Comic Con 2023

Comic Con 2023

Now in it’s eighth year, Hull’s biggest, brightest, family fun comic con is back in a new home Princes Quay Shopping Centre.

Expect – workshops, props, celebrity guests, comic artists, traders, games, VR and Cos Play.

Meet Michael Troughton
He portrayed Professor Albert in the Doctor Who Christmas Special in 2014 and stars as the Second Doctor for
Don’t miss the chance to chat with him about his career and his father, the legendary Patrick Troughton.

Meet Dalek two Zero
Known throughout the universe as a force of pure evil, Dalek Two Zero seems to be carving out a place in light entertainment! Last year he could be seen in the parade for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. More recently he featured in an episode of Have I got News for You.

Meet Mickey Lewis
Get ready for some sci-fi scoop! He played Daleks, Cybermen, and even doubled as the Third Doctor. He also appeared in Rogue One and The Force Awakens as an Empire officer and a Resistance Officer in The Last Jedi. Get ready for blockbuster gossip!

Meet Lee Bradley
Get ready for action-packed artwork by comic artist Lee Bradley. Lee has worked on Spiderman, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more. Don’t miss his workshop on drawing retro characters.

Ghost Windows

An exhibition of paintings by local artist Linda Martin.

Fine art photography printmaking and painting.

H2O Heros!

Join our Crew this May half-term for some action-packed fun, in partnership with our very own H20 heroes, the RNLI! Climb onboard as we explore safety at the coastline and in the water.

Look out for beach flags and safety signs around the attraction, and fill out our trail sheet along the way for a chance to win a prize!

Join in on our interactive presentation, filled with our top tips on staying safe at the coast and plenty of hands-on activities.

Find out what you need to take in your beach bag, plus what you should and should not take away from the beach when you leave.

Learn how to throw ropes and discover other rescue tips, which the RNLI uses to save those who are caught out at sea.

Lay out on our floor and see if you can ‘float like a starfish’ to safety! Don’t forget to show us your photos #TheDeepHull!

The H20 Heroes event is included in standard ticket entry, no additional booking is required. Pre-booking is essential for all visits.

Monkeying Around

Monkeying Around – Art Exhibition Opening Party at Arthouse

Artists Rich Wilson (rawart) & Alice Welsh (aiwrawart) have collaborated together to create a new collection of artwork. An art show that playfully explores the theme of humanity’s primal instincts in the digital age. Drawing inspiration from the concept of infinite monkeys and the law of the jungle, the exhibit features a diverse range of artwork that reflects our animalistic nature and our fascination with advanced AI technology.

You are invited to join in the celebration of this new exhibition; an all day event full of Live Music & Dj’s joining from all over the country!

Live Acts from 3pm

Summer Viewpoints

A new exhibition at Studio Eleven: ‘Summer Viewpoints’

Featuring the wonderful works of: Lesley Williams, Painter and Peter Heaton, Artist Photographer.

Relics and Rails

The Danish Church is very excited to welcome their first exhibition – a display of paintings and photographs featuring railways, industrial heritage and rock bands by local artist Syd Young.

The exhibition was a great success when it was presented at Goole Museum earlier this year.

It coincides with the 175th anniversary of Hull’s Paragon Interchange and will be available to see at the church from 13th May to 15th July 2023.

Open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 10am to 2pm.

Admission free.

Bootleg Shreg & Friends

BOOTLEG SHREG & FRIENDS is an exhibition that invites you to enter the world of ‘Shreg’ and collaborate in designing this unique character. The show explores the idea of combining the best qualities of popular green cartoon characters like Shrek, Yoda, the Grinch, Yoshi, or Luigi to create a brand new one. The exhibition features interactive inflatables, paintings, sculptures, and mixed media pieces in various mediums for visitors to enjoy.

BOOTLEG SHREG & FRIENDS is a tribute to unusual green characters from pop culture that use their strength, wisdom, love of adventure, sharp wit, or unwavering determination to overcome challenges and protect their loved ones. In Space 1, visitors can assemble the new character from inflatable shapes and in Space 2, they can make their version of SHREG using plasticine and check up on Bruce’s sculptural homework.

This is an imaginative exhibition that introduces a fresh character in an exciting and thought-provoking way, through a collection of new works commissioned by Humber Street Gallery.

Jewish Living Experience Exhibition

Jewish living experience is a mobile travelling exhibition aimed at school groups but with an equally appealing content for members of the general public and families.

It enables visitors to gain an insight into Judaism as a living faith. The Jewish Living Experience Exhibition supports the teaching of Judaism in line with all agreed religious education and citizenship curriculums.

You can experience Judaism through beautifully illustrated display panels, authentic artefacts that can be handled and educational activities which promote experiential learning. It is an educational experience for all key stages but especially suitable for key stages two and three.

The Jewish living experience exhibition supports community cohesion, interfaith dialogue and Prevent agendas.

