Michael Aldrich Foundation

The Michael Aldrich Foundation is an independent charity (Charity Number 1047341) which aims to promote education, particularly arts education, and which has a focus on community arts projects.

The Foundation’s major asset is the Aldrich Collection of contemporary art hosted by the University of Brighton.

Recent community arts projects have included :

2019 - Designer | Maker | Artist | Poet
2019-2020 - collaboration with Blind Veterans UK & artist Jack Durling
March 2020 to date - community arts project, Image of the Week, referencing work from the Aldrich Collection and its network of artists and makers

May 2022

We are excited to announce that the Michael Aldrich Foundation is is working with artist and University of Brighton alumna Alison Lapper and Victoria Holden, an independent producer from Chalk Productions, on a project called The Drug of Art which aims to improve mental health in young people through making art.

Building on our community art activities and our successful lockdown project, the Image of the Week, the Michael Aldrich Foundation will be running in-person workshops and an education programme designed to build confidence, curiosity, creativity, emotional wellbeing and resilience in children and adults and help them to express how they feel through a love of art and making.

Please support and share our campaign. We have some fantastic rewards including a limited number of exclusive T-shirts designed by photographer Rankin, and artists Marc Quinn, Gary Mansfield and Alison.

For more details and the crowdfunder, click HERE