Art et al. X Cromwell Place: Season One
Cromwell Place, London SW7 2JE | March 16 - 27, 2022
‘Season One’ exhibition in BSL interpretation by Rebecca Vaughan
Walkthrough of ‘Season One’ at Cromwell Place. Press CC to put the subtitles on.
Events
Who Are We Now: Creative Zine Workshop
Saturday, March 18, Public | Monday, March 20, ArtBox | Tuesday, March 21, ActionSpace
Gallery visitors and artists from the supported studios Artbox and ActionSpace were invited to create a one-page artwork, text, or other creative outputs in response to the theme "Who Are We Now", which will form part of an online PDF documenting everyone’s responses. These creative responses will be combined with additional pages made during a workshop at Art et al.’s Melbourne exhibition at Arts Project Australia in 2021.
Digitial Zine Coming Soon
Who Are We Now: Digital Existence, Identity + Collaboration
Sunday, March 27, 2-3pm | Panel discussion with Billy Mann, John Powell-Jones and Cherelle Sappleton
An informal panel discussion reflecting on creativity and connectedness during Covid. Following an overview of Art et al. from its Co-Founder, Lisa Slominski, the panelists shared their experiences participating in an Art et al. collaboration and how their digital experience may have informed their wider practice, perceptions about disability, as well as a larger discussion on how Covid has changed us and our opportunities. Panelists include artists Cherelle Sappleton, John Powell-Jones, and Billy Mann from Submit to Love Studios.
Who Are We Now, Panel Discussion. Subtitles available.
Art et al. is proud to announce its first UK exhibition, Season One at Cromwell Place, London. The exhibition is presented as part of the UK/Australia Season 2021-22, a joint initiative from the British Council and the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Season One will highlight several international commissions, collaborations, and artists featured during our first year of programming.
In line with Art et al.'s ethos of championing a more neurodiverse contemporary art world, Season One will exhibit neurodivergent, intellectually and learning-disabled artists, alongside their non-disabled peers. A focus of the exhibition will be the work produced during five Peer/Peer collaborations – digital residencies pairing international artists with and without disabilities. Artists discussed in our commissioned published texts, including in essays by Jennifer Higgie, Francesca Gavin, and Katrina Schwarz, will also be featured.
Celebrating the diversity of cultures in both countries, British and Australian exhibiting artists will include David James, Alasdair McLuckie, Thom Roberts, Cherelle Sappleton, Holly Stevenson, Sandra Lott, Emily Ferretti, Georgia Szmerling, Alan Constable, Andrew Omoding, Nnena Kalu, Barry Anthony Finan, Eden Kötting, Matt Robertson, Matthew Clarke, Lisa Reid, Emily Dober, Anthony Romagnano, and John Powell-Jones. Select exhibiting artists work with the following supported studios: ActionSpace, London; Venture Arts, Manchester; Submit to Love Studios, London; Arts Project Australia, Melbourne; Studio A, Sydney; Project Art Works, Hastings, and Art Gusto, Geelong.
Further Art et al. initiatives including Curating Collections and our Curatorial Mentorships will be reflected in Season One, through printed material and events. These projects included Australian artist Michael Camakaris working with the Cranford Collection, one of Europe’s most significant private collections of contemporary art; and London curator and researcher Stella Sideli mentoring Melbourne-based artist Eden Menta.
Art et al. will be hosting a workshop for visitors on Saturday 19 March exploring the UK/Australia Season 2021-22 theme of Who Are We Now?. Visitors will get the chance to create a page, in a variety of materials, to feature in a zine that will be produced following the exhibition. We will also host a panel discussion with artists and curators who participated in our first year of programming, on the final day of the exhibition, Sunday 27 March.
A major programme of cultural exchange taking place across the two nations, Art et al.’s UK/AU Season programming, including Season One is supported by the British Council and the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. With thanks to our venue partnership with Cromwell Place, our additional funding from the Aesop Foundation and the Australian Council for the Arts; our founders Jennifer Lauren Gallery, Slominski Projects and Arts Project Australia; and to curator Katrina Schwarz for inspiring the launch of Art et al.
Sales of artworks and limited edition prints support the artists, studios and future programming of Art et al.
Accessibility
CROMWELL PLACE
The accessible entrance is located on Thurloe Place.
Cromwell Place welcomes and caters to visitors and Members of all neurological and physical abilities.
Ramps, as well as accessible lifts, toilets and entrances are in place. If any of these are required, please message frontdesk@cromwellplace.com and our team will be in touch.
Due to the Grade II Listed nature of the buildings, there are certain galleries that do not currently allow step-free access. These are Gallery 5, Gallery 8, Gallery 12 and Wing Gallery. Cromwell Place apologise for this in advance and are working to make their spaces as accessible as possible.
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