‘Science’ by Luxmuralis

Following sell-out shows in 2024, Luxmuralis is back with Science; an immersive light show which is designed to enable people to explore and contemplate the contributions of science and human understanding of the physical world around us.

The installation will see Hull Minster transformed into a fully immersive artwork exploring Chemistry and Biology and interprets artistically the scale of molecules cells and DNA as well as exploring the history of science, the contributions of science to humanity, and offers a reflection upon famous scientists past and present.

Science by Luxmuralis will run from Wednesday 22nd January, with several performances per evening. Booking is essential and tickets are now on sale!

Time slots are available from 5pm-9pm in 15 minute increments.

I’m Sorry, Annabel McCourt

What’s in an apology? When was the last time you said sorry… and meant it? What are you sorry, truly sorry about? 

Inspired by the artist’s own deeply personal experience of loss, this exhibition is centred on the powerful, restorative and healing experience of saying “I’m Sorry”.  

I’m Sorry is not about flippant apologies, taking the blame or over-apologising in fear of what others think. Instead, it’s about unburdening ourselves of guilt, reclaiming control and discovering self-esteem, without fear of conflict. It is a powerful tool for forgiveness and healing. It is introspection for the collective good to create a more compassionate world.  

McCourt invites you to step inside the safe, contemplative space of I’m Sorry. Discover raw moments of private reflection, confessions without guilt, secret ceremonials of power and meditation. Take a pilgrimage into I’m Sorry and embark on a journey of personal transformation, free from judgement, before returning to daily life.  

I’m Sorry by Annabel McCourt is a touring exhibition from Barnsley Civic. Curated by Elizabeth Dickinson. 

 

About the Artist 

Annabel McCourt was born in Grimsby in 1975. She is a diverse artist whose work ranges from lens-based gritty social-realism, through to installation art, moving image and architectural interventions inspired by fact, folklore & legend. For this project McCourt has gone back to her artistic roots in photography, meeting people and forming genuine connections.  

“I feel vulnerable, paired-down and honest by exhibiting this work and I am profoundly grateful to every contributor for ‘speaking’ truth to power via my camera lens” 

This project stems from McCourt’s experience of not being able to say goodbye to her father before he passed away. Holding a private ceremony to offer up an apology was a way for her move on and heal from this aspect of grief which is shared by many. McCourt recognised that creating this space for others might be a useful and profound tool.  

Presented is a series of portraits in which the participants hold a bespoke neon ‘I’m Sorry’ written in the artist’s handwriting. Each person is captured offering their own private apology to the camera. For McCourt the glow of electrified neon gas reacts uniquely with each personality as they offer their “I’m Sorry”. The neon is an evocative metaphor for these authentic moments McCourt has captured; fragile, captivating and powerful.* 

 

Extended until 23 February.

Let’s Get Glowing

Introducing… Let’s Get Glowing, a brand NEW event coming to The Deep this October half-term!

Join our Crew between 19th October-3rd November 2024 to discover the deep sea world of bioluminescence.

Tune into ‘The Glow Show‘, running daily at 11am, 1pm and 3pm in Endless Ocean. Explore the creatures that dwell in the depths of the ocean and the incredible way that they use their own light!

Visit the ‘Let’s Get Glowing‘ demonstration station between 11am-4pm daily in Endless Ocean to discover a series of magical demonstrations and experiments.

Head to Craft Corner to have your face painted! Choose from an Anglerfish, Jellyfish or Firefly, and visit our Ice Tunnel to watch them glow!

The Let’s Get Glowing event is included in your standard admission ticket; no additional booking is required. Visitors are advised to book their entry tickets in advance of a visit.

Hull Minster C Mike Bartlett

Allotment Holders Harvest Exhibition

An exhibition by local allotment holders and community gardens explaining how you can grow your own produce and where our food comes from.  You can also find out about local community gardens.

We’re delighted to be hosting the Allotment Holders’ Harvest Exhibition: an exhibition by local community gardeners about growing fruit n’ veg. You can also learn how to secure your own allotment, should you wish to grow! Monday 16 – Sunday 22 September.

 

Visiting the Minster this Saturday? Check out these amazing events also going on below:

» Saturday Concert Series – Electro-Acoustic Ensemble – Another Mighty Angel (visithull.org)

» Harvest Festival Market (visithull.org)

Deanio X – To Heal A Butterfly.

Leading artist Deanio X has been commissioned to produce a series of thought-provoking artworks for temporary display at Wilberforce House Museum.
To Heal A Butterfly creates a visual response to the Wilberforce Institute’s research on the ‘Sea Islands & Jamaica’ enslavement records, through a combination of improvisational portraiture, digital animation and sculptural installation.

The commission is a partnership between Hull Museums and the Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull.

Credit: Deanio X, 2024

Dark Matters

Dark Matters welcomes the onset of the short days and long nights.  Myths and legends of an ‘in-between’ play a part in the Winter celebrations with All Hallows Eve and the end of British Summer time.  This transition into darkness offers infusions of light and dark psychological states.  The artists exhibiting in Dark Matters offer us the in-between and the other.  It’s an opportunity to collect timeless and affordable art.

