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Current exhibition

Art Cares

Children are like boats. They just need a little bit of guidance to go down the right path. This text is written in a light coming from a lighthouse with two boats visible in the sea.

Main Gallery
Wednesday 11 September to Saturday 30 November

Art Cares is a transformative exhibition showcasing care experienced young people’s art works.

Previously displayed in bus shelters across the region as part of the Art Stops project, the art works will be brought together as a whole collection at Bishop Auckland Town Hall.

Young people are at the forefront of this exhibition, their artworks expressing the thoughts and messages that these young people are passionate about; showcasing their diversity and shouting out to the world . . .“Art cares”

For more information, visit Investing in Children – ART STOPS.

 

Invisible VisibleAn image of a dress on a coat hanger with one arm above an illustration of a person with one arm and a half a birdcage on their head with butterflies flying out. Accompanying copy says, 'everybody should have the opportunity to show the best of themselves'.

The Strong Room
Wednesday 11 September to Saturday 30 November

Being disabled can feel akin to being both invisible and hyper visible, without ever really feeling seen.

Invisible Visible invites an unflinching foray into the individual and collective experiences of those with disabilities in the workplace, illustrating the stories that need to be centred in order to incite change towards a better world.

This exhibition details seven unique and anonymous first-hand accounts of being disabled in the workplace, translated into visual language to incite conversations around a topic that is too often treated as taboo. With unabashed honesty the collection chronicles a narrative forgone by wider society, and which challenges the very foundation of our relationship with both work and disability.

Invisible Visible is created by artist Hope Caitlin in collaboration with social enterprise organisation Changing Relations and in partnership with Bishop Auckland Town Hall and Durham University.