The baby grows have all been washed, the front door step has been scrubbed clean the crib is made up and the baby is fully engaged and ready to be born. Our due date is Friday 2nd May, so please join us at The David Wright Gallery, Artsmill,Hebden Bridge from 6-9pm for the opening of The Egg The Womb The Head & The Moon exhibition and the birth of the project. We will be wetting the babies head and jumping for joy in celebration of this 42 week long on-line collaboration about art and the maternal. As well as amazing art work to enjoy there will be a poetry reading by Char March a performance by the Mo Brown and a screening of Tyven by Adele Myers.
The exhibition contains personal and powerful work exploring a diverse range of subjects about maternal experience including installation, drawing, print, sculpture, video, photography, sound, performance, poetry and text.
Exhibiting Artists include Adele Myers, Bird Jones and Heald, Char March, Eti Wade, Frances Earnshaw, Helen Sargeant, Janet Griffiths, Kaye Heyes, Lena Simic, Mo Brown, Paula Chambers, Paula McCloskey, Rebecca Lupton, Rachele Howard, Sally Barker, Tabitha Moses, Teresa Wilson, Tracey Kershaw.
The project website will also be shown as part of the exhibition and includes posts by Amy Dignam, Christina MacRae, Ellen Storm, Francesca Keayes, Jasmine Gauthier, Jodie Hawkes, Juliet Guiness, Kristen Fredricksson, Lizzie Philps, Marina Cavazza & Egle Kackute, Rachel Fallon, Rebecca Baillie and Rosemary Betterton.
The exhibition continues until 25th May and is open Wed-Sunday 11am-4pm. There are also associated talks, screenings, workshops and events see the events section on the website for further information.
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