The Hull Story Map is a brand new online project which wants to gather your words and stories about Hull.
Devised in lockdown by award-winning writer Joanna Walsh for Humber Mouth literature festival and Freedom Festival 2020, the map is designed to be made of stories, or memories, of feelings or thoughts about the city of Hull.
The map will be only be live for a short time (17 August – 6 September) so make sure you get your contributions in!
The RPS International Photography Exhibition 162 featuring work from 43 international photographers tours the UK throughout 2020 and into 2021.
The exhibition will be on display at Beverley Art Gallery from 19 September – 16 November 2020.
Selected from a worldwide open call and curated by some of the most influential people in photography today, this edition includes stark landscapes made during periods of extended solitude, alongside images created using pinhole cameras (made from apples) which celebrate community orchards. Spirituality, family, identity, and inclusion are some of the powerful narratives explored this year.
The selection panel included Shannon Ghannam (Global Education Director at Magnum Photos), Skinder Hundal MBE (CEO/Director of New Art Exchange), Yan Wang Preston (Photographic Artist and lecturer at the University of Huddersfield) and Cian Oba-Smith (Editorial and Commercial Photographer), who were joined by RPS Director of Education Dr Michael Pritchard. They selected an exhibition enthused with storytelling, reflecting the concerns of the modern world.
Free Admission
Social will initially open it’s doors as an Arts Café Bar and is premiering an exclusive exhibition by Hull artist Darren Rogers. His original artwork can be purchased and will stay in situ for 3 months.
“The paintings on show here today are part of a wider collection of artworks produced leading up to and during the lockdown period we have all endured in the past 6 months. This has been a highly emotive period, allowing us time to reflect, reconsider and re-evaluate ourselves and our place in society. Although the paintings on display here are not directly linked through narrative content to the pandemic, there are some concentrated influences, themes, and visual references throughout.
The visual signature of my work has developed over time, moving ever so slightly in one direction and then another, to the point we see today. The neo-pop language and auto-destructive abstractive process that I apply to the surfaces and motifs within the paintings are deeply rooted and referenced to the past, however, I aim to create images that mirror or critically bare witness to the society we are currently immersed within.
The work is constructed through the layering ripped up abstracted surfaces, ready-made images, popular characters, and informative motifs and logos. Some are nostalgic references removed from its original purpose or era and displayed careful alongside logos and other commonplace pop culture references to create a visual narrative. I often see the paintings as singular protest placards, produced as a reaction or as a critical question to myself and the viewer. In creating the work, I hope that it becomes the catalyst for self-exploration and a wider conversation about the political or social discourse of our time.” Darren Rogers.
His original artwork can be purchased and will stay in situ for 3 months.
The Ferens has a magnificent collection of paintings and sculptures, including works by European Old Masters, portraiture, marine painting, and modern and contemporary
British art.
Highlights include masterpieces by Lorenzetti, Frans Hals, Antonio Canaletto, Frederic Lord Leighton, Stanley Spencer, David Hockney, Helen Chadwick and Gillian Wearing.
With a regular programme of events, guided tours and changing exhibitions, there’s always something new to explore.
Please book online and in advance (FREE). This is to help us manage the number of people, limit queuing and reduce contact.
Solidarity & Love is a new collection of work by Glasgow-based artist Jamie Crewe. The exhibition at Humber Street Gallery has been created alongside a sister show at Grand Union, Birmingham titled Love & Solidarity.
These exhibitions, which were also previously open in these spaces at the beginning of this year, have led to Crewe being selected to receive a Turner Prize Bursary – the new format for the Turner Prize in 2020, celebrating artists for their significant contributions to new developments in British contemporary art.
Taking inspiration from Radclyffe Hall’s novel The Well of Loneliness (1928), the exhibitions address the provocations of the book, which has had a lasting impact on generations of queer, lesbian, and transgender people.
Through a combination of video, sculpture and text, Crewe touches on themes of heartbreak, experiences of transphobia, LGBT solidarity and conflict, as well as exploring the legacy of the novel itself.
*Advanced booking is required for this exhibition to allow for social distancing*
Now in it’s seventh year, Hull’s biggest, brightest, family fun comic con is back!
Returning to Bonus Arena in the heart of the city on Sunday, 20 November you can expect – workshops, props, celebrity guests, comic artists, traders, games, VR and Cos Play.
Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, this event will be cancelled until further notice.
This is Hazel’s first solo photographic exhibition.
