Jason Wilsher-Mills: Are we there yet?

Jason Wilsher-Mills: Are we there yet?

Join the Ferens for a colourful journey into the imagination and experiences of disabled artist Jason Wilsher-Mills!

Created in response to disabled communities in Hull, Wakefield and Manchester, Jason’s theatrical portraits and sculptures reflect aspects of his personality, memory, and disability. This family friendly exhibition is suitable for all ages and includes Augmented Reality (AR) and interactive experiences.

Jason’s fun, empowering and insightful creations will excite and move you. Through this exhibition you’ll gain a greater understanding of our world and how those with disabilities experience it.

Alongside the exhibition will be an exciting and accessible programme of events and activities for all ages. This includes a talk by Jason in May, baby sensory sessions, storytelling, relaxed openings, workshops delivered by artists, and craft sessions. Details of the full programme will be available on our events page.

We are committed to making your visit as accessible as possible. For full details please visit the access page.

About Jason Wilsher-Mills

Jason was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, and was the eighth child of a coalmining family. He was a very active child until he fell ill with chicken pox, with the virus attacking his central nervous system. This caused him to be paralysed from the neck down and confined to a wheelchair, where he would escape to his imagination and memories of happy holidays to Withernsea.

As his health improved, Jason became the first in his family to go to university, studying Fine Art and became a painter. His health then began to decline, and he explored new ways of working with digital technologies. Using iPads and Wacom tablets Jason transforms paintings into large interactive sculptures and uses augmented reality to interact with the viewer.

“My work celebrates disability, my northern working-class heritage & popular culture, through cutting edge technologies and brightly coloured, largescale humorous, but challenging art. When asked what my work is about, I simply say – ‘Think ‘I, Daniel Blake’ meets ‘The Beano’” Jason Wilsher-Mills

Jason has a long connection with Hull and the surrounding area. He has worked on projects with Artlink, the University of Hull, and Streetlife Museum. He has also exhibited across the UK and internationally.

Free Entry

Women Who Inspire Us

Women from The Warren Young People’s Centre have created this exhibition inspired by the women in their lives.

Working with local artists, the pieces made reflect the thoughts and feelings of the group members.

This exhibition ties into the Hear Them Roar event, taking place on the 28th March.

Sirius West’s Maritime Arts Quest

Students at Sirius Academy West in Hull explore their local heritage and the fishing industry.

Students at Sirius Academy West in Hull have been finding out about their local heritage in a ‘Young Maritime Creatives’ project funded by Hull Maritime. Pupil’s aged 11- 16 have been exploring Hessle Road’s once thriving fishing industry and the tragedies of its trawlermen and their pioneering headscarf wearing wives.

The project has enabled students to develop new artistic and creative skills including dance, drama silk painting and felting and this exhibition showcases the creative work they have produced.

You and Me in HU3

‘You and Me in HU3’ presents the work of two photographers, George Norris and Russell Boyce at Humber Street Gallery. The exhibition combines black and white photographs with ongoing work, and explores half a century of change across the HU3 area of Hull.

In 1983, Russell Boyce, a 21-year-old Hull College of Art student, was documenting his local community of HU3 when he met George Norris, a 19-year-old, third-generation rag and bone man. Boyce would spend a few weeks around the Norris family, capturing George in various aspects of his trade.

Decades later, George discovered a box of pictures, one of which was a photo of him and his late mother, taken by Russell in 1983. After rediscovering these pictures, he took up photography himself and went on to reconnect with Russell.

Since then, Russell has returned to Hull to re-imagine some of his original images, linking the work from forty years ago with new work today. George, now a documentary photographer, presents a selection of ongoing imagery reflecting contemporary HU3 communities to go alongside this.

Exhibition Launch Party: You and Me in HU3

Join us at Humber Street Gallery to celebrate the launch of our new exhibition, ‘You and Me in HU3’ by Russell Boyce and George Norris.

This even is a chance to meet the artists, visit the exhibition and share a drink or two.

What We Do Exhibition

On behalf of 87 Gallery and Artlink invite you to visit our newest exhibition What We Do from the 13th of January to 9th of March.

Launch event for What We Do on 12th of January 2024 5pm – 7pm. Open to the public, no booking necessary.

What We Do is an exhibition that shows the outcomes of our creative programme at Artlink Hull and 87 Gallery. Work by artists and participants involved in the projects outlined below are brought together in celebration of our work within and outside of the gallery.

