Sketches: Stories of Art and People, Interior Life. Anna Freeman presents a showcase of stories about the meaning of art in people’s lives. This week, in stories of people using their homes as a canvas, Jan Williams of The Caravan Gallery talks about her late Uncle, Ron Gittins. Interview
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Historic England’s Advisory Committee visits Ron’s Place Martin Wallace, Wirral Arts and Culture Community Land Trust (WACCLT) trustee and advocate for Ron’s Place reports: ”Despite the unusually snowy conditions in Birkenhead, today (16th January) I had the…
Outsider Environments Europe is an inventory and documentary of art environments in Europe created by non-professionals. It is about people who without relevant professional training transform their house/garden into a relatively large-scale artwork. Embellishing a…
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,…
Over the last 33 months, we have continued to raise money to pay Ron’s rent and council tax with the aim of eventually purchasing the whole building through Wirral Arts and Culture Community Land Trust,…
Despite the best efforts of a group of volunteers and Pulp frontman, JarvisCocker, a unique artistic creation may soon be lost forever when the buildingit is in goes up for auction on the 1st of…
Some of you will have seen on social media that things are a bit challenging at the moment – the owner of the building that contains Ron Gittins’ incredible art environment has decided to sell…