We had are first proper meeting

about the studio today - Hurrah, progress! Here are the notes from that

meeting (I‘d say minutes but they’re too abridged for that!!).

I proposed that the studio be called the-ocean; this was agreed upon.

This site will become the virtual reflection of the physical studio

(cool huh).

We want the studio to be a

place you will want to be … a creative sanctuary; a nice environment;

a community.

• it's about

people;community;friends

• the environment should have

3 zones

* studio spaces


* work / office / desk

spaces

* communal comfy space

• the latter of the 2 spaces

should be comfortable and stylish

• we will run classes etc for

refugees (and whoever else) in, initially, art and craft

• it must be open to a wider

audience than just us!

• The Product Comes First!

We decided that the ‘product’

was a Communal Space for Creativity and Art

We discussed influence and

decided that it can only be influential if it is unforced.

We discussed how we get the

building/space and at the moment, the general consensus is towards

buying a building. The Mortuary Chapel was proposed but it would

obviously take some effort to raise the needed capital!

We decided that in order to

facilitate the plans we had, the space would need to be in excess of

150 msqr

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And that's about it for this!