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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.

PAW at BAAM

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
Project Art Works will be joining a host of artists, makers and designers at Bottle Alley Art Market (BAAM) this August. With a pop up shop selling original works, prints and cards, we will be offering an opportunity to buy work by Project Art Works artists. Being part of BAAM in 2023 was such a positive experience for our community. Mixing with other local creatives and raising awareness in such a unique location.

Creative Workshop at Nottingham Castle

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
Patricia Finnegan, Artist Development Lead at Project Art Works, will be at Nottingham Castle on Tuesday 20 August for a creative workshop, coordinated by the Kaleidoscopic Realms curators. The workshop is inspired by the work of Michelle Roberts, an artist from the Project Art Works studio in Hastings, and whose work is in the exhibition. All ages and abilities welcome, and suitable for families to take part. This session is FREE, but please book your space by visiting eventbrite.

Residential, a publication

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
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Project Art Works are launching a new publication, Residential, a catalogue of two exhibitions that celebrate beginnings and endings. Residential at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (23 September 2023 – 25 February 2024) represented the culmination of a two-year collaboration between the Baltic and Project Art Works but also some of the final acts of Explorers, a seven-year project of art, discourse and activism in the UK and internationally, through which Project Art Works and its partners foregrounded the lives, art and experience of neurominorities.

Celebrating Explorers

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
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Autograph and Project Art Works warmly invite you to join us in celebrating the EXPLORERS project and its communities as the project comes to a close. EXPLORERS is a dynamic collaborative programme of art and action that opens up routes into artistic practice for neurominorities, dismantling attitudinal and systemic barriers to representation and rights in art and society. Monday 29th July 4pm – Quieter early opening 5pm – 7pm – Speeches, drinks and shop open

How Art Works

From Jessica Courtney Bennett at projectartworks.org
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How Art Works, Stories of Supported Studios by Dr Chloe Watern has been published by Routledge. “We do not know what we do not know. We do not see what we do not see. We do not hear what we do not hear. This book redresses ongoing invisibility and silence. At the same time, it challenges modes of thinking that seek to classify and define. Through stories of particular people and practices, I conceptualise art as a mode of being, a way of communing with the world, and each other within it.