Welcome

Gloucester Contemporary Artists CIC is a network of practising artists selling and exhibiting our art. Many of us also run workshops and courses to share our skills and experience. We aspire to make Gloucester a respected centre for contemporary art.

Along the way we will create exhibition spaces and events, and build an audience for visual arts in the city. Ultimately we are aiming to have an art centre for Gloucester that celebrates local, regional, national and international excellence in the visual arts.

In August 2024 we held our first major event, Gloucester Open, an open studios and city-centre art trail. Building on that success, our city-centre shop window art gallery returned bigger and better for 2025 and 2026.

We have have a programme of event at our Gate artspace at 21 Westgate Street, and we also exhibit works by local artists in the Tudor Room in the Gloucester Antiques Centre (opposite the Gate)

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GCA mission, aims and objectives

Members' area

Read our vision for the contemporary arts in Gloucester.

Imagine a place:

a major independent artspace sustained by multiple income streams, an important hub to the community and with a place on the national art scene that builds the city's reputation for excellence in contemporary art.
where people connect, learn and take part in activities that strengthen local bonds. It provides a welcoming space for all ages, helping to reduce social isolation, and
strives to offer something for everyone. More than just a building, this place offers inclusion, supports local initiatives and brings communities closer together. It finds the synergies between all the contemporary art forms. Together we are stronger.

(from a presentation at Pechakucha, Warehouse 4 on 20 March 2025)