A national centre for the production and exhibition of contemporary art, Spike Island offers excellent studios as well as project and exhibition space for the making and showing of ambitious new work. The organisation has established itself as a national centre for the research and development of contemporary visual arts.
Spike Island offers a total of seventy affordable long let studios and a series of spaces for more commercial cultural industries. In parallel to this provision, a programme of residencies and fellowships are accommodated within dedicated short let spaces for visiting artists.
Spike Island has just completed a £2.25m capital building development. The investment, designed by architects Caruso St John, has rationalised the entrance to the building to create a generous first welcome for visitors. A new café accessed to the left of the south-facing entrance is the first shared social space that Spike Island has had.