Thanks to Ceri for this latest news from Quay Arts, Ed
Quay Arts’ youth group Young Quay have invited UK based artists to submit work responding to the theme ‘self’; an exhibition entirely created by Young Quay.
With ‘selfie’ becoming word of the year in 2013 and making its way into the Oxford dictionaries, Young Quay aimed to reflect on this by producing an exhibition titled ‘self’.
Young Quay invited artists from ages 13+ (no end age limit) to respond to the theme ‘self’. Artists have submitted works, which explore ‘self’ in its traditional sense, through portraiture and some through more ambiguous and contemporary methods.
Exhibition in the West Gallery
Twenty-eight artists have now been selected to exhibit their work in The West Gallery at Quay Arts. Artist ages range from 17 to over 70 with the majority of submissions coming from the Isle of Wight as well as submissions from Fareham, London and Lincoln.
Works range from paintings to photography, film works to 3D installations as well as interactive pieces. One artist will be selected for a cash prize of £250.
Exhibiting artists:
Those selected were:
India Burr-Hersey / Sophia Whittle / Jess Jolliffe / James Lord / Paul Shutler / Beth Davis-Hofbauer / Lisa Mitchell / Karen Grainger / Melanie Swan / Ka Gray / Hannah Newman / Eve Ratsey / Alix Poscharsky / Harriet Bradley / Howard Hardiman / Georgia Holman / Marisa Nolan / Julian Winslow / Frances Noctor / Laura Hathaway / Lauren Hamer / Cara Goodrem / Paul Windridge / Rebekah Furmidge / Lucy Grimes / Abi Mackett / Josefine Petersson / Ella Souter
When
Exhibition: Saturday 1 March – Saturday 19 April 2014
Preview: Saturday 1 March 2014 6 – 8pm
Gallery Talk and Prize Giving: Thursday 10 April 2014 6 – 7pm
Image: The Quay Arts Young Quay Team L to R (top) Bryony Young, Alys Schirmer, India Munday, Alice Armfield, Ellie Wescott (front) Kathryn Attrill, Debbie Chessell, Kirsty Groves
