Young Artists Exhibition – Image supplied by: Kevin Ladden, photographer. www.laddenpix.co.uk
Flourish with Ferens
Saturday 21st September 2024
Carol Jacobi Talk on the art of Isabel Rawsthorne
4th November 2024 • 2.00pm
Isabel Rawsthorne is often remembered as an artist’s muse rather than an artist in her own right. Recently four works were gifted to the Ferens Art Gallery by her family, and then conserved with the support of the Friends of the Ferens Art Gallery. In 2021 Carol Jacobi published the monograph Out of the Cage, the Art of Isabel Rawsthorne and in this talk Carol tells Rawsthorne’s story, while highlighting her significance as an artist.
Jacob Epstein (1880-1959) – Isabel • 1933 • Bronze
Carol Jacobi is Curator of British Art 1850-1915 at Tate Britain and a specialist on nineteenth century British Art. She is a member of British Art Network Woman Artists and Race, Empire and the Pre-Raphaelites group, and the Race Equality Taskforce at Tate. Carol has a PhD in Art History (Birkbeck) and has taught at Birkbeck, the Courtauld Institute and was the Leverhulme Fellow in the History of Portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery in 2008-9. Her exhibitions include Van Gogh and Britain (Tate Britain); Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces from the Tate (Canberra, Milan, Budapest; William Holman Hunt and the Pre-Raphaelite Vision; Love and Desire (Toronto, Minneapolis, Manchester.
This event is free but booking is essential, go to the link below to book your place
https://www.hullmuseums.co.uk/museum-events/carol-jacobi-talk-on-the-art-of-isabel-rawsthorne#book
Sam Larter – Artist in Residence
Artist in Residence Sam Larter’s work on display in the gallery
Image supplied by: Hannah Hossack, photographer
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.
Following the 2023 Open exhibition Sam was selected to be Artist in Residence at the Ferens. Her brief was to respond to the Ferens’ permanent collection and/or its building. An intersection of angles plays with aspects of the buildings architecture through shape and form, whilst drawing on specific paintings that are on display across the galleries.
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.
An intersection of angles is on display in Gallery 2 until 22nd September 2024.
Members of the National Saturday Club at the gallery have had an incredible year developing their skills and exploring their creativity!
Throughout the year, leading industry professionals and organisations lead special workshops for Saturday Club members.
Click here to explore the highlights from the 2023 Summer Show, and here to explore the online Summer Show’s virtual galleries, which feature Club members’ work, behind the scenes insights, Masterclasses, Self-Portraits, and more.
The Ferens beautiful Calm Gallery has officially re-opened.
Come down, relax, and enjoy!
Click the link below to view a selection of the paintings in the
Calm Gallery collection
https://artuk.org/discover/curations/calm-mindfulness-at-the-ferens-art-gallery
and click the ‘Storyline‘ or ‘Showcase‘ button
2024 Open Exhibition
on now until 22nd September 2024 Recurs daily
‘A Moment of Despair’ by Peter Clarke
Image supplied by: Hannah Hossack, photographer
The annual Open Exhibition at the Ferens Art Gallery has celebrated the creativity of local amateur and professional artists since 1967.
Each year the Open Exhibition provides an exciting opportunity for artists to display and sell artwork. Visitors can expect to see a fascinating array of artwork including impressive paintings, photography and textiles, as well as a number of striking sculptures and ceramics, most of which will be for sale.
Artworks in the Ferens Open can be purchased throughout the duration of the exhibition.
A catalogue for £3 is available from the gallery.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Friends and BSB Architecture
2024 Open Exhibition – Hull Museums and Galleries
Open Exhibition People’s Vote
The winner of this year’s People’s Vote is Deborah Grice with ‘As We Flow‘ A huge congratulations to Deborah! The painting is available to purchase and can be viewed in the gallery until the exhibition closes on 22nd September.
Key Date for Artists
Collection of unsold artwork: Saturday 28th September – Sunday 6th October 2024
The Open Exhibition is accompanied by a public programme with visitors having the opportunity to meet the artists –
Meet the Artist
Layla Jabbari
Local artist, Layla Jabbari, hosted a talk at the gallery as part of the wider programme for the Open Exhibition. Layla discussed their work ‘I thought Pears Belle Helene’ he told Eve’.
Zivarna Murphy
Local artist, Zivarna Murphy, gave a talk at the gallery as part of the wider programme for the Open Exhibition. Zivarna discussed their work ‘Shale Vessel’ and brought items of their work as examples of their artistic process.
