the The Bothy Project , an innovative private
enterprise that offers artists the chance to make work in remote corners of the Scottish landscape from
forests to an isolated Hebridian island.
And then there is the other
extreme-, which I inhabited today- a virtual space shared with photographers on
a global online photographic project .
So when we talk of space for
artists we have to start thinking outside the box.
