How Creative Land Trust creates long-term change
CLT is a creative placekeeper; its role is distinct from studio provision. It secures permanent creative infrastructure that would otherwise be difficult to protect through the market alone. Some of our spaces include funded public outreach programmes that work with local artists and people to engage with the arts, culture and heritage of the area. Find out more below.
THE CHALLENGE
Rising land values, redevelopment pressure and insecure leases are shrinking affordable creative space in London and increasing precarity for artists and providers.
Foundational outcomes
0-36 months
WHAT CLT DOES
Artist outcomes
1-5 years
Place outcomes
3-7 years
System outcomes
5+ years
Long-term impact
Creative infrastructure
Securing affordable space for the long term
73%
say they have extended their professional network in the building
87%
say they are confident they can keep their studio long-term
90%
choose to renew their studio rental contracts
50%
of new studio holders were working from home before
182
Artists supported
90%
say they are confident in the long-term provision of their building
93%
agreed their space is affordable
100%
say their studio is essential to their creative development
Our impact includes:
- A growing portfolio of permanent artist studio space across the capital
- Hundreds of artists supported
- Buildings protected for creative use in perpetuity
- Strong and sustained demand for affordable workspace
- Long-term cultural and community benefit within neighbourhoods across London
We work collaboratively with studio providers, developers, local authorities, funders and communities to strengthen London’s long-term creative infrastructure.
Our Reports
We commission reports to help illustrate the impact and importance of affordable creative workspace for artists, communities, place, the economy and society.
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Our Reports
We commission reports to help illustrate the impact and importance of affordable creative workspace for artists, communities, place, the economy and society.
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Research
Creative Land Trust was conceived following a series of reports highlighting the challenges of sustaining creative industries in prospering cities, and the risks poses to our culture and economies if the sector is not protected.
Since then, we have seen unprecedented changes to communities and industries. COVID-19 highlighted the fragility of our creative industries as well as shedding light on many other challenges within the sector.
As we continue to understand and forecast the many external forces that affect studio provision, we will document findings, reports and case studies to help inform our support of the sector.
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Research
Creative Land Trust was conceived following a series of reports highlighting the challenges of sustaining creative industries in prospering cities, and the risks posed to our culture and economies if the sector is not protected.
Since then, we have seen unprecedented changes to communities and industries. COVID-19 highlighted the fragility of our creative industries as well as shedding light on many other challenges within the sector.
As we continue to understand and forecast the many external forces that affect studio provision, we will document findings, reports and case studies to help inform our support of the sector.
Representation of Female Artists in Britain
Only 29% of solo exhibitions at London’s major institutions are by women. Freelands Foundation release their 6th annual report looking at representation of women artists in Britain. Looking specifically at the way that gender, ethnicity and socio-economic factors intersect and impact on the career outcomes for artists.
