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Are you interested in becoming a Gane Trustee

Are you keen to work with us on supporting emerging artists, crafts people, makers and care professionals with an innovative grants and award programme in the South West? The Gane Trust is currently seeking to recruit up to four new board members to join as Trustees. We would like to hear from people with experience in the arts and social care, and particularly from candidates with expertise and experience in the key areas of: Legal and Governance; Social Media & Website Development; Craft & Design; Social Care & Nursing. We especially welcome applications from candidates from Black and Minority Ethnic...

Grant leads to successful Salad Days

Bristol artist Sanni Pyhaenniska received a Gane Trust grant in February 2024 to enable her to have the prints for her first solo exhibition, Salad Days, at Hours professionally framed. Sanni told us that this elevated the presentation of her work and brought the collection to life, resulting in more than hoped for sales and the offer of more exhibitions. If your creative project needs a financial step up, apply for a Gane Trust grant via the Apply page of this website, where you also find more information. Deadline for receipt of applications for the next meeting is 28 August...

New painting skills

Bristol artist Daisy Hvnter got in touch recently to say that thanks to the Gane Trust grant she received last year she has reached her goal of developing her mural painting style and taking part in Upfest this year. If you have a creative project in the pipeline that a grant of upto £500 would help, why not make an application? You’ll find the application form and information about what the Trust considers giving grants for on the Apply page.

Handweaving looms for workshops

Textile artist Jade Ogden from Somerset received a Gane Trust grant to buy two heddle weaving looms to use in her workshops with people with learning disabilities. As an established handweaver herself, working with regeneratively farmed local wool, Jade is keen to teach people who otherwise might not find gainful employment how to master this skill and work independently.

Byron Thomas leaves Gane Trust after 25 years of service

The Gane Trust would like to give huge thanks to Byron Thomas who has stood down as a Trustee after twenty-five years of service, for ten of which he was a diligent and conscientious Chair. Byron approached the work of the Trust with an exacting yet generous spirit which captured the essence of the Trust’s very being – to support by practical means the potential of people setting out with purpose in the worlds of the arts and social care. One of the final projects Byron oversaw as Chair was the creation and siting of the Blue Plaque on College Green to celebrate the life...

New kiln, new opportunities

Earlier this year, Siobhan Joan applied successfully to Gane Trust for a grant to help her buy a new kiln to support her progressing her ceramic practice. Having purchased the kiln, Siobhan has been able to widen and increase her scope of production, and is now selling her ceramics through the Bristol Guild of Applied Arts. A good situation for Siobhan and for all the customers able to buy her mugs and plates to enjoy at home.

A vital piece of equipment

Arianne Abram-Moore received a Gane Trust grant earlier this year to buy an engineer’s combination square, an essential tool for accurate marking and precision work in furniture making. Arianne wrote to tell us how this tool supported her through her most difficult project to date, a chair with a woven rush style seat. As she steps into the third (BA) year of her Furniture Making and Design course we hope that this tool continues to support her – it is a great example of how a Gane Trust grant can support creative development!