making art accessible for those who need it
The Margaret Whitehouse Memorial Fund was set up to honour the memory of Margaret, Barry's mother who passed away in 2016 after a short three month battle with an aggressive form of cancer.
Margaret supported the shop, worked as a sales assistant, and was a lover of art, believing everyone should have access to it. She supported Barry in his chosen career, often going without to pay for picture framing for his exhibitions when he was a teenager. The fund is a way to continue this belief by offering a six month free art education programme to underprivileged young adults (aged 18-30) who love art, but have had no formal training in art at all, and who are not in a financial position to attend lessons.
Once we are satisfied criteria is met from their application, we allow the adults a prepaid gift voucher for free online class recordings via our sister site artstreamclub.com.Every lesson is between 1.5 and 2 hours long, and they cover a wide range of subjects and media.
It is funded wholly by us here at The Artery, and by donations.
So if you are aged between 18 and 30, love art but have never studied it (even at GCSE level), are on low income or means tested benefits, then you can apply.
Application forms can be downloaded below, or picked up from the shop. If you would like to make a donation to support the fund, you can do so from our kofi page
