Offsite Projects

Focal Point Gallery
Offsite Programme 2010 to 2012

Focal Point Gallery has received funding from Arts Council England and Southend-on-Sea Borough Council to produce a series of offsite projects in Southend-on-Sea and the wider Thames Gateway between September 2010 and September 2012.

Temporary interventions, exhibitions and installations by contemporary artists are planned with a series of partners to provide an exciting programme of events and linked educational opportunities for the local community over the next two year period.

The purpose of these projects is to generate a positive public outlook towards contemporary art and the environment within the town, and a feeling of optimism towards the planned changes and the regeneration process in the Thames Gateway. These projects will respond critically to this context, and allow for vibrant change, as well as an increased audience for culture and contemporary art in the area.

Warrior Square Gardens 2010 / 2011

Focal Point Gallery in partnership with Renaissance Southend, Southend-on-Sea’s regeneration agency, is working with high profile contemporary artists to respond to Warrior Square Gardens – a late Victorian square that is due for redevelopment and situated in the centre of Southend – with a vibrant site-specific project that will take place during its planned overhaul in late 2010.

At this stage we are aiming to commission up to two projects, rather than a single ‘stand alone’ project, so as to have a continued creative and cultural presence in and around the square before, during and after it has been redeveloped. 
We also imagine that it is possible to create an additional exhibition during 2011, which will include proposals and material from all of the short-listed artists, the theme of which will be artists’ responses to Warrior Square Gardens and Southend-on-Sea. This will help utilise existing material and make sure that any creative input doesn’t go to waste.

More information on the Focal Point Gallery Offsite Programme 2010 to 2012, and the chosen artists for Warrior Square Gardens will appear here shortly.