The Guardian, 20 September 2022
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
Ron Gittins, who died in 2019, left behind a rented flat decorated and piled high with artworks READ THE ARTICLE
The ex-Pulp frontman has signed up as patron of ‘Ron’s Place’, to help it gain worldwide recognition as a unique example of ‘Outsider Art’. Meanwhile Jan and her partner Chris Teasdale have launched a Patreon appeal,…
We have some incredibly exciting news to announce: Ron’s Place has become the first Outsider Art environment to be listed in the UK. Over the past few days, we have been taking local and national…
We are pleased to announce that we have engaged Kate Dickson, director of Creative Heritage Consultants, as Heritage Project Organiser on the restoration of Ron’s Place. A trained architect with 25 years in the sector,…
Wirral-based artist Alison Bailey Smith will be at MAKE Hamilton this week running FREE fun and creative up-cycling workshops inspired by Ron Gittins. Ron used a technique called appliqué to add pieces of fabric to…
In great news, we have secured funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to begin to shareand preserve Ron Gittins’ heritage. Over the next year, we will recruit and train sixvolunteers to digitise a selection of…
Future Yard, 75 Argyle Street, Birkenhead, CH41 6AB. Launch: 13 April, 5.30 – 8pm (RSVP below). Exhibition continues until mid May 2023. Although the doors of Ron’s Place are currently closed to the public while we…