This little shop and gallery was just another empty city-centre storefront until 2003's incendiary Ladyfest Bristol claimed it to temporarily house it’s 'From The West Coast To The West Country' exhibition (an exceptional show of contemporary Californian art by Fawn Gehweiler, Emily Ryan, Gabrielle Gamboa and Saelee Oh). Rather than see it return to being yet another empty shop on Stokes Croft, a brave collective of young people got together to keep it open, and over the past year have created one of the most vibrant, beautiful and exciting shops in the whole of the country, with a reputation that has spread world-wide!
The shop re-opened in October, taking on the
ever-confusing - but intriguing - moniker of 'here' and stocking an increasingly abundant and inspiring range of independent, small-press and underground art, books, ‘zines, handmade-clothing, comics, music and much more, as well as heralding an impressive line-up of exhibitions of both local and international importance. Over
the last 12 months here has generated an
incredible atmosphere of creativity and
excitement, both with it’s inspiring run of art shows and it’s series of thrilling live performances, as well as by it’s openness and enthusiasm for people to become involved and to use the space.

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Exhibitions have included ground-breaking work by such artists as Lilith Travaglini, Emily Williams, Caroline Hwang, Jad Fair, Elin Thomas, Deth P. Sun, Ghostboy, Alika Cooper, Marci Washington,
Kelly Jones, Tom Marshman, Liz Avery and many others (those from overseas often exhibiting in the UK for the first time). Meanwhile, the gallery and shop have seen appearances both from legends
of the punk/independent world and from the cream of the recently-burgeoning local music scene, with the most extraordinarily intimate and intense live performances from the likes of Calvin Johnston, Cat On Form, Headfall, Jad Fair, Bucky, Frànçois, Kid Carpet, Vase, The Battys, Help She Can't Swim, S J Esau, Lesbo Pig, Major Matt Mason USA, RLF, I Know I Have No Collar, My Two Toms and many more.