Polly Wright

🦺Just received some beautiful install photos of my new work HEADS! LOOK TO THE WORKERS which opened at the weekend in the new V&A East Museum in Stratford. This really wouldn't have been possible without all the wonderful brilliant people involved along the way... especially @brendanpcormier @madhaddon @thelondonbrick @___04mmmm @k_vo_yo @orubensalgado thankyou for inviting me and for believing in the idea, @brendanmcmullan13 for all your advice & massive thanks to ❤️ my fellow winch witches @pollewright @rosiestrickland__ - wow it's been a journey! More soon.... Laura Wilson, Heads! Look to the Workers (2026) V&A East Entrance Gallery @vam_east Brushed stainless steel disks 3mm thick, made to the diameter of the artists body with arms outstretched, laser etched text designed w/ @charlie_noon_ , garment cuff designed @geegeesews , buttonholes by Anthony Gouldbourne and made with inherently fire retardant theatre fabric pattern cut and fabricated by JD McDougall, theatre rigging (shackles, cabling) from Flints, electrical winch and wiring @bailesandlight , stainless steel tubing and brackets, boxes for winch remotes & vinyl @omnicolour and instructions for operation and care of the sculptures. Produced by Polly Wright , Technical aspects managed by Rosie Strickland, with advice from Brendan McMullan & Martin Campo/ Public House. With thanks to the V&A East team for caring for and operating the work. 📸 Rob Harris ❤️🙏 Research supported by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and @bowarts

The exhibition The Haunted House Slug has now come to an end. It was a pleasure to have my work exhibited alongside artist @flo_wrightsart and to collaborate on setting up the show. Thank you to the @devonshirecollective and curator @s_am_k_ for the incredible opportunity and support. I’m also grateful to @pollewright for writing an inspiring text, to @jencalleja_ for leading the in-conversation and facilitating such a thoughtful exchange, and to Kelly Vassie @from_the_bones_of_old_horses for delivering a fun and creative workshop on the final day of the exhibition. 👻🏚️🐌🖤

@vam_east opens on 18 April, I'm so excited to be presenting new work as part of the inaugural commissions programme.  'Heads! Look to the Workers' is a moving sculpture honouring the makers and workers of east London past and present, it draws on my research into east London’s theatres, factories and women’s workwear to foreground histories of labour often left unseen. In great company, alongside brilliant...@taniabruguera @esdevlin @lawrencelek @rene.matic @shahed.saleem @justi @carriemaeweems - look forward to celebrating with you in a few weeks! @brendanpcormier @madhaddon @thelondonbrick @___04mmmm @pollewright 📸: In the studio @royal_albert_wharf_community @bowarts - Leah Jun Oh

Happy International Women's Day! 💚 📸 Here is an image of a poster made by See Red Women's Workshop from the @vamuseum archive which I came across as part of my research for my forthcoming @vam_east commission which opens in April. 💚And a shout out to just a few of the brilliant womxn (there are so many) i've been lucky to work with over the last year or so - thank you (in no particular order, and with apologies I couldn't mention everyone, there is a limit to how many I could tag on the post) @pollewright @rosiestrickland__ @thelondonbrick @geegeesews @madhaddon @___04mmmm @jenncellis @liu.matilda @vckyhussain @good_studio_riso @clarecumberlidge @tallentireanne @coletteg13 @caitkiely @morison_studio @charleypeters @maritafraser @laurahelenclarke @kerrinidochartaigh @claireamyallerton @denisedecordova1 @clare_jarrett @julietlockhartartist Image - See Red Women's Workshop from V&A Archive - Portrait poster, photograph bordered in white, on a light blue or purple background. The photograph depicts a Chinese woman, wearing a Mao suit and cap, working on an aerial power line. The caption is Mao Zedong's proclamation 'women hold up half the sky', with 'more than' inserted in pen.

B&W 🖤🤍 Sometimes a photo just works in B&W, y’know? Hard to describe, you just get a feeling, and boom, there it is. Sometimes it’s a joyful moment, sometimes reflective, sometimes outright hilarious. Here are some of my faves! . #scottishweddingphotographer #bandw #littlemoments #wedding #happycouple

Introducing CEN Member Polly Wright Curator and producer Polly Wright is a curator and producer with over ten years of experience working within contemporary art contexts. Her practice critically engages with site-responsive and community-oriented projects, foregrounding collaboration, care, and socially engaged methodologies. Central to Polly’s approach are strategies informed by care ethics and dialogical practices, supporting sustained relationships between artists, audiences, and communities. She has contributed to programmes at institutions such as Art on the Underground, Brighton CCA, and Devonshire Collective, facilitating meaningful exchange across both gallery and non-institutional spaces. In 2024, Polly participated in Curators as Community Builders, a British Art Network initiative, further developing her commitment to curatorial models rooted in dialogue, co-creation, and community accountability. Polly holds an MA in Art Praxis from the Dutch Art Institute, where she cultivated a research-led curatorial practice situated at the intersection of theory, activism, and collective making. @pollewright Image credit: Phoebe Wingrove. #cenmember #curation #ethics #curator #producer

