Weekend Celebration of Creativity Programme
UKNA is delighted to showcase the culmination of a year-long project ‘Taking Place: People Place and Practice’ with twelve never-before-seen artworks that draw inspiration from the heart and soul of Lincoln. These remarkable creations are presented across the city, allowing both residents and visitors to experience the essence of Lincoln through the eyes of talented new artists.
Alongside the new artworks, we invite audiences to enjoy a collection of short films created by the New Artist Collective's members. Audiences can also discover inspiring contributions from young talents (14-19yrs) as part of our Creative Citizens programme as well as an exhibition in collaboration with The MashUP which celebrates contemporary artists from Lincoln and Lincolnshire.
All events are free.
In collaboration with Lincoln Arts Centre
Navigating the Journey for New Artists
Date: Friday 20 October 2023
Time: 10.00 - 16.30
Location: Lincoln Arts Centre, Brayford Pool, University of Lincoln, LN6 7TS
The ‘Navigating the Journey for New Artists’ symposium takes place during the UKNA ‘Weekend Celebration of Creativity’ which will be taking place across Lincoln City from 19th –21st October 2023. This event is timely as we are post-Brexit & Covid-19 and the sector is working alongside a new arts strategy of “Let's Create”. Lincoln Arts Centre x UK New Artists wish to discuss some of the key questions for new artists now and going forward in supporting and sustaining their practice and learning what we can do together and for each other.
Polly Brant
Deconstructing 'A' Workshop
Date: Friday 20 October
Time: 17.00 - 19.00
Location: Studio X, Lincoln Arts Centre, Brayford Pool, University of Lincoln, LN6 7TS
Using the Lincolnshire archives and collective research as a starting point Deconstructing 'A' is a collaborative community workshop exploring art education, where it happens and who it is for. There will be a focus on championing it to be within the community, inviting art education back into the everyday and shared spaces. This will happen through conversation, writing and making together.
The research began with an interest in the history of Art Schools within Lincoln and how art education has shifted over time. The workshop looks at how art education can have a positive future and continue to happen , with a focus on how we would like this to happen.
UKNA Taking Place: Lincoln, November 2022. Photo by Sophie Lavender
Artists in the Now
Location: The Link Up, St Marks Square, Lincoln, LN5 7EX
Exclusive preview Friday 20 October at 16.30 - 17.30
Saturday: 10.00 - 17.30 (Drop-in walk and talk tour at 16.00 with the curator, Jazz Swali, and the artists)
Sunday: 10.00 - 16.00
An exhibition featuring 10 new and emerging visual artists from across Lincoln and Lincolnshire, celebrating the rich diversity of artistic voices in the region. This showcase reflects the breadth and wealth of both the artistic talent and the cultural identity of the city in 2023. UK New Artists and The MashUP are delighted to have joined forces and to be able to shine a light on this flourishing visual arts scene right here in Lincolnshire and provide a platform for this contemporary work.
A Public Showcase: Celebrating Creativity
Saturday 21 October 2023
Twelve new works inspired, developed and made in Lincoln and Lincolnshire will be presented for the very first time across 7 sites in the city of Lincoln.
Aayushi, Tyler Barker, T.S. IDIOT
In My Perfect State (IMPS)
Location: Cornhill Quarter, Lincoln, LN5 7ET
Time: Performance times 11.30, 14.30
‘In My Perfect State’ is a collaborative, audiovisual performance piece bringing the spirit of Lincoln's imp to life within a contemporary lens. Drawing on religious iconography, pagan history, Jewish mythology and mediaeval folklore, the artists queer the concept of the imp in all its disobedience.
Emelia Kerr Beale, Johan Beavis-Berry, Jack Boal, Ronnie Danaher, Alice Hackney, Oliver Ventress
Soft Egg, Don't Wear It
Location: The Salthouse, Free School Ln, Lincoln, LN2 1EY
Time: 10.00 - 16.00 with live performances at 11.00, 12.30 and 13.30
A mix of visual art, sound installation, film and live performance, 'Soft Egg, Don't Wear It' is a culmination of the artists' time together in Mablethorpe as collaborators in June 2023. The group had an immediate personal and professional connection that has led to the works you will see. The group was interested in the people of rural spaces; how they interact with it - building character and narrative, having conversations with people. Specifically observing the relationship between the beach and the town and themes of Time, Memory and Loss.
Georgia Preece, Zara Sands, Kim Thompson
Unweeded
Location: General Practice, 25 Clasketgate, Lincoln, LN2 1JJ *Please be aware that the venue does not have accessible entry points*
Time: 10.00 - 16.00 with performance times at 12:00, 13:00, 15:00.
*Performances are limited to an audience of 8 per time slot, please arrive early to ensure a place*
Works created in response to Duncan Grant’s ‘St Blaise’ mural at Lincoln Cathedral, ‘Unweeded’ explores the entangled threads of queerness, nature and uprising.
SLQS, sound mixing by Johan Beavis Berry
Straight from the Horse’s Mouth
Location: St Mary Le Wigford, 3 St Mary's St, Lincoln LN5 7AR
Time: 10.00 - 16.00
‘Straight from the Horse’s Mouth’ is a sound installation which explores the popular fact that horses can hear up to 4km away. The work investigates the inevitable bond that the people and the city of Lincoln have with the horses living on the South and West Commons. This site specific sound installation documents a walk performed and recorded by the artist on Friday 8th September 2023.
Through the act of listening to the horse’s perspective, the work asks us to experience Lincoln and consider its inhabitants differently.
