Jamaica St Studios needs your help to secure the future of Bristol

Jamaica St Studios needs your help to secure the future of Bristol

Posted on: 02 May 2024

Jamaica St Studios, a long-standing artist space and gallery just off Stokes Croft, have received a one-off opportunity to purchase their building – and they need your help to to do so before it goes on the open market.

 

Jamaica St Studios has stood on its eponymous street for over 30 years, providing an affordable space for artists from across disciplines to practice their art forms. Jamaica St studios has enabled a lot of talented artists to flourish – making them a vital part of the ecosystem that fills Bristol with murals, paintings & prints, events, films, books and music.

 

They’ve also recently opened their own exhibition space, KIT FORM, giving yet another space to display art, and making it all the more accessible for everyone to see.

 

 

Now, Jamaica St Studios needs help from the public in order to to raise the funds to buy their building and secure it in community ownership. They’ve secured £500,400 from the Community Ownership Fund, but need to raise ‘match funding’ from the public in order to receive it. They’re looking to raise £85,000 via crowdfunding – of which, at time of writing, they’ve raised £10,716, with 40 days left to raise the rest.

 

If pure altruism doesn’t move you, then maybe their rewards will. There are 60 reward tiers available, ranging from £8 - £10,000; rewards include a custom Turbo Island T-Shirt, a 16mm film workshop, a 10-day art retreat for two in Greece, and a snooker tutorial with legendary six-time snooker world champion Steve Davis.

 

 

As mentioned, there are 40 days left (as of time of writing), for JSS to raise the funds they need. You can donate to the campaign, and learn more about their plans for the funds (and why they think you should donate), at their Crowfunder page.

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Patrick Bate

Patrick is a filmmaker with so much Bristol in his blood the white blood cells are graffiti'd. Educated at the Northern Film School in Leeds, he’s returned home to be a Videographer and Reviewer for 365Bristol and BARBI. When he’s not messing about with cameras, he enjoys playing guitar, spending far too much time on tabletop RPGs, and being an awful snob about cider. Have a look at his work here, or get in touch at patrickb@365bristol.com.