In addition to its activities in Liverpool, A Foundation has now established itself at Rochelle School in Shoreditch. The school has been refurbished and converted to provide studios for artists and creative industries plus a gallery and project space in Club Row. There is also a canteen catering for residents and open daily for lunchtime visitors.

The site incorporates three main buildings:

Studios The handsome Victorian buildings that once housed Rochelle School, built in 1895 to serve the children of the Boundary Estate, now accommodate a different community, one of artists, designers, photographers and a range of other creative enterprises in a series of studios converted by A Foundation from the old classrooms.

The studios are also home to A Database, the revolutionary new digital archive and exhibition space for contemporary art and as well as A Foundation's London office.

Exhibition and Performance Space A second building, formerly the infants school and known as Club Row, offers lofty exhibition and performance space. Club Row is used as a flexible project space to host multi-artform exhibitions, events, performances and installations. It was launched with Bloomberg’s New Contemporaries in October 2006.

Rather than replicating existing arts provision within London, Club Row’s programme will draw inspiration from the community of creative practitioners who are based at Rochelle School and will also link to exhibitions and projects developed at Greenland Street. The programme will place an emphasis on risk, experimentation and innovation.

Canteen and Playground At the heart of the development and occupying part of the old school playground is the Canteen, liberally praised and very much a focal point of the complex, where cross-disciplinary ideas are bred, a sense of community fostered and bonds forged - all aided by great food provided by Arnold & Henderson (Nose to Tail Eating) of St John Restaurant fame. The rest of the once concrete jungle of the playground has been laid to lawn and flowerbeds.

Rochelle is located on Arnold Circus in London’s East End, occupying a key position at the heart of the Boundary Estate Conservation area. We are committed to assisting in raising the profile and restoring the confidence of an area that was once a model of social development for the whole of London.

Regeneration through the arts and culture is just one tried and tested formula for bringing life and new prosperity into these old inner city areas. Our engagement with the area goes well beyond the presence of artists in the Rochelle studios. By making the refurbished and enhanced school buildings available to the estate for its ethnically diverse and varied events, parties and happenings, we are putting Rochelle back at the heart of the community. We are creating local internships and training projects and reaching out to local schools and educational establishments with programmes and events. We are convinced that Rochelle must be an inclusive centre of arts-related activities that will bring money and new people into the area and re-create the energy and enterprise it once knew.

For more information on Rochelle contact: studiomanager@rochelleschool.org

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