Portland Works Exhibition at Bank Street Arts

From Tuesday, 30 March 2010 - 10:00 To Saturday, 17 April 2010 - 17:00

Portland Works A curated group exhibition designed to draw attention to the traditional skills practiced at Portland Works and the people whose livelihood depends on it continuing as a working/creative community. Portland Works is under threat of closure as one of Sheffield’s remaining small industrial works, because of plans to redevelop it as apartments and offices. This lively and diverse exhibition of art and craft is designed to engage Sheffield people in an awareness of their industrial heritage and its relevance to their lives. The exhibition blurs the boundaries between art and industry, situating the objects of production, both past and present in an art gallery context, for public viewing. It juxtaposes artefacts produced by craftspeople against artists’ responses to the objects and their environment in the form of paintings, photographs, installations, sculpture and film. This exhibition runs from 30th March to 17th April Nic Bate and Matt Risby An installation comprising of video and sounds depicting one whole day in the working life of Portland Works. This comprises of multiple screens showing edited footage of the inhabitants of the Works; craftspeople, musicians, artists etc to portray the diversity and breadth of talent that exists there. This exhibition runs from 30th march to 1st May, Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm For more information, please contact Bank Street Arts on 0114 346 3034‎

Location : Bank Street Arts, S1 2DS‎