theCOLAB is a women-led registered charity which has been bringing together people, land and art in unusual non-gallery spaces across the UK since 2011. We commission complex, site-specific interventions in sites and landscapes across the country from a coastal commissioning programme in Morecambe to our exploratory drawing residency BODY and PLACE in the West of England. theCOLAB’s headline project, The Artist’s Garden, based on the roof terrace above Temple Tube Station in London is the world’s only sculpture garden dedicated to the work of women artists. It is a beacon for best practice in putting back into use neglected public space and a platform for achieving gender parity in the field of outdoor public sculpture. 

The Artist's Garden is an expansive plinth, where women artists are nurtured over time and make or exhibit their first, early or greatest outdoor sculptural intervention. The annual programme includes commissions, exhibitions and residencies of all scales and annually hosts theCOLAB/ Royal College of Art/Yorkshire Sculpture Park Graduate Award residency. theCOLAB’s work is in pursuit of revealing the rarely seen – only 13% of public sculptures in London are by women artists and they have a mere 23% representation in galleries and public collections. This bold creative output is underpinned by inspiring and innovative educational outreach programmes and residencies for Westminster-based young people and those underrepresented in the arts to broaden their accessibility to, and representation within, the creative industries in partnership with Westminster Council’s City Lions programme.

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