Business Action | Autumn 2021
Autumn 2021 issue of the independent North Devon-based business magazine covering news on business and enterprise in the area. This issue includes a feature on Studio KIND. in Braunton, Business Activists answering your business questions, updates on business people in North Devon, our business directory and photos of some of our North Devon Business Awards 2021 winners with their awards certificates.
Autumn 2021 issue of the independent North Devon-based business magazine covering news on business and enterprise in the area. This issue includes a feature on Studio KIND. in Braunton, Business Activists answering your business questions, updates on business people in North Devon, our business directory and photos of some of our North Devon Business Awards 2021 winners with their awards certificates.
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ART<br />
North Devonhasalways<br />
inspiredandattractedartistsof<br />
everykindandtheartistic<br />
communityisalargeone.<br />
StudioKIND.,inBraunton,<br />
isanewcontemporaryart<br />
galleryandprojectspace,<br />
presentingtheworkofboth<br />
localandnationalemerging<br />
andestablishedartiststhrough<br />
anambitiousanddiverse<br />
programmeofexhibitionsand<br />
events,curatedtoexcite<br />
imaginations,challenge<br />
perceptionsandcreate<br />
connections.<br />
Establishedasacommunity<br />
interestcompany,thegallery’s<br />
missionis“toraisetheprofile<br />
ofcontemporaryartinNorth<br />
Devon;supportingand<br />
promotingtherapidly-growing<br />
localartsscenewhilst<br />
showcasingartisticactivity<br />
fromaroundtheUK”.<br />
People<br />
StudioKIND.isrunby<br />
Braunton-basedartistsRichard<br />
GregoryandLauraPorter.<br />
Richardhas40years’<br />
experienceintheartsand<br />
creativesectors.Hisworkasan<br />
artist,designer,filmmakerand<br />
socialentrepreneurhasinvolved<br />
himinnationallysignificant<br />
projectsandcampaigns.<br />
the<br />
business of<br />
art<br />
Richard’sworkhasbeen<br />
archivedintheBritishLibrary<br />
andhehasbeencommissioned<br />
bynationalcharitiesand<br />
institutionsincludingthe<br />
NationalTrust,BelmarshPrison<br />
andSurfersAgainstSewage.He<br />
wasalsoafoundingtrusteeof<br />
theMuseumofBritishSurfing.<br />
LauraPorterisanartistand<br />
curator.Sincegraduatingwitha<br />
degreeinFineArt,shehas<br />
exhibitedacrossthecountry,<br />
beenshortlistedforanumber<br />
ofawardsandhelpedorganise<br />
manyartist-ledinitiatives.<br />
Concept<br />
TheideabehindStudioKIND.<br />
cametoRichardduring<br />
lockdown:“StudioKIND.came<br />
aboutthroughabeautiful<br />
overlappingarrayofcontacts,<br />
connectionsandcircumstance.<br />
Theonesingleunifyingevent<br />
wasthepandemic.Itwasduring<br />
thefirstlockdown,onalong<br />
familybikeride,thatIdecided<br />
toembracemytwolong-term<br />
loves–communityandart–<br />
withonesingleproject.<br />
“OnceIhadcommittedto<br />
thatidea,itcametogetherfast,<br />
andLaura,myenergeticand<br />
inspiredco-director,ramped<br />
upthespeedandthe<br />
aspirations.Thedifferencesin<br />
ourexperienceandagemake<br />
foradynamiccollaboration<br />
thathasoursharedambitions<br />
atitscore:todevelopaproject<br />
thatbringsthecreative<br />
communitytogethertoshare,<br />
challengeandlearn.”<br />
Launch<br />
Thegallerywasbuiltoutin<br />
August2020andhelditsfirst<br />
liveopeningforNorthDevon<br />
Arts’Christmas2020exhibition<br />
inDecember,although<br />
lockdownsimposedlimitson<br />
furtherevents.Richardand<br />
Laurarosetothischallengeby<br />
hostingvirtualexhibitions,<br />
using3Dscanningtechnology<br />
andaYouTubechannel<br />
featuringinterviewswithartists<br />
talkingabouttheirworkand<br />
experiences.Thisenabledthem<br />
toshowcaseexhibitionsto<br />
audiencesnotonlyinNorth<br />
Devonbutacrosstheworld.<br />
Summer<br />
Sincelockdownrestrictions<br />
eased,StudioKIND.hashosted<br />
anumberofexhibitions<br />
featuringbothlocal,national<br />
andinternationalartists.<br />
InMay,itfeaturedan<br />
exhibitionof150Year7<br />
studentsfromBraunton<br />
Academy,enablingthemto<br />
showcasethecolourfuland<br />
excitingworktheycreated<br />
Paintings from Gabriela Giroletti’s exhibition at Studio KIND.<br />
10 business action | <strong>Autumn</strong> <strong>2021</strong> | business-action.co.uk
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