Event Categories: Exhibition

SOUND SPACE for Creators and Explorers of Sound in Hull

presented by DØTE x OUTLANDS NETWORK

SoundSpace is a community gathering for anybody interested in sound and the act of listening. Open to all, you don’t need any music knowledge or experience. We encourage you to come and meet your community, and interact with sound and the conversation around listening.

12:00-2:00 – Sound Sauna

An informal gathering and networking opportunity to meet others, share experiences and ideas, and immerse yourself in landscapes of tape loops and drones.

Presented by DØTE archives

2:00-4:00 – Through Boundaries

The act of listening in explorative music / sound with Jez riley French & Pheobe riley Law

‘Make the faintest possible sound to a boundary condition…’ Mieko Shiomi – BOUNDARY MUSIC (1963)

Taking apart borders placed around creativity is empowering and vital. During this performative conversation we’ll talk about how the (corrected) histories of sound culture opened up space, duration, gesture and expression, including through the use of text and image based scores. We’ll make use of instruments, objects and actions, building a collective sounded-space.

You are welcome to bring small objects or yourself as a sounding elements.

4:30-7:00 – Open Session

A collective soundspace and invitation to take part in a performative conversation inspired by Mieko Shiomi’s ‘Boundary Music’ (1963)

‘Make the faintest possible sound to a boundary condition whether the sound is given birth to as a sound or not. At the performance, instruments, human bodies, electronic apparatus or anything else may be used.’

It is the listening that matters.

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SOUND SPACE has been supported by the Outlands Network Exchange Programme, an initiative to develop collaborations between its members, support artists, and grow audiences for experimental music across the country. https://www.outlands.network

Humber Print 2

This is the second time that the Ropewalk Print Studio has had a Joint Exhibition of Printmaking with the Feral Art School Printmakers.

The Ropewalk Print Studio is celebrating its 25 year anniversary and during that time the studio has been a crucial place for people throughout our region to enjoy the indulgence of printmaking. For the last eight years Avenues print studio which evolved into the Feral Print studio has often shared Ropewalk print resources before Feral Printmaking became more established and better equipped. Now we have two thriving independent print facilities with Printmakers  exploring a comprehensive range of print techniques. Members from each of these studios often exhibit together as the Hull Print Collective.

This exhibition showcases many varied approaches to printmaking.

These include…

Drypoint Etching, Hard Ground and Soft ground Etching, Aquatint, Sugar-Lift, Lino-Print, Wood-cut, Mezzotint, Carborundum Print, Collagraph, Monotype, Tetra-Pak, Lithograph, Photo Screen and Open Screen.

The following local Print Studios offer short Printmaking Courses for Beginners and for Advanced practitioners, check out their websites to see what is on offer.

www.feralartschool.org

https://ropewalkprintworkshop.org.uk

www.eastgatestudio.co.uk

https://www.juicehull.com

 

From Friday 21st February to Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Exhibition Gallery, open daily 10am-5pm.

Whale Hello There!

Dive into the world of marine mammals this Easter holidays at The Deep, and discover their brand-new event ‘Whale Hello There!’

Between 28th March-21st April, come along and join us for our NEW event: Whale Hello There!

Listen into talks at 12pm & 2pm in Endless Ocean, as our Crew explore native marine mammals, toothed and baleen whales and seals, through a mixture of games and activities.

Make your mark on our beautiful blue whale mural, and pledge to spend 2025 and beyond helping our planet.

Visit each of our fun, hands-on activity stations for the chance to win a marine-themed prize bundle!

Our Whale Hello There event is included in your standard admission ticket; no additional booking is required. Visitors are highly advised to book their entry tickets in advance of a visit.

Artist in Residence: Maddie Morris

Maddie is the Ferens Artist in Residence whose work will be featured in our exhibition opening in February 2025 entitled Sirens: Women and the Sea. They will be responding to Herbert James Draper’s painting Ulysses and the Sirens (c1909).

Maddie is a Folk singer and songwriter from Leeds who takes traditional songwriting and shines a light on contemporary issues about the world we live in. Their songs highlight inequality, challenge viewpoints, and provides an inclusive space for shared experiences.

They have taken inspiration from the characters in Ulysses and the Sirens and worked with community groups, to give them new voices and tell a new ‘Siren Song’. Visitors will be able to listen to the new tracks in the exhibition.

In Therapy with North Sea, Solmaz Farhang

Let’s meet up with the North Sea; sit together, breathe together, and reflect on our relationship: the love and affection we share, the anger and frustrations we face.  

In Therapy with North Sea at Humber Street Gallery invites the audience to an unconventional encounter with the North Sea and an exploration of our coexistence. 

 The North Sea is home to an incredible diversity of species and organisms, with its coasts sustaining countless human communities. The coastline is in constant flux, a shifting landscape that impacts our lives profoundly. Where the North Sea ends and the land begins is a question with no clear answer. It is a frontier and a crossroads, a service station for travelers and thoroughfare for expansion and migration. A sea with a fraught history of war, trade and industry which now finds itself subject to numerous environmental changes as a consequence of the global climate crisis; all whilst being an entity by which people have and do live out domestic lives.  

How can we engage with such co-existing histories and realities in order to adapt and transform when our cherished memories and places are at risk? As the North Sea increasingly becomes a place for research, natural energy, and conversations around climate change, what do we truly mean by gaining resilience? 

In Therapy with North Sea delves into these pressing questions through witty and participatory multimedia installations. It speculates on our future and seeks to prepare our collective imagination to dive forwards, and perhaps into, the North Sea. 

