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.

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.

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