Assembly Arts Membership
Membership at Assembly Arts runs for a year* and is aimed at professional artists and creatives seeking to develop their practice. It includes access to our friendly and informal Member only meetings (which take place on Tuesday evenings) along with exclusive social meet ups and trips. Recent Members trips have included Pots in the Park, Glasgow and Edinburgh galleries, Signal Film and Media and Leeds Art Gallery, with visits planned throughout the year. Becoming an Assembly Arts Member is a great way to meet like minded creatives in an inclusive and safe environment.
Membership also includes 20% off all classes and hire fees including the ceramics, darkroom and screen printing facilities. Becoming a Member is a great way to support us whilst directly helping to contribute to the growth of Assembly Arts.​
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Please contact us directly for more information & to set up your Membership - we welcome payment by BACS. ​
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*Membership is £120 for the year whilst students and under 25s can sign up for monthly rolling membership at £5 per month.​
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Assembly Arts Members Groups
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Our ethos at Assembly Arts is very much about learning from one another as creative practitioners and we have established Members Groups to provide opportunities for collaboration and peer support. Analyse and the Assembly Photographic Collective are detailed below whilst a peer support group for grant/opportunity applications is currently being developed. Please get in contact if you would like to join any of the groups.​​​​​​​​​​​​
Analyse​
Analyse is an informal and friendly forum to discuss contemporary art practices. Led by the group and including invited speakers, the sessions are a great way to find out more about contemporary art, current trends and prevailing attitudes to creative practice. All Assembly Arts members are welcome to come along to the sessions for free and are a great way to meet like minded artists and creative. The group recently visited Leeds to see The Traumatic Surreal exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute.
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21.4.26 MEG BOWYER
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7pm
£8.00 on the door. Assembly Arts Members Free
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Meg Bowyer is an artist based in South Cumbria. She draws, writes, and sculpts about materiality and craft, archives and collecting and rural ecologies and industries often weaving these themes together with odd and fractured narratives when reflecting on her personal experiences within the landscape of the English North West.
As part of her presentation for Assembly Arts series ANALYSE, Meg will talk about the Artist as Archivist and the use of heritage materials within arts practice, referencing her installations with Tullie House and the Barrow based Signal Film & Media Sankey Archive.
Meg Bowyer has worked as a collections assistant, producer, costumer, stage manager, baker, seamstress and barista. She also hosts Experimental Drawing and Textiles classes with Assembly Arts. Meg describes herself as a "hoarder of books and odd objects and vocations".
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Assembly Photographic Collective
Meeting meeting monthly on Tuesdays at 7pm on Tuesday evenings, the Assembly Photographic Collective aims to provide a supportive and collaborative space in which photographers in the Lancaster region can share their practice. Emphasis is placed on socially and culturally engaged photography, including experimental and alternative techniques.
Underpinned by an ethos embracing a kind and respectful attitude, the group shares knowledge and experiences pertaining to photographic practice, including exploring mutually agreed topics and techniques. Members have opportunities to expand and promote their practice including through group exhibitions, workshops and trips.
