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PAW Christmas Market

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
Project Art Works will be setting up a pop up shop at the Observer Building Christmas Market in Hastings on Saturday 7th December. We will be selling original pieces of art works, prints and books. Come down and say hi! Open from 11.00 – 17.00. Find the Observer Building at 53 Cambridge Road here. Can’t make the Christmas Market? You can still buy gifts from Project Art Works via Untitled Gallery.

Changing Place Toilet Funded

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
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Project Art Works has been awarded the Hastings Skills Capital Fund. We have received over £70,000 for a lift and Changing Place facilities to be installed in the newly built Arch 3 which is due to reopen in summer 2025. Image: Architect drawing of the Project Art Works Changing Place, August 2023, courtesy of Adams & Sutherland (click to enlarge) One of eleven projects designed to support training and boost employability across Hastings and Rother, this funding is a share of Government funding worth £1 million.

The Stimming Pool

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
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The Stimming Pool, directed by The Neurocultures Collective (a collective of neurodiverse directors; Sam Chown Ahern, Georgia Bradburn, Benjamin Brown, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Lucy) and Steven Eastwood, has been selected by film festivals nationally and internationally. “The Stimming Pool is a unique film exploring a world shaped by neurodiverse perspectives. The narrative unfolds through an autistic camera, capturing diverse subjects navigating environments both challenging and comforting. Characters, some concealing their autism, others thriving in their communities, share a common goal: finding a space free from societal norms—the Stimming Pool.

I Hear You, Mikhail Karikis

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
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A film featuring five artists from Project Art Works and those closest to them is currently being screened as part of The Whole World in our Hands in Toronto, Canada. The Blackwood gallery have worked with curator Jacqui Usiskin on this multi site installation across the University of Toronto Mississauga. Images: Mikhail Karikis, I Hear You, 2019/2024. Special edition for The Blackwood. Single-channel video without sound, 20:57. Originally commissioned by De la Warr Pavilion and Project Art Works, UK.

Make Studio Exhibition

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
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Five of Project Art Works artists have had work selected for an online exhibition, Cordially Invited, curated by Make Studio. Make Studio is a supported studio based in Baltimore and the online exhibition is running alongside a physical one that is open at the same time. The artists whose work has been selected are: Gemma, Lucy Jenion, Mark Lockton, George Smith and Jakob Wright. Visit the online exhibition here: make-studio.

Hello Halo by Ruby Colley

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
‘Hello Halo’ is a new work composed by Ruby Colley for Exaudi Ensemble. The composition has been devised with her brother, Paul Colley, who is non-speaking & is an artist at Project Art Works. The process examines the intimate complexity of neurodiversity and sibling relationships as well as unconventional methods of communication. Collaborating with Paul has informed a compositional score formed of memories, sounds and non-language based communication. It explores the intimate dynamics of caregiving and sibling dynamics alongside alternative communication methods.

Art Breaks October

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
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Join Project Art Works for our Art Breaks this October half term. Art Breaks focusses on children and young people with complex needs, alongside their parents, carers and siblings. These sessions will take place at the Project Art Works studio in Hastings on Tuesday 29th, Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st October. There are two sessions per day, 10.30 -12.00 and 13.30 – 15.00. To apply please use the link below and complete the form by 17.

Arches Development

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
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The contractors Hawes are on site at Project Art Works and the development of the Arches is under way. The works will greatly improve the Arches, resurface the front yard and provide completely new studio spaces in Arch 3 (the one nearest the railway line). If all goes well the site will look something like this by mid April 2025: The funders for the Arches development are: Arts Council England, Wolfson Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, Clothworkers Foundation, Foyle Foundation, and Levelling Up Partnership funding (who have also funded some of the development work at Trinity Hall as well as the Architectural Heritage Fund).

Michelle & Sid Writing

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
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For the exhibition Kaleidoscopic Realms at Nottingham Castle we were asked to commission two writers to comment on the practice and work of Michelle Roberts and Siddharth Gadiyar. The writing is used in the exhibition programme which you can download here: Kaleidoscopic Realms Booklet. We approached Tony Colley, who was an Artist Lead working with Michelle for many years in the Project Art Works studio. Tony wrote: When first encountering the works of Michelle Roberts the visual feast in front of us draws us into a world that bridges our engagement with her imaginative reality, a reality we share.

KIN screening in Hastings

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
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KIN, directed by Tim Corrigan and Esther Springett, will be screened at Electric Palace Cinema in Hastings on Sunday 22nd September. About KIN Growing up Mell wished her autistic brother could speak – now, in adulthood, she realises you don’t have to talk to explain what you need. KIN is a coming of age story between two sisters (Mell and Janine) and their neurodivergent and autistic brother (Carl), exploring sibling relationships, family duty and care.