-Artists:

Fernanda Cortes – Ceramic Sculptor

Peter Heaton – Image Maker

Nick H Moor – Surreal Photographer

Sarah Williams – Super Real Painter

Outwith by Kialy Tihngang

Kialy Tihngang is a multidisciplinary artist based in Glasgow who draws on her British- Cameroonian identity to explore Blackness, queerness, Britishness, and the crushing structural oppressions that surround these personal themes. For ‘Outwith’, Tihngang creates a reflective space in which to view two films that are centred around bodies of water. Both films draw on Tihngang’s research into colonial European misrepresentation, extraction, and demonisation of West African cultural practices, intentionally using processes of misremembering, misreading, and romanticisation to reimagine histories and speculate on futures. By combining the dark humour of Nollywood with the aesthetics of retrofuturism, she satirises the visual language of advertisements aimed at mass Western audiences.

‘For Those In Peril On The Sea’ follows a group of enslaved Africans who have jumped overboard a slave ship. In the water they encounter the master’s tools, European maritime technology such as periscopes and diving suits. With these materials they build fetishes for traditional African water deities. These take the form of wearable, 2-metre-tall periscope suits. They invoke the deities’ power and protection by ritualistically wearing the suits and are able to re-cross the Atlantic underwater and return home.

The term ‘fir gorma’, which is translated from ancient Irish chronicles as ‘blue men’, is thought by historians and folklorists to refer to enslaved North African people who were brought to Ireland and the Scottish Hebrides by Vikings. In ‘fir gorma’ (the 2024 duo show) for Glasgow International Festival, Josie KO was in conversation with Kialy Tihngang, drawing on their contrasting and converging explorations into Black British histories and identities, producing a duo exhibition incorporating film and sculpture. ‘fir gorma’ (the research project) is an ongoing research project created by Josie KO in 2020. Using archival records that date the presence of Black people to precolonial 9th century Scotland, in ‘Neyinka and the Silver Gong’ Tihngang imagines how some ‘blue men’ escaped captivity, fled to an uncharted Scottish island, and formed a maroon clan. Tihngang weaves a rich lore and material culture for this clan, reflecting on how this displaced community might have constructed their own Scottish identity.

Tihngang experiences constant questioning of her existence in Scotland, which intensifies her nebulous sense of national identity. ‘Neyinka and the Silver Gong’ is being screened concurrently at Jupiter Artland in Edinburgh, the dual showing reflecting on her identity as a Black English woman living in Scotland.

Lacemakers – A New Perspective

Join the curatorial team at the Ferens to learn about new research into Lacemakers, Ceylon, by Edward Atkinson Hornel.

Purchased for Hull in 1908, this beautifully executed painting tells a dark story of child labour and trafficking in the British Empire. Learn about what Gallery founder Thomas Ferens thought of this, and how the artist approached his subject to create this complex and important work.

Quiet Day @ The Deep

Visit us and enjoy a more relaxed, tranquil atmosphere on our upcoming Quiet Day.

The lights and audio in the aquarium will be adjusted to create a calming experience for guests who may find these distracting.

Visitors can enjoy a varied timetable of BSL-interpreted presentations scheduled throughout the day, including a scatter feed, dive presentation, interactive turtle hospital sessions and more!

Please see below for the full timetable of talks and sessions:

  • 10:30- Artefact Handling at Discovery Corner (Lagoon of Light)
  • 11:00- Endless Oceans Feed Dive Presentation
  • 11:30- Interactive Turtle Hospital
  • 12:00- Lagoon of Light Scatter Feed
  • 13:00- Interactive Turtle Hospital
  • 13:30- Artefact Handling at Discovery Corner (Lagoon of Light)
  • 14:00- Presentation at Endless Ocean
  • 14:30- Artefact Handling at Discovery Corner (Lagoon of Light)
  • 15:00- Interactive Turtle Hospital
  • 15:30- Penguin Feed at the Kingdom of Ice

Plus, enjoy drop-in sensory activities with our Education Team between 10:30am-2:30pm in Halfway Café!

This event is included within your standard admission price; no additional booking is required.

Hull Print Collective’s Winter Exhibition

The Hull Print Collective is an evolving group of printmakers employing a very personal approach to printmaking media to realise observations, ideas, memories and feelings.

The Collective whilst working at home meets weekly at Hull College to exchange ideas, offer advice and use the facilities to print and make final work. The works in this exhibition have been created by many members, some of which have been printing for many years and some who are very excellent beginners within the group! The variety of old and new ideas means that the works reflect personal interests by adopting a variety of styles, whether that be taking a graphic, abstract, decorative, narrative approach or by creating a realistic view.

The exhibition will be on display in Burton Constable’s Stable Block over the winter season, and will be open daily 10am – 4pm other than the 25th – 26th December 2024.

Wilberforce House © Neil Holmes

Echoes of Our Heritage

​Echoes of Our Heritage is a captivating exhibition a captivating exhibition that explores the rich history of Black music. As part of “The Sound of Our Skin” festival, this exhibition celebrates the vibrant and transformative power of Black musical traditions.

