Ort Gallery
Supporting emerging artists in Birmingham
Ort Gallery is a new gallery in Balsall Heath, an underprivileged neighbourhood in Birmingham. Ort Gallery’s aim is to showcase artwork from emerging artists, promote West-Midlands based artists and bring high quality art to the local area without the heavy price tag. Ort Gallery will sell cheap poster prints made exclusively for the gallery by the artists and allow the artists to earn an income and the buyers to invest in local talent. Furthermore the gallery will provide the local community with workshops and art related events. The entry to Ort Gallery will be free of charge and for workshops only a small fee will be charged. The workshops will allow for encounters between the local community and people attracted by the events.
This new project will bring quality art to a neighbourhood that is lacking cultural events that are questioning the local politics, the economic situation and the multiculturalism found in Birmingham. Josephine Reichert will run the gallery with the help of volunteer invigilators, made up partly of exhibiting artists.
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