ART STUDIOS

Art & Craft Studios

Affordable Studios for Painting, Making, Photography and Rehearsals. We hire to Individuals or Groups for Projects or Workshops. Available for Short or Longer Terms.

I We Create is a part of 'Cicul' A unique Eco-System of symbiotically linked Installations.

The Studios and surrounding areas are a Living Sculpture. They are Artist led designs and craft pieces in their own right. Designed and hand built by Artist Designer, Adam Ge-Saelis. The handbuilt spaces have evolved and been reconfigured multiple times using a 'Slow Architecture Philosophy' approach to the project. Now each newly configured space will have decorative elements added to them bringing both a sculpural vision and a biophillic presence that makes each one truly unique.

After joining as a member to our Creative Club, various Studios and Workshops can be hired. These can be for Fine Art, Craft Making, Theatre & Set Design, Illustration, Graphics, Writing, Music & Sound, Theatre & Film Production, or Group Workshops, Creative Classes, Rehearsals for Music or Acting, Meetings & Conferences.

We ask those that hire spaces at 'I We Create', to fit around our current Non-Toxic working practices. We provide initial training at a Studio Induction and offer an environmental evaluation of each new members practice and help with adapting to our set up.

Only Non-Toxic products are allowed to be brought on site. We neither want the person working to be polluted from their practices or the environment polluted by the consequences of their work.

Any product that is Carcinogenic or as some are labeled ; 'may harm the unborn child' are banned from the premises and we believe should be restricted from use by those that are not in an industrial setting with factory type controls.

Resins, chemical solvents and anything in a spray can are prohibited. Paints containing Cadmium & Cobalt, others containing other dangerous chemicals and any product that has harmful constituents are banned from use on site. This includes white spirit and similar. We have managed to find replacements for nearly all commercially available art products and materials and a safe solvent we used to import from America is now available in the UK. MSDS data sheets are referenced for each new product and checked for toxicity, dangers to human health and the enviroment.

We pride ourselves on being a 'Safe Space' for pregnant women, those with babies, people wishing to start a family and the immune compromised. All these members of society need a clean and chemical free zone so that they or their future offspring do not come into contact with toxic items.

Art and Crafts, that have lasted for hundreds, and sometimes thousands of years, were made with natural things before the advent of Petrochemicals and these processes can be used now as they were before. This gives work a similar content to Archival and Ancient items and an essential connection to the past which is much needed in in our modern throw away society.

We are the only Non-Toxic & Environmentally Concious, Circular Economy Arts Building in the world. All water is reused multiple times and then when unuseable stored in drums for filtering or dehydrating. Nothing goes down our drains in the waste water system. Even Acrylic paints are highly toxic to the enviroment as they are made from micro-plastics. Some of our artists now use dehydrated waste paint water residue to create new unique bases and colours.

We encourage the use of recycled products in Art and Craftwork and also in Textiles, Fashion, Stage and Theatre Design. The whole of the Park Mews project has been refurbished with more that 99% Reclaimed materials.

On site is our constantly expanding, and growing in size with an adjoining Urban Farm project. This also been created with waste materials and containers discarded from local businesses and filled with hundreds of tons of compost we have produced.

Studios are hired for a fixed term, from a day, weeks and up to 6 months. We can hire for short term use for group workshops or creative meetings or if someone needs to finish a piece they cannot do from home, complete degree work or to prep for an exam. Bookings can be made two months in advance.

A barter system is offered to some Members where they can work on site in return for a larger space that their budget allows or if they are having financial difficulties. We try to be as flexible as possible and especially welcome those that live close to us and encourage those that need to make a change from home work after the pandemic.

I We Create runs an Equal Opportunities Policy believe everyone is equal regardless of their race, background, gender or choice of the way they live their lives. We are a Non-Political building and therefore do not provide space for politicaly charged artists and those that use a doctirine that may separate themselves or others from their own individual perspectives.

The Mews and it’s environs also exists as ‘Conflict Free Zone”. This means that conflict issues whether personal or political must be left at the gate. There is enough conflict in this world with constant wars and political turmoil. It is difficult to stop all these troubles but here we can exist for a while without being constantly reminded. This may be the first “Conflict Free Zone’ In the world and we hope that by setting this example others will follow. We do not take anyone’s side & believe in No War and Only Peace.

This is not a work set up that suits everybody but those that 'get it' will find its setting and principles right for them to create, work, develop and grow in.

We run as a Not For Profit business, ploughing any funds back into the fabric of the building and to improve facilities for artists.

There is a linked Gallery, Theatre Space in construction, Event Facilities, an Urban Farm, Bio-Diversity projects and other interesting features connected sybiotically to this unique site. An Entertainments program & Members evenings are starting later this year with Open Studio days and a showroom for work made on site.

Spaces can be hired during our regular hours listed below and at other times by special arrangement.

We currently have 39 member artists and are in the process of refurbishment, creating space for another 21 over the next few months. Some of these spaces will be under £150 per month as it seems everyones budgets are getting smaller.

Please come and visit the Studios and meet the artists.

We are next to Brockwell Park and equidistant from Brixton Market & The Dulwich Picture Gallery.

I We Create is the trading name of ArtsArtsArts ltd. Co. number : 15255317 Soon to be a CIC. Our Equal Opportunities and GDPR policies are available on request. Calls with I We Create are recorded for training and management purposes.