Ten FREE things to see this December in Hull
Tiger Rags
A public exhibition of player worn Hull City kits and memorabilia will tell the story of the club’s visual identity and its integral place in Hull culture. A collaboration between amateur collectors, the Hull City Supporters’ Trust (HCST) and the Streetlife Museum, this project will explore...
30th August 2017
INSIGHT – A COLLECTION OF WORK BY GEOFF HEWITT, ANGELA BELL & HEATHER BURTON
House of Fraser Hull has teamed up with three local artists to help celebrate UK City of Culture 2017 in their landmark city centre store. Multi-award winning figurative painter Geoff Hewitt, mixed media and mural artist Angela Bell, and award-winning palette knife artist Heather Burton, have been...
30th August 2017
Fractured Lives
Pamela Davies has developed a series of clay sculptures, which reflect the way our lives can be dominated by matters like money, possessions and status whilst concerning ourselves less with the impact we are making on the natural world and the lives of other peoples. The...
30th August 2017
States Of Play
This selection of diverse, provocative contemporary work by UK and international artists and makers invites us to rethink and reclaim play, the universal language that transcends all barriers. In association with the Crafts Council, States Of Play explores situations – of interaction and experience, development and production –...
30th August 2017
Cairns
In exhibition of life size sculptures by Icelandic artist Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir will be placed around the campus stimulating thought and refection about the historic connection between Iceland and Hull. Cairns are a common sight in the Icelandic landscape and were used as landmarks for people to...
30th August 2017
Morning Campers! The British Holiday Camp. at Beverley Art Gallery
The first Holiday Camp appeared in 1894 on the Isle of Man; however it was in the 1920s that Billy Butlin launched the concept of the holiday camp in a gigantic way. The concept grew rapidly after the Second World War and dominated the British holiday...
30th August 2017
Edgelands
‘Edgelands’ was a name dreamt up some 20 years ago to describe aspects of the changing face of Britain. With its evocative account of a journey around the M25, London Orbital; written by Iain Sinclair, was perhaps the first literary attempt to capture the essence of...
30th August 2017