“What We Do aims to show the breadth of our work at Artlink Hull. Often the value of this is in the process rather than the outcome, meaning that this is rarely seen by visitors to our gallery. The artwork made by our participants is beautiful, diverse and ambitious. We hope that our audiences enjoy seeing the work come together in this exhibition and going forward into our future programme.” Curator, Becky Gee,

Further information can be found online at https://87gallery.co.uk/what-we-do

Flow

Meet Nadine Stormer every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to experience an Exhibition in Process.

From inspiration to product, following the process involved through photography, writing, collage and craft to creating trophies in glass for the Visit Hull & East Yorkshire Remararkable Tourism Awards (REYTAS)

Drop into 47 King Edward Street Hull, HU1 3RW and enjoy!

Gifted

Studio Eleven Gallery presents their Winter Show, Gifted

Christmas is on the way, and Studio Eleven have the perfect exhibition for all art lovers – original art and contemporary ceramics that you will love forever!

From Chiaroscuro to Mid-Century Modern, the Winter Show offers the best affordable collectables in the region with a new show of painting, hand-made prints, curated alongside contemporary ceramic art.

Vouchers are available from the gallery or the online shop, together with a new Spring Workshop Programme with Stained Glass, Fused Glass, Pottery, Japanese Book Binding, Print and Cyanotype workshops.

The People of Whitefriargate

Whitefriargate refers not just to the street of that name, but this historic part of the Old Town with its rich Georgian and Victorian architecture, and all the commercial aspects of a vibrant city.

In recent times, the buildings on Whitefriargate and in Silver Street have benefited from funding from Historic England and Hull City Council, and the area is now home to many independent businesses.

This exhibition aims to tell you a little more about the people that makes Whitefriargate such a special place.

Taking The Knee

An exhibition shining a light on the history of ‘taking the knee’ launches today, with the help of the University of Hull.

The exhibition is part of ongoing community engagement work between the University of Hull’s Wilberforce Institute for Slavery and Emancipation, Hull Museums, and people from racially marginalised communities, in the city.

According to Senior Lecturer in Diaspora History, Dr Nick Evans, of the Wilberforce Institute, the launch of the exhibition is timely as Home Secretary Suella Braverman, this week announced her review ‘into activism and impartiality’ within police forces – which will include an evaluation of officers taking the knee.

Dr Evans said: “Taking the knee has a history dating back millennia, it is only in more recent centuries that the pose has taken on more political connotations. It was in the 1780s that it was first politicised in a way that we can understand today, when images of an enslaved man kneeling, were used by those campaigning for the abolition of the British slave trade.

“The opening of this exhibition, which is co-created with members of racially marginalised communities, couldn’t be more timely, as public discourse about the gesture continues because of the Home Secretary’s review into policing, and her letter to policing leaders which set out her expectation that the police should focus on tackling crime, rather than being involved in political matters.”

Creative Voice: Youth Arts Festival

Creative Voice Youth Arts Festival 2023 is happening this half-term!

If you are aged 13+ come along to find out more about the creativity of young people in the city and take part in free workshops in DJing, sustainable fashion, dance, theatre, circus skills and more, along with conversations around arts and mental health.

FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER

12pm

Exhibition Launch – ‘What Makes You Happy?’

3D-printed exhibition with augmented reality by artist Anna Bean and young people from Astra

and Ainthorpe Youth Centres, This Ability Goodwin Trust, Artlink Explorers Young People in

Care Project and NICE.

12.30-3.30pm

Fun, drop-in workshops including wearable art and sustainable fashion, screenprinting, drama,

contemporary dance, Hull Zine Library, songwriting, circus skills and more.

6-9pm

Young People’s Performance Sharing with a focus on drama and dance. Performances from

professional dance company LOOP with JoinedUp Dance Company Young Contemporaries,

Ainthorpe Youth Centre, Pragnya Indian Dance, Max Life Dance Company, Wolfpack Theatre,

Freedom Road Creative Arts, and Youth Aspire Connect.

SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER

12pm

Panel discussion with young people, NHS support workers, and creatives in Hull on the

Importance of arts in supporting mental health.

12.30-3.30pm

Fun, drop-in workshops including wearable art and sustainable fashion, screenprinting,

Afrobeats dance, DJ Mixing, music studio, Hull Zine Library, street theatre and more.