She seeks to demonstrate in Wake up to London, how the way we live work and play is increasingly being compromised through the privatisation of space in our cities. She contrasts the computer-generated imagery on the development hoardings and the text found in the developer’s brochure: King’s Cross – A Photographic Essay with what she found on her numerous walks exploring London’s Hottest Postcode N1C.
As you walk round the exhibition Hazel would like you to think about where you are and what you see. Is it a utopia or is it something else?
Working in local government and finance through the 1990s opened Hazel’s eyes to how regeneration projects are procured, designed and built and what can happen post-development.
The seeds of this project were sown during an Open City Architectural Renaissance Tour in May 2018. Hazel found further inspiration in the Urban Photographer Gill Golding’s work on King’s Cross Welcome to the Fake.
As the area develops, spaces become public, private or privately-owned public, changing their accessibility to all forever.
To celebrate 10 years of the Charity an exhibition of art and items made by those that the charity have helped will be on display in the Minster from 17th March to 5th April.
Butterflies Memory Loss Support Group was set up by June Cooke in 2010 after her father, George, was diagnosed with dementia in 2008.
She found there were services and support available for the individual diagnosed with the condition, but very little for their families and those closest to them and limited access to groups which welcomed both.
The exhibition goes on display in the North Choir Aisle Tuesday to Sunday during regular opening hours. For more information about the exhibition or the Charity email butterfliesmlsg@yahoo.co.uk
The Minister Kitchen will be open for lunches and refreshments.
To celebrate the ‘Michelangelo – A Different View’ exhibition we asked visitors to explore an artistic response to the famous ‘The Creation of Adam’ fresco which adorns the roof of the Sistine Chapel. Artists of all ages and abilities were given free rein over how to express themselves.
Artists of all ages and abilities were encouraged to submit works of any size and medium. 51 pieces of art that will be on display at the special exhibition include paintings, drawings, poems, photographs and sculptures.
Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, this event will be cancelled until further notice.
For ‘Suffering Arcadia – REMOTE’ Annabel McCourt will place a replica of a drone control station in the gallery for visitors to interact with. This installation plays devil’s advocate, challenging our ideas around power and control: are we completely detached from the wider world, more insulated, less connected, fragmented or are we ultimately in charge? Accompanied by readymade ‘THEATRE of War’, the work provides the physical conduit to examine our preconceptions, our imagination and ultimately our moral code.
Working closely with the University’s specialist departments, ‘REMOTE’ will evolve over the duration of the exhibition to encompass a number of augmented reality scenarios.
An interactive maquette of ‘REMOTE’ will be on display at Scarborough’s Rotunda Museum throughout the period of the exhibition.
REMOTE was made possible by St Hugh’s Foundation for the Arts, which awarded Annabel its Main Award in 2018. The registered charity has made over 100 awards to artists and arts organisations in the City of Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
With thanks to:
Pearlgreen Engineering & Sovereign Signs (Strata Holdings Ltd.)
BetaJester Ltd.
HOTA
Opening times: Wed-Mon 10am-5pm, Tuesday 10am-7pm
Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, this event will be cancelled until further notice.
Join us for a celebratory evening to open the latest exhibition in the series of Masterpieces from the Royal Collection. It will be the first chance to see Ludwig Grüner’s Jewelled Cabinet displayed in Hull. There will be welcoming guest speakers and refreshments available.
Free, booking essential.
Join us for a relaxed night of art and discussion. Artists from our 2020 Open exhibition will be sharing their work, in conversation with local Art Studios and creatives. Co-produced by the Future Ferens, the Ferens Late is a great opportunity to explore the 2020 Open after hours.
Supported by the Friends of the Ferens.
Free, booking required.
A community of refugees share their cultural heritage and traditions in this new exhibition.
Hull’s Banyamulenge community fled conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo eight years ago.
The exhibition includes examples and photographs of art and artefacts, and video footage of events and celebrations filmed in Rwanda earlier this year.
London-based artist Lucy Clout addresses debates around queer reproduction and parenting in an exhibition of new work.
Using sculpture, film and drawing Clout expands upon past work to tell anecdotal stories from queer people of DIY reproduction whilst also considering fantasies of the future.
Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, this event will be cancelled until further notice.
This artist-led screening event will showcase a selection of short films, chosen by young people. A chance to see original films, discover new talent and meet local artists and filmmakers.
Free, booking essential.
Hull’s important position as a port in the 1800’s would inevitably mean that the railways were coming!
Railways went wherever the business owners saw a money making opportunity!
Throughout the 19th Century Hull’s railway connections grew until the eventual downturn in the 1960s. This is a whistle stop tour from 1840 – Now of the railways in this great city!
Free, booking essential.
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