Past Events
A community arts project … 10 members of the Walmgate community, 10 oil paintings, 10 workshops, 10 interviews …1 artist and a handful of exhibitions.
Exhibition Preview
Currently on display upstairs at City Screen, York.
Full Exhibition
‘Face of the Community’ aims to achieve celebration of the Walmgate community through the promotion of self-identity… Space 109 has been a hub for this project, acting as studio space for the artist and his film interviews, hosting young people’s workshops, meeting place and gallery.
A 48-hour exhibit of footage, interaction and non-interaction. One body, two workers, blind, watching a human being as we would a captive animal.
When the Jorvik Viking Centre asked Space 109 to paint six hoardings to surround the Hungate development site in central York, we jumped at the chance. Our young artists from the Monday Night Club and adults from Art Fridays created works based on Viking families and games.
The spectacular results went on display with art by other local community groups at the Hungate site throughout the Summer of 2009. Here are a couple of examples:
What a privilege to be involved in this! Space 109 was approached by the council to host workshops and research what there is to see from the City of York Walls, from a child’s perspective. Eventually the drawings would be turned into informative “Brass Rubbings” to be attached to the walls for children to do and collect.
So all the Space 109 kids and a few more went around the city walls armed with cameras and sketch books to record the details they wanted to see on the plaques, and now have their drawings on the city walls – forever! (Well for a very long time at least).
These plaques are now installed around the city walls, further details can be found by visiting the VisitYork website
109 Walmgate used to be a black spot in the community. A council-owned shop space, it had stood unused and derelict since at least 2002. Drug dealers, drug users and street drinkers frequented the area. When Walmgate lost a Working Men’s Club and the Barbican Leisure Centre in 2004, there was an obvious need for a community venue. Jo Pullar, artist and local resident, decided to transform 109 Walmgate for this purpose.