by Micha | Tuesday, February 7, 2017 | Art
One of Bristol’s most notorious areas is being transformed into an outdoor art gallery – complete with souvenirs. Suzanne Savill visits the city’s newest visitor destination. Pictures by Michael Lloyd. They are the sort of wares that can be found at...
by PRSC | Saturday, November 8, 2014 | Art, Turbo Island
Planning Application now in. Please Have Your Say… APPLICATION TO “UPGRADE” Advertising Hoarding. A new crop of planning applications is spearheading the gentrification pressure in the Croft. Most offensive of these is the application by Insite to...
by PRSC | Saturday, November 10, 2012 | Art
This night will be special. PRSC will open the OUTDOOR GALLERY yard to accommodate the BIG NATURALS and OLANZA. In the main PRSC Gallery – An exhibition of work from- Jacknife, Sepr, Tape Ears (Andy Turbowolf), Sainty, Josh Hughes-Games. Plus live...
by PRSC | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 | Art
For an urban location that is over two centuries old, it sometimes feels strange that transience is a defining characteristic of Stokes Croft. Partly, its a function of the traffic flows that constantly run through the place. The miles of double yellow lines ensure...
by PRSC | Friday, December 31, 2010 | Art
A sharp looking throw up on the practice wall in Ashley Road. There has been a clear increase in overt political expression, hardly surprising given the political climate. With looming cuts, failure of our Council to counterbalance the overwhelming power of the...
by PRSC | Friday, December 31, 2010 | Art, Turbo Island
These pictures were unearthed by Rachael Marmite, who organised the archaeological dig on Turbo Island in 2009. The photo below is of the shop that used to be on Turbo Island in 1926. The picture below was taken in 1935. A bus crashed into the end wall of the shop in...
by PRSC | Tuesday, February 23, 2010 | Art, Turbo Island
The archaeological dig that took place on Turbo Island in Stokes Croft last December has now been shown on BBC TV Inside Out West. Professor Mark Horton of Bristol University declared this project to be “One of the most important archaeological projects going...
by PRSC | Sunday, February 14, 2010 | Art
The People of Stokes Croft, Montpelier and beyond took to the streets on Saturday afternoon, thus demonstrating the depth of feeling at the the possibility of Tesco spreading its unwelcome influence into this area of the City. The Community are shocked by the lack...
by PRSC | Saturday, February 6, 2010 | Art, Turbo Island
Turbo Island during its last Community- led makeover, Feb. 2009 Below, the Inspector’s judgement. Particularly illuminating are Paragraphs 11 and 12, of which a small excerpt is quoted below: The (Hoarding is not) preventing regeneration of the wider area or the...
by PRSC | Monday, January 25, 2010 | Art
January is not done, the weather has been the worst for thirty years, but the painting continues unabated. Proof if any were needed of the burning desire of local artists to make of Stokes Croft a gallery… Over the next two months , we will be canvassing locals,...
