‘Strong as steel’ visibility for queer artists.
20 august to 7 september 2024
20-21 Visual Arts Centre, church square, Scunthorpe, DN15 6Tb
Strong as Steel is an art exhibition taking place alongside the Scunthorpe Pride celebrations in August 2024, showcasing the work of contemporary artists who identify as queer.
Taking place at at the heart of the Scunthorpe Pride event on 25 August 2024, Strong as Steel aims be a multifaceted, interdisciplinary temporary exhibition consisting of invited artists and artists selected from an open call for both emerging and established queer artists – allowing the queer community to showcase their artwork to a wider audience. Strong as Steel aims to increase the visibility of LGBTQIA+ artists, where the gallery acknowledges its power in legitimizing underrepresented groups in the art world, while providing valuable experience to artists in working with galleries and exhibitions.
Curated by: Robin Stones.
Artists include: Teddy Griffiths. Holly Crocombe. Matilda Ward. Jay Gadhia. Eden Gard. Jen Holtridge. Annabel McCourt. Darren Neave. Rik Similä. Jeremy Robinson. Caelum Rutter. Sophie Rose Knowles. Abby Symonds. Kat Wilson. Sarah Felis. Tom Glencross. Jordain Molloy Gillen. Dorian Room. Iga Wojkowska. Alice May Stewart. Harry Gloom.
https://www.2021visualartscentre.co.uk/exhibitions/strong-as-steel/
‘Perches and Flyways’, a Creative Connections project with Jen Holtridge and Juneau Projects, in partnership with Absolutely cultured and artlink hull
20 October 2023 – 21 January 2024. Space 1, Humber Street Gallery
Perches and Flyways was a new exhibition that shined a light on bird species that are becoming rare in the Humber’s environment, alongside more common varieties. The local Humber Estuary has international significance for birds. The expansive wetlands which line the shore provide a critical stopover site for migratory birds traveling between breeding grounds. Each year, over ten million leave northern Europe and the Arctic seeking warmer skies in Western Europe and Africa via Hull on a route termed the East Atlantic Flyway.
Run by Artlink Hull, Creative Connections is an ongoing series of workshops pairing local artists with Disabled communities to explore creative processes and improve wellbeing. Artist duo Juneau Projects were commissioned by Absolutely Cultured to explore this flyway and to work with Creative Connections and ceramicist Jennifer Holtridge to create delicate birds representing these endangered animals.
The ceramic creations inspired by these bird breeds were central to the installation and formed part of an engaging display showcasing the species within depictions of their habitats. The artists in this exhibition were: Lynda, Lesley, James, Shirley, Jess, Emily, Suzella, Anthony, Jess, Bill, Jen and Juneau Projects.
For more information please visit: Perches and Flyways, Creative Connections Artists with Jennifer Holtridge and Juneau Projects - Absolutely Cultured
Pushing the boundaries, breaking the mould
9 october 2022 to 4 january 2023
20-21 Visual arts centre, scunthorpe
An exhibition of artworks made by adults with a disability. Participants worked with artists Julie Oxenforth, Tamsin Anderson and Jen Holtridge of Quite Contrary Pottery to explore different making processes including ceramics, mono prints, charcoal self portraits and expressive painting and mixed media.
Art out of isolation
1 october 2022 to 7 january 2023
The usher gallery, lincoln
This is an exciting opportunity for all residents of Lincolnshire who have a passion for art, to exhibit their work in the Usher Gallery in 2022. After a protracted disruption to real creative expression, it's time to bring art back out of isolation so that it can be shared and celebrated once again.
Exhibition organised by the Usher Gallery Trust, working with Lincolnshire County Council .
https://www.thecollectionmuseum.com/exhibitions-and-events/view/usher-open-exhibition
Symbiosis
22 November to 5 December 2021
Sam Scorer Gallery, 5 Drury Lane, Lincoln, LN1 3BN
A joint exhibition of ceramics by Jen Holtridge of Quite contrary pottery and Karen Raithby of Pentangle Pottery.
Open 10am to 4pm daily.
Symbiosis: ‘A close association between two different organisms for mutual benefit’, a scientific term applied here to two artists; Karen and Jen, both working with ceramics, but in very different ways. Each artist has produced work to the theme of our symbiotic relationship with nature as human beings, each artist bringing a differing perspective and interpretation. Karen explores the link between natural elements and fantasy through a series of large ceramic masks and dragons, and Jen investigates the relationship between industry, people and nature, and combines photography and ceramics.
https://www.samscorergallery.co.uk/whats-on/2021/11/23/symbiosis
Legendaries
8 October to 11 december 2021
20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Church Square, Scunthorpe, DN15 6TB
A community participation exhibition working with a group of adults with a disability researching, designing and producing functional ceramics depicting stories about the artists through investigating the North Lincolnshire Museum collection. The exhibition has been co-curated by the participants and will be on show at 20-21 visual arts centre.
http://www.2021visualartscentre.co.uk/exhibitions/legendaries/
Scunthorpe-by-sea
1 to 30 June 2021
Caistor arts and Heritage Centre, 28 Plough Hill, Caistor
An exploration of the complicated relationship I have with the steel works in my hometown; an overbearing presence that can be seen, heard and smelled from far and wide, yet it remains much of a mystery. Familiar but unknown, an authoritarian paternal figure always aloof. It rumbles and roars at night time, smoke and flames are often visible in the sky. The town is totally flat and it still manages to loom over you.
The images in the collection are digital multiple exposures, intentionally grainy and low resolution to render the dreamlike perception of memories. Images taken from family holidays with my children blend into images of the steel works; clean unfiltered depictions of sea and rolling hills, contrasted with heavily polarised and saturated portrayals of dirt, smoke and slag. Mother Earth meets father industry, both provide for us and both contain great power. The images depict calmness, people enjoying family holidays or skinny dipping, frolicking in the wake of the foreboding industrial skylines and turbulent skies, a perfectly normal juxtaposition depicting the duplicity of life in the shadow of industry.
Dark Horses
12 October to 7 December 2019
20-21 Visual Arts Centre, church square, Scunthorpe, DN15 6Tb
It’s always a pleasant surprise to discover the creative talent around us. We all meet people in our everyday lives whose art is a hidden talent, perhaps squeezed into downtime from busy routines. Here at 20-21 our work is to present new and exciting art and artists to the local community, but many of our staff are artists in their own right who maybe rarely get the chance to shine. And there are more than a few ‘dark horses’ amongst us.
Artists in Dark Horses; Tamsin Anderson, Anna Antelope, Jon Cocks, Alison Cooksey, Lynne Emeny, Alysha Harvey, Jennifer Holtridge, Julie Oxenforth, Janine Parrish, Amy Primavera, Dominic Mason, Melanie Rainbow and Christine Williams.
http://www.2021visualartscentre.co.uk/exhibitions/dark-horses/