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VISUAL ArTS
ExHIBITIONS
EMPOwErING ArT: INDIGENOUS CrEATIVITY AND ACTIVISM FrOM NOrTH AMErICA’S NOrTHwEST COAST
Sunday 12 March–Sunday 30 July Sainsbury Centre
Empowering Art is a ground-breaking exhibition of rich but rarely seen artworks, bringing together exceptional contemporary and historical pieces from across the Northwest Coast of North America.
For ticket information see sainsburycentre.ac.uk
Presented by the Sainsbury Centre
JULIAN STAIR
ArT, DEATH AND THE AFTErLIFE
Saturday 18 March–
Sunday 17 September
Sainsbury Centre
Leading ceramic artist, Julian Stair OBE, presents new works in Art, Death and the Afterlife. Created in response to the global pandemic, Stair offers commemoration and solace for those who have died and lost loved ones.
Free
Presented by the Sainsbury Centre wASTE NOT…..
Saturday 18 March–Saturday
15 July, GroundWork Gallery, King’s Lynn
An exhibition redefining what waste means through creative approaches to the problems of resource use and resilience. Including works by Jan Eric Visser, Liz Elton, Kai Losgott and Rain Wu. GroundWork Gallery share innovative ideas towards a goal of environmental sustainability. Free
Presented by GroundWork Gallery
Ex-VOTO
Saturday 1 April–Sunday 28 May
PRIMEYARC, Great Yarmouth
Lucy and Sarah have undertaken a pilgrimage along the Mary ley line, using the journey as a feminist quest for embodied learning and producing collaborative work. The exhibition at PRIMEYARC will present contributions from people they’ve worked with in the last three years.
Free
Presented by originalprojects;
Jacob Talkowski
404 NM/H INTO THE HOrIzON
Thursday 20 April–Sunday 28 May, Private view Thursday 20 April, 6pm, OUTPOST Gallery
Great Yarmouth born, Talkowski interrogates what it means to be from flatlands at the edge of both the land and the socioeconomic systems at play.
Free
Presented by OUTPOST
MAKE BOOKS NOT wAr
Friday 28 April–
Saturday 3 June 2023
East Gallery, Norwich University of the Arts
Make Books Not War explores the world of book design, artists’ books, zines, radical pamphlets, and the stories they embody. Original art sits alongside recently commissioned works for Strangers Press.
Free
Presented by Norwich University of the Arts
GEMMA CORRELL I HAVE NO IDEA wHAT I AM DOING
Friday 12 May–Saturday 24 June
The Corn Hall, Diss
Gemma Correll is an illustrator, cartoonist and writer. Her cartoons portray serious subjects in a witty way, addressing feminism and mental health. Gemma has published four books and illustrated many more. This will be her first solo exhibition in the UK.
Free
Presented by The Corn Hall, Diss
GLEN JAMIESON & ROB FILBY wALL ExISTING
Saturday 13 May–Sunday 14 January 2024, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Julian Stair, Figural Jars, Artist’s Studio, 2022 © Matthew Warner
Wall Existing is an exhibition exploring Norwich’s medieval wall by artists Glen Jamieson and Rob Filby. The exhibition includes contemporary photography, as well as a Risograph-printed installation documenting the wall. The work is inspired by the archive of Norwich-based photographer George Plunkett (1913-2006) who began his own documentary survey of the wall in the 1930s.
Standard museum admission
Presented by Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
ANNE BEAN
IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS
Friday 26–Sunday 28 May
Saturday 27 May: Main Event
A return coach runs from Norwich to Walsingham on Saturday 27 May, more details online Walsingham, known for a miraculous happening, provides a unique context for artists’ visions. The audience become ‘pilgrims,’ led through the village, encountering performances, actions, demonstrations and films, plus an installation by Richard Wilson. A day-long event creates a basis for shared dialogue, conviviality and reflection ‘in search of the miraculous.’
Free
wALKS
wALL ExISTING
OPENING EvENT
Saturday 13 May, 12pm
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Join writer and critic Jonathan P. Watts on a walk around a section of Norwich’s city walls to mark the opening of the exhibition, Wall Existing. All participants will be provided with a free voucher for exhibition entry.
Free, pre-booked tickets only.
Free entry to Norwich Castle Museum for ticket holders
Presented by Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
R ACHEL AND KRZYSZTOF FIJALKOWSKI
OPEN SECrETS: UNExPECTED ArT IN NOrwICH
Sunday 14 May, 11am & 2pm
Starts at The Assembly House
Join us for an hour’s guided walk around central Norwich to explore a few of the city’s public artworks. These sculptures, monuments and ornaments are in plain view but easy to miss: we’ll be considering their stories, but also how they suggest a secret history of meetings and imaginary meanings.
Free, pre-booked tickets only
Presented by The Assembly House Trust
NOrwICH ArT PATH
Saturday 20 May, 12pm, 1pm & 2pm
Starts at Norwich Castle
A guided walk from Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery to Sainsbury Centre. Audiences will experience provocations and interventions specially commissioned from artists along the route of a proposed art path connecting University of East Anglia with the city centre.
Free, pre-booked tickets only Free entry to Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery for ticket holders
The Norwich Art Path is an initiative of Sainsbury Centre for v isual Arts, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Galleryand Norfolk & Norwich Festival
wOrKSHOPS wASTE wEEKEND
Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 May, 2pm, GroundWork Gallery, King’s Lynn
GroundWork Gallery presents a weekend of waste exploration workshops involving artists from its Waste Not exhibition.
Saturday 20 May
MYCELIUM GROWING WITH rAIN wU
Explore the world of mycelium growing.
Tickets £26
Sunday 21 May
RE vOICING & ORCHESTRATING WASTE WITH K AI LOSSGOTT
Create an orchestra from found waste objects.
Tickets £15
Group tickets available, see the website for details.
Talks
rIGHT HErE rIGHT NOw
Thursday 25 May, 6pm OUTPOST Studios
OUTPOST presents a panel discussion of arts professionals in conversation, including Jacob Talkowski, to discuss the landscape of the Norwich arts scene, art in a cost of living crisis and career paths in the creative industries.
Free pre-booked tickets only
Presented by OUTPOST
wILL GOMPErTz IN CONVErSATION wITH rANA BEGUM
Saturday 27 May, 7pm Norwich School Blake Studio
Join Barbican Artistic Director and former BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz in conversation with London-based artist Rana Begum. Begum’s visual language draws from the urban landscape as well as geometric patterns from traditional Islamic art and architecture.
Tickets £10 U18/YoungNNF £7.50
Presented by Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society
We are an arts charity, alongside our May Festival we work year round and region-wide on a programme of creative engagement, artist development and improving the cultural offer for children and young people.
