ONLINE EXHIBITION 

VISUAL ARTS CREATED BY THE COMMUNITIES OF BIRMINGHAM 
​in response to the COVID pandemic

delivered by local artistes Kiz, Sinead, Emily, Craig, Sajida and Sarah

REIMAGINING LOWRY

Using Lowry as inspiration, these fantastic pieces visualise our cities with social distancing and what that meant for the city landscape.

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​THE MAKING OF 'MR ED'
participants from Headway

Participants produced a sculpture based on their thoughts and feelings about COVID, given their conditions with Brain trauma. 

MONO PRINTING

The lockdown gave people the opportunity to reconnect with nature. Plenty of walks and family time helped participants realise the beauty around them that they had forgotten about. They created the reconnection using mono printing. 

PROPERGANDA & MANDALA HAND WASH POSTERS

It is all about the message! How would this translate if you were producing a poster in the style of a propaganda war visual messaging, using your hand print and bubbles?

STORIES OF HOPE & HOME

How has lockdown has affected refugees? Using oil pastels to recreate colourful hope for home towns.

​ARCHITECTURE ART

Recreating the Birmingham buildings that participants missed visiting during lockdown using tissue paper. 

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​MASK & TEXTILE ​DESIGN

Spruce up your masks with textile design and create a statement piece using just textiles.

CERAMICS

​Manipulating clay can be the most rewarding experience, and when you can create, express and elaborate, it makes the experience even more powerful and expressive as shown in these works. 

​​DESIGN

Using various media to express and create thoughts, feelings, hopes and ideas of life after the COVID 19 pandemic.

EXPRESSIVE ​COLLAGE ART

Say how you feel in words and images - scribble, doodle, shout, paste, stick - get it all out on a page!

KADINSKY INSPIRED

Using Kindinsky's COLOR STUDY: SQUARES WITH CONCENTRIC CIRCLES participants recreated the painting as part of a study into colour and wellbeing

PAINTING & DRAWING

The freedom to draw and paint sets the imagination wild and a great way to say what you feel!

FROM THE DARKNESS THERE IS ALWAYS ​LIGHT!