Tannery Arts is a small, independent charity concerned with making contemporary art accessible to a wide public through its programme of exhibitions and learning projects. It supports the professional development of emerging and established artists and curators, promoting their practice through opportunities to exhibit work, develop projects, to engage in learning activities and through the provision of affordable studios.

 

Tannery Arts was founded in 1993 by artists David Austen, David Foster, Chris Pauling and Alison Wilding.  It has been registered as an Industrial and Provident Society (IPS) since 2000.  As an IPS Tannery Arts is an ‘exempt charity’, and therefore exempt from registration with the Charities Commission.

 

The organisation has a small core of executive officers: Andrew Bick (as company secretary) is responsible for overseeing that the company is meeting its objectives and ensuring that the organisation runs smoothly; Sarah Leslie, the administrator, who deals with correspondence, commuincations, and finance.  Tannery Arts' Board of Directors oversee the work of the named persons and is involved with the planning and decision making regarding the future of the organisation.  The 2011 Tannery board are:

• Andrew Bick (secretary and Tannery artist)
• David Austen (Tannery artist)
• David Batchelor (Tannery artist)
• David Bickle (Hawkins\Brown Architects)
• John Boxall (Surveyor, Partner Jackson Coles)
• Nancy Cogswell (Architect RIBA)
• Thomas Kibling (Barrister at Law, Matrix Chambers)
• Kate Macfarlane (Co-Director, Drawing Room)
• Katherine Stout (Curator, Tate Britain and Associate Director, Drawing Room)
• Alison Wilding (Tannery artist)
• Sally Williams (Modus Operandi Art Consultants).

Our current Tannery Artist Members are:
Mike Armitage, Tonico Auad, David Austen, Charles Avery, Franko B, Anna Barriball, David Batchelor, Andrew Bick, David Blandy, Sonia Boyce, Alice Channer, Marcus Cope, Ben Deakin, Shaun Gladwell, Nick Goss, Conor Kelly, David Musgrave, Ben Newton, Elizabeth Price, Mark Tichner, Alison Wilding, Richard Woods.

For more information on Tannery Artists please see our Artist Page.

ORGANISATIONAL AIMS:

• To encourage both a wide public and those with a specialist interest to engage with and participate in contemporary art

• To support the professional development of emerging and established artists through commissioning artworks, exhibiting artworks, producing promotional material and providing suitable conditions for the production of excellent artworks

• To provide a publically accessible research and learning hub for the exploration and promotion of contemporary drawing

 

Tannery Arts currently manages 24 studios housing artists across the London area.