GRUNDY ART GALLERY’S WORK RECOGNISED BY INCREASED FUNDING

Grundy Art Gallery is pleased to announce that it will remain part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio programme 2023-2026 to the value of £249,000 over the three years. Announced on 4th November, this funding will support the development and delivery of an exciting year-round programme of relevant, meaningful and high quality contemporary art exhibitions and events that will take place on an off-site.

This programme will see Grundy continuing its founding mission to show the best art of the day to the people of Blackpool and beyond and enable the gallery to enact its vision to be a beacon for contemporary art in the North West.

Grundy Art Gallery is also pleased to announce that it has received an uplift on previous years’ NPO funding specifically to support the development and delivery of the pARTnership. Delivered via a collaboration between Grundy Art Gallery, The New Langdale (Blackpool Council’s daytime service for people with a Learning Disability), Venture Arts in Manchester and Fylde-Coast based artist Tina Dempsey, this project provides bespoke professional development to artists with a Learning Disability to enable them to develop their own individual creativity. The project also presents this work in professional contemporary art settings with recent exhibitions of this work having taken place at Grundy Art Gallery and Abingdon Studios in Blackpool and at The Horsfall and The Manchester Contemporary in Manchester.

Cllr. Lynn Williams, Leader Blackpool Council and Cabinet Member for Tourism and Culture said,

“I am delighted that Grundy Art Gallery is now able to set into motion its planned activity for the next 3 years. This programme will see the Grundy working with organisations of national and international significance to bring World Class Contemporary Art to the town as well as celebrating our creative talent closer to home by supporting the development of artists based in Blackpool and across the North West. All supported by an active Learning and Engagement programme, this activity will provide lots of opportunities for people across Blackpool and beyond to develop their own creativity and engage with the stories that Contemporary Art and artists are telling”.

The pARTnership exhibition Watch This Space. Installed at at Grundy Art Gallery, 2022.
Photo Matt Wilkinson. Courtesy Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool Council.