Redgate Gallery

My oh my! The Redgate Gallery was AMAZING! Perfect for what we are looking for and the woman Yara is both lovely and very enthusiastic about the project. We have told her that we will let her know Monday if we are definitely going to take the booking but everyone that went was really excited and everyone agreed that it was the perfect space for the work we are proposing. Please see pictures below.











The space is just great, a complete blank canvas for us to work with. Yara has said that it is fine for us to put up a black out curtain as well so that we can wall off the exhibition space from the space where we have the launch evening party thing. Overall it will cost £395 and she will need half of this as a deposit on Monday. The rest must be paid 4 weeks prior to the exhibition start date. Please keep reading on as there are some important points we discussed.

• We could start setting up on Thursday 11th December between 5pm and 9pm
• The launch night would be on Friday the 12th December and would be from 6pm until 11pm
• The gallery would open at 1.30pm on the Saturday, as Yara needs time to clean up after the Launch party.
  
• Now this is where things get a little complicated. Yara already has a booking for a woman's 40th birthday party on Saturday 13th December and so we would have to dismantle the installation and put it in storage by 6.30pm on the saturday. This should not take very long at all and Yara has agreed to help and even find us a place to store the furniture so that we dont have to take it away from the venue. This doesnt look like it would be much of a problem as there is a theatre studio next door and Yara is friends with the owner. She said she could slip her £20 and hopefully we would then be able to store the stuff for the night.
• The gallery is closed on the Sunday but Yara will be in early on Monday 15th bright and early to help us set up the installation again. We will then have until the 18th or 19th of December for the show. This means that we are getting almost 8 days!!! For a very cheap price I might add!
• Yara will produce all press released for us, she just needs things like graphics and text ASAP so that she can get it out to magazines etc.
  
• We will NOT be able to bring alcohol on to the premises as Yara could lose her liquor license. This is fair enough as the drinks there are very cheap anyways. We can still have food if we choose.
  

I know it sounds like a bit of a hassle with the dismantling and what not, but this space is PERFECT! If you get a chance, go see it. It is very close to E&C, very easy to find and looks very professional. The dimensions are just right and Yara is very friendly and helpful. In my opinion we would be foolish to turn this place down as it is an ideal location for the work. Very little effort will be needed to black out the space, and there is plenty of room/ electrical sockets etc. We can have between 80-100 people in the space at any one time, but this does not include people outside smoking or talking.

Insurance should be fully covered as well, Yara gave us a breakdown of what is and is not covered. Everything should be fine. I am totally rooting for this place from now on, as it is just totally AWESOME! lol.

Lee