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Curated exhibition, performance, installation & talks by artists selected by Turner Prize winner Lubaina Himid & produced by Jackie Jones

Preston, England
Joined March 2018
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Announcement! Someday you'll be sorry; a soundscape by Rebecca Chesney's has returned to the Riverside Pavilion Cafe, Avenham Park, Preston. You can vist anytime 10-4pm daily to emerse yourself in the beautiful soundscape. @ChesneyRebecca
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Nov Offer: Buy my book £20+ FREEp+p (UK only) Save £5 With texts by #RichardMabey @PractisingPlace @Rosie_Shirley @ClarissaCorfe & more Pub @InCertainPlaces Includes projects @YSPsculpture @newlynexchange @BronteParsonage @montalvoarts @peakcymru @theBluecoat + DM me for a copy
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The Pavillion is still open, Rebecca’s sound piece is on till the end of this month (Oct) so plan your visit do you don’t miss out!
Announcement! Someday you'll be sorry; a soundscape by Rebecca Chesney's has returned to the Riverside Pavilion Cafe, Avenham Park, Preston. You can vist anytime 10-4pm daily to emerse yourself in the beautiful soundscape. @ChesneyRebecca
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Four Stories available today for pre-order, releasing 6th November. Recorded live on 28th April 2019 in the @HarrisPreston, Four Stories is a site-specific piece written for string quartet and tuned percussion, that examined music qua architecture.
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BiC 2018 artist @magdastawarska online conversation with @1lubaina Himid and Christine Eyene (@eyonart) as part of 'Spaces and Moments' exhibition @YamamotoKeikoR Wed 14 Oct 6.30-7.30 pm Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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⁦@FriezeArtFair⁩ sculpture it was a delight to see the work of ⁦@1lubaina⁩ whose stunning women in gorgeous patterned attire are bringing such joy to visitors in Regent’s Park. Congratulations also to ⁦Clare Lilley ⁦@YSPsculpture⁩ for curating #artoutdoors
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cup.columbia.edu/book/proxim… out in mid - July Proximity and Distance in Northern Landscape Photography: Contemporary Criticism, Curation and Practice. Essays based on papers from Northern Light 2018. We have a few copies for £20 only - email [email protected]
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Magda Stawarska-Beavan I am very pleased that ARTFORUM listed Spaces and Moments at Keiko Yamamoto Rochaix artforum.com/artguide/yamamo… — @artforum
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Read this and pass it on to everyone you know - @eyonart tells you something useful and insightful as ever
Why we need to continue pushing for more diversity in the arts. Some of my views in the @CraftsCouncilUK article craftscouncil.org.uk/stories…
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We are super excited to share that Lubaina Himid will present a major solo exhibition at Tate Modern in 2021! Exhibition dates: 24 November 2031 - 22 May 2022 @Tate #lubainahimid #tate #tatemodern
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Someday you’ll be sorry Soundscape by Rebecca Chesney. Familiar rhythms & sounds, unfamiliar calls, cries & warnings: some sounds are close by & common, others distant & unknown.What can you hear?Are you listening? Sun 8 March-2nd April 10-4pm Pavilion Cafe, Avenham Park, Preston
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Underground power issue today (Sunday 8th March) will be open from 10am tomorrow.
Announcement - POWER CUT underground cable issues at The Venue, it is not going to be fixed till mid afternoon today (Sunday the 8th March). So would advise visit the Soundscape another day. Apologies all! :(
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TODAY! To celebrate International Women's Day come & hear my specially made soundscape in the Pavilion, Avenham Park #Preston From 10am 'Someday you'll be sorry' runs everyday until 2 April #IWD2020
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Here's our video of January's event : ‘Creative Conversations: Black Women Artists Making and Doing’ – celebrating over 40 years of #blackwomensart making an impact in the UK. @1lubaina @JackieKayPoet @jademontserrat bit.ly/3bXzMIO
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Really glad to have had a chance to spend some time with new work by @_Heather_Ross @HattonGallery today. Painstaking and slightly obsessive attention to detail in recreating fragments of Kurt Scwitters Merzbarn wall. #Merz
Such a beautiful space for Rebecca Chesney's Soundscape: Someday you'll be sorry. Which opens on #InternationalWomensDay Riverside Pavilion Cafe, Avenham Park, Preston: Read more: intoabettershape.com @ChesneyRebecca @prestoncouncil @HarrisPreston @ParksInPreston @blogpreston
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Truly overwhelmed by the kindness and support since my #bbcqt trauma live you lot! After 30 years of trying to articulate a coherent argument for the left I now find that a meme of my cringing face is infinitely more powerful than my words! Let's all do it - #facesagainstracism
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