international arts centre gallery bristol england programme contemporary art exhibitions artist performance music dance events poetry book readings talks lectures cinema specialist art café bar educational activities undertaken experimental digital media work supported online resources number festivals regularly hosted gallery funded corporate individual supporters gallery founded originally located 1970s moved moving present location bristol waterfront gallery taken 15th century painting refurbished redeveloped artists work exhibited include performers included dance company gallery reached new audience april chosen host general election debates history started assistance wife painter original location triangle bristol able teaching job aid private funding funding relocated gallery shed current home moved present home occupying floors 19th century grade listed tea warehouse situated bristol city centre remainder building office space leased developers architect pope constructed south warehouse extended north original use warehouse local iron building pennant sandstone exterior arched ground level entrances arched windows style architecture example style popular 1850s later conversion tea warehouse added floors originally dedicated exhibiting work artists gallery moved general spread contemporary art supervised successful refurbishment gallery spaces café bar development work began attracting visitors year subsequent directors year development project finished september old warehouse fully redeveloped adding attic storey occupies lower floors basement upper floors leased help pay running costs tenant funding development received set long term patron original committee support included named masterpiece portrait depicting merchant arts patron earliest paintings assert presence artist depiction inscription middle work reflection mirror wall consistent concerns explore role artist witness recorder contemporary society painting london founder favourite paintings today floors galleries specialist arts cinema performance space theatre live art dance music specialist arts reading room provides reference material past exhibitions wide range books café bar entrance galleries free charge notable exhibitions included works paul_mccartney angus regular events include poetry film festivals live art dance performances lectures jazz experimental music concerts including bodies flight london dance company active access education programme hosting visits students workshops artists presenting information offering work experience gallery project online experimental web site digital media related exhibitions events past present reorganised online user resources web site create new works projects license hosts events outside organisations including encounters short film festival festival british independent cinema time festival live art intrigue april chose host second general election debates receives funding according returns lodged year ending march visitors income million expenditure million gallery employed people
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