Bringing engagement with the arts to communities across the UK
WHAT WE DO
We connect our registered artists with the landlords of empty retail space for mutual benefit and to bring art onto our local highstreets and into our shopping centres.
We make vacant shop window space available to artists, art collectives and art organisations rent and cost free.
We support artistic practice by enabling artists to engage with new audiences and in new market locations. We help artists across all visual disciplines to promote their name, showcase their work and establish themselves to develop their future. Artists learn more here.
We benefit property owners and landlords by reducing liabilities associated with empty property, enhancing their property’s visual appeal and delivering broader socio-economic benefits by assist in regenerating a property’s perceived value, improving the identity of its setting and assisting in retaining overall investment value and rent income levels. Landlords learn more here.
WHY WE DO IT
Our unique idea developed from a close relationship with artists and through our involvement in the commercial property profession.
We benefit from a network of contacts within both the art world and with landlords, property owners and agents.
Our inspiration was to bring the two worlds together!
The Artist’s Window is proud to support artists with free display space at a time when increased financial pressure from the cost-of-living crisis, funding cuts and the loss of gallery and exhibition opportunities have combined detrimentally to impact the lives and career opportunities of artists.
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The Artist’s window is proud to support landlords with free commercial advice. We realised that landlords are struggling too with rapidly increasing retail vacancies on our highstreets and within our shopping centres and higher financial liabilities. We help landlords to manage liabilites and achieve broader benefits from our Artist’s Window initiative.
HOW WE DO IT
Genuinely free space, no strings, no hidden costs.
A clear and transparent process achieved through standard terms and conditions.
The Artists Window arranges access to and enables a short-term occupation of empty shop windows for a defined 6 week period in which artists, art collectives or arts organisations can benefit from a retail window to display and showcase their art work for free.
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A short-term occupation period, by one of our artists, allows landlords time for us to review and improve liabilities from their empty property. We can save our landlord money whilst also providing them with a broad spectrum of other benefits as explained here.
OUR PROCESS
Standard, Clear, Transparent.
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We are strongly invested in making each opportunity a success for our artists, our landlords, the property and the local community. The Artist’s Window is a valuable opportunity for everyone and we provide an accessible, transparent and standardised approach to reassure all parties. We are on hand to help throughout the process.
How it works:
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Once registered with us, our landlords confirm when and where they have an empty shop window available for artists to occupy and they accept our Standard Terms for Landlords.
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We advertise newly available Artist’s Windows on our website.
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The Artist’s Window notifies artists registered with us of newly available window space. Sign-up here. If you are not registered, you can monitor our website or follow our social media channels.
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Our artists complete the application process and accept our Standard Terms for Artists.
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We select a successful candidate based on transparent selection criteria – click here.
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Both parties have accepted our terms and conditions and we provide a standardised short-term occupational licence for both parties to sign.
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We enable the artist and property owner/manager to arrange access and ensure all parties have the relevant and necessary information to proceed.
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All parties follow our clear guide for enabling occupation and we are on hand to trouble shoot if necessary.
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We provide social media support to promote our artists during their occupation and offer an on-going promotional legacy via our webpage – click here.
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All parties follow our clear guide for vacating at the end of the occupational licence and we are on hand to trouble shoot if necessary.
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Our artists can apply for additional Artist’s Window opportunities as often as they like.
