20-21 Visual Arts Centre is the centre for visual arts in Scunthorpe. A busy and exciting place, it has a regularly changing programme of art and craft exhibitions, a large cafe and a shop selling cards, crafts and handmade jewellery.

Nigel Grimmer - Plastic Life Exhibition

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 - Sun, 13 Dec 2009

Nigel Grimmer is an avid collector of toys, action figures, comic books, joke shop props and film stills. He uses these objects in his photographs to ‘play’ out the situations and scenarios we face in our everyday lives and relationships. He replaces the fictional worlds previously occupied by the characters, with personal narratives, often of abandonment, sorrow and alienation.

 

The exhibition will feature a selection of his pieces, including photographs from his best-known work, Roadkill Family Album. Each photograph features a close friend or member of Nigel’s family, lying apparently dead by the side of a road wearing the mask of an animal. Despite the close personal relationship with the photographer, the identity of the subjects is obscured to all but the artist.

20-21 Visual Arts centre, Church Square, Scunthorpe DN15 6TB

Free Entry

 

The 20-21 Open Exhibition of Contemporary Art and Sculpture

Sat, 6 Dec 2008 - Sat, 28 Feb 2009

Now in its eighth year, the 20-21 Open continues to be a great success, and one of the highlights of our exhibition programme. Last years exhibition featured a wide variety of work including Fiona Hodges’ joyous ‘Youthful Exuberance’ (pictured) and first prize winner, Warwick Eede, with his painting ‘Paperclip Necklace’.

As always, prizes have been generously donated by local businesses. Exhibitors and prize-winners from the region will be chosen by our intrepid judges. This year the honour falls to former 20-21 resident artist Halima Cassell and Karen Sherwood, Director of Cupola Contemporary Arts and freelance visual arts consultant and managing. Artists over the age of 16 from Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire are invited to submit work for the exhibition. Handing in of work will take place on Thursday 20, Friday 21 and Saturday 22 November. Please call 01724 297070 for an application form

Prizes:

20-21 Visual Arts Centre Prize £500

Holls Electrical Prize £150 RN Store and Co Prize

£150 Kestrel Ltd. Prize

£100 Fotheringham Brothers

£50 Peros Coffee £50

 

Paul Evans and Chris Jones - Cells Exhibition

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 - Sat, 21 Feb 2009

This exhibition forms part of a series of collaborations between artist Paul Evans and writer Chris Jones entitled Cells. For each exhibition Paul will make a series of drawings based on both the meanings of the word 'cell', and images of cells from the human body. Chris will then create a haiku poem; a type of Japanese poetry, usually written in three lines, to accompany each image.

Cells are the living units of every living organism, each with their own structures and functions. The word 'cell' also refers to both places of retreat (removed from the world), and of enclosure and imprisonment.

As the project progresses, and the artist's show work together at different venues, both the images and poetry will mutate. The artists describe the work as 'a meditation on our inner nature as organisms'.

 

Pen and Brush - Painting and Poetry Workshop

Sat, 17 Jan 2009

An opportunity to explore and develop two boldly contrasting disciplines in one workshop, with artist Paul Evans. The workshop begins with the construction of simple, three line, haiku poems followed by an exploration of a variety of techniques that can be used to create lively abstract watercolours.

Adults aged 16 plus - £5

pre-book into a half-day session, 10am-1pm or 2pm-5pm.

20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Church Square, Scunthorpe DN15 6TB

01724 297070