Thursday 19th September, 2.00pm – Paul Deighton
Join artist Paul Deighton for a 10 minute artist talk
Local artist, Paul Deighton, will host a talk at the gallery as part of the wider programme for the Open Exhibition. Paul will discuss their work ‘Sweet Dreamer’ and will be able to answer questions.
This talk will be BSL interpreted.
Join one of the artists in this year’s Open Exhibition for a 10-minute talk during which you will learn about their working practice as an artist.
Free Drop-in
For more information visit our website: www.hullmuseums.co.uk
This year the Young Artist Open exhibition will celebrate its 20th Anniversary
on now until 22nd September 2024 Recurs daily.
The exhibition has been held annually at the Ferens Art Gallery since 2004 and celebrates the creative talent of young people in Hull and the surrounding area. Artworks are submitted by individuals, schools, and local community groups, aged 15 and under.
Prizes in three age categories have been sponsored by the Friends of the Ferens and the Hull and East Riding Branch of The Arts Society.
The winners of the Friends of the Ferens 6 and under category in this years Young Artist Open Exhibition are:
3rd Prize: Joey Hodder, aged 6, Giraffe 2nd Prize: Tabatha Thomas, aged 6, Beautiful World 1st Prize: Aleksandra Danilink, age 6, Happiness.
Congratulations everyone!
The winners of the Friends of the Ferens 7 to 11 years category in this years Young Artist Open Exhibition are:
3rd Prize: Sophia Moody, age 8, The Jamaican birds 2nd Prize: Charvi Jyothi, aged 10, self-portrait 1st Prize: Emilia Nicolini, aged 10, Eyes
Amazing work!
The winners of the Friends of the Ferens 12 to 15 years category in this year’s Young Artist Open Exhibition are:
3rd Prize: Daisy Annabell Brown, aged 13, The Mask 2nd Prize: Charlie Storey, aged 13, Watercolour Eagle 1st Prize: Amy Oglesby, aged 12, The Honey Bee
Great work!
We have launched a range of exclusive Future Ferens T Shirts, only available in the Ferens shop (see below).
These T-shirts have been designed by Future Ferens member, artist Lucy Brooke, and were the result of a design challenge set to the group to develop designs that would match the purposeful optimism of the Future Ferens project. Once designs were submitted, the group voted upon the one to go forward with, which in this case, was Lucy’s! There is only a limited edition of these available, so if you are looking for an extra special gift, and want to support emerging talent in the city, pop down to the Ferens Art Gallery shop, before they all get snaffled! There could be more Future Ferens merchandise available over the coming months, so watch this space.
As ever, if you know any young people, that are interested in art, and would like to learn more about how a World class art gallery is curated and how it operates all whilst adding valuable skills to their CV, do please point them to our Instagram page @futureferens, or for more information, ask them to contact dom.heffer@hcandl.co.uk.
Seen and Unseen
Image: Nahem Shoa, Head of Dan, 2008, Oil on linen
© the artist
18th October 2024 – 26th January 2025
Seen and Unseen is a contemporary figurative art exhibition that explores the themes of race, identity, gender and diversity, nature and climate change, through the works of outstanding artists.
The exhibition Seen and Unseen, aims to promote artists that haven’t yet been fully recognised for their achievements, and questions who has ‘not been allowed in’ to the artworld.
This exhibition showcases the work of two pioneering artists, Desmond Haughton and Nahem Shoa, who for over 35 years have made identity and the human condition their themes. They have been shining a light on a part of British society, which the establishment and art world did not see. The surface of their work belies how politically loaded the message behind these works. Through their work Shoa and Haughton have made the invisible visible in all its beauty and complexity.
The exhibition will include works from the Ferens’ collection, bringing out stories through new interpretations by juxtaposing them with loans of work by important women and artists of colour. This exhibition aims to celebrate the best of British contemporary figurative art in its rich variety of styles, but unifying all these artists is a desire to explore new possibilities in art for the 21st century. This exhibition will tell new stories about our place in society today, help give a voice to the next generation, and make them feel relevant to British culture.
Reflections on Being a part of a Black Activist Photography movement in the 1980’s & 1990’s
Thursday 9th January 2025 • Free, drop-in
The talk is BSL interpreted.
Echoes of Our Heritage
Friday 4th October – Sunday 26th January 2025
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.
Free drop-in and celebrate this rich musical legacy and discover how the echoes of the past continue to shape the music of today.
https://www.hullmuseums.co.uk/museum-events/echoes-of-our-heritage
Hull’s Lost Zoological Gardens –
A Hull History Nerd Talk
Saturday 12th October 2024 – 1.00p.m.
