News
- Joanne, Portsmouth Watersports Centre
Published: 18th January 2021 11:00
Portsmouth’s contemporary art gallery Aspex is thrilled to announce it has secured the support of Arts Council England for a series of new commissions and projects planned to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The programme will enable the gallery to continue to deliver art and participatory activities online and locally through these ongoing uncertain times, along with support for the wider cultural ecology with £53,000 of the total £84,422 grant to provide artists and creative freelancers with essential paid opportunities.
Aspex (life begins) at 40 will include four new digital art commissions, to be premiered on the gallery’s new website this Spring/Summer. They will provide an insight into the gallery’s archive and work over the last four decades, together with digital resources for families. The funding also enables Aspex to recommence its participatory work out in the local community with children and young people in Portsea, including a regular school holiday project, and a new Young Curators programme set to inspire the artists and cultural producers of the future.