January Room Hire Offer

As part of our January Sale there’s 10% off room hire that is booked and confirmed by 4PM on 31st January and takes place between January - March 2020.

Terms of the offer:

• The offer is valid for bookings taking place in January, February, and March 2020.

• Bookings are confirmed once West Studios has received a completed booking form, booked it within our system & sent a confirmation email accepting your booking by close of business on Friday 31st January.

• This offer cannot be used with any other offers, discounts, or on current confirmed bookings.

More information about our room hire can be found here.

February Exhibition: Tangential Thoughts by Andrew Buckley

We are very excited to introduce our first exhibition for 2020! The exhibition will open on Friday 14th February and run until Friday 6th March.
It is free entry into the exhibition.
We are open Monday - Friday 10am-4pm, with some late and weekend days for special events as advertised on our social media.
We recommend for you to call us on 01246 500799 to confirm your visit to the gallery.

Spokes by Andrew Buckley

In preparation for Andrew’s exhibition, we asked him a few questions about his work.

What medium is your exhibition and what is the exhibition’s name?
I work mainly in acrylics, but also in fused glass.  I am calling this exhibition: Tangential Thoughts

What can people expect when they come to your exhibition?
My work relates to emotions and memories, the style can be challenging as the imagery and its conception comes from my mild form of synaesthesia

What inspires you? This could be a specific person, genre, time period etc.
I am inspired by the Bauhaus movement, modernism and cubism. The artists that I most admire are Man Ray, Picasso, Rothko, Damian Hirst, Grayson Perry, Gustav Klimt and Frida Kahlo

#5 by Andrew Buckley

How long have you been a practising?
I started in the early eighties designing posters for theatre and record sleeves for local bands, but took a long hiatus working a series of “proper jobs”. I began painting again on a serious basis a couple of years ago.

Many people have a creative passion but don’t ever think they will take it further. What helped you to decide that you were going to build on your passion?
I had the proverbial year from hell in which I was diagnosed with a serious health issue. Shortly after this I lost my job and my wife left me.  I decided to concentrate on a passion which had been placed on hold for a long time. This was given an extra push when as my health improved and I began to return to normality as my illness had left me with a form of synaesthesia in which I related to thoughts and memories as blocks of colour, pattern and shading.

Introducing the West Studios Virtual Tenancy

Have you been using your home address for your business? Want to be a part of a business network and creative community?

We are introducing our Virtual Tenancy this month.

For just £15 a month,
- use the West Studios address as your businesses registered address and postal service
- use our Gallery for informal meetings for up to 4 people
- receive 20% off Monday - Friday bookings for the Meeting Room and Studio
- receive exclusive tenant communications, offers and invitations
- be included on the West Studios website, social media and within our newsletter

Contact us on hello@weststudios.co.uk to organise your virtual tenancy today.

January's Newsletter

Inside this Newsletter...
 

- Regular Events & Room Hire Information
- 10% off Sale
- Work Experience Offer
- Studio Vacancies
- Upcoming Workshops & More

Our Opening Times

As a standard we're open Monday to Friday 10am - 4pm. Weekend openings vary on room hire bookings & events taking place. Planned weekend openings for January & February are below.

Join our Creative Community - Studio Spaces Available

Are you looking for a new office/creative space for your creative, digital or community business? Then enquire today as we have spaces available with immediate start.
As a tenant of West Studios you’ll be part of our creative community & work within a shared creative environment. Internet (ethernet & Wi-Fi), heating & electricity are included within your monthly rent cost. Spaces cost around £120PCM.

Click here to find out more information or to arrange a viewing.

January Sale

Gallery Shop:
There's currently at least 10% off everything within the gallery-shop until Friday 31st January.

Room Hire:
There's 10% off all room hire, that's booked in January, until March 2020.

Please note - Room Hire must be booked and confirmed by close of business 31st January 2020. The discount is valid for confirmed bookings taking place in January, February and March 2020. Confirmed bookings are when we have received a completed booking form AND sent confirmation of accepting the booking by close of business on 31st January.

 

What’s On

We have a range of bookings taking place each week that you may want to get involved in!

Music with Mummy - Tuesdays 9:30am - 11:30am
Life Drawing with John King - 7th January, 6:30pm - 9pm
Youth Theatre and Gekkota Arts - Tuesdays 6pm-8pm

Stronger Women’s Fitness Class - Wednesday 7pm - 8pm.
Choir - Thursdays 10am-12noon. 
Stop…Breathe…Yoga - Thursdays 5:15pm-6:45pm & 6:45pm-8:15pm

We don’t just take regular group bookings. We have a range of creative spaces suitable for performances, talks, business catch ups and board meetings. Contact us on 01246500799 or hello@weststudios.co.uk to organise your tour. You can find more details about our room hire here.

Event Hire Facilities

Whether you are celebrating an occasion, want a large space to hold a dance class or simply need a professional environment to conduct a meeting, the Chesterfield College Group has a range of contemporary spaces to accommodate a variety of needs.

Further information about West Studios room hire can be found here.
For information about facility hire across the Chesterfield College Group, click here.

To Download our Room Hire Brochure click here.

Upcoming workshops...

Monster Making & Pinch Pots

• Friday 21st February, 10am - 11am

• £15 per child

• Suitable for ages 6 - 8 years
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Mug Making

• Friday 21st February, 11.30am - 12.30pm

• £15 per child

• Suitable for ages 9 - 12 years
  BOOK

Adult Pottery Workshop

• Saturday 21st March

• £17 per person

• Suitable for any aged 16 and above

All of the Workshops are done in collaboration with Hand Made by Martha.