Sam Tahmassebi and Harrision Taylor
Difficult Conversations
Location: Cornhill Quarter, Lincoln, LN5 7ET
Time: 10.00 - 16.00
Exploring the concept of 'difficult conversations,' Sam Tahmassebi and Harrison Taylor have crafted sculptures that challenge our ways of coexistence and interaction in an era marked by polarised identities and perspectives. Combining Harrison's expertise in methodology, research, and sculpture, with Sam's profound inquiries into society, psychology, and philosophy, this dynamic duo presents a thought-provoking representation of the complex dynamics and dialogues that define our contemporary society.
Tyler Barker, Polly Brant, Alice Hackney, T.S Idiot, Kim Thompson
Past and Present Practice
Location: St Mary Le Wigford, 3 St Mary's St, Lincoln LN5 7AR
Time: 10.00 - 16.00
Throughout the year, the New Artist Collective have been exploring and creating works inspired by Lincoln. In this exhibition, you can discover a range of artworks that showcase the artists' past and present practices. While some artists draw from their fruitful experience in Lincoln, others offer valuable context for their creative journey. Alongside this exhibition, you can also enjoy the commissioned work ‘Straight from the Horse’s Mouth’ by SLQS.
SLQS in collaboration with Bilal Singh
Walking Together
Venue: Lincoln Museum Auditorium, 1 Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP
Duration: 6.16 mins
‘Walking Together’ is a meditative walk on horseback through Walthamstow Marshes exploring our relationships with more-than-humans, specifically equines, and inspired by the walking meditations of Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist Thích Nhất Hạnh. This film was made by artists SLQS in collaboration with Bilal Singh and Spirit of Saigon.
Zara Sands in collaboration with Sapphire Toppler
Hibernation Dream
Venue: Lincoln Museum Auditorium, 1 Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP
Duration: 6.13 mins
‘Hibernation Dream’ uses dance to create vocals used to create music used to create the sounds of an office person’s dream. The project was developed creatively in collaboration with composer Sapphira Toppler and Zara Sands.
Tyler Barker
How to be Camouflage
Venue: Lincoln Museum Auditorium, 1 Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP
Duration: 5.06 mins
Part of the project ‘Confessional Barber' this piece showcases the initiation process into an immediate circle of trust. To do this Tyler shaved, washed and dyed the hair of those closest to them, exploring the intimate nature of a haircut and the trust that goes along with that. Creating a safe space and documenting, then reshaping the footage to tell stories of real life. In these tales of intimacy Tyler allows people an incite into their closest friends lives. While still preserving the trust they have been granted.
Sincil Bank Community and Ellen Ranson
Head in the Clouds
Location: 6 Portland Street, Lincoln, LN5 7JX
Featuring the work of over 100 residents and school children from Sincil Bank, this brand new, inspiring and vibrant wall mural is a celebration of Sincil Bank, its people, places and the memories they have made here. The mural will live on Portland Street for the next ten years.
Ellen Ranson is an abstract painter, she lives and works in the North East of England and was recently shortlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2023.
Created with support from KFC, Michael Cornish Charitable Trust and Sincil Bank Community Land Trust.
Chiara Dellerba
The Sensory Ground Museum (workshop)
Location: St Mary Le Wigford, 3 St Mary's St, Lincoln LN5 7AR
Time: 13.00 - 15.00
Join artist Chiara Dellerba and herbalist Hannah Sylvester in a guided plant infusion tasting session. Looking at plants that shape and inform the Sensory Ground Museum, we will use our senses to gently explore, learn and appreciate what plants can teach us about places. During the session we will use our taste as the main mapping tool to collect data and experiences to rethink our relationship with urban spontaneous plants and their impact on our well being.
Artwork by Oscar Endean
Creativity Unlocked: Young Artists in Lincoln
Location: The Salthouse, Free School Ln, Lincoln LN2 1EY
Time: 10.00 - 16.00
An opportunity to enjoy work created by talented young artists from across Lincoln and Lincolnshire. This exhibition features visual art, creative writing and music, all made within the last twelve months as part of UK New Artist’s Creative Citizens programme.
Featuring work from Tiffany Dale Odlime, David Yung, Brandon Boyd, Ella Wilson, Lisa Greenwood, Ayan Kundu, Layla Clark, Scarlett Heaton and participants from the Creative Citizens commission programme and the Sincil Bank Creative Club.
EXCLUSIVE EVENT
Image by The Welsh Ballroom Community
Lincoln Excellence presents The Welsh Ballroom Community
Location: Lincoln Arts Centre Auditorium, Brayford Pool, University of Lincoln, LN6 7TS
Time: 16.30 - 21.00 (doors open at 16.00)
Join us for a night to celebrate & honour the culture and foundations of Ballroom. Brought to you by Lincoln Excellence in collaboration with the trailblazing collective at the forefront of the ballroom scene in Wales, the ‘Welsh Ballroom Community’.
There will be a presentation of the history of Ballroom, followed by a showcase performance from the Welsh Ballroom Community, two open categories for audience participation and a dance party to close the event.
This is not a ball, but will be an opportunity to celebrate the incredible Ballroom community that exists in the UK, and provide an entry point for the Lincoln community who want to find out more about this hugely important scene.
This event celebrates queer joy, body positivity and being your authentic self, so get working on your best looks!!
The Weekend Celebration of Creativity is made possible through the support our generous funders, Foyle Foundation, Grocers Charity, Michael Cornish Charitable Trust, National Lottery Community Fund, Natural England, SO Festival, The KFC Foundation and partners in the city; Lincoln Arts Centre, Lincolnshire Archives, Lincoln City Council, Lincoln Museum and Usher Gallery, Bridge Central, General Practice, Green Synergy, Sincil Bank Community Hub, The Chateau, The MashUP, Obscene Pomegranate, Lincoln BIG, The Link UP, ‘The Link Up‘ St Marks Shopping Centre.