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Two Queens @twoqueensstudio

Artist-Run, Community-Owned Gallery and Studios, Leicester. Community share offer now live crowdfunder.co.uk/p/twoqueen…

Joined September 2011
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Two Queens@twoqueensstudio
28 Jun 2024
Our community share offer launches today! Become an owner from £50 on @crowdfunderuk at: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/twoqueen… There's also the option to invest by subscription from £5/month - forms.gle/WkBEmdKoRrXZfyzg7 Save a Vital Space for New Art to Thrive in Leicester #communityshares
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The final tallies are in! Our '24 fundraising brought in a total of £157,785 through a combination of share investments, match equity and donations. This is the first step on the way to securing our long term future in our home at 2 Queen Street.
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ComShares@ComShares
4 Dec 2024
Brilliant session earlier with @ACFoundations getting charitable foundations and trusts more aware of community shares, two brilliant presentations from @twoqueensstudio and @bramleybaths If you want to find out more, get in touch!
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Its the final day of our community share offer! We are accepting investments up until 9pm tonight, so this really is your last chance to get involved and help save Two Queens: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/twoqueen…
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📢 Last Few Days to help Two Queens save our space! If you have a chance to share, spread the word, invest, chip in, donate or subscribe in the next week please do. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/twoqueen…
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RT @phf_uk: The final Visual Arts recipient is Sean Roy Parker. An artist, writer and land worker, Parker’s practice focuses on low-tech cr…
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With just over one month left of the fundraising, we are delighted to announce a limited edition Riso print by Emii Alrai as a reward for those who invest £200 or more. A3 Risograph print in Gold and Blue printed in-house at Two Queens: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/twoqueen…
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Our popular Creative Wellbeing group is back! A free, hands-on drop-in, aimed at local creative people - open to everyone who feels they would benefit from taking part. Friday afternoons, 1-4pm, 1st Nov - 20th Dec. tinyurl.com/3aat8mre #WorldMentalHealthDay #ACEsupported
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Arts Professional
@ArtsPro
10 Oct 2024
Two Queens, an artist-run gallery in Leicester, is facing an existential crisis. One option to overcome its precarity and secure its future is community ownership, says co-director Daniel Sean Kelly @twoqueensstudio buff.ly/3ZZeiGY
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Co-operatives UK@CooperativesUK
10 Oct 2024
🔥 If you’re passionate about starting a fair, ethical business, this coming #BonfireNight we’ve got something that will really light you up! 🎆 💫 Join our FREE webinar at 1‑2pm on Tuesday 5 November, to discover co‑ops – and how they’re a more collaborative, democratic way of doing business! ❤️‍🔥 Claim your spot now: buff.ly/3B9a19h Delivered in partnership with @CooperativeBank, supporting fair, ethical businesses together. #coops 👍
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Just published on @ArtsPro a piece by @danielseankelly from 2Q, considering Community Ownership as a way for artist run projects to be less precarious - learn more about the background of our share offer project and plans for the next steps: artsprofessional.co.uk/magaz…

Is community ownership a viable option for visual arts? - Arts Professional

Two Queens, an artist-run gallery in Leicester, is now facing an existential crisis. One option to overcome its precarity and secure its future, says co-director Daniel Sean Kelly, is community...

artsprofessional.co.uk
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Leicester Museums & Galleries@leicestermuseum
7 Oct 2024
Last day to have your say As part of #LeicesterMuseum's redevelopment we will be redisplaying the ground floor art galleries. We want to know what you like and don’t like, and what you would prefer to see in new updated galleries. consultations.leicester.gov.…
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Find out about our current fundraising efforts on the @BBCNews website: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cden…
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And hear more on @BBCLeicester Summaya Mughal show from Thursday - we're on from around the 22 minute mark: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jpxc…
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We are delighted to announce that our community share offer has now passed its minimum target! 🥳 If you have supported us so far - Thankyou. Your support throughout the last few months has meant so much, and we are so grateful for every share, repost and investment...
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Reaching the minimum has been made possible by an additional offer of up to £50k equity match from Community Shares ICOF (CSI) Every pound invested unlocks another £2 from @ComShares and CSI! To make the most of this we are extending until 2nd December, so you can still invest!
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We still need your support as much as ever - our Community Share Offer is just step 1 of the project to buy our building and save this vital space for new art to thrive. The more we can raise now, the closer we will be to achieving this goal. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/twoqueen…
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Emma Guy@EmmaEGuy
17 Sep 2024
📦🌱Some exciting news, @TheGazetteCoop is getting an office after 18-months! The team are really excited to be based at @twoqueensstudio, but we are in desperate need of three desks and chairs. If anyone can help, we'll get you a coffee and our eternal gratitude!
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Coalville C.A.N@CoalvilleCANCBS
19 Sep 2024
This gives confidence in our plans detailed in our share offer. Co-operatives have a greater success after 5 years and even better with community ownership through a share offer. Check out our share offer here coalvillecan.coop/pages/shar… and @twoqueensstudio as well

Co-operatives UK@CooperativesUK
19 Sep 2024
Tracking survival rates of #coops versus businesses more widely has become a staple diet of the #CoopEconomy report. And once again co-operatives are OVER TWICE as likely to survive those (often tough) first 5 years. For more compelling reasons to back co-operatives and #mutuals get the headlines and read the report: uk.coop/news/record-breaking… #ThursdayThoughts
A graphic from the Co-operative and Mutual Economy 2024 report which shows start-up success of co-operatives versus companies more widely. The graphic reveals that 81.2% of co-operatives are trading after five years while just 39.6% of companies are still doing business.

ALT A graphic from the Co-operative and Mutual Economy 2024 report which shows start-up success of co-operatives versus companies more widely. The graphic reveals that 81.2% of co-operatives are trading after five years while just 39.6% of companies are still doing business.
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Art Monthly@ArtMonthly
24 Sep 2024
“The video was structured and edited by Naomi Frears in dialogue with SJ Blackmore’s accompanying soundwork of short musical compositions; at points the two works seem to oscillate and combine to make an abstract representation of collaboration itself.”
A darkened gallery with numerous objects displayed on ad hoc tables and chairs is lit by the vivid green of a wall-size video projection.

ALT A darkened gallery with numerous objects displayed on ad hoc tables and chairs is lit by the vivid green of a wall-size video projection.

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One month left to help save a vital space for new art to thrive! Our community shares project has been offered £50,000 in equity match from @CooperativesUK - for every pound our community invests, we’ll have another pound from the fund, doubling the impact of your contributions.
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But, we can only access this money if we reach £50,000, otherwise we will lose out completely. We need your support to invest in the future of Two Queens. Please see our page on Crowdfunder for more details and to get involved! crowdfunder.co.uk/p/twoqueen…

Save a Space for New Art to Thrive - Two Queens

We need your support to save Two Queens. Invest in our future to help us buy our building and enable it to thrive for years to come.

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