WASPS - Affordable studio spaces for Artists in Scotland.

Wasps Artists' Studios
77 Hanson Street
Glasgow G31 2HF

Tel: 0141 554 8299

registered in Scotland no. SCO62117

Scottish Charity no. SCO01351

Wasps Artists' Studios is an
award-winning charity which provides
affordable studio space to support the careers of over 500 artists working in Scotland today.

One of the UK's leading studio providers, Wasps provides a network of 16 studio buildings from the Scottish Borders to the Shetland Isles. Committed to keeping artists in Scotland, Wasps has raised £7 million from the public and private sector to invest in studio buildings and currently owns 5 buildings in trust for the Scottish arts community.

HANSON ST PROJECT SPACE

Wasps flagship building in Hanson St, Glasgow has a 4000 sq ft project space which has huge potential to be transformed into into a fantastic new visual arts space in the city.

Wasps is looking to lease the project space initially rent free, to an external curator, arts organisation or artist collective who will create and manage and annual public programme of high quality exhibitions and events.n

To download the information document about this opportunity in pdf format, please click here.

Image of Hanson St events space

Please note that the closing date for expressions of interest is the 7th August 2006.

WASPS ARTISTS' OPEN STUDIOS WEEKEND 2006

We are delighted to announce that this year's Wasps Artists' Open Studios Weekend will take place on 7th and 8th October 2006. The weekend is the only time of year when hundreds of artists' studios across scotland are open to the public.

We are developing the 2006 Open Studios website which will be live in early August so please watch this space. For a flavour of the 2005 event click here and to register for email updates, please click here.

If you are one of our artist tenants and would like to participate in the 2006 event, please fill in the participation form and email it to andrewmurray@waspsstudios.org.uk alongside some high quality images of your work.