Beginning in Africa, where rhythm and melody were woven into daily life, Black music has journeyed across continents, profoundly shaping global culture. “Echoes of Our Heritage” highlights how African rhythms, such as the clave—a distinctive three-beat pattern—travelled through the transatlantic slave trade. These rhythms blended with other musical elements to create influential genres like blues, jazz, reggae, and hip-hop.

This exhibition showcases pivotal moments and influential figures in Black music, reflecting its resilience and creativity. It also highlights how contemporary Black musicians use their art to tackle social issues and inspire change.

Join us in celebrating this rich musical legacy and discover how the echoes of the past continue to shape the music of today.

Brooklands Photography Society Exhibition

 Brooklands Photographic Society will be holding an exhibition of 100 photographs taken by their members at the Minster in mid September. The images cover all subjects such as nature, people, landscapes and many other subjects and are all available to buy with a few exceptions.

Brooklands is one of the largest photo interest clubs in Hull and was formed in 1968. It has members of all ages and of differing photography ability from beginner to advanced and has a number of vacancies for new members. Meetings are held at Sutton Methodist church every Tuesday evening at 7.30pm.

Members of the club will be available at the exhibition to answer any questions you may have about the images of any queries about potential membership

Planetary Poems Exhibition

Poetry & Space combine for this unique exhibition of poems in homage to the Planets in our solar system, and the dwarf planet Pluto (now de-classified as a ‘planet’ since 2006). Use the QR codes on each panel to experience audiovisual recordings of the poems, alongside poetry text, and images of each planet. The series includes a poem for ‘Earth’ itself, set in the context of its celestial neighbours, and the exhibition is thought to be one of the first artistic interpretations to account for the true colour of Neptune (since it was announced on 5th January this year, that the planet is not the deep blue we have come to know, but an extremely pale shade of blue/green).

Anyone who shares a fascination with the stars, space, astronomy, and the wider Cosmos, will enjoy these poetic interpretations of our solar neighbourhood.

Sam Bartle was born in Hull and writes poetry in rhyming verse. His work has received publication in various magazines and journals, including Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Dreich Magazine, and Green Ink Poetry. He has also featured at The High Wolds Poetry Festival and appeared on BBC Radio York’s ‘Upload’ programme.

Sam has a website and blogs about his poetry at www.poetinverse.com .

Sam Larter – Artist in Residence

Sam Larter makes sculptures using materials that are free, readily available, donated or discarded, transforming their original purpose. Observation and drawing are important to her practice. She often works quickly, in a spontaneous way, responding to materials and processes, exploring and experimenting.

Inspired by the colours and forms in works by Jan van Goyen and Frank Auerbach, and the references to geometry in Edgar Bundy’s The Night School, Sam has created a symmetrical sculpture constructed using several forms made from wooden frames and found materials.

Sam believes that everybody should have access to art and advocates making art with materials that are readily available to hand. She works as a Special Educational Needs teaching assistant at a secondary school in East Yorkshire, and has worked with Saturday Art Club and schools from around Hull during her residency.

Born in Bradford, Sam now lives and works in Hull where she makes sculptures, drawings, and prints. She has a BA in Fine Art from Hull School of Art and Design, 2017, and has shown work in a number of solo and group exhibitions around Yorkshire. In 2022 she was nominated for the Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award.

Don’t Worry, Beach Happy

Stuck for indoor plans during the holidays? We’ve got you covered all summer long!

From 19th July-1st September, join our Crew for a spectacular summer with ‘Don’t Worry, Beach Happy’! Help us celebrate the fantastic coastline that is right on our doorstep, and home to some of the world’s best Jurassic and Cretaceous geology!

Take part in our new interactive Treasure Trail! Spot the clues around the aquarium to uncover a hidden message, and be entered for a chance to win a special summer prize bundle!

Discover fascinating facts about our Yorkshire coastline with daily presentations at 11am, 1pm and 3pm, with a focus on a different beach each week! Learn about some of the gems of our Yorkshire coast and hear all about our top picks for fossil hunting, rockpooling and more. If history is your interest, then come along and hear tales of historical folklore; there’s something for everyone!

Enjoy summer-themed photo opportunities and face-painting outside (weather permitting!)

Pick up a tasty ice-cream treat from our café or shop, and spend some time in the sunshine on our outdoor picnic area.

Our ‘Don’t Worry, Beach Happy’ event is included within your standard admission; no additional booking is required. Visitors are highly advised to book their visit in advance.

Hope to ‘sea’ you soon!

Shark Awareness Day!

Mad about sharks? So are we! 

On the 13th-14th July, why not join us for a JAW-some weekend to celebrate Shark Awareness Day!

Uncover fascinating facts about our incredible shark species in daily presentations running at 11am, 1pm and 3pm.

Get close up to some fin-tastic shark artefacts on display in Endless Ocean.

Listen in to daily shark talks at Endless Ocean and enjoy themed artefact handling sessions at Dylan’s Discovery Corner.

Each standard admission ticket purchased is an Annual Pass, so you can enjoy unlimited free returns for 12 months after paying just once!

Our Shark Awareness Weekend event is included within your standard admission; no additional booking is required. Visitors are highly advised to book their visit in advance.