This should be the final post about the Human Rights Art Exhibition! We have now dismantled the exhibitions at Christchurch Priory, Red House Museum, Bournemouth Library and St Peters Church. To some extent it was hard to motivate ourselves to curate some of the work for yet another exhibition – especially when only over 5 days!

But I hope those that see it agree, that the Exhibition at the Metropolis Gallery in Westbourne, Bournemouth is stunning in its own right. A very fitting finale to all the work that has gone on over the past 18 months. Please get to see it if you can.

Our recent blog posts have featured the launches of the Art Exhibition at Christchurch Priory and Bournemouth Library. As we are now well into the second half of the Exhibition, here is a selection of images from the Red Hose Museum, Christchurch and St Peters Church in Bournemouth.

So do find time to visit before 4th April 2014….

Two days after the successful launch at Christchurch Priory – with the Christchurch Mayor – we had a successful launch of the Bournemouth end of the Exhibition at Bournemouth Library.

The Mayor of Bournemouth, Councillor Dr Rodney Cooper, accompanied by the Mayoress, showed great interest in the exhibits as he was shown around by local group members. The library did a great job in helping to organise the launch and in their providing hospitality.
Thanks also to June Power for the photographs and to the many artists both for submitting their work and turning out in great numbers to launch the event.

After 18 months of hard work, our Human Rights Art Exhibition is now live. Last night (Tuesday 11th March) we welcomed the Mayor of Christchurch John Lofts to offically open the Christchurch end of the exhibition.

 

Many of the artists who had submitted work turned out, along with group members, friends and well-wishers.

 

We had quite a crowd, as you can see below. Thanks to the staff of Christchurch Priory for their help in hosting the launch, and for letting us have the church as a venue. They have many visitors who come to admire this beautiful, historic place of worship, so allowing us space in a venue not designed for pictures (you can’t nail or screw into 900 year old walls!) was particularly nice of them.