February Exhibition - Art After Loss
Tuesday 31st January - Saturday 25th February
A multimedia exhibition exploring our connection to one another, love, loss, and personal responses to bereavement and grief.
Everyone experiences bereavement and loss, and everyone will feel different. This exhibition shows the breadth of emotion, thoughts and responses to loss and features artwork from many different artists and creators.
”Death, loss, and change in our life create space for something new to emerge. Without these things there is no growth or renewal, they are as magic and sacred as birth and life itself.”
– Lucia Pec
Tittyboty by Vicky Gill
Supported by Full Circle Funerals, this exhibition features contributions from a wide range of people, from professional artists to adults or children who have never consider themselves to be artists, to share their expression of loss through art.
The art shared in the exhibition covers many mediums, from drawings and paintings, to photograph, poems, collages, fabric and textile creations to short film and documentary.
As part of this exhibition, we are showing two short films:
Breathe by Mary P Crowther
Moving: The Story of a Home
by Caroline Scott
Caroline says, “This film captures a moment in time. Roslynn was our family home, my parents lived here for almost 45 years. Our Mum died in November 2020, and our Dad died in September 2021.”
“Once the house was empty I found herself dancing in the space, processing in the best way I could what had been a difficult few years. Memories come and go, each room had its own particular flavour. I spent a day dancing whilst Sarah filmed.”
“Two days later I handed in the keys to the next owner. Moving memories, shifting emotions, sensing this moment.”
Goodnight, Friend
by Rowenna J Baldwin
Rowenna says, “Filming Goodnight, Friend took us from the rugged Pennines and rolling valleys of Lancashire to the quaint beauty of the Cotswolds. The people we met may live miles apart, but one thing brought them together – their shared experience of love and loss.”
“It takes great courage to talk to a stranger about grief, and it was an honour to hear their stories. In turn, I shared my own story of losing Plume - my horse and friend of 21 years – the inspiration behind this film.”
“I hope that Goodnight, Friend will bring comfort to those who need it and bring an understanding of this topic to a wider audience.”
These films will be being shown in the Town Hall in the Waterfront Hall from 2pm on any day that is not in use with an event. Please contact the office on 01422 417300 or email us to check when it is being shown.
