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Visual arts report with Pat Douglas – February 2021

1st February 2021

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Pat Douglas intro

Interview with Lisa Anderson (Stephan Wakefield)

The gallery is closed but the exhibition can be viewed through the gallery window
or online by visiting the new website: https://wellhousegallery.co.uk/https://www.facebook.com/pg/wellhousegallery/photos/?ref=page_internal

The Great Big Art Exhibition

People across the UK are being invited to make works of art to put up in their front windows to create the nation’s largest ever exhibition – a celebration of creativity to counter the gloom of the pandemic. People will be encouraged to draw, paint, sculpt, build or create their own artwork and put it up in their front windows, on their front door, balcony or garden.

The Great Big Art Exhibition was launched on 28th January 2021 will a call to the nation to creat a work. Leading artists will choose a different them each fortnight. The opening theme, chosen by Antony Gormley will be animals, with portraits chosen by Sonia Boyce to follow. Other artists supporting the project include Etel Adnan, Simone Fattal, Anish Kapoor, Tai Shani, Jeremy Deller, David Shirgley, Ai Weiwei and Ryan Gander. People can work as individuals or as a community by joining up virtually with their street, school, temple, church, shopping centre or football team to produce a memorable and exciting artwork.

Presented by Firstsite, Colchester to celebrate its 10^th anniversary and supported by the Plus Tate Network which includes leading museums and galleries across the UK, artworks can be made of anything, and Firstsite will be making key works from across the UK available for download – to use as a template, for colouring in or as an inspiration. The Directors of the National Gallery, Tate, British Museum, National Portrait Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, V&A, National Museums Liverpool, Royal Academy of Arts, the Ashmolean Museum, The Courtauld, The Wallace Collection, Arts Council Collection and museums and galleries across the country have selected works which they think will be inspiring.

Sally Shaw MBE, Director of Firstsite, said:

“The doors to our collections and galleries might be shut but our imaginations are forever open. Making, showing and experiencing art has created so much joy, connection and solace for many thousands of people. I can’t wait to see a brand new nationwide art gallery appearing before our eyes in coming days, weeks and months. This is sure to be an incredible expression of people’s creativity.”

A magical patchwork of national creativity will be revealed by the summer.
The Great Big Art Exhibition will be launched on 28 January 2021 and run through to the end of April 2021. Details of how to take part, including a free activity pack, are available from Essex arts organisation FirstSite. The Great Big Art Exhibition – Firstsite