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The RidingsBradford Working-Class Family Life, Loss & Landscape: 1970’s-1990’sby Emma Conally-Barklem2 February to 30 March 2024
The Ridings
Bradford Working-Class Family Life, Loss & Landscape: 1970’s-1990’s
by Emma Conally-Barklem
2 February to 30 March 2024
‘The Ridings’ is an enduring reckoning with family, self, grief, and the West Yorkshire
landscape. It is memory which connects us to love and there is no shortage of love in this
ordinary but extraordinary portrait of a biracial Bradford family, their working-class heritage,
and the traces they leave behind.
Conally-Barklem points to the importance of heritage and legacy in these photographs
through the ages and the poignancy of objects whose owners have departed. Loosely tracing
the universal thematic of courtship, marriage, and the arrival of children, the author breathes
life into the past. The exhibition is a combination of contemporary and original photography
of the period, letters, personal objects and extracts from ‘The Ridings’. Her Jhalak Prize
nominated collection is dedicated to her parents.
The exhibition encourages the viewer to engage on this nostalgic journey through the decades
and to feel the connection to their own personal histories. Within the exhibition, viewers can
listen to a personal reading of a poem whilst seeing the objects which inspired the poem.
The Ridings poetry collection explores a multitude of voices, trees & moors, food and nick
knacks which create a life. This collection is available to buy as part of the exhibition.
OPENING PERFORMANCE
5-6pm Friday February 2 2024
Community Room, South Square Gallery
The opening event for ‘The Ridings: Bradford Working-Class Family Life, Loss and Landscape 1970’s-1990’s’ will be a spoken word performance by Emma with anecdotes and poems from ‘The Ridings’ and a new collection in progress, ‘On the Grace of Strangers’.
Prepare to laugh, cry and take a nostalgic trip down memory lane.
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February 2 (Friday) 5:00 pm – March 30 (Saturday) 3:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
South Square Centre
Bradford Guji goes to India and photographs everyday lifeand things….can I have an exhibition please? Friday 2nd
Bradford Guji goes to India and photographs everyday life
and things….can I have an exhibition please?
Friday 2nd February – Saturday 30th March
These photographs were taken on a recent visit to India (early December
2023) in Gujarat, Puttapathi and Mumbai. When I got back I posted them on
my Facebook page and gave them the title above.
The title was given in response to some recent exhibitions I’ve been to and
photography editorials I’ve come across over the years. It raised some
questions for me as an artist – especially regarding the images that were
taken at a family wedding on my trip:
Am I a photographer?
Am I an artist?
Am I a tourist?
Am I just on holiday?
Who are you? (as a viewer)
These raised more questions about this kind of imagery:
What changes? From them being holiday snaps, to street photography, to
editorial photography, to an exhibition? – Who decides?
Are these photographs editorial/ reportage through an occidental lens or just a
Bradford Guji goes to India and photographs everyday life and things?…
Dipak Mistry, is a son of Bradford with Gujarati/ Kenyan roots. He is a
photographer, selector (not a DJ), broadcaster, print maker, educator,
DisOrientaliser and a member of the No Hands family.
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February 2 (Friday) 5:00 pm – March 30 (Saturday) 3:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
South Square Centre
Connections by Kate Stewart Friday 1st March – Sunday 31st March Preview Saturday 2nd March 12 – 3 pm
Connections by Kate Stewart
Friday 1st March – Sunday 31st March
Preview Saturday 2nd March 12 – 3 pm
Recently, I have felt scared witless and actionless by the destruction wrought by humanity. Destruction of each
other, destruction of other species, destruction of the
earth beneath our feet and the air we breathe. So I have turned to writers and thinkers who are fighting through the terror to work out how we should live; how we can change direction. These writers explore ways in which we are the same as other species; on our interdependence with plant life; on the repeated patterns of the universe. As a systemic psychotherapist and family therapist, I have long understood that relationships are more important than individual identity and now feel that relationships are central to all forms of life.
So I have been attempting to make art around these themes. The move away from the purely figurative to something that has ambitions towards ‘meaning’ feels risky and extremely difficult. These are some of my first attempts: conversations; our relationship to trees; how to move in a crowd like the murmurations of starlings. I continue to work in watercolour and textiles, using transparencies and stitching to build layers of complexity.
