THURSDAY 28 APRIL / 12PM – 1.30PM / BOOK HERE
How can photography be used as a tool to re-ignite discussions around archives and collections, who are these archives for and whose story do they seek to tell? And what benefits are there to commissioning socially engaged approaches to exploring collections, working not only with photographers but partners beyond our own sector to explore the role of archives and collections today?
These are just some of the questions facing cultural organisations today and we would like you to join in the discussion too. SEPN members Redeye Photography Network and Open Eye Gallery have invited the University of Salford Contemporary Art Collection team to discuss their first socially engaged photographer in residence commission. The collection will discuss their approach to commissioning this type of work, and their cross sector partnership model for realising the programme. We will also hear from the current photographer in residence Gwen Riley Jones about the process so far and key community partner, Rosie Naylor, RHS Bridgewater Garden’s Community Engagement Coordinator.
About the Speakers
Rosie Naylor, Community Engagement Coordinator based at RHS Garden Bridgewater. I am the citizen engagement lead for an EU-funded innovation partnership project in Greater Manchester called IGNITION, and I have spent the last 3 years exploring different approaches to engaging community and youth audiences in how plants and urban greening can make cities resilient to the impacts of climate change.
Gwen Riley Jones, Socially Engaged Photographer in Residence at University of Salford Art Collection in partnership with Open Eye Gallery. Collaborating with young people in Salford to explore the purpose of art. Critiquing and questioning the Salford Art Collection with Salford Youth Council and partnering with RHS Bridgewater and young people from Action for Conservation, to create imagery communicating the outcomes of IGNITION.
Liz Wewiora is a visual artist and creative producer/ curator, specialising in socially engaged practice with a background in photography. She has worked independently and across organisation roles in the North West and Glasgow, including FACT, CCA Glasgow, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art and Glasgow Sculpture Studios as well as undertaking her own independent artist commissions with the likes of AA2A, Manchester Histories, Centre Point, NHS, Mersey Travel and Allotments Society UK. Liz is the Head of Social Practice for Open Eye Gallery, leading on their socially engaged programme working with and for communities and cross-sector partners across the city region. She also manages the national network for socially engaged photography (SEPN) who have organised this event.
Open:
10am – 5pm, Tue – Sun
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