A Catch up with Artworks
Seeing is Believing is a pop up art exhibition featuring the work of artists in Sheffeld with Intellectual Disabilities. The exhibition took place at The Millennium Galley, known as Sheffeld’s premier destination for art, craft and design too.
Furthermore, the exhibition was curated by ArtWorks, a not for profit organisation which provides creative opportunities as well as placements for adults with intellectual disabilities. Seeing is Believing celebrates the success and also continuing development of the ArtWorks studio.
The Special Olympics approached ArtWorks to showcase the works of their artists as part of the games fringe activities. The exhibition took inspiration from this years National Special Olympic Games.
It focused on achievement, self belief, collaborative practice and teamwork too. ArtWorks wanted to challenge people’s perceptions of intellectual disabilities through celebrating the creativity and ambition of the artists involved.
The exhibition also featured the works of:
- Florence Blanchard,
- Anthony Bennett,
- Roanna Wells,
- Geo Law,
- Dave Draws,
- Mandy Payne,
- Katie Harnett,
- Masie Paradise Shearring,
- Sill,
- David Thomas,
- Vicky Fong,
- Loopy’s Place,
- Greg Harris.
GreatArt then supported the exhibition by donating art materials including:
- paints,
- canvases,
- brushes,
- papers,
- lino printing equipment.
The materials were used by the artists to create work for the exhibition. Due to the large donation form GreatArt, ArtWorks were actually able to feature more artists than previously expected and were then also able to provide free lino printing workshops with some of the athletes.
The organisation auctioned all the work to help raise funds for the development of ArtWorks Studio. Find out more: www.artworks-sheffeld.co.uk
Discover GreatArt’s partners here!
GreatArt – your art superstore
Art supplies, ideas and advice for all techniques.
GreatArt offers you art supplies for all techniques from:
- traditional fine art painting,
- drawing,
- sculpture
- printmaking,
- graphic art,
- illustration,
- airbrushing,
- model making…
We offer an extensive range of stretched canvas and display products for exhibition, all the art supplies required to create your own bespoke canvases, as well as custom framing and mounting services from GreatArt Store. You’ll also find hundreds of articles and tutorials to browse in the online magazine.
Add comment