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1 (Friday) 10:00 pm – 31 (Sunday) 3:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
South Square Centre
april
Friday 12th April – Sunday 2nd June Paul StockleySpirits of the Wild In this exhibition Paul Stockley explores
Friday 12th April – Sunday 2nd June
Paul Stockley
Spirits of the Wild
In this exhibition Paul Stockley explores the human race’s complex and often destructive relationship with wild animals; it speaks about our care but also of our disregard for our fellow creatures.
His sculptures exude an aura of calm, beauty and serenity but at the same time there is often a sadness in the faces which reflects a tenuous existence and which resonates with an uncertain future.
Spirits of the wild will be exhibited in the beautiful outdoors of South Square Garden plus the Court Yard.
This exhibition is Paul’s first solo gallery exhibition and follows on from a successful joint exhibition in Sheffield in November 2023. For the past three years he has had annual exhibitions in his garden studio as part of ‘Open Up Sheffield’ and will be taking part again in May 2024.
Paul enjoys exploring the huge potential of concrete as a sculptural medium and experiments with the huge versatility that it offers. He particularly enjoys carving and, because he is using concrete, he has to work fast before it sets, something that encourages spontaneity and a bold approach in the initial stages. He doesn’t always know what he is going to carve before he starts and he makes abstract, impressionistic and also realistic forms such as animal heads.
He is interested in the psychological and philosophical process of creating art and the potential that it has to enable self- expression and to represent the hidden inner workings of the mind.
As well as carving he creates sculptures over armature which enables him to make larger more complex forms and his garden is full of larger pieces he has made, most of which are too big to be moved for display in this exhibition.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pablosculpture/
Instagram: @paulsculpt
Website: pablostockley.wixsite.com/website
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April 12 (Friday) 5:00 pm – June 23 (Sunday) 3:00 pm(GMT+01:00)
South Square Centre
Plenty Café, at the South Square Centre, Thornton Bradford Exhibtion opening : Friday 12th April, 5pm – 8pmFriday 12 April –
Plenty Café, at the South Square Centre, Thornton Bradford
Exhibtion opening : Friday 12th April, 5pm – 8pm
Friday 12 April – Sunday 2 June 2024
The work in this show is a reflection of my love of the dales, moors and coasts of Yorkshire. I aim to show my response to the landscape by looking for its essence, not focusing on specific details.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.
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April 12 (Friday) 5:00 pm – June 2 (Sunday) 3:00 pm(GMT-11:00)
may
Friday 12th April – Sunday 2nd June Paul StockleySpirits of the Wild In this exhibition Paul Stockley explores
Friday 12th April – Sunday 2nd June
Paul Stockley
Spirits of the Wild
In this exhibition Paul Stockley explores the human race’s complex and often destructive relationship with wild animals; it speaks about our care but also of our disregard for our fellow creatures.
His sculptures exude an aura of calm, beauty and serenity but at the same time there is often a sadness in the faces which reflects a tenuous existence and which resonates with an uncertain future.
Spirits of the wild will be exhibited in the beautiful outdoors of South Square Garden plus the Court Yard.
This exhibition is Paul’s first solo gallery exhibition and follows on from a successful joint exhibition in Sheffield in November 2023. For the past three years he has had annual exhibitions in his garden studio as part of ‘Open Up Sheffield’ and will be taking part again in May 2024.
Paul enjoys exploring the huge potential of concrete as a sculptural medium and experiments with the huge versatility that it offers. He particularly enjoys carving and, because he is using concrete, he has to work fast before it sets, something that encourages spontaneity and a bold approach in the initial stages. He doesn’t always know what he is going to carve before he starts and he makes abstract, impressionistic and also realistic forms such as animal heads.
He is interested in the psychological and philosophical process of creating art and the potential that it has to enable self- expression and to represent the hidden inner workings of the mind.
