Redcar Summer Exhibition 2024
13th July - 31st August
During the 2024 summer open call over we received over 400 submissions for the theme, which this year was ‘Environment’. To curate the exhibition we had the pleasure of inviting a guest curator, Professor Michael Archer, art critic and former head of Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London and of The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford.
Throughout the opening weekend we hosted our biggest preview evening yet, had a fully booked curator talk where Michael gave us insights into his extensive career in the arts, from humble beginnings at Whitechapel gallery to curating exhibitions and what a gallery expects from an artist. We also hosted a fine art networking event, held artist mentoring sessions and our first meet the artist event.
With established artists from around the world through to emerging talent from the North East, the 2024 Redcar Summer exhibition was our biggest event to date.
You can view the artists work online below, of find it on display until the end of August.
REDCAR SUMMER EXHIBITION & EVENTS
13 JULY - 31 AUGUST 2024
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
JULY 1-4
ZETLAND SCHOOL PROJECT
Led by our Education Programme Lead, Wil Jackson, and artist Jessica Leigh Pearson, we are offering three Environmental workshops. The workshops respond to the ‘Environment’ theme of the Redcar Summer Exhibition and the artworks showcased within it. The aims of the workshops are:
1) Understanding Abstraction and Colours: creating paint from natural pigments. Making their abstract painting on the children's gallery wall.
2) Studying details of plants and building nature monsters using found materials and clay.
3) Making origami insects and learning about their habitat, as well as planting flora within our planters in the room.
Please come to see the result of the workshops and the children’s creativity!
Venue
RCCAG Children’s Exhibition Room
JULY 13
CURATOR’S TALK 2pm -
Our guest curator, Prof. Michael Archer is the author of ‘Art since 1960’ and ‘Composition’ as well as numerous essays and articles on art. He is the former Head of Ruskin School of Fine Art, University of Oxford and Goldsmiths, University of London. He will talk about Contemporary Art and about the Exhibition including the selected artwork. This is a unique and fantastic opportunity to gain insights into the Art world and what it is to be an artist through Michael’s wonderful experience and knowledge.
Venue
RCCAG gallery
JULY 14
ARTISTS’ NETWORKING EVENT
11:00am - 3:00pm Lunch provided
Venue
Palace Hub
This free event will be the perfect opportunity for all artists and creators at any stage of their career. Creating art can be a lonely exercise and being an artist can be a challenging prospect with no clear career goal. This is a friendly session with peers exchanging our ideas and experiences in a small group setting. This session will be great for artists who are seeking to learn practical knowledge and skills dealing with the art market, learning about the curatorial process and the foundations of art or seeking some inspiration. Prof. Michael Archer, plus James Beighton and Aphra O’Conner from Tees Valley Arts as well as Miyoko Yamashita from RCCAG will be present to facilitate the day.
JULY 24
ARTISTS’ MENTORING SESSIONS
11:30am - 1:30pm
The Director of The Auxiliary, Liam Slevin a leading figure in the art world in the wider Northeast region and organiser of the Middlesbrough Art Week and Sonic Week as well as leading numerous art projects, will be available at the RCCAG to consult with artists on a one to one basis. This is an amazing opportunity kindly offered by Liam. However, we can only offer a limited number of slots. If interested, please outline why you’d like to meet with Liam and what you would like to specifically get out of the session. Please send your application form to us no later than 20 July.
If you are interested in the session but are not able to attend, we would still like to know what you are interested in learning, so please send us the form anyway so that we can think about organising a live stream or a video.
Venue
RCCAG gallery
AUGUST 9
MEET THE ARTIST LUNCHTIME SEMINAR
12pm - 1:30pm
Venue
RCCAG gallery
We are happy to invite one of the most popular artists of the Summer exhibition, Helen Jones. She will be talking her creative journey and about the story behind the painting, ‘Chance and Choices’ and share her painting techniques.
£3
AUGUST 22
PRE-CLOSING EVENT
4pm - 7pm
We are delighted to have one of our invited artists, Josephine Wood. The guest curator, Prof. Michael Archer will also be joining us for this Pre-Closing event to welcome everyone to enjoy this year’s excellent Redcar Summer exhibition.
All welcome. No booking is necessary.
Venue
RCCAG gallery
AUGUST 24 & 25
CREATING PAPER INSECTS
11am - 3pm
Venue
RCCAG Children’s Exhibition Room
We are happy to take part in Redcar’s Between The Tides festival. We offer a children's tour of the Redcar Contemporary Art Gallery and also invite them to create Origami insects in our Children’s exhibition room adding to the existing children’s Exhibition as part of the Redcar Summer Exhibition. It will be a fun art day surrounded by incredible artwork.
All welcome. No booking is necessary.
