We have just agreed a 3-year lease for an old shop with 4 rooms above. We will transform the ground-floor into a gallery and reading room that can stage a regular programme of exhibitions, talks and workshops, while the upper floors will provide affordable workspace for local practitioners.
The space will be called ‘Instant Coffees’, a return to our original name - we started as a slideshow-night below a café, full of enthusiastic over-caffeinated photographers sharing their projects - and hopefully a disarming invitation to our new neighbours.