A REDUNDANT kitchen factory and shop have been transformed into an art studio and exhibition centre.
The £350,000 project in Saltburn is part of the Rural Challenge Programme, and has been funded by the Arts Council, European Structural Funds and One North East.
It has taken three years to raise the money for 12 studio workshops, a gallery and exhibition space.
Work from a variety of artists will be on show when the complex opens on Friday, at 5pm.
Director of the project Alastair Snow said: "We have achieved the aim of providing high quality studio workshops for fine artists in rural East Cleveland."
There are nine tenants in the studios with two more showing interest in the centre.
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