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The Meanwhile Symposium will take place on 27 November 2026 at the University of Gloucestershire, City Campus in Gloucester. This event focuses on Meanwhile practices in the arts, offering a platform for discussions on how arts and culture can utilise empty spaces in declining high streets. Attendees will hear from a range of speakers and projects that highlight the challenges and rewards of engaging with Meanwhile spaces.

GASP! & University of Gloucestershire present a symposium on Meanwhile practices in the arts.

Do you work in Arts, Culture, Community or Meanwhile spaces?

Interested in working in or developing your work in these areas?

Join us for a fantastic day of speakers and projects to inspire you, with the challenges and rewards of taking on a Meanwhile space. Our High Streets are on the decline, so how might arts and culture inhabit these empty spaces? How might you navigate working with the council and how might you manage unexpected costs? The ideas are flowing big and bold, but how do you run the gauntlet and keep your sanity and finances safe? Come and listen to an exciting range of tried and tested Meanwhile projects, from Bristol, London and Gloucester, with six fabulous projects on the table.

Hosted by Soozy Roberts & Hannah Thomson : GAS Projects (GASP!), Andrew Bick & Dan Keech : University of Gloucestershire

Meanwhile Symposium Programme

9.30 - 9.50 - Coffee & Registration

9.50 - 10.05 - Dan Keech : Meanwhile Introductions

10.05 - 10.35 - Holly Richards : The Bon, Gloucester

10.35 - 10.45 - Comfort Break

10.45 - 11.15 - TBC : Bristol City Council

11.15 - 11.25 - Comfort Break

11.25 - 11.55 - Jack Gibbon : Bricks, Bristol

12.00 - 12.30 - Panel Discussion/Q & A led by Andrew Bick

LUNCH @ GASP!

1.45 - 2.15 - GASP! Gloucester

2.15 - 2.25 - Comfort Break

2.25 - 2.55 - Celina Loh : In Transit CIC

2.55 - 3.05 - Comfort Break

3.05 - 3.35 - Roland Fischer-Vousden : SET, London

3.40 - 4.15 - Panel Discussion/Q & A’s

4.15 - 5.30 - Closing drinks and chats @ Coro Lounge

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Meanwhile Symposium takes place on Friday, 27 November 2026 at 09:30.

Meanwhile Symposium is held at University of Gloucestershire, City Campus in Gloucester (Kings Square, Gloucester, GL1 1AW).

Tickets for Meanwhile Symposium range from £0 to £10. Live prices and availability are shown on Eventbrite.

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Free – £10

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