Empty Property as temporary artist studios

[hjt32]

A friend of mine founded Hypha Studios and has organised some fantastic projects.

They have recently sent out this communication so I thought I would share in case theres anything local we can suggest. It would be great to have more artists using these empty spaces, particularly on the high street. They have to host community programming/open studios as part of the deal.

"We started Hypha Studios because of the abundance of free space due to all the vacancies on the high street, and the number of artists that required it. It made no sense that artists shouldn't use this space, for free, while bringing culture and public programming to our doorsteps, UK wide.

We want to serve you and your local community. Artists always have their eye on a unit that they think they could use or perhaps you're a local that wants spaces to be activated.

If this sounds like you, submit your empty sites via our website or link in bio. We will reach out to the landlords and see if we are able to open these sites up for cultural use.

We have a ton of opportunities coming up which we can't wait to share with you, but in the mean time, please work with us to support artists and bring culture to your neighbourhood instead of empty shops."

Suggestions for them to investigate can be made here:

https://hyphastudios.com/submit-empty-properties

[alice]

Empty sites would be better used as temporary housing if our council did its job.