Bricks is a Bristol based non-profit that works in a number of ways to support local and creative communities. We believe in the civic role of artists and in championing local talent.
Bristol is a creative powerhouse with world class artists and future greats, by drawing on local talent we can maximise development’s local impact, create artworks that are loved by their communities and support the next generation of artists to thrive.
Our approach to public art commissioning is to facilitate a creative, collaborative process between project teams (developers, architects, planners) side by side with artists and local communities.
We are interested in both the creation of permanent and temporary artworks and creation of creative infrastructure – a really exciting new aspect to public art through planning conditions.
This delivers great value for the development and ensures that solutions are grown from place and embedded in the locality.
OUR SERVICES INCLUDE:
Writing and delivering public art plans
Project curation
Working with design teams to explore opportunities
Setting up creative commissioning stakeholder groups
Writing and managing community engagement programme
Budget management
Contract management
Liaison with local authority
Site/ context research
Managing artwork commission process
Documentation
Promotion and public relations
Evaluation
Our approach to public art commissioning is to facilitate a creative, collaborative process between project teams (developers, architects, planners) side by side with artists and local communities.
We are interested in both the creation of permanent and temporary artworks and creation of creative infrastructure – a really exciting new aspect to public art through planning conditions.
This delivers great value for the development and ensures that solutions are grown from place and embedded in the locality.
We are especially keen to work on projects in Bristol and surrounding areas (Bath, Gloucestershire, Somerset) where the developer has a long term interest in the site. Get in touch to start a conversation and explore how we could work together:kerrie@bricksbristol.org
Kerrie joined Bricks in January 2021 as Public Art Producer.
Kerrie leads Bricks’ Public Art Consultancy practice, which is fast becoming a nationally recognised leader in developing and delivering high quality Public Art Projects in collaboration with local communities, local artists, local authorities and developers.
For the last decade Kerrie worked as a Senior Producer, Programmer and Project Manager, in Theatre, Live Events, National and International Touring Music Productions, International Festivals and Television.
Prior to this Kerrie worked for a decade as a Town Planner, project managing multi-disciplinary teams in delivering large scale, mixed use redevelopments across the UK, in urban and rural locations.
Kerrie is a Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI) and has worked with communities delivering projects and undertaking strategic and local consultations as part of the Planning System, Sports Development, Health and the Arts.
Jack is a creative producer and CEO with a passion for supporting cross sector creative and community collaborations and developing the ecology for visual arts practice in Bristol.
In 2018 Jack founded Bricks and has a dual role as executive lead and an active producer developing projects.
Key Bricks projects include building Bricks Public Art & Creative Infrastructure Agency and developing St Annes House as a creative community hub through codesign with the hyper local community of St Annes and the regional creative community of the West of England.
2010-18 Jack founded and ran nomadic art galleryAntlers working with artists through pop up exhibitions, partnership commissions and publishing. Antlers worked predominantly with early career artists supporting them to explore some form of stretch forward in their practice.
Graduating in 2007 with a BA Photography prior to 2010 Jack worked as an artist studio assistant and was a practising artist involved in artist led projects in Stroud.
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Jack sits on Bristol’s One City Culture Board, and is an active participant in Bristol’s DIY Arts Network. Recent professional development includes Clore Leadership Short Course, Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy Fellowship (including a PGCert in Fundraising) and School of Social Enterprise Trade Up Programme.
