VISUAL ArTS

ExHIBITIONS

EMPOwErING ArT: INDIGENOUS CrEATIVITY AND ACTIVISM FrOM NOrTH AMErICA’S NOrTHwEST COAST

Sunday 12 March–Sunday 30 July Sainsbury Centre

Empowering Art is a ground-breaking exhibition of rich but rarely seen artworks, bringing together exceptional contemporary and historical pieces from across the Northwest Coast of North America.

For ticket information see sainsburycentre.ac.uk

Presented by the Sainsbury Centre

JULIAN STAIR

ArT, DEATH AND THE AFTErLIFE

Saturday 18 March–

Sunday 17 September

Sainsbury Centre

Leading ceramic artist, Julian Stair OBE, presents new works in Art, Death and the Afterlife. Created in response to the global pandemic, Stair offers commemoration and solace for those who have died and lost loved ones.

Free

Presented by the Sainsbury Centre wASTE NOT…..

Saturday 18 March–Saturday

15 July, GroundWork Gallery, King’s Lynn

An exhibition redefining what waste means through creative approaches to the problems of resource use and resilience. Including works by Jan Eric Visser, Liz Elton, Kai Losgott and Rain Wu. GroundWork Gallery share innovative ideas towards a goal of environmental sustainability. Free

Presented by GroundWork Gallery

Ex-VOTO

Saturday 1 April–Sunday 28 May

PRIMEYARC, Great Yarmouth

Lucy and Sarah have undertaken a pilgrimage along the Mary ley line, using the journey as a feminist quest for embodied learning and producing collaborative work. The exhibition at PRIMEYARC will present contributions from people they’ve worked with in the last three years.

Free

Presented by originalprojects;

Jacob Talkowski

404 NM/H INTO THE HOrIzON

Thursday 20 April–Sunday 28 May, Private view Thursday 20 April, 6pm, OUTPOST Gallery

Great Yarmouth born, Talkowski interrogates what it means to be from flatlands at the edge of both the land and the socioeconomic systems at play.

Free

Presented by OUTPOST

MAKE BOOKS NOT wAr

Friday 28 April–

Saturday 3 June 2023

East Gallery, Norwich University of the Arts

Make Books Not War explores the world of book design, artists’ books, zines, radical pamphlets, and the stories they embody. Original art sits alongside recently commissioned works for Strangers Press.

Free

Presented by Norwich University of the Arts

GEMMA CORRELL I HAVE NO IDEA wHAT I AM DOING

Friday 12 May–Saturday 24 June

The Corn Hall, Diss

Gemma Correll is an illustrator, cartoonist and writer. Her cartoons portray serious subjects in a witty way, addressing feminism and mental health. Gemma has published four books and illustrated many more. This will be her first solo exhibition in the UK.

Free

Presented by The Corn Hall, Diss

GLEN JAMIESON & ROB FILBY wALL ExISTING

Saturday 13 May–Sunday 14 January 2024, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Julian Stair, Figural Jars, Artist’s Studio, 2022 © Matthew Warner

Wall Existing is an exhibition exploring Norwich’s medieval wall by artists Glen Jamieson and Rob Filby. The exhibition includes contemporary photography, as well as a Risograph-printed installation documenting the wall. The work is inspired by the archive of Norwich-based photographer George Plunkett (1913-2006) who began his own documentary survey of the wall in the 1930s.

Standard museum admission

Presented by Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery

ANNE BEAN

IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS

Friday 26–Sunday 28 May

Saturday 27 May: Main Event

A return coach runs from Norwich to Walsingham on Saturday 27 May, more details online Walsingham, known for a miraculous happening, provides a unique context for artists’ visions. The audience become ‘pilgrims,’ led through the village, encountering performances, actions, demonstrations and films, plus an installation by Richard Wilson. A day-long event creates a basis for shared dialogue, conviviality and reflection ‘in search of the miraculous.’

Free

wALKS

wALL ExISTING

OPENING EvENT

Saturday 13 May, 12pm

Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Join writer and critic Jonathan P. Watts on a walk around a section of Norwich’s city walls to mark the opening of the exhibition, Wall Existing. All participants will be provided with a free voucher for exhibition entry.

Free, pre-booked tickets only.

Free entry to Norwich Castle Museum for ticket holders

Presented by Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery

R ACHEL AND KRZYSZTOF FIJALKOWSKI

OPEN SECrETS: UNExPECTED ArT IN NOrwICH

Sunday 14 May, 11am & 2pm

Starts at The Assembly House

Join us for an hour’s guided walk around central Norwich to explore a few of the city’s public artworks. These sculptures, monuments and ornaments are in plain view but easy to miss: we’ll be considering their stories, but also how they suggest a secret history of meetings and imaginary meanings.

Free, pre-booked tickets only

Presented by The Assembly House Trust

NOrwICH ArT PATH

Saturday 20 May, 12pm, 1pm & 2pm

Starts at Norwich Castle

A guided walk from Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery to Sainsbury Centre. Audiences will experience provocations and interventions specially commissioned from artists along the route of a proposed art path connecting University of East Anglia with the city centre.

Free, pre-booked tickets only Free entry to Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery for ticket holders

The Norwich Art Path is an initiative of Sainsbury Centre for v isual Arts, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Galleryand Norfolk & Norwich Festival

wOrKSHOPS wASTE wEEKEND

Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 May, 2pm, GroundWork Gallery, King’s Lynn

GroundWork Gallery presents a weekend of waste exploration workshops involving artists from its Waste Not exhibition.

Saturday 20 May

MYCELIUM GROWING WITH rAIN wU

Explore the world of mycelium growing.

Tickets £26

Sunday 21 May

RE vOICING & ORCHESTRATING WASTE WITH K AI LOSSGOTT

Create an orchestra from found waste objects.

Tickets £15

Group tickets available, see the website for details.

Talks

rIGHT HErE rIGHT NOw

Thursday 25 May, 6pm OUTPOST Studios

OUTPOST presents a panel discussion of arts professionals in conversation, including Jacob Talkowski, to discuss the landscape of the Norwich arts scene, art in a cost of living crisis and career paths in the creative industries.

Free pre-booked tickets only

Presented by OUTPOST

wILL GOMPErTz IN CONVErSATION wITH rANA BEGUM

Saturday 27 May, 7pm Norwich School Blake Studio

Join Barbican Artistic Director and former BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz in conversation with London-based artist Rana Begum. Begum’s visual language draws from the urban landscape as well as geometric patterns from traditional Islamic art and architecture.

Tickets £10 U18/YoungNNF £7.50

Presented by Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society

We are an arts charity, alongside our May Festival we work year round and region-wide on a programme of creative engagement, artist development and improving the cultural offer for children and young people.