About
Art Works in Wimbledon
     
    Art Works in Wimbledon is a voluntary association set up  in 2005.  Its first commission was RENOVATION by Richard Woods in August-September 2005. It was listed by the Guardian and the Independent as one of the best five shows in London in summer 2005. To read about this exciting project, go to the Archive page. The second commission is Martin Newth: Solar Cinema.
 

Its origin
Art Works in Wimbledon emerged from the temporary commissions organised by Martin Holman for Cannizaro Park under the auspices of the Friends of Cannizaro Park. These commissions were with artists Flor Kent (2000), Keith Wilson (2003-4) and Jon Griffiths. To read more about these projects, go to the Archive page.

Objective
The main objective of Art Works in Wimbledon is to bring artists and their audience together by commissioning leading practitioners to create new work for temporary installation in host locations in Wimbledon and its district.
    These projects aim to bring a consistently high standard of visual art to a part of London that has no permanent venue for art nor a tradition of building an audience for the most stimulating and innovative work being produced by artists today.
  Partnership
Art Works in Wimbledon works in partnership to introduce new art into the public space of Wimbledon. The most important partners are artists and the general public.
Facilitating that central partnership has been invaluable help from other partners, most notably Arts Council England, London through the Grants for the Arts scheme.
Host venues have included the public parks administered by the London Borough of Merton and the estate of (the former) Wimbledon School of Art.
    Art Works in Wimbledon receives no regular core funding. Important facilitators, therefore, have been project funders, among them The Elephant Trust, The Henry Moore Foundation, Friends of Cannizaro Park, Traders Antiques, Marcus Beale Architects, Robert Holmes & Company, Tot Taylor, Sparks, Time & Leisure Publications, Wimbledon Books & Music, Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London, Wimbledon School of Art.
    In 2006 it received an arts development grant from Merton Council to support project research, governance, setting up a website and some training for volunteers.
    Governance
Governed by a constitution adopted in March 2005, Art Works in Wimbledon is a voluntary association. The director, Martin Holman, is the only permanent staff; he receives a project fee only. There is no core finance, and Art Works in Wimbledon supports its operation with special fund-raising.

Its committee has five members who bring their particular expertise: Roger Casale (MP for Wimbledon, 1997-2005); Martin Holman (writer and organiser); Elizabeth Nelson OBE (market research and business); Keith Wilson (artist); and Paul Wood (structural engineer).
     
    Art Works in Wimbledon
Director: Martin Holman
Address: 3 The Grange, Wimbledon, London SW19 4PT
Contact: +44 (0)20 8946 5206
E-mail: info@artworksinwimbledon.org
Web: www.artworksinwimbledon.org