2016 marks 20 years of photography at Knowle West Media Centre. We developed (no pun intended) from a photography project with Knowle West Health Association back in 1996 and we’ve experimented with ever-changing technologies since then: from darkroom techniques and pinhole photography to digital photography and portraiture.
We’re proud to have supported artists and young people to make and exhibit their own work over the years and as we move into our 20th year we’ll continue to offer residencies, training courses and opportunities for learning to people of all ages.
In 2016 we’ll be releasing 20 snapshots from the life of KWMC to coincide with significant moments in our history. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter or check back here to see the gallery grow… Tweet your memories with #KWMC
Gallery
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- 19th January 2010: the first XLR music festival
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- 14th February 2008: Alistair Darling visits to mark the opening of our new strawbale building
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- 19th February: 2007: Demolition begins on our old building
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- 8th March 2014: International Women’s Day campaign goes viral
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- 19th March 2003: Photography workshop
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- 16th April 2010: the sell-out Fashionate fashion show
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- 19th April 2004: Some black and white shots of our old building, the former William Budd Health Centre
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- 2nd May 2014: Live broadcast of BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions?
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- 10th June 2002 – KWMC is registered as a charity
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- 26th June 2010: Launch of the University of Local Knowledge
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- 10th July 2012: 107 solar panels installed on our roof
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- July 2001: Young journalists Mouth of the South cover the Knowle West Carnival
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- 2nd August 2014: Young people from KWMC win a coding award at the Young Rewired State Festival of Code
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- September 1995: Carolyn Hassan promotes the first photography workshops in Knowle West
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- 11th September 2014: the I Will Always Have You tattoo exhibition opens
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- 20th October 2011: Visit from Prince Edward, HRH The Earl of Wessex
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- 1st November 2002: Photography training with one of our first trainees
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- 8th November 2005: Local residents unveil giant photographs on the railings outside our old building
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- 19th November 2014: The Eagle House ‘Pop Up’ Furniture Factory opens to the public
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- 1st December 2010: the Anyhow, Anywhere exhibition opens, charting six decades of history and photography