Before Pearson Park, before East Park, Hull had a Zoological Gardens, and while it is long gone, scattered memories of it can be found around the Spring Bank area! Join local historian and YouTuber Jamie Topliss-Yates (aka Hull History Nerd) to discover the story of Hull’s Lost Zoological Gardens. There will also be an opportunity at the end of the talk for a Q&A.
Ticketed £3.00 • Click below for further details:
https://www.hullmuseums.co.uk/museum-events/hulls-lost-zoological-gardens-a-hull-history-nerd-talk
Lionesses of Hull
On now until Sunday 23rd February 2025
Explore the rich history of women’s football in Hull through the lives of Carol Thomas and Flo Bilton.
Lionesses of Hull is an exhibition which will explore the life in football of Carol Thomas, England defender from 1974 – 1985 and captain from 1976 – 1985. It will also touch on the life and work of Flo Bilton, also from Hull, co-founder of the Womens Football League who set up the Reckitt & Colman team that Carol played for early in her career.
As part of this project we are commissioning a film featuring interviews with different generations of women’s footballers in the local area about how they got into it, why they play and their experiences.
Free drop-in
https://www.hullmuseums.co.uk/museum-events/lionesses-of-hull
Hull Maritime Museum has commissioned a significant new portrait as part of their plans for refurbished galleries, thanks to National Lottery players.
The museum, recognising the underrepresentation of women within its collection, has chosen to commission established portrait artist Ruth Fitton to create a portrait of Karolina Jabrzyk, a Humber Pilot 1st Class for Associated British Ports (ABP) Humber. This remarkable work will honour the critical contributions of women in the maritime industry today.
The portrait, once completed, will be prominently displayed within the museum, celebrating both the essential work of women like Karolina in the maritime sector and the critical role all the Humber Pilots continue to perform.
An initial sitting has already taken place, with Ruth Fitton capturing the essence of Karolina through photographs and an initial small oil sketch. The final, larger portrait is expected to take the rest of the year to complete, followed by several months of waiting before it can be varnished and framed.
Ruth Fitton starts the small sketch
Councillor Mike Ross, Leader of Hull City Council, said: “We’re really excited to commission this new contemporary portrait for our new displays within the refurbished Hull Maritime Museum. This commission has been made possible thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the wider Hull Maritime project.
“Ruth Fitton’s extraordinary skill is a fitting way of celebrating the crucial work and the important contribution Karolina and all Humber Pilots continue to do, guiding ships through the notoriously challenging waters of the Humber.”
Karolina Jabrzyk, who has served as a Pilot First Class at ABP Humber for several years, expressed her pride in being selected for this honour, she said: “I felt very proud and appreciated to be asked to appear in the gallery.
“ABP and my managers have always been very supportive of these initiatives and are committed to promoting women in the maritime industry. It’s wonderful that the Maritime Museum and especially Robin, the curator who is very enthusiastic about this project, also recognise women who work in the maritime sector on an equal footing with men.
“They commissioned an outstanding London artist, Ruth Fitton, to paint my portrait, which was an amazing experience. I am looking forward to seeing my portrait in the museum and hope more women will be encouraged to take up a maritime or port role, and those already in the sector feel noticed by this publicity.”
Simon Bird, Regional Director for the Humber ports, shared his enthusiasm, he said: “What an honour for Karolina to have been asked to sit for her portrait. We are looking forward to seeing the finished result and are very pleased that ABP could support the Maritime Museum.
“Our message is clear – there are a wide range of important roles at the ports for women, and we want those already in the sector to feel valued by this recognition. We are committed to promoting diversity and fostering inclusivity and have initiatives aimed at improving recruitment to demystify what has been traditionally seen as a male-dominated world.”
Ruth Fitton ROI is a portrait painter with strong Yorkshire roots. Self-taught, she has gained awards from around the globe and has exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery in London, Sotheby’s New York, and the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona. She is an elected member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Portrait Society of America.
Ruth Fitton, Portrait Painter, said: “The depiction of women in contemporary art is a subject very close to my heart. I’m delighted to be working with Hull Maritime Museum to create a portrait of a highly skilled and courageous woman, to be added to their permanent collection.“
Hull Maritime Museum invites the public to follow the progress of this exciting new addition to their collection and looks forward to unveiling the portrait later next year.
News from Beverley Art Gallery –
visit to an artist’s studio
Beverley Art Gallery curator Hannah Willetts was recently awarded a Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grant with Art Fund to visit the studio of internationally renowned artist David Remfry MBE. The Curatorial Grant allowed Hannah to visit Remfry’s studio and archive in London. Hannah spent time with the artist and worked alongside exhibition curator Dr Gerardine Mulcahy-Parker and David Remfry’s studio manager Caroline Hansberry. The gallery will hold a major retrospective in Spring 2025 celebrating the Royal Academician’s work, in a return to Yorkshire where his career began.
