HUMBER STREET GALLERY TOUR

Our day trip to Humber Street began at Chiltern Primary School. We left directly after Chat and Choose - a gathering that enables parents to catch up, access Fair Share food, health information and grab a cup of coffee. Chiltern’s amazing Liza Grieg and Rachel Gledhill walked us via various HU3 side streets all the way to the Marina. A route that helped us discover new places like where to buy good food and what happens in dry docks.

First stop was Humber St Gallery, where we drank lovely coffees while being introduced to the gallery's history. Most of us had never visited before, so we were a bit nervous, but a trip to the roof terrace [which is worth the stairs!] helped us feel at home. The exhibition New Contemporaries at the beginning left us a little puzzled, but as we started to talk and explore the artwork many of us were reminded of cultures, traditions, experiences from our pasts. Or homes in Ethiopia, Sudan and the Congo that now seem far away. Marcus the gallery guide told us more about the artists and he said he even learnt stuff

Next stop was FORM Shop and Studio, where owner Alice gave us a nice welcome and introduced us to artworks and artists made by people just like us. We even discovered the shop makes a puzzle of Hull, which made us laugh.

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»More of Luke’s ideas and reflections on introversion: yumpu.com/en/document/ read/66186385/field-notes-two

»A quiet person’s guide /the art of shouting quietly, Pete Mosely: ipetemosley.com/aquiet-persons-guide

»Shy Radical film directed by Tom Dream: shyradicalsfilm.com

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