Eastside Projects is an artist-run space, a public gallery for the City of Birmingham and the World. It is organised by a founding collective comprising Simon & Tom Bloor, Celine Condorelli, Ruth Claxton, James Langdon and Gavin Wade, who first conceived and now runs the space.
Eastside Projects is a new model for a gallery, one where space and programme are intertwined: a complex evolving programme of works and events starting from radical historical positions. We aim to commission and present experimental contemporary art practices and exhibitions. The artist is invited to set the existing conditions for the gallery. Work may remain. Work may be responded to. The gallery is a collection. The gallery is an artwork. The artist-run space is a public good.
We aim to support the cultural growth of the City.

Above: Liam Gillick Two Short Plays 2009, Scott Myles i! (Eastside Projects) 2009
| Staff | |
| Director | Gavin Wade |
| Associate Director | Ruth Claxton |
| Extra Special People co-ordinators | Liz Rowe |
| Katy Woods | |
| Gallery Administrator | Fay Khan |
| Gallery Assistants | Alex Bailey |
| Georgie Park | |
| Beth Bramich | |
| Governance | |
| Company Directors | Simon Bloor |
| Tom Bloor | |
| Ruth Claxton | |
| Celine Condorelli | |
| James Langdon | |
| Gavin Wade | |
| Council of Management | Company Directors, plus |
| Michele Mooney – Research, Innovation & Enterprise Services: Birmingham City University | |
| John Butler – Head of School of Art, Birmingham City University | |
| Pete Cole – Deputy Finance Director, NHS West Midlands | |
| Ceri Hand – Director, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool | |
| Nav Haq – Curator, Arnolfini, Bristol | |
| Ruth Claxton (chair) – Artist, Birmingham |
A full list of every individual to work with Eastside Projects can be found here
Website
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Support
Eastside Projects is an artist-run space as public gallery, not for profit company Limited by guarantee reg: 6402007, an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, in partnership with Birmingham City University, with further support from Paul Hamlyn Foundation Breakthrough Fund, Business Link West Midlands & Future Jobs Fund.
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