# Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC052211
- **Known as:** APRA
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Dec. 21, 2022
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC052211


## Contact

- **Address:** Castlebrae Business Centre, Peffer Place, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH16 4BB



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

**What the charity does:** To advance multidisciplinary creative inquiry and education in the arts and sciences. Planned main activities include: establishing the APRA archive in Edinburgh. Giving out two fellowships, a multidisciplinary fellowship and a philosophy dissertation fellowship. and supporting the Scottish and international art public in the exhibition and research of Adrian Piper's work

**Objectives:** 4. The charitable purpose of the Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation is to advance multidisciplinary creative inquiry and education in the arts and sciences by:  4.1. granting fellowships as benefits in kind and/or benefits in cash to applicants who practice or research multidisciplinarity at an exemplary professional or pre-professional level, as defined by the Application Guidelines for the Multidisciplinary Fellowship and for the Philosophy Dissertation Fellowship that are available at the APRA website.  4.2. organizing and holding seminars, workshops and conferences in which past multidisciplinary fellows teach, present or discuss their work and methods of inquiry.  4.3. offering the artist and philosopher Adrian Piper?s work environment and history as resources to researchers seeking a fuller and clearer understanding of the conditions, methods and processes of multidisciplinary creative inquiry in general.  4.4. creating, maintaining and managing the domicile of Adrian Piper?s work environment, works archive, library and family archive.  4.5. publishing texts or electronic media works by, about, or thematically related to Adrian Piper?s work in art and/or philosophy.  4.6. compiling and publishing a comprehensive online Index of Adrian Piper?s works in art and in philosophy.  4.7. providing informational and material support for and cooperation with curators, authors and institutions that are interested in the exhibition or publication of works by Adrian Piper.  It is left to the discretion of the Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation to decide on the nature, extent and priority of these measures (4.1) to (4.7) for achieving its charitable purpose.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** UK and overseas



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £0 | £0 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £0 | £4137 |  -  |  -  | [PDF](/sc/SC052211/files/2024-12-31-accounts.pdf) (4.0 MB) |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £65652 | £0 |  -  |  -  |  |