Finally this week, this gem of a shop in the Gutts of Valletta is officially under renovation.

How will this Contemporary Art Space 'fit in' with the local residents and exsisting working enviroment?

Can Art regenerate?

Will the established Maltese art audience find there way to the Lower Half of St Lucy Street Valletta?

How will an 'off the main throughway' Art Gallery Fair?

STUDIO 104  is set to be a unique Contemporary Art Gallery & Working Studio Space.

• Day one saw the ground breaking -literrally- taking up the floor tiles
• A trip to Valletta Local Council where I was promptly given( for a couple of euro per day) a NO PARKING PERMIT for the skip. 
• Midweek saw the 'unearthing' of antique Maltese Stones beneath the interior soil. Which means I am now trying to design the new flooring, incorporating these 12inch thick granite like stones? Unfortunatley there were are only a few metres of these stone slabs.
• The new underfloor drainage is in! 
• Meeting with MEPA which is the Maltese Planning Authority & Heritage on Friday to discuss the possibility of excluding the interior display case, (allowing more acces to the studio the front door is tiny and since it is a bubbling mess of plywood, filled with woodwarm and unfunctional as the sliding doors dont really work thus giving limited usage to the Display Cabinate itself) basically concluded with an appointment being made for a site visite this Monday 5 November (anyone is welcome to join!) in St Lucy Street, Valletta!
• The shop front had also had some kind of impact damage and my carpenter is telling me that this is now not 'economically viable' to restore? I may have to make a New Replica one out of wood???

SO THIS IS THE FIRST WEEK..... KEEP WATCHING THIS SPACE FOR MORE INFORMATION, RENOVATION REVELATIONS AND MEPA ....SAGA.