Wysing Arts Centre

Wysing Arts Centre
Wysing Arts Centre is located in Cambridgeshire
Wysing Arts Centre
Location within Cambridgeshire
Established1989
LocationBourn, Cambridgeshire, England
Coordinates52°11′N 0°04′W / 52.18°N 0.07°W / 52.18; -0.07
DirectorRosie Cooper
CuratorAmy Jones
Websitewww.wysingartscentre.org

Wysing Arts Centre is a contemporary arts residency centre and campus for artistic production, experimentation and learning in South Cambridgeshire, England. The centre was established in 1989[1] and completed a £1.7 million capital development project in 2008.[2] Across the eleven-acre site the centre holds ten buildings, including 24 low-cost artists' studios, a live-work space, specialist new media facilities, a large gallery, education facilities, a recording studio,[1] a ceramics studio[3] and a 17th-century grade II listed farmhouse which is used as accommodation for residencies and retreats.[4] The main focus of the centre's activities is the international residency programme, but it also hosts temporary exhibitions, retreats, a programme for young artists, semi-permanent sculptural and architectural commissions and works on offsite projects with many other institutions nationally and internationally.[5] It is a registered charity under English law.[6]

In 2010 Wysing was invited to join Plus Tate; one of only two of the twenty organisations in the network whose work is focused on process and production rather than on the presentation of extant works.[7] Alongside Plus Tate, Wysing has a number of partnerships in place with organisations including the Royal College of Art, the Royal Society of Arts, the British Council, the Contemporary Art Society, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge University and the Contemporary Visual Arts Network.[8]

  1. ^ a b Benson, Louise (10 July 2019). "The Making of a Truly Radical Arts Centre, Buried in the British Countryside". ELEPHANT. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. ^ Palmer, Stephen (14 February 2014). "Wysing Arts Centre: "looking back to understand how we look forwards"". a-n The Artists Information Company. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ Masterton, John (16 January 2024). "Wysing Arts Centre's Ceramics Studio is now more accessible than ever! - Anglian Potters". Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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  6. ^ "WYSING ARTS CHARITY, registered charity no. 1039555". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  7. ^ "Plus Tate". Tate Etc. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  8. ^ "wysing arts centre". wysingartscentre.org. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2013.