Trustees report 2021
During the first three months of 2021, Wales was still under lockdown regulations and as such, Bangor Arts Initiative was not open to the public or operational. As the rules were still in place regarding indoor spaces and limited numbers, the trustees agreed it was best to keep the gallery shut till May, when restrictions lifted to level 3. As the pandemic affected membership and exhibitions, the trustees felt the best solution would be to have a June show when the summer season was more appropriate with fewer restrictions.
The summer show consisted of three artists and ran from June to late August. This was a successful show operated by volunteers and members. In September, at the A.G.M., it was voted upon that the college Llandrillo photography department could take over the space and exhibit a contemporary exhibition and man the hours at the gallery themselves with students and tutors. During this exhibition, a false wall was constructed to create a smaller white-box exhibition space. This wall left in situ after the exhibition will lessen the pressure of B.A.I to fill all the wall space with the artists work during uncertain times.
In October, the Bangor arts initiative partnered with the LLEU Project. B.A.I match funded (in-kind) the gallery space for creative workshops to use alongside freelance artists from B.A.I, membership. These workshops continued until the LLEU lantern parade on December 21[st] . The last exhibition in the gallery was a duo photography show which ran till December 21[st] 2021. The gallery will not resume exhibitions until March 2022.
Bangor Arts initiative Yearly account 2021
Net income £2349 Total spending £2319 Total profit £30