RESPONSIVE PROGRAMME

Our Paul Hamlyn funding supported Open Eye Gallery to deliver its first responsive programme. We have been working towards co-authoring our programme with communities, voluntary organisations, photographers and artists, and as a consequence many of our exhibitions, education projects and events are developed with our partners and associates.

As part of this ambition, we extended our approach of working to be of benefit to even more people. We did this through inviting expressions of interest from people who wanted to work with Open Eye Gallery as a sharing platform for their ideas and projects. We invited people who share our values to contact us if they wished to utilise our facilities for their own event or showcase.

Projects have included a range of collaborations – from exhibitions with aim to raise awareness of modern slavery to NHS interventions exploring the challenges experienced in breastfeeding. Other projects have included LGBTQ+ focused film screenings, participatory poetry events, socially engaged exhibitions and workshops connecting with the recovery community.