Ginkgo Projects is one of Britain’s leading specialist independent art and design consultancies working across the UK.
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Ginkgo produces, designs and implements creative urban and rural projects that connect people to their environment.
We combine elements of research, strategy development, partnership building, art curation and landscape design to create authentic and innovative projects.
Our clients come from both the commercial and public sectors and we welcome opportunities to develop partnerships and fresh approaches to creating new work.
The Wapping Wharf project in which Ginkgo are collaborating with Travelling Light, Bristol Old Vic and Bristol Museums Galleries and Archives has received an award of £22,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Wapping Wharf project will allow Travelling Light Youth Theatre to collaborate with Bristol Old Vic Young Company for the first time. Working together with Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives, the project will engage up to 60 young participants aged 11-20 from Travelling Light Youth Theatre, Bristol Old Vic Young Company and partner school, Hanham Woods Academy.
Working with heritage professionals from Bristol Records Office, M Shed and Bristol University, artist Emma Smith and Ginkgo, Wapping Wharf participants will gain a deeper insight into this area of their city and how actions that took place there have left their mark almost 200 years later.
We are looking for an artist to work within Ron Jones House in Bristol (supported accommodation) to transform the interior and/or exterior space permanently for the benefit of the residents and staff based there. We are looking for someone with a fresh approach and a clear aesthetic to understand and respond to the resident’s needs and contribute to the development of communal spaces where people will want to spend time.
Will Rounce is developing designs for new student accomodation at 8-10 Colston Avenue in Bristol. His influences include Minimalism and architectural diagrams and his work investigates the mechanisms involved in the physical construction of a drawing.
Delighted to announce that Frances Thorburn will be leading Project Grow at Wallscourt Farm Academy, Stoke Gifford, Bristol. Frances will work with the school over the next 12 months to develop a sustainable model and interventions for the active use of the grounds through growing and husbandry that is grounded in seasonal activity.
As part of the public art programme for Wapping Wharf in Bristol we are working with Travelling Light Theatre Company and Bristol Old Vic Young Company to uncover the history of the site to develop new pieces of theatre. This project will bring together these two innovative theatre companies in this way for the first time, working with young people from all over Bristol to explore real life stories from the site’s history that are as gripping and relevant now as they were 100 years ago. More information on this project and how to get involved will be coming soon. (Wapping Wharf is being developed by Umberslade/Muse Developments)
We are delighted to be starting work on developing an art strategy and programme for the operational life of the hospice with the support of Creative Scotland.
Our work at the New South Glasgow Hospitals is moving now through to its production phase ready for installation in the Autumn. Six teams of artists are working throughout the 1100 Adult and 250 bed Childrens hospitals to design and install a wide of art and therapeutic design projects that will all enrich the public, treatment and ward areas.
MK Rose launch day created by Gordon Young as a new place to celebrate memorable community occaisons in Milton Keynes.
Alison Unsworth, Ian Richards, Emma Varley and Frances Priest have been working with staff and patients within Glasgow based hospitals to create a library of 80 images to be applied to surfaces within the new South Glasgow Hospitals…
Project Blueprint is an ongoing research based project that is exploring the value and impact of creative engagement and collaborative practice to enhance planning and decision making around school design and improvement.