4-6pm

Screening of films and animations made by young people and local artists and filmmakers

about issues that are important to them around art and mental health.

6-9pm

Young People’s Performance Sharing with a focus on music. Performances from Music Lab,

Freedom Road Creative Arts, Layman and Noble, Young Women’s DJ Group and

Humber Drum Circles.

Creative Voice is a youth arts initiative led by Hull City Council Arts Development and

Youth Development Service in partnership with Artlink and Hull Dance, who are supporting

the dance elements of the Festival with their Move Together programme. Supported by the Smile Foundation I AM Fund and Youth Arts Takeover.

Victorian Christmas Market Event Day

Splendid Victorian Christmas themed market with activities scheduled throughout the day to include

Tradtional stalls with Christmas gifts, crafts, and food
Music – All For One Choir, Humberside Police Band
Historic Christmas Characters mingling with the crowds
Christmas themed trails inside the Minster and throughout the Old Town
Lord Mayor’s Christmas Tree Exhibition

Andy Lock – Orchard Park

Eight newly acquired works by artist Andy Lock will go on display to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The Orchard Park series captures the abandoned Vernon House tower block before it was demolished.

Andy Lock worked and studied in Hull for over 15 years, with many of his photographs capturing the post war, everyday architecture in Hull.

For the Orchard Park series, Andy took photographs in every apartment on all 22 storeys of Vernon House. The photographs show seemingly empty rooms, with abandoned furniture and belongings, left behind by the former residents that once called the Orchard Park block their home.

Andy Lock’s striking photographs are a result of an experiment with light.

The display of the Orchard Park series has been made possible with support from the Friends of Ferens Art Gallery.

Humber Eco Fest

Celebrating community action, building resilience and regenerating our unique wildlife habitat.

21 exciting days of opportunities for you to join in, celebrate and learn.

Opening on 22 October with a community day, featuring pizza, stalls and music, at urban farm Rooted in Hull, and eco-educational activities at The Deep, focused on wind energy, the festival will then continue to celebrate the sustainable projects around the Humber. Highlights include:

The return of the Hull Independent Photography Festival (HIPFEST) with a sustainability theme, encompassing 9 exhibitions both international & local, plus nature photo walks and 16 climate photography talks and workshops. The headline show is the international “Faces of Climate Change” exhibition with over 70 countries taking part, we will be revealing the winners for 2023 on the exhibition opening night in Hull.
The Hull Friends of the Earth’s Green Fair in Cottingham.
The Totally Locally Brigg Eco Fair
The Big Festival Beach Clean with Plastic Free Hornsea
A Zero Waste Supper in Scunthorpe
An Eco Quiz Night in Burstwick
Family Forest School Open Days at The Happy Homestead in Messingham and The Life Skills Hub in Preston.
A bicycle ride from Hull to Barton, connecting the North & South Bank communities

Printed By Hand Exhibition

Hull Print Collective are exhibiting “Printed by Hand”at Burton Constable Hall.

The printmakers employ a very personal approach to printmaking media to realise observation, ideas, memories and feelings.

The work on display will reflect personal interests by adopting to a graphic and abstract, decorative or narrative approach or by taking a realistic view of the world.

Open Daily from 10am-5pm (close 4pm from 29th October 2023)

Free Entry

Poster image by Janet Cox

The Elements

Experience the power of the Earth’s elements this winter.

Natural phenomena and the creation of our world is explored in this new spectacular immersive sound and light show by Luxmuralis.

Earth, Air, Fire and Water are the attributes of our world. They vary within different cultures and are intertwined with religion, local mythology and represented throughout art history in many ways worldwide.

The different states of matter are explored here in a new and contemporary way – mixing the Ancient with the Modern.

You will be enveloped by each element and witness the transformation of the majestic sacred space of the Minster with projection artworks which interpret the elements within our planets environment in which we live and impact upon our human behaviour.

The Minster will be divided into four areas transitioning you between the the elements which will illuminate the interior spaces in different ways.

The elements will be conveyed through artistic interpretations, sound and light and allowing you to witness volcanoes, be immersed in the sky and environment, watch as the natural world evolves through dramatic historic and artistic imagery and end in the Nave immersed in the power of the oceans, storms and great stories linked to water.

17:00 – 21:00 daily – booking of a timed slot required.

The Trinity room will be open for pre or post exhibition refreshments.

Entrance is through the North Door, on North Church side, opposite the Hideout Hotel.