The Art House and Partake

A new building and a new arts organisation for Wakefield

The building of the new Art House on land between Drury Lane and Westgate in the centre of Wakefield will bring new opportunities for both working and learning in the visual arts.
The building will house artists’ studios, with technicians on hand to support disabled artists – or anyone who needs help. Short-stay accommodation will be available for artists who wish to stay at The Art House. The building will be open to the wider community in Wakefield with a Community Studio equipped with print-making and general art facilities.
Three high-quality meeting rooms will be available for businesses or groups to use for meetings or conferences. The building will have many features which make it particularly accessible to disabled users, including two evacuation-standard lifts and a quiet room, for people who need to rest during the day.
Partake – a newly-formed organisation dedicated to bringing people together through the visual arts – will bring artists in residence from the UK and abroad to work at The Art House. This new organisation will also design and deliver arts projects and will organise classes and workshops for the wider public in the new Community Studio and at other venues throughout the district.