Wysing Arts Centre

The new Wysing Arts Centre offers state of the art facilities to 24 professional artists working at the top of their profession, who are regularly exhibiting nationally and internationally, as well as selling to regional and national art collectors. A special showcase of their work formed a key part of our re-launch, with work including the traditional media of sculpture and painting as well as video, animation, installation and performance. From March 2008 our public programme will reflect and also question our rural location through a series of exhibitions and events under the umbrella title 'Communities Under Construction' and featuring artists such as public works, Chemi Rosada Siejo and N55 - all of whom have completed or are in progress with residencies at the centre. The programme takes the villages surrounding Wysing as its starting point and aims to ask questions around the realities of rural life. The programme is very much focussed on bringing the villages surrounding the Centre into the making of artwork which will then be exhibited nationally and internationally. After four years hard work and extensive fundraising Wysing Arts Centre has created some of the most beautiful studio spaces in the UK today for professional artists but also a second building - a large new reception building with café facilities and an improved gallery and exhibition space acting as the new heart of the 11 acre Bourn site. Wysing Arts Centre's mission is to offer opportunities to explore the intellectual and practical processes involved in making art. We aim to achieve this by working with artists in our residency and events programmes who see contact with the public as intrinsic to their practice, and by providing opportunities for people to broaden their knowledge of art forms and practices through workshops for children and adults, discussion groups and events. Wysing Arts Centre is open during exhibitions only - Mon - Sun 12-5pm Admission Free.