\n Hastings Contemporary will place the studio in an open courtyard next to the gallery on Rock-a-Nore Road.\n<\/p>\n
\n Hastings Borough Council approved the plans on November 12.\n<\/p>\n
\n The area, presently a shingle square surrounded by paving, will be transformed with sand-coloured permeable block paving.\n<\/p>\n
\n The mobile studio will be parked to one side of the space.\n<\/p>\n
\n The empty square where the studio will be installed (Image: Oaten Architects)\n<\/p>\n
\n Box planters will frame the performance and display area created when the studio is opened.\n<\/p>\n
\n The gallery aims to make the square lively with public events and mobile art workshops.\n<\/p>\n
\n The mobile studio will host various activities, including drawing and painting workshops, music and theatrical performances, and summer creative activities in schools.\n<\/p>\n
\n The gallery plans to run specially funded bespoke workshops with current funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for community outreach sessions.\n<\/p>\n
\n There is also funding from Historic England for 15 skills-sharing workshops.\n<\/p>\n
\n The mobile studio which will be installed beside the gallery (Image: Oaten Architects)\n<\/p>\n
\n These will focus on endangered skills associated with the fishing fleet, such as sign painting, net and rope making, knot printing, lag making, fish filleting, smoking, and printing.\n<\/p>\n
\n The studio will also be used for internal meetings weekly.\n<\/p>\n
\n The gallery sees the mobile studio as a chance to work with local festivals, events, and organisations, such as Coastal Currents, Hastings Storytelling Festival, St Leonard\u2019s Festival, Jack in the Green, Sanctuary Festival, and Fat Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n
\n The studio will be used by the gallery alone sometimes, and for small groups of up to 12 people at other times.\n<\/p>\n
\n The site of the mobile studio outlined in red (Image: Oaten Architects)\n<\/p>\n
\n There will be occasions when a whole school class of up to 40 people will use the square and mobile studio.\n<\/p>\n
\n For on-site performances, which are expected to be unlikely to be more than six a year, a small crowd of around 30 to 50 people is anticipated.\n<\/p>\n
\n A visualisation of the proposed studio (Image: Oaten Architects)\n<\/p>\n
\n The planning application received four letters of objection, including one on behalf of Old Hastings Preservation Society.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, it also received eight letters of support.\n<\/p>\n
\n Council planning officers ultimately decided: “The development proposals are considered to be beneficial to local tourism and will encourage new visitors to the old town.\n<\/p>\n
\n “In addition, the proposed mobile studio is sensitively designed and will enliven the appearance and function of the site without causing harm to the nearby designated heritage assets.”\n<\/p>\n
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