MADE is dedicated to improving the quality of our towns, cities and villages. We believe that a high quality built environment is essential for economic prosperity and wellbeing.

Well-designed places function better, use fewer resources, encourage investment and enterprise, engender social interaction and a sense of community and make people happy, healthy and proud.

4 areas of work

Design QualityProviding advice and training to local government, industry and designers to improve the quality of new developments

CommunityHelping citizens to understand and influence urban planning and development

Arts and CulturePromoting collaboration between artists, architects, engineers and planners

EducationHelping young people to understand and get access to the built environment professions

Research and Outreach Artist

Design Team Artist

Community Artist Maker

Place-based socio-historic study of the Tame and consider the changing relationship between the river and the people who lived and worked alongside it

Research and Outreach Artist

Mobile drawing studio

Design Team Artist

Community Artist Maker

Beyond the GalleryProfessional development for students and early career artists

Beyond Public ArtA discussion about involving artists in the public realm

#beyondpublicart

Beyond the Gallery: Agenda

10.00 Welcome and Introductions. David Tittle

10.05 Tamed. Sally Robertshaw

10.10 The scope, the reasons, the potential, the rewards, the challenges. Stuart Mugridge/ Rob Colbourne

10.30 Reflection on practice. Scott Farlow

10.45 Break

11.05 Public space 'opportunities and ideas' exercise and/or individual skills

audit. Scott Farlow

12.30 Lunch, delegates welcome to stay for afternoon session

Beyond Public Art: Agenda

13.30 Welcome and Introductions. Sally Robertshaw.

13.35 ‘The red fence’. Stuart Mugridge. Discussion. Chaired by David Tittle.

13.50 Talk 1. Public Art: A manifesto. Rob Colbourne

14.05 Talk 2. Tamed and the Design Team Artist ’s role. Stuart Mugridge.

14.20 Talk 3. Scott Farlow, artist working in the built environment.

14.30 Talk 4. Larry Priest, Architect, BPN. Artists and the built environment

14.55 Break

15.05 Discussion ‘Approaches to public art’. Chaired by David Tittle

16.00 End