Usurp Art Gallery & Studios
Trusted for 10 years
“Amazing that this is here – a much needed space – well done”
Senior Curator, Tate Gallery.“What you are doing here is forward thinking and fantastic”
Head of Multi-Media, INIVA“Our local arts spaces can be the lynch pin of local communities; somewhere that brings people together to enjoy art, and gets people directly involved in the artistic process. We are pleased Usurp has taken this opportunity…”
Executive Director, Arts Council England.Usurp launched the gallery space and studios in 2010 to develop opportunities for communities to engage with artists, musicians, poets, activists, writers, performers and designers. Open to experimental ideas in all media, we support creatives to collaborate in research and action, and actively encourage a wide range of audiences to participate in the creation of artworks that challenge conformity, prejudice and discrimination. Converted from a classic suburban 1930′s butcher’s shop, we have created an arts hub for meeting, learning, exchange and thinking. Usurp is the only artist-led space in the London Borough of Harrow, a borough with a dynamic demographic of the most diverse languages spoken in the UK and 60% BAME communities. Our creative learning projects have been graded by Ofsted as “excellent and outstanding”. Since 2012, Usurp has been an accredited member of Film Hub London, part of the BFI Audience Network and has partnered with Sound and Music, Alternative Press, The Adivasi Arts Trust, Mind, Harrow Carers, Our Big Gig and Rinpa Eshidan.Artistic Director: Poulomi Desai
Strategy and Development: Simon Underwood
Web sponsor: Denesh BhabutaAssociate Artists: Daniel Ackie, Najma Akhtar, Steve Beresford, Suman Buchar, Paul Chivers, Kwesi Darko, Aniruddha Das, Katy Donovan, Veronica Grassi, Sarah Fowler, James Holcombe, Reynir Hutber, Matt Jordan, Natalie Leer, Nikki Lucas, Rose Nordin, Sba Shaikh.Gallery Support Group: Curtis Ackie, Rowan Clair, Rosa Faber, Toby Gray, Amneet Johal, Lara Kenworthy, Neeta Mistry, Prakash Mistry, Anni Movsisyan, Annie Murphy, Linda Nagajeva, Aleesha Nandra, Fiona Ng, Mitesh Patel, Anush Ravi, Sophia Sarma, Helen Savage, Mary Strickson, Alice Turner, Aoife Twomey, Alice Wyatt.Our aims are to:
- Support and nurture artistic experimentation and exploration.
- Facilitate collaborations and discussions between artists and communities.
- Provide facilities for artists to work individually and collaboratively across art forms and discourses.
- Offer training and professional development to artists and organisations.
- Engage audiences with diverse and risk-taking arts practices.
- Challenge prejudice and discrimination, and make a positive contribution to our environment.
- Provide creative learning opportunities to local people of all ages and from a range of economic, social and cultural backgrounds.
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