3RD Space Creative

1 empty warehouse 2 person team 0 budget 14 days ideation, curation & installation 4 day pop-up exhibition 20 artists 3 performances Transform, Everything curated by Rosie Wells This is only the beginning. Artists (a-z): Alfie Allen @alfie_allen_ Ange Viaud @nnnaange Donna Best Elijah @eli1ah Emily Gibbard @totterdown_potterdown Femi Idowu-Read @ir_femi Fran Copeman @fran__copeman James Chen-Wishart @jameschenwishart Jazz Potter @jazz_potter09 Jenifer Rubery @jenifer_rubery Jordy R. Poma @jordyrpoma Kay Gasei @kaygaseiart Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys Melinda Schwakhofer @inspiraculum Myles More @d4rling_x Onismo Mulhanga @saynizzzy Prachhi Patel @prachhi_patel Rosie Wells / REWREW @rewxrew Rob Unett @robunett RTiiiKA @rtiiika Tash Tung @tashtung Tom Hodgkinson @tomhodgkinson2 With thanks to: TREAD Van / Noods Levels @noodslevels Izzy Cross @izzycross1997 Bristol Beer Factory @bristolbeerfactory Monty Wines @montywines Shush Soni @shushinboots Josh Krysak “You have to go outside to get it done. I’m sorry.” 🟨 @eli1ah

Next up on Make:Wild! Join us for a very special forest bathing sessions with @hibachoux Sat 18th April - 11-1pm Link in bio 🎟️

Art moves. Art is action. It changes emotions, ideas, stories and perspectives. 3RD Space Creative presents: Transform, Everything A four-day pop-up exhibition in Bristol. Featuring local and national artists. Every piece sparks a shift, inviting you to see differently, to feel differently. A reflection on how we can transform the world through art. Featuring local and national artists (a-z): @alfie_allen_ @nnnaange @eli1ah @ir_femi @jameschenwishart @jazz_potter09 @jenifer_rubery @kaygaseiart @ledbydonkeys @inspiraculum Myles More @prachhi_patel @rewxrew @robunett @rtiiika @tashtung @tomhodgkinson2 + more TBA… Opening Night (with live performances): Thursday, March 19th, 6–10pm All invited, Admission free – donations welcome Public Viewing: Friday, March 20th, 11am–11pm Saturday, March 21st, 11am–11pm Sunday, March 22nd, 11am-6pm Admission free – donations welcome Where: UNIT 7, Parkway Trading Estate, St Werburghs, BS2 9PG This exhibition is a fundraiser supporting a new artist residency programme launching via 3RD Space Creative CIC. Let’s build something new.

Make:Wild is back 🌿 Over the next few weeks we’ll be gathering across Bristol’s parks and green spaces for a special outdoor workshop series of walks and Drawing in Nature meet-ups - exploring mindfulness, playful observation and untamed creativity together. No experience needed. Just space to slow down, switch off your phone and spend time outside with others. May sessions: Saturday 23rd May Nature Walk: Eastville Park (BS5 6XA), 11am–1pm Drawing in Nature: Mina Park (BS2 9PG), 2:30–4:30pm Sunday 24th May Nature Walk: Eastville Park (BS5 6XA), 11am–1pm Drawing in Nature: Mina Park (BS2 9PG), 2:30–4:30pm Bank Holiday Monday 25th May Nature Walk: The Downs (BS9 1FG), 11am–1pm Drawing in Nature: Bristol Botanic Garden (BS9 1JG), 2:00–4:00pm Saturday 30th May Nature Walk: Conham River Park (BS15 3AW), 11am–1pm Drawing in Nature: Mina Park (BS2 9PG), 2:30–4:30pm Sunday 31st May Nature Walk: Conham River Park (BS15 3AW), 11am–1pm Drawing in Nature: Mina Park (BS2 9PG), 2:30–4:30pm All sessions are free to attend as part of Make:Wild by @3rdspacecreative in partnership with @unit8_studios , supported by @tnlcommunityfund . Booking via Headfirst or link in bio 🌿

People often only see the final few days of something. Work in its final form. Ideas, thankfully, materialised. Not the years underneath it. Transform, Everything may have existed for four days, but it was built on over a decade of work, experience, relationships, experimentation, and persistence. The exhibition came together quickly, but its foundations were built slowly through years of making, building spaces, supporting artists, learning, failing, adapting, and continuing anyway. We were able to think on our feet because the groundwork already existed. The ideas could be realised overnight because they were the accumulation of years lived intentionally - a way of seeing, making, and responding to the world. We believe in the power of the arts to disrupt dominant narratives and open up new ways of thinking, feeling, and imagining. At a time where attention, culture, and public space feel increasingly constrained, creating spaces for reflection, participation, and collective experience feels more important than ever. This exhibition was built without a budget. Imagine what could become possible with one.

We’re asking our community: What does creative “space” mean to you? Here’s what they said: “Having the space to play and innovate in my creative practice, and experiment with ideas, without having to worry about ‘wasting time’.” ➰ 3SC

In a time where attention is constantly fragmented, people choosing to pause and truly be present means more than ever. Transform, Everything was curated as a journey through feeling, perception, and possibility. A space to reflect on how we move through personal, systemic, and global challenges - and how we might begin to transform them into something else. What stayed with us the most was not only the work itself, but the fact that people chose to give their time to it. Because our time is one of the most valuable things we have. To attend. To look closely. To think. To engage in conversation. To support artists and independent cultural spaces through presence alone - all of this matters. If you believe in the arts, attention is one of the most powerful ways you can support it. A visit. A conversation. A follow. A share. Buying a ticket. Buying a print. All of it keeps culture moving.

Make:Wild hosted a special forest bathing session in Leigh Woods, led by practitioner Hiba Choueiri. Treating the woods as a third space, we crossed a liminal threshold into a practice of slowing down and noticing. A reorientation through nature. Make:Wild is a programme by 3RD Space Creative exploring wellbeing through nature and creativity. Supported by @tnlcommunityfund

Transform, Everything: a four day pop-up exhibition. Built in weeks. Made in response to the present. Wrapped, but what it created continues. More to come…

Up next on Make Wild. Join us for our open session! Sat April 18th - 2-4pm Link in Bio 🎟️

Hi Priestess (2026) oil-on-linen canvas, 30x40” Exhibited as part of Transform, Everything [made in 4 days simultaneous to the show]

Royal Ward 🌀 Displayed at @3rdspacecreative exhibition Transform, Everything.