Bristol gallery crowdfunds to complete £4m refurb

Bristol's RWA art gallery is crowdfunding the final £100,000 of its redevelopment project.

The gallery is slated to reopen in May following a £4.1m refurbishment that it says is "the most significant on a Grade II listed building in over a century".

Works included repairs, accessiblity improvements and the development of free to access galleries across three floors as well as an outdoor events space for sculpture and public arts.

The gallery says it needs half of its crowdfunding target in public donations, as a family trust is willing to match donations of up to £50,000.

RWA Director Alison Bevan says the gallery will be able to welcome 40% more visitors annually once it reopens.

"It will also enable us to extend our community and wellbeing programmes, so that more people from under-represented communities across Bristol have the opportunity to engage in art and creativity."