SPACES speaks to Martin Wallace about how he came to learn of Ron’s Place, it’s cultural role and what happens next.
“How did you learn of Ron’s Place? What were your immediate reactions?”
“I first saw Ron’s Place in an online article by a local Liverpool newspaper in January 2020. Ron Gittins had died rather suddenly, a couple of months before… read more
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
“The definition of what makes an artist an outsider is riddled with contradiction and controversy but it comes down to a need to produce work for its own sake rather than for recognition”. By Steve Lee…