July 💕 old friends and new activities

Nice juicy interview with the wonderful @bethsaha , reflecting on my commission from @cinenovadistribution - making a response to @cine_deville beautiful film ‘Loss of Heat’. Noski and I had the joy of returning to the work in convo with Beth and their thoughtful and insightful questions. Text is featured in a whopper issue of The British Art Studies Journal - ‘Queer Art in Britain since the 1980’s.’ Shouts out @cinenovadistribution @reman_sadani @pollewright xox Check out the other articles here. Looks like a corker. It’s free to read. /issues/27/

Exhibition Announcement! ‘The Reason For Flowers’ 🌷🌼🌿🌸 📅 Opening: Saturday 26th April, 2pm - 4pm Join us for the opening of our upcoming group exhibition The Reason for Flowers, curated by Eastbourne-based artist & Lecturer Joseph Jones @joseph_.jones . The Reason for Flowers is a group exhibition considering flowers as motif, material, symbol and subject, bringing together emerging and established artists who primarily live and work on the South Coast or have connections with the area. All works are for sale. Proceeds support the artists and Devonshire Collective’s Grow Club, a long-term community programme that centres growing as a way to connect, share and be together. A public programme (soon to be announced) will consider our interdependence with flowers. 📆 Exhibition Dates: 26th April – 22nd June 2025 Exhibiting Artists: Aimée Parrott, Alice Channer, Alice Walter, Babalola Yusuf, Grace Ndiritu, Harun Morrison, Jacqueline Poncelet, Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck, Jonathan Baldock, Joseph Jones, Olivia Plender, Sean Roy Parker. 📧 Preview the works: [email protected] 🌺 1) From the Collection of The Lloyd Library and Museum. @lloydlibraryofficial 3) Alice Walter, Galaxy’s Poison Garden Oil, acrylic, colouring pencil, graphite and plywood, 2024 4) Jonathan Baldock, 'So the garden one day set me free', 2022. Ceramic stoneware, hessian, linen, boning, hollow fibre. Copyright Jonathan Baldock. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography. 5) Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck, On Kindness, 2024. Oil painting on linen canvas, 80 x 60 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Kate MacGarry, London #TheReasonForFlowers #ArtExhibition #SupportArtists #DevonshireCollective #Eastbourne #GrowClub #ContemporaryArt #AprilEvents #ArtLovers #ArtForSale #SpringExhibition #FlowerPower @aimeeparrott @al_thru_glass @alicewalter___ #BabalolaYusuf @theofficialgracendiritu @harunishere @jacponcelet @johannatagada @jonathan_baldock @oliviaplender @fermental_health

🥾TODAY our amazing group of Fuelers made up of the Lighthouse team, trustees, and young creatives walked together to Fuel the Future, to raise awareness and funds for our work through a 20-kilometre walk across the Cuckmere Pilgrim Path in the South Downs. We're only £1,000 away from our target but we need your help! Every £pound you donate to our @biggiveorg #ArtsForImpact campaign will be DOUBLED! 👉🏼 Donate by midday Tues 25 March 2025 👈🏽 💫 By donating you're helping us to break cycles of limitation and enable dreams to flourish. Your support will empower young people from underrepresented backgrounds, giving them the skills, confidence & opportunities to thrive. HELP US EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION of artists, innovators, and cultural leaders. Together, we can build a more inclusive and vibrant arts sector! 💥 Donate now. 💥 Share this. 💥 Help us #FuelTheFuture! 🔗 Donate today the link in our bio ✨️ Thank you for your support 🙏🏽 #BigGive #DoubleTheDifference #ArtsForImpact #Donate #SupportTheArts #FuelTheFuture #YouthArts #Brighton #BrightonAndHove #BrightonArts #CuckmerePilgrimPath #SouthDowns #LighthouseProjectSpace

🚧💥Application for the Tees Valley Solo Show have now closed. Thank you to everyone who has applied to the Tees Valley Solo Show. We appreciate the time and effort put into each submission and are looking forward to sharing more in the following weeks. What happens next? It's time for selection. The selection panel for this open call are from outside the Tees Valley. To eliminate biases of who we already know, your work will be assessed by artist @_liz_wilson_ , @pollewright Artist and Curator at Devonshire Collective and @abishapiro1 Curator at The Hepworth Wakefield 📅All artists will be notified of the outcome by 30 March. 🔗 Find out more about the Open Call timeline by visiting /open-call-solo-exhibition-award

Join us for a closing gathering to mark the final weekend of Conjunction, the current exhibition by Harun Morrison at Devonshire Collective. Harun Morrison and Polly Wright: Artist Talk and Social 25 January 2025 2.00 - 3.30pm At VOLT Free Harun will offer an insight into the works in the exhibition and reflect on his time in Eastbourne. In particular we will discuss the correlations between the beach as a conjunctive zone and conjunctions in language. The talk with curator Polly Wright, will be mediated by a game of Scrabble and guest readings. We will also serve hot spiced apple, wine and non-alcoholic drinks. #eastbourne #curated #soloexhibition #harunmorrison