Jelly is an energetic collaboration of artists supporting each other and the wider community; acting as a catalyst and making space for art in the everyday.
Playing a strategic role in Reading's cultural development working to improve access to visual arts for all. We support and develop visual artists, building pathways towards careers in the creative industries and providing freelance opportunities.
We advocate for artists, improving access to the arts and strengthening the opportunities for emerging and established artists, especially those who may face barriers.
Since 1993, Jelly has moulded and shaped to fit different spaces, adapting and changing to inhabit a space (that is not always a building or venue) to work collaboratively with artists, other cultural organisations, partners and the wider community locally and internationally.
Jelly is a registered charity.
Charity number: 1100730
Associate Artists and Artist Residencies
Jelly’s Associate members are a diverse group of more than 40 independent practising artists at different stages of their creative development with covering varied art forms who form a reciprocal support network. Our members currently include artists from Reading, the UK and further afield.
Associate Artist membership offers artists an experimental and supportive space to develop their creative practice and professional development.
Workshops and Events
We offer workshops for the whole community at our fully accessible studio space in Broad St Mall. Our programme has something for everyone from life drawing to after school activities. All of our workshops are led by practising artists.
Keep to do date with our current workshops and events by following us on our social media channels.
Studio Space
Our current home is within a shopping centre in Reading’s main high street. We provide affordable studio space to visual artists looking to develop their creative practice.
Our Residency Programme is a way to explore new ideas, create work and contribute to our creative community. It is a public facing opportunity. Residencies are awarded by application only.
In celebration of the return of our Open for Art festival 2023 we are offering 6 residencies to artists who can respond to the festivals theme of "Gather'. These residencies are only open to artists have not previously participated in a paid residency with Jelly.
These residencies will take place between May 2023 and November 2023.
Applications currently closed - next call out Autumn 2023
