What used to be the Guildhall and Bristol Assize Court, with entrances on both Small Street and Broad Street in the city centre, will in the next few years become a luxury five star hotel and in the interim be an arts centre.
The Guildhall Arts Centre will be using the courtrooms, meeting rooms, corridors and cells from later this month to the end of the year.
The centre hopes to provide studios for artists, and will have spaces for workshops, lectures and theatrical events.
The first phase of the centre opens on June 22 with an exhibition of painting and sculpture.
If you are an artist and would like your work to be considered for exhibition in the Guildhall Arts Centre, email info@guildhallartscentre.co.uk for more information.
In the 1960′s I worked in the Law Library on the 2nd floor, Broad Street side of the Guildhall and I am wondering what will happen to the two statues that were in the tower room. One was of Edward Colston and the other one was of the man who founded Red Maids School – his name escapes me at the moment. Does anyone know if they are still there?