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Research: Organisational Development, Visit to NN Contemporary Art, Northampton

2/28/2019

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Number Nine Guildhall Road is an arresting four storey building, poised in the middle of Northampton's Cultural Quarter. It's red-brick exterior houses a Gallery, a Project Space, Artist Studios and an artistic community under the umbrella name of NN Contemporary Art Northampton (NN). As part of AirSpace Gallery's Organisational Development, I visited NN to learn about its development and transition from artist-led to NPO.

This was my first journey to Northampton – located between Rugby and Milton Keynes it's an hour and a half train journey from Stoke-on-Trent. Admittedly, I knew very little about its history or narrative, but I'm quickly informed by the NN team that it's known for its shoemaking and leather industries heritage. In speaking with Emer, Laura and Freddy, I learn that Northampton is not so dissimilar to Stoke-on-Trent – a place which also grabbles with narratives of industrial nostalgia. Like Stoke-on-Trent, Northampton exists in proximity to larger conurbations – notably, its big-city neighbour, London.

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