GAS Projects

GAS Projects (GASP!) formed in January 2022, when artist Soozy Roberts and creative producer Hannah Thomson began working together at the Ewe Space in Matson, Gloucester. After working for some time as individuals on projects in Gloucester, we identified a lack of capacity amongst existing organisations in Gloucester to deliver community-engaged visual arts provision. We decided to join forces to maximise our capacity and support each other to realise more ambitious and sustainable projects for the people of Gloucester, with talent development at the core of our work. Our first project GASP@EWE ran from January to May 2022, to test-run working as a new organisation.​ We then incorporated as a Community Interest Company (CIC), and started to envision how GAS Projects could meet the needs of the community while also growing the contemporary visual art provision in the city. Our ethos and way of working grew out of that beginning, by identifying a gap or lack of provision that might be missing within a community, and developing an opportunity to creatively work with others to shape that gap. We work responsively by constantly evaluating what is needed and spending time to hear the voices in the community. Responding in this organic and adaptable way helps us to fully connect with the communities, organisations and individuals that we work with, in order to make Gloucester a more creative and cultural city.