Operating as a not-for-profit entity, OUTPOST is entirely managed by volunteers and governed by a steering committee composed of up to eight local artists and practitioners.
This model dictates that the gallery is run by a voluntary group of up to eight members who have a limit of two years of service, meaning power is constantly shifting.
[8] This model has been shared and followed widely, acting as the blueprint for Generator (Dundee), Embassy (Edinburgh), Catalyst Arts (Belfast) and 126 gallery (Galway).
The founding OUTPOST committee was Kaavous Clayton, Julia Devonshire, Robert Filby, Neil Smallbone, Jay Barsby, Phil Gardner, Stephanie Douet and Sarah Horton.
[12] Morris attended a symposium on artist-led spaces in 2002, which sparked her decision to permit funding for EASTinternational to be used to establish OUTPOST.