Hello everybody,
Yes, it has been awhile since we’ve sent out a newsletter to everybody and provided any updates so without further fanfare !!
I would just like to say now that I apologise to all of you especially to those that either completed the studio application through the website or sent in a direct email.
The response when I updated the front page to the website to detail the new studios at both Forest hill (The Mews) and the new warehouse at Bell Green (The warehouse) was amazing and to be honest overwhelming and very humbling.
Last year Whirled Art Studios was nominated to The Greater London Enterprise Awards (I have no idea by whom or by how many of you) and were voted “the best artistic workshop space provider for 2021” More info through the link below.
https://www.sme-news.co.uk/winners/whirled-art-productions/
I really can’t express my gratitude, so I won’t even try; but perhaps that’s why so many people responded to the updated front page of the website? I guess we will never know.
Moving forward to all of you that are reading this and are still looking to find a studio space please read on.
Studio Update
Across both sites there are a total of some 30 studios available ranging in size from 120 ft.² to some 500 ft.² all are self-contained, independently metered and all studios can be shared.
In Addition to these self-contained studios, we have some 25 desk spaces available within an open plan layout.
As is custom at Whirled Art Studios all the units and studios are independently metered and will include within the rent payable per calendar month the following.
£10 personal electricity
£5 communal electricity
Commercial refuse
Commercial recycling
Water
Wi-Fi
Maintenance and upkeep of the communal areas and communal resources
A Communal kitchen
Cleaning of communal areas and supply of communal resources
Administration
Buildings insurance with public liability
Maintenance and servicing of both the fire and the intruder alarm system
Please note that all contracts are for a period of two years with the rents fixed for the duration and a minimum of six months with a break clause at five months included. A deposit will also be required at 125% of the PCM.
Please note that the studios available at the Mews will be more expensive as this was a commercial rebuild whereas the studios at Bell Green are an internal compartmentalisation of an existing warehouse.
The studios available at Bell Green have been developed in conjunction with the photographic studio organisation Simulacra
Below is a little piece from them directly to all of you.
"After 10 years in Brixton (in what was the former home for those of you in the know the Medusa nightclub) we are coming back into the fold of Whirled Art Productions (WAP)where in 2006 Simulacra was born.
Currently located in interconnecting railway arches we have decided that at a time when big corporate landlords are failing to provide good or competitive services to tenants we are happy to once again grow our business under the wing of a trusted collaborative organisation. Please take a look at the link above and we can’t wait to show you our designated product photography studio as well as our main larger studio with purpose made retouching and video edit suites. We will also be offering kit rental and more".
As a collaboration favourable terms and conditions for use of their services will be applied to all artists under the WAP umbrella.
To all of you that have in the last six months - since the front page of the website was updated (and sent in an application) please note that it has been hugely appreciated and someone will make contact with you in person over the next seven days.
To everybody else that is currently on the waiting list, please don’t feel that you are being left out and if you do reply to this newsletter which is going out to everybody on the waiting list someone will also contact you in person.
Everybody that replies with an interest to this newsletter will receive an email detailing the spaces and numbers available at each site which will include a walkabout video with before and now photos and photos/videos of construction. The videos will be site-specific and will include information on parking, hours of operation, nearby facilities, and other relevant site-specific details.
On a separate note, there are currently two spaces available at Unit 1 at Forest Hill one would ideally suit a seamstress the other is a desk space to share with an existing tenant who is a photographer.
Please respond accordingly with which site you are most interested in so that we can coordinate your site visits.
Please note the studios at Bell Green are still in the design phase so for any of you that have specific requirements -3 Phase power, plug socket locations, Extraction ETC - hopefully, we will be able to accommodate you at this early stage.
Lastly, the studios at “The Mews” will be ready for occupation early August 2022 and those at “The Warehouse” from late August 2022
Many thanks for reading and thank you all for your patience.
Whirled Art Productions