Public Access from 2.30pm – 4.00pm Monday to Thursday

10.00am – 4.00pm – Monday – Thursday Half term holidays

Heroines, Heros and Cosmic Power in SE Asia

This exhibition draws on the extensive SE Asia collection at the University of Hull.

If focuses on legends about heroic couples from upland and lowland areas in SE Asia, and what these tell us about local beliefs about cosmic power.

The exhibition showcases some of the mysteries wayang puppets and some of the terrifying weapons, including those used in headhunting, which are part of the collection, together with a new acquisitions for the collection – a set of large paintings by an artist from Borneo, Stephen Baya.

It’s Spring

Studio Eleven introduces two prolific makers producing highly sensitive printmaking and hand-built ceramics at their best:

Ceramics by CPA Fellow, Anna Lambert.

Renowned Illustrator & Printmaker, Clare Curtis.

Chiefly a lino cutter, Clare Curtis’ work reflects a passion for British 20th century art and design combined with her subject matter of gardens, and, a love of plants find their way into most of the work. Occasionally utilising her drawing and collage methodology, Clare also produces lithographs and screen prints.

Anna Lambert’s ideas reflect an interest in her locality exploring narratives relating to climate change in her local landscape and the regeneration of orchards. Inspired by new nature writing, she engages with a common language beyond pastoral sentimentality, combining drawing with the abstract qualities of pots, their spaces, edges and surfaces.

Young Artist Open Exhibition 2023

Hundreds of talented young artists are showcased at the Ferens Young Artist Open Exhibition,

The exhibition has been held annually at the Ferens Art Gallery since 2004 and celebrates the creative talent of young people in Hull and the surrounding area.

Artworks are submitted by individuals, schools and local community groups, aged 15 and under.

Porosity By Sam Metz

Sam Metz is a disabled and neurodivergent artist based in Hull. Their work aims to capture the unpredictable nature of disabled bodies by documenting short performances through drawing, film, animation and sculpture. They have an ongoing drawing series that references the repetitive self-soothing actions of stimming – a behaviour often associated with neurodivergent people – through mark-making.

Porosity expands Metz’s research in this area to consider how the body interacts with and responds to the landscape in relation to ideas around ecology, neurodivergence and sensory information. Looking specifically at the mudflats of the Humber Estuary, Metz creates sculpture in metal, wax, plaster, stone and Valchromat to articulate the limitations of such locations.

Subject to seasonal flux, the mudflats offer a lack of material resistance that limits the body’s ability to ‘push back’ against the terrain. These geographies are hostile due to the man-made and environmental barriers that prevent access. They do not offer space for stimming and stretching of the body, leaving the disabled body in a constant state of restraint.

Simultaneously, the work draws attention to the similarities between the twisting of the body and the undulations of the landscape and asks us to consider a harmonious space where comfort can be achieved.

In Scopic Insufficiency, a video projected onto CNC milled plywood, Metz uses a LIDAR scanner to document a walk to the Humber Estuary and a train journey to Scarborough. The technology is flawed and it fails to accurately read the complex geometry of these locations. This results in fractured landscapes that mirror the way in which Metz, as a visually impaired artist, views the environment.

Sam is an artist who makes sculptures, drawings, films and animation.

In this exhibition Sam is looking at how their body interacts with the landscape.

Sam has made art about the Humber Estuary, a body of water near where they live.

Sam has scanned walks and train journeys to make a film that speaks about technology and disability.

Sirens

This work consists of seven fibreglass sculptures with light, sound and vibration and will be presented in Gallery 2. Sirens was commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust and created in partnership with Pan Intercultural Arts.

Sirens examines the view of women in global society through the lens of ancient mythology. The inspiration for this project came from an article about the treatment of female characters within ancient mythology. This is the first time this work has been shown in an indoor setting. Close by in Gallery 5 at the Ferens is a large oil painting called Ulysses and the Sirens, 1909, by Herbert Draper, who was known for his mythological scenes.

Expansion of Existence

A mixed media audio visual installation Expansion of Existence explores the interconnectedness of human life on earth through ancestry and maternal lineage.

The work looks at the relationship we have with ourselves and our own heritage, through the people who came before us. The colourful intertwined ribbons, represent the different life paths of 100 women from Louise’s maternal line, who lived between 1670 and 2019. The connections between the sculptures highlights the family links as well as the similarities in lived experiences across almost 350 years.

A-Fishing For The Whale Pop Up Exhibition

As part of the Hull Maritime community programme, they have launched a new series of pop-up displays and exhibitions for 2023 and 2024. These pop-ups will tell important stories in unexpected places, from shop windows to fish & chips shops, over the next two years.

A Fishing for the Whale, shares Hull’s whaling story in new creative ways and explores the legacies of whaling for the city’s musical heritage and historical collections.

Princes Quay Shopping Centre, Monument Bridge entrance, next to Millie’s Cookies

Daily, 9am – 5.30pm