P Downey

ABOUT US

Based in North London, the Other Side Gallery is a charity supporting Contemporary Outsider Artists. We collaborate with organisations providing arts activities for adults who use mental health services, people with physical disabilities, sensory impairments, learning difficulties and other groups that are disadvantaged or excluded from society (including: homeless people, refugees, substance misusers, offenders and ex-offenders). In order to promote and sell artists’ work we host and manage a virtual gallery. We also organise regular exhibitions, and offer opportunities for mentoring, volunteering, networking and professional development. The Other Side Gallery is managed by member artists working alongside the trustees.

WHAT WE DO

Outreach Website Residencies
Website residencies involve us in collaborating with arts organisations in London and support artists to exhibit their work on our online gallery as well in the exhibitions we organise. The organisations vary from dedicated arts organisations to care homes and hostels providing weekly classes.

Exhibitions
Artists’ work is exhibited on our website and at regular exhibitions at a number of different venues across London.

Member Artists Volunteering and Management
The Gallery seeks to support the involvement of its artists in all aspects of activity (including its direction and management). Opportunities for volunteering enable artists to work with The Other Side Gallery to acquire specific skills (including: managing the organisation, curating and running exhibitions).

Mentoring
Peer support and networking – facilitating artists to meet and share: enabling members of different groups represented by the Gallery to identify with and support each other as artists promoting shared experience and community.

Peer support and mentoring – the Gallery offers artists the opportunity to develop skills for peer mentoring.

Education programme
For the artists: The Gallery offers arts-based learning opportunities for artists (including: printmaking and life drawing) and a programme for artists’ professional development

For the general public: The Gallery’s website and exhibitions bring Contemporary Outsider Art to public attention and celebrates difference and creativity.

WHO WE ARE BENIFITING

There are over 200 artists displaying their work on our website of these 75% are disabled and of the different groups there are mental health problems 43%, physical, sensory or cognitive disabilities 29%, homeless 15%, offender/exoffender 3%, refugee 1% pensioners 5% and substance misuse 5%.
So far the artists work at The Creativity Centre, St John's Hackney 180, Studio Upstairs, Ashley Road MIND & Outcome, Artscope, Byam Shaw –Weekend Academy, Lambo Day Centre, Action Space, The Epic Trust, Siren - Elfrida, Core Arts, Capital A, St Mungo's, Barnet College - Link Arts, Peter Bedford, Crisis - Skylight and Single Homeless Project.

Management Committee Meeting
24th July 2009 at 2pm at The Resource Centre

Please contact for further information

email: admin@theothersidegallery.org

Telephone: 07981453293

The Other Side Gallery is a Registered Charity No: 1105640
and a Limited Company Registered in England and Wales No:5035661.

Joel Hollander

"Without this opportunity I would never have had the courage to exhibit my work. It’s the first time. It would be great to have another opportunity."
Artist

"I would never have considered my work was good enough or interesting enough."
Artist

Reza Partoazam

Tom Willer

Duane Xiu

Richard Okwuosa

Selcuk Kazim

Suzie Jane