| Code | DS/UK/475 |
| Person Name | Inner London Education Authority (ILEA), Community Education and Careers Branch; Cockpit Arts Workshop; Cockpit Gallery; 1974-1990; Arts organisation; Arts Education Organisation |
| Corporate Name | Cockpit Arts Workshop |
| Jurisdiction | Inner London Education Authority (ILEA), Community Education and Careers Branch |
| Dates | 1974-1990 |
| Dates and Places | Cockpit Theatre, Gateforth Street, Marylebone: where Cockpit Arts Workshop was formed, c 1974
Cockpit Gallery, Holborn: Established by Cockpit Arts Workshop in Princeton Street, Holborn, 1978. |
| Activity | Cockpit Visual Team/Department of Cultural Studies/Cockpit Gallery:
Production of photography exhibitions and touring exhibitions
Production of the journal, Schooling and Culture (by the Department of Cultural Studies, Cockpit Arts Workshop)
Production of school and community arts workshops with a focus on photography |
| Relationships | Cockpit Theatre, Gateforth Street, Marylebone: where Cockpit Arts Workshop was formed. Cockpit Theatre and Cockpit Arts Workshop were run and funded by Inner London Education Authority.
Cockpit Gallery, Holborn: Established by Cockpit Arts Workshop in 1978, in Princeton Street, Holborn.
Department of Cultural Studies: a rebranding of some of Cockpit Arts Workshop activities, and later one team within Cockpit Arts Workshop
Schooling and Culture magazine: produced by the Department of Cultural Studies at Cockpit Arts Workshop
Greater London Arts Assocation: additional funder for Cockpit Gallery, Holborn
Greater London Council: funder for Cockpit Gallery, Holborn |
| Source | Stevie Bezencenet and Philip Corrigan, Photographic Practices: Towards a Different Image, Comedia 32 (London: Comedia Publishing Group, 1986).
Correspondence between Claire Grey and Assistant Archivist, Lucy Catherine Parker, 2023
Correspondence between Shirley Read and Assistant Archivist, Lucy Catherine Parker, 2023 |
| Related Record(s) | DS/UK/78 |