Post-Pandemic Exhibition (PPE)

The Post-Pandemic Exhibition (PPE) is an immersive celebration of Hull’s resilience and recovery through powerful storytelling. Featuring stunning portraits, soundbites, and interactive AR, it highlights the journeys of local business owners who adapted through challenging times. Visitors will experience their stories firsthand in a multi-sensory format, with the exhibition continuing online after its physical run.

Funded by Innovate UK and led by Hull-based photographer Rayh, this exhibition captures the spirit of community, resilience, and joy, inviting attendees to connect with the strength and stories of Hull’s people.

The Spring Show 2025

Emma Price is an abstract and semi-abstract landscape painter, living and working in Surrey.

Emma’s work has recently described as:

 “It’s like Turner met Rothko and they had a child ”

Having lived in both England and Australia, Emma’s paintings are expressions of her emotions and visual memories of the natural landscapes within which she has lived and travelled. Her work depicts an abstraction – a stripping back of the landscapes representational line and form – often creating an ethereal or atmospheric sense. She is curious about what is within each of us – our subconscious – how we see and interpret experiences and situations, and how this resonates independently. Her work often evokes a connection to a place or emotion within the viewer, prompting conversations about personal experiences, memories and thoughts.

Josie Walter began her ceramic journey after joining an evening class.  This became a real passion and in 1976 she enrolled on the Studio Ceramics course at Chesterfield College of Art. After three years of throwing, building kilns, visiting potters and generally being immersed in pottery, Josie opened a workshop in Matlock.  Further experience in production pottery was honed with Suzie and Nigel Atkins at the Poterie du Don in the Auvergne, France. Josie worked at Le Don as an apprentice for 6 months in 1980 making salt glazed domestic ware, then returned to the workshop in Matlock where she made once fired decorated earthenware pottery.

Now Josie is happily installed in a workshop that she had built in the garden at home in Matlock.

Unlimited February Access for Kids! – Burton Constable

This February, let your little explorers roam free and connect with nature like never before!

When you purchase a child’s parkland ticket this February, let them enjoy unlimited access to explore and enjoy the parkland throughout the entire month.

The Parkland: Explore our scenic trails, discover hidden corners of the parkland, and spot wildlife sculptures that blend perfectly with nature.

Wild Haven & Story Stage: Discover nature within the Wild Haven, examine the bug house and enjoy storytelling at the Story Stage.

Say Hello to the Whale: Don’t miss the incredible 60-foot whale skeleton, a giant wonder nestled inside the Stables.

The Stables Kitchen: After your adventure, relax and recharge with a tasty snack or refreshing drink at the Stables Kitchen.

 

Ticket Price: A child’s parkland ticket is just £4.70.

This promotion is valid only in February 2025. Each child’s parkland ticket comes with a slip that allows unlimited visits during the month. You will receive this on your first visit. After that, the slip must be presented at the reception to access the parkland. Expired or lost slips will not be accepted.

STAR-CON Episode 2

Join us for a fun-filled day out as we explore a galaxy far, far away!

Meet some of your favourite characters, capture unforgettable moments with exciting photo opportunities, and meet the guests from T.V and Film!

immerse yourself in a world of adventure.

May the force be with you as you create lasting memories with friends and family!”

Dreaming Of The Middle Ages

The Middle Ages exhibition by Paul Collinson!

Whether you’re a lover of art, philosophy, or just curious to see how the past and present collide on canvas, Dreaming of The Middle Ages is a must-see!

Wednesday to Sunday, 11am – 4pm

The Half Life of the Blitz

A major new exhibition by The University of Lincoln, funded by AHRC, which creates a new history of post-war Hull by studying the lives and experiences of the City’s people between the Second World War and the present day.

Through community workshops, oral history interviews with Hull people and researching in archives across the country, a team of historians led by Dr James Greenhalgh have built a picture of how the City has changed and what is important to its people.

The exhibition looks at some of the elements which seemed most important to the project’s volunteers and contributors and examines how Hull sees and remembers itself and its past.

Uncovering Modern Slavery exhibition

This exhibition on modern slavery has been developed in partnership with the Humber Modern Slavery Partnership and the University of Hull.

The exhibition includes a specially commissioned film that looks at modern slavery happening in Hull and the people working to tackle it.

Hull Curriculum: Our City, Our Story

Discover how Hull primary schools belonging to the Museum’s Hull Curriculum membership scheme have been taking inspiration from Hull’s Heritage, bringing learning to life around some of its most famous stories and figures.

Sirens, Women and the Sea

This exhibition explores the story behind the siren, mythological female creatures whose song lured sailors to their deaths. From ancient cultures and mythology to contemporary activist responses, the works in this exhibition take you on a journey of seduction, suffrage, slavery, migration, gender fluidity, activism, and freedom.

Featuring works from Tate, Leeds Art Gallery, the De Morgan Collection, Royal Academy and Cartwright Hall, this exhibition draws on the Ferens’ own collection and shows it in a way it has never been seen before.

Experience works by Pre-Raphaelite superstars John William Waterhouse, Evelyn De Morgan and Edward Burne-Jones, Julie Brook, Abe Odedina, and Emma Stibbon.

The exhibition begins with a stunning 5th century BC Greek vase depicting the first known artwork showing the Sirens and Ulysses from the British Museum.

The exhibition will also include a newly commissioned ‘Siren Song’, by Artist in Residence and folk singer Maddie Morris.

Young Artist Open Exhibition

The Young Artist Open exhibition has been held annually at the Ferens Art Gallery since 2003 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. Each year there is a huge variety of work on display, from paintings and drawings to pastels, collage, and prints.

Young artists are in the running to win prizes in three age categories, generously sponsored by the Friends of the Ferens and the Hull and East Riding Branch of The Arts Society.

Submissions are open 30 June – 13 July 2025. Please visit our website for full guidance.