Matt Black Barn is an educational organisation set up by the sculptors Andrew Sabin and Laura Ford. Its purpose is to foster excitement and engagement with every aspect of contemporary sculpture making. The establishment of Matt Black Barn coincides with the completion of The Black Barn, a new live/work space located in West Sussex, designed by the artists in collaboration with local architect Roger Lilley. 

The new studios sit within a 15 acre site and offer everything a sculptor could wish for to realise even the most ambitious and experimental of projects. The main studios are large with high ceilings, massive doors, hard, level, floors and wonderful light. Supplementary to this is a warehouse that not only stores 30 years of work by the two artists but also houses an immersive installation and acts the main steel fabrication space. The new building also has a gallery for exhibitions and events.

The land around the studios offers a wide range of opportunities to experiment with sculpture in the landscape, and to practise the artist's other passion for supporting wildlife habitat. Located between the South Downs and Chichester Harbour the grounds include 4 acres of wildflower meadow, a 3 acre lake, a chalk stream and 4 acres of woodland.

The purpose of Matt Black Barn is to facilitate access to the practise and thinking generated by two professional sculptors, each with over 40 years of continual activity behind them. Both Andrew Sabin and Laura Ford have spent many years teaching at London art Schools and have enormous enthusiasm for communicating their sense of the importance of sculpture as a tool for understanding the world.

Matt Black Barn offers interactive visits to schools, colleges and universities as well as to groups of all ages and perspectives.