BOOK

 

WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMME

Throughout the academic year, West Studios works with Chesterfield College to find industry placement opportunities for their students. the work placement programme can be structured to suit your working needs meaning students can help with admin, customer service or creative projects for one to two days a week over several weeks!
For more information click here to fill out the contact form on our website.

December's Newsletter

Our December Newsletter is stuffed with extra tasty offers & news for for the festive period that you don’t want to miss out on!

December Openings & Christmas Closure

Treats for 2019 and Sneak Peaks into 2020

Each day we’re open in December we will release a treat for 2019 or a sneak peak into 2020 via our Facebook Page.

January Sale

Do you want to save money but get some awesome handmade, locally produced work & support local small businesses? Then our January Sale is perfect - get 10% off EVERYTHING within the gallery-shop. Offer valid from Monday 6th January - Tuesday 31st January.

Exhibitions

The Boys Are Back In School:

The Old Cestrefeldians Society, a group of ex-students from Chesterfield’s Boys Grammar School, have put together an exhibition of artefacts from the school. This ranges from hats & ties to silverware and even the school magazine! The Exhibition opens from Monday 11th November - Friday 13th December.More information can be found here.

2020 Exhibitions:

Our next exhibition launches in February and our exhibition slots are full up until July 2020. The new year will see the return of some previous exhibitors and some new artists making the space their own. More information about 2020 exhibitions will be released in future newsletters. To Enquire about exhibition space from August 2020 and beyond click here.

What’s On

We have a range of bookings taking place each week that you may want to get involved in!

Music with Mummy - Tuesdays 9:30am - 11:30am
Life Drawing with John King - 7th January, 6:30pm - 9pm
Youth Theatre and Gekkota Arts - Tuesdays 6pm-8pm

Stronger Women’s Fitness Class - Wednesday 7pm - 8pm.
Choir - Thursdays 10am-12noon. The Choir takes a break for Christmas after Thursday 5th December but will return on Thursday 9th January.
Stop…Breathe…Yoga - Thursdays 5:15pm-6:45pm & 6:45pm-8:15pm

We don’t just take regular group bookings. We have a range of creative spaces suitable for performances, talks, business catch ups and board meetings. Contact us on 01246500799 or hello@weststudios.co.uk to organise your tour. You can find more details about our room hire here.

Event Hire Facilities

Whether you are celebrating an occasion, want a large space to hold a dance class or simply need a professional environment to conduct a meeting, the Chesterfield College Group has a range of contemporary spaces to accommodate a variety of needs.

Further information about West Studios room hire can be found here.
For information about facility hire across the Chesterfield College Group, click here.

To Download our Room Hire Brochure click here.

Studio Space Available

Are you looking for a new office/creative space for your creative, digital or community business? Then enquire today as we have spaces becoming available soon!
As a tenant of West Studios you’ll be part of our creative community & work within a shared creative environment. Internet (Ethernet & Wi-Fi), heating & electricity are included within your monthly rent cost. Spaces cost around £120PCM.

Tenant News

Chesterfield Local Gift Guide

The Chesterfield Local Gift-Guide is full of independent local businesses within Chesterfield. Here you will find unique gift ideas and will have the opportunity to support local businesses. Click here to open the gift guide.

Winter Workshops with Handmade by Martha

A festive, family-friendly 1 hour Ceramics session. Learning the art of slab-building a mug, and hand creatIng something special.

Sunday 8th December - sessions start from 1pm. Price £13 per person

Afternoon tea and ceramics for sale, in support of social project, The Make Bank.

For More information & to book contact Martha.

Pomegranate Youth Theatre & Gekkota Arts

Gekkota Arts Festive Comedy Club - 7.30PM, Friday 6th December at The Rose Theatre in Chesterfield.

A fast-paced improvised comedy performance.

A hilariously funny collection of games based around spontaneous improvisation, we create scenes and sketches with the help of the audience.

Join us for an evening of topical, original and unpredictable humour with a festive twist.

Tickets are £10 and available from The Rose Theatre.

Goodbye…

Three of our tenants journeys at West Studios have come to an end and we would like to wish them well on their future journey. Click on the business names below to check out their website/Facebook page to be kept up to date with their future projects.

Petit Boo Che - A Children’s soft-toy company.

Kooky Curios - Art, Antiques & Collectables.

Future Foundations - A training organisation that delivers programmes to young people ages 8 - 24. Their office within West Studios was used to deliver the NCS project.

Hello New Tenants…

Simon who previously managed the NCS programme for Future Foundations will be remaining at West Studios as he joins the Chesterfield Local team full-time alongside Paul Chapman. Simon creates and published the S41 Local Magazines and Paul does the S40 Local Magazine.

Handmade by Martha - Martha is a young artist, specialising in handmade arts & crafts.

Fawn & Esther - Fawn & Esther is a sustainable, ethical small business focusing on making great quality, comfortable lingerie. The brand's mission is to make the sustainable and bespoke lingerie industries financially accessible to the average person. We know first-hand that buying size-inclusive, sustainable lingerie isn't affordable in the current market. We want to revolutionise the industry and make comfy, well-fitting, planet-friendly underwear cheaper to buy whilst still retaining great fabrics and an ethical production line.

It’s part of the Natwest Back Her Business programme which provides support and grants for woman-owned small businesses. The more supporters I get for my crowdfunder, the more additional funding I am eligible for from Natwest! More information about how to support this business & help with crowdfunding, click here.