UP Projects is the UK’s leading public art organisation specialising in socially engaged public art commissioning. Based in London, they bring artists out of the gallery and into public spaces to create new work with communities across the UK and beyond. Their work is always responsive to context and often activating unexpected corners of the public realm. They initiate projects that respond to some of the most pressing issues of our time, as well as work with partners on a consultancy basis to create risk-taking work that communities can shape, actively participate in, and relate to.
Their 20 years of experience champions a bold approach that takes care to bring about social change. In the last two decades they have championed underrepresented voices, often giving emerging talent their first chance to create new work in public spaces across the UK. UP Projects has also led numerous progressive public art strategies that shape the way artists can become embedded within areas undergoing regenerational change. Learning sharing sits at the heart of what they do, and they are also dedicated to supporting the next generation of socially engaged practitioners through their free learning and development programme, Constellations. The programme gives artists, curators, and producers the chance to explore best practice models from leading names within the world of social practice.
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