The Artistic Republic Of Garston
Call To Artists and Crafts People Working In South Liverpool and Garston

The New Slaughterhouse Gallery

Made-in Garston

The launching of the Artistic Republic Of Garston and Embassy on Saturday May 31st when Garston will declare its Cultural Independence from Liverpool is the culmination of a five-year campaign to develop Garston as a Cultural Village.

The New Slaughterhouse Gallery is inviting artists, craftsmen/women and makers in South Liverpool and Garston to take part in an exhibition to launch Made In Garston. The aim of the exhibition is to showcase their work to promote and raise the profile of a Garston based creative and cultural Industries and increase the public’s awareness and appreciation of the local talent.

Alex Corina (Creative Director) says “ the launch is the first stage in developing the

Business and Enterprise Centre of the cultural village, which aims to combine a vibrant marketable arts, creative and crafts sector with imaginative ideas in training, enterprise, marketing and selling”

“We are asking artists and crafts people such as potters/ceramicists, jewellers, print makers, working and living in the area to come to the Gallery and show us their work”

He cont’d “the New Slaughterhouse and ‘Made In Garston’ is the icing on the cake really. I suppose it’s a case of putting the horse before the cake, the cake itself is the Wellington Street School soon to be ‘Garston Embassy’ which we hope will include eventually incubator units/studios for young artists/ creatives, as part of the Arts Cultural Centre involving the wider community and schools”

“So the campaign continues”

The aim of this initiative is to explore the notion of a crafts based ‘souvenir’ industry linking tourism and the Capital of Cultures own efforts to market and regenerate communities. It will combine imaginative ideas in the creative and cultural industries with the regeneration of Garston, bringing back into use hopefully other buildings now derelict St Mary’s Road and the adjoining Streets.

The gallery is open five days a week Tuesday to Saturday 1 till 5pm.

Alex can be contacted on 0776 338 8509 or New Slaughterhouse Gallery 48-50 St Mary’s Road Garston