As well as carving he creates sculptures over armature which enables him to make larger more complex forms and his garden is full of larger pieces he has made, most of which are too big to be moved for display in this exhibition.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pablosculpture/
Instagram: @paulsculpt
Website: pablostockley.wixsite.com/website
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April 12 (Friday) 5:00 pm – June 23 (Sunday) 3:00 pm(GMT+01:00)
South Square Centre
Plenty Café, at the South Square Centre, Thornton Bradford Exhibtion opening : Friday 12th April, 5pm – 8pmFriday 12 April –
Plenty Café, at the South Square Centre, Thornton Bradford
Exhibtion opening : Friday 12th April, 5pm – 8pm
Friday 12 April – Sunday 2 June 2024
The work in this show is a reflection of my love of the dales, moors and coasts of Yorkshire. I aim to show my response to the landscape by looking for its essence, not focusing on specific details.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.
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April 12 (Friday) 5:00 pm – June 2 (Sunday) 3:00 pm(GMT-11:00)
Dare to Be?… by Kimberlee MiddletonExhibition opening Saturday 11th May – 3 -5 pm Running till Sunday 19th May
Dare to Be?… by Kimberlee Middleton
Exhibition opening Saturday 11th May – 3 -5 pm
Running till Sunday 19th May
An exhibition exploring art through colour and mixed media. Raising awareness for mental health and raising valuable funds for ‘Mind in Bradford’ charity #mentalhealthmatters
11 (Saturday) 3:00 pm – 19 (Sunday) 3:00 pm(GMT+00:00)
june
Friday 12th April – Sunday 2nd June Paul StockleySpirits of the Wild In this exhibition Paul Stockley explores
Friday 12th April – Sunday 2nd June
Paul Stockley
Spirits of the Wild
In this exhibition Paul Stockley explores the human race’s complex and often destructive relationship with wild animals; it speaks about our care but also of our disregard for our fellow creatures.
His sculptures exude an aura of calm, beauty and serenity but at the same time there is often a sadness in the faces which reflects a tenuous existence and which resonates with an uncertain future.
Spirits of the wild will be exhibited in the beautiful outdoors of South Square Garden plus the Court Yard.
This exhibition is Paul’s first solo gallery exhibition and follows on from a successful joint exhibition in Sheffield in November 2023. For the past three years he has had annual exhibitions in his garden studio as part of ‘Open Up Sheffield’ and will be taking part again in May 2024.
Paul enjoys exploring the huge potential of concrete as a sculptural medium and experiments with the huge versatility that it offers. He particularly enjoys carving and, because he is using concrete, he has to work fast before it sets, something that encourages spontaneity and a bold approach in the initial stages. He doesn’t always know what he is going to carve before he starts and he makes abstract, impressionistic and also realistic forms such as animal heads.
He is interested in the psychological and philosophical process of creating art and the potential that it has to enable self- expression and to represent the hidden inner workings of the mind.
As well as carving he creates sculptures over armature which enables him to make larger more complex forms and his garden is full of larger pieces he has made, most of which are too big to be moved for display in this exhibition.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pablosculpture/
Instagram: @paulsculpt
Website: pablostockley.wixsite.com/website
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April 12 (Friday) 5:00 pm – June 23 (Sunday) 3:00 pm(GMT+01:00)
South Square Centre
Plenty Café, at the South Square Centre, Thornton Bradford Exhibtion opening : Friday 12th April, 5pm – 8pmFriday 12 April –
Plenty Café, at the South Square Centre, Thornton Bradford
Exhibtion opening : Friday 12th April, 5pm – 8pm
Friday 12 April – Sunday 2 June 2024
The work in this show is a reflection of my love of the dales, moors and coasts of Yorkshire. I aim to show my response to the landscape by looking for its essence, not focusing on specific details.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.
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April 12 (Friday) 5:00 pm – June 2 (Sunday) 3:00 pm(GMT-11:00)
Address: Thornton Road, Bradford, BD13 3LD
Phone: 01274 834747
Email: info@southsquarecentre.co.uk
South Square is a collection of 19th Century workers cottages, in the old Yorkshire village of Thornton, famous for its Brontë connections and its impressive 20-arch viaduct.
Renovated as a community arts centre in 1982, South Square Centre is now home to ten studio spaces for a variety of artists, as well as a gallery, community spaces, archive, fine art framers, bar and a cafe.
The centre hosts community events and activities for all ages, including an ongoing workshop programme and provides community spaces available to hire.