George Westren

Current Exhibition

SPACE DOG

A group exhibition of photography and sculpture

Our Space Gallery
18th August - 30 September July 2008

For further details click here

Sybil Adelaja

Kazitta Anning

Tony Allan

"I was very pleased and grateful to have been part of it, though I wasn’t totally confident that I could exhibit for the first time. Exhibiting work in public has been a huge hurdle for me. Now this has been overcome I have been able to take a few more steps forward I am currently putting some work up in my local library."
Artist

Notice for Member Artists

August's Artists Network Meeting
is on Thursday 4th September

Next Management Committee Meeting
3rd October 2.00 - 4.00 pm

Please phone 07981453293 or email for further details

"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

Billyaba

The Other Side Gallery - Finalist

MEET THE DRAGONS
Social Care Innovations Competition

Ann James CBE and the Social Care Leaders Learning Set in partnership with The Guardian and The Royal Society of Arts.

For further details please read the articles in the Guardian Society, RSA and see the online Guardian Society exhibition

 

Aren

Joseph De-Haan

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 involves us collaborating with arts organisations in London and support artists to exhibit their work on our virtual 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 regularly exhibit 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.

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

Jacqueline Chin

Martin.X

Jeff Hubbard

"I feel valued and part of society – at long last. Thank you."
Artist

"Gives you some hope. Gives you incentive to keep coming and doing something different."
Artist

Joel Hollander

Piangjai Dejdamrong

"Fantastic I feel less isolated now that I’m included with all these other artists that also feel outside the mainstream."
Artist

"I have had great motivation from The Other Side Gallery everyone there gave me a great feeling of achievement."
Artist

Kristian

Mary Hornsby

Ian Stewart

Rosemary Salt

"I helped to hang work and put posters up in local shop windows. I felt included and proud to be part of the show – it reinforces my belief in artists and their work."
Artist

"My web page is excellent – looks fantastic, better than I thought it would. I would never have considered showing my work before."
Artist