Fashion through the Lens of Art

Fashion through the Lens of Art

Fashion designer Seguntuyi Mapeganoluwa Onakoya of the House of Tuyi, launches a fashion collection inspired by the Seen and Unseen exhibition, and the work of pioneering artist Nahem Shoa, and his friend and fellow artist Desmond Haughton. Join us for a live fashion catwalk.

The show responds to the outfits portrayed in the artworks in the exhibition, linking them to the heritage of Black people living in Britain. Tuyi’s own approach focuses on the role fashion can play in the fusion of White European and Black African cultures. By doing this, he challenges the marginalization that Black artists have experienced from the art world. Tuyi takes this idea further by inviting volunteers from the Black community and extending the opportunity to white Europeans to work on the collection with him, inspiring local people to become fashion designers. He aims to build a fashion community that brings creativity, developing the potential for future runways, exhibitions, pop-ups and innovative celebrations, and ultimately creative pride in Hull and Yorkshire.

The Fashion Show will take place 2-4 pm.

What do Hospices in England look like? Photographs from the Hospice Architecture in England Study

The photographs in this exhibition come from hospices across the country, from brand-new purpose built sites, to converted homes and manor houses, and even a hospice based in a medieval court. Hospices can be misunderstood and even feared healthcare settings, so our aim with this exhibition is to raise awareness about what hospices really look like in the hope of reducing the stigma which is often attached to these spaces.

We would love to know what you think about these photographs so if you visit, please leave us a comment on one of the cards provided.

Funded by Wellcome.

Living Coast

Living Coast is an exhibition of art, music, film, poetry and spoken word about the people, land and sea of Yorkshire’s South Holderness region.

Spurn Point is the southern-most tip of the East Yorkshire coastline whose 700-year history of human habitation came to an end in 2023. This exhibition presents artworks created during a project that took place between January and May 2024, which explored the unique entanglement of the transient geography and human occupancy of the ever-shifting South Holderness coast.

Through interviews with current and past residents (including farmers, artists, historians and ecologists), and working alongside the Spurn Bird Observatory, researchers from the University of Hull have created a series of artistic responses that explore the rapid geogogical, social and environmental transformations of the unique landscape of South Holderness.

Open daily 10am-5pm, with late opening to 7pm on Tuesdays.

Feral Reveal #10

Bi-annual exhibition of work produced by students of The Feral Art School, including print, painting, drawing, fashion and textiles.

Opening Friday 20th December 6.30-8.30pm

Though The Leaves Are Many… : INTER_CHANGE exhibition

This October, Humber Street Gallery presents some of Hull’s most exciting emerging artist talent with The Leaves Are Many…, featuring a collection of works by the 2023/2024 participants of Absolutely Cultured’s INTER_CHANGE programme.

Including art-forms such as painting, printmaking and installation, The Leaves Are Many… will showcase the work of the 5 participants whose work explores a diverse range of themes. The exhibition features individual pieces by; Maria Donnai, Bronte Teal, Layla Jabbri Harry Newman and Ian Hinley.

During the past 12 months, the group has immersed themselves in the activities that have taken place on Absolutely Cultured’s INTER_CHANGE artist development programme. Together they have explored the opportunities and challenges often faced by early-career artists. Through a series of workshops, talks and tours, they have broadened their knowledge and gained insight into the unique aspects of being a creative professional.

Marianne Lewsley-Steir, Creative Director commented: ‘We are always incredibly proud to showcase the work of Hull’s local emerging artists and highlight the exceptional talent, creativity, and professionalism that the city continues to nurture. At Absolutely Cultured, we’re deeply committed to creating opportunities for artists to grow and develop their practice through the INTER-CHANGE programme. It highlights a distinctive blend of collaboration and celebration, forming a supportive network amongst these talented artists. I am excited to see where this year’s artists will take their work next, I have no doubt what’s to come will be extraordinary.’

A key steppingstone for the artists involved has been integrating this learning into their practice and career. The showcase has supported the artists in managing the logistics of pulling an exhibition together. From ideation to installation, each member of the programme has had creative and physical involvement in the exhibition’s production to prepare them for future endeavours with other arts organisations.

Exhibitions Manager Lauren Wilson shared, ‘Seeing the culmination of the group’s hard work is truly captivating. Having had the privilege to work closely with the artists throughout the programme, it is exciting to present their talents to our audiences. The variety of works on display are a brilliant showcase of talent, voices and styles thriving in Hull. This exhibition highlights how INTER_CHANGE supports and celebrates this diversity, creating a strong local network so artists don’t have to venture further afield to seek opportunities. This exhibition puts us on the path to achieving that.’

The INTER_CHANGE group are contributing to the ongoing vitality and criticality of the artistic culture in the Humber region. They have engendered an environment of mutual support and are now equipped with the confidence and skills to navigate the artistic sector.

Gifted

The Christmas Exhibition

7th November 2024 – 25th January 2025

Featuring:

Ceramics

Shirley Vauvelle; Shelton Pottery; Kirsty Adams; Nathan Mullis.

Painting / Drawing

Shirley Vauvelle; Myles Linley; Shirley Vauvelle.

Waves of Wonder: An Exhibition by Hull’s Young Maritime Creatives

This exhibition is part of Hull Maritime’s ‘Young Maritime Creatives’ project. The project launched in May 2023 and has given grants to eight secondary schools across Hull to support students to create an artistic response to Hull’s maritime story.

As well as producing their own artworks, the students have had the opportunity to explore maritime objects and heritage sites, meet with maritime communities to learn about their experiences, and visit Ferens Art Gallery to explore how exhibitions are made.

The eight schools involved in the Young Maritime Creatives project are: The Boulevard Academy, Sirius Academy West, Sirius Academy North, Trinity House Academy, Frederick Holmes School, The Hub School, Venn Boulevard Centre, and Kelvin Hall School.

Lord Mayor’s Christmas Tree Festival

Dozens of decorated Christmas Trees will once again fill the Minster.

Please come and view the trees Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm

There is no entry fee. We work on the donation system.

All monies raised will go to the Lord Mayor’s Charity Appeal Fund, which is this year supporting Hull and East Yorkshire Children’s University and Cruse Bereavement Support.

‘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.

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.