Charm of Ink, an exhibition by the Confucius Institute
A display of Chinese paintings and watercolour art by teachers and students of the Confucius Institute is currently being shown between Teaching Rooms 3 and 4 on the ground floor of the Library.
It serves as a vibrant celebration of Chinese culture, showcasing the rich artistic traditions that have flourished for centuries. The artworks on display are the passionate expressions of both teachers and students of the Confucius Institute, reflecting a harmonious blend of traditional techniques and contemporary perspectives.
This exhibition is on now until Sunday 29th September, during the Library’s opening hours.
https://www.hull.ac.uk/choose-hull/study-at-hull/library/gallery/exhibition-space
The land, located next to Drypool Bridge, is part of the East Bank Urban Village project, for which the council is actively seeking a development partner.
Hull’s Vibrant Street Art and Graffiti Scene celebrated in Summer Exhibition
A new exhibition at Humber Street Gallery, Live Like Legends, will showcase four decades of Hull’s vibrant street art and graffiti scene this summer.
Spanning two floors, the show explores the joys and complexities of this unique form of public expression, which has had a striking presence in Hull since the early 1980s.
Live Like Legends will run from until 22nd September, at Humber Street Gallery on Hull’s Marina.
Live Like Legends will feature newly commissioned artworks from several generations of artists who have significantly shaped this cultural movement over the past forty years. The exhibition includes an immersive, multimedia installation of curated mementos, photography, and previously unseen archive footage. It explores the crossover between the street art scene and other aspects of street and youth culture, alongside society more broadly.
In addition to the exhibition at Humber Street Gallery, in collaboration with Ground Gallery, funding from Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants programme has been secured to deliver further work across Hull in August and September 2024.
A wide range of community engagement will include city-wide art workshops, demonstrations, artist talks and guided walks. Three additional exhibitions will also take place in alternative venues across the city:
• A residency and exhibition at Ground will delve into the region’s long history of street art and its role in social change.
• An open-call exhibition at Brew will provide opportunities for younger artists who have not previously exhibited their work.
• A third satellite exhibition will highlight the international connections that Hull’s Street artists have developed and ambitious projects they have initiated.
Find out more by visiting the Humber Street Gallery website.
Stubbs 300
An exhibition featuring three contemporary artists who carry on the Stubbs legacy of investigation and observation of the natural world
On now until 15th September 2024
The Ropewalk, Maltkiln Road, Barton upon Humber, DN18 5JT
www.the-ropewalk.co.uk
STEAM POWER – The Story of Fish, Ships & Chips
6th – 22nd September
The development of the steam engine in the nineteenth century brought radical change to the centuries’ old fishing industry in Scarborough. Fishing and its related activities provided work for many Scarborough men, women and children and the ‘Steam Revolution’ changed their way of life forever.
This exhibition acknowledges two key aspects of the town’s sea fishing history before the advent of steam power – the medieval fishing boom, reflected in the Royal Charter granting Scarborough Fair in the reign of King Henry III, and ‘coble’ fishing, which survived from the medieval period until recent times.
It goes on to focus on the varied and immense impact of the coming of the railways and the wider Steam Revolution on Scarborough’s fisherfolk in the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. Finally, to bring the story closer to our own times, it looks at the challenges faced by the industry in the twentieth century, the replacement of steam power by the internal combustion engine and dramatic changes which the industry has experienced since World War II.
This exhibition has been developed in partnership with Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre.
Thursday – Sunday 11am – 4pm Admission Free
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Sarah Kirby: A Printmaker’s Landscape
– YSP Centre
About Sarah Kirby: A Printmaker’s Landscape
The Hepworth Wakefield is excited to share its exhibition programme for 2024/25, showcasing the very best in contemporary art and rigorously researched explorations of 20th-century art. Exhibition entry is free for Members, Wakefield District residents and under 18s.
Sylvia Snowden: Painting Humanity
on now until 3rd November 2024
Sylvia Snowden: Painting Humanity is the first public gallery exhibition in Europe of African-American painter Sylvia Snowden’s work. Presenting a selection of work from a career that spans six decades, this exhibition includes large early paintings through to more recent works.
Snowden works with oil paint and pastels as well as acrylic and collage to create her expressionist, distorted, monumental figures, capturing the psychological essence of her subjects – their triumphs, torments, joys and pains – in thick impasto, the technique where paint is laid on an area of the surface thickly.
https://hepworthwakefield.org/
THE FRIENDS OF THE FERENS ART GALLERY
Please click the link below to view a detailed explanation of the Friends and the role of the Friends Trustees
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