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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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…
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…
Our Ron’s Place benefactor Tamsin Wimhurst visits Ron’s Place for the first time Almost a year to the day since Wirral Arts and Culture Community Land Trust bought Ron’s Place at auction, Jan, Chris and…
We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Teresa Erskine to the board of the Wirral Arts and Culture Community Land Trust, which owns Ron’s Place. Teresa is an award-winning chartered architect and head of studio…
From the outside, the only sign that Ron’s home is any different to the other double-fronted Victorian terraces in Oxton Village is the pile of rubbish in the front yard and the dirty white blinds covering the…