We're excited to launch our community darkroom next week!
Come along and see the space, and find out more about how you can get involved.
As well as a range of workshops open to all, we are also offering independent access to our darkroom through memberships. Swipe to find out more, head to /darkroom or join us at the launch on Thursday 26th March 2pm-7pm.
Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for the launch of the Pelican Prints gallery! 🖼️
The works begin as ideas generated by Pelican members- phrases, statements and provocations- and are printed on site. The project challenges traditional narratives around inclusion in the arts, shifting away from charity-based models towards visibility, agency and shaping culture. At The Pelican Project, members join not as participants, but as drivers of change; Pelican Prints epitomises this principle.
If you missed the opening, you can still get yourself a print online at .uk/pelican-prints-shop
All proceeds from sales are reinvested directly into supporting the artists and sustaining the programme.
Plant Developing Darkroom Workshop | Saturday 30th May, 10am - 4pm
Learn how to develop your own black and white film using plants! You will need to bring a pre shot 35mm black and white film (preferably Ilford 400 HP5+) . During the workshop Sophie will talk about the best plants to use for this process, and the limitations that come with it, as well as artists who are currently researching within this area of photography.
These workshops give you hands on experience in how to build a more sustainable way of making in the world of analogue photography, using tried and tested recipes so you can experiment with a new wave of photographic making.
Book via our website!
🎉 TOY SALE! 🎉
Saturday 16th May • 10:30am–3pm
📍 Positive Light Projects
Merry Go Round Toy Library is holding a huge Toy Sale and you’re all invited!
We’ll have loads of high‑quality, preloved toys, games and puzzles at brilliant bargain prices — perfect for little ones and older children.
And because no community event is complete without treats…
☕ Hot drinks
🥤 Cold drinks
🍰 Delicious cake
…all available on the day!
Both cash and card donations are welcome, and every penny raised helps support the running of the Merry Go Round Toy Library.
Pop the date in your diary — we’d love to see you there and share a cuppa while you browse.
QUEER ART TAKES OVER EXETER!! 🎨🏳️🌈✨
We popped along to the stunning new art exhibition 'Bodies Borders Becoming' featuring 5 local artists, Danny Everton, Adam Garratt, Scotty Gillespie, Sam Godfrey, and Laurie Reynolds, exploring powerful themes of identity, intimacy, and the magic of creation. It even features archive material from our very own Exeter Pride history!
Where: Positive Light Project, Sidwell Street
When: 6th - 9th May
Our fabulous Chair, Russell popped along at today's opening event:"It was great to see it all finally coming together, Adam has been beavering away getting local queer artists involved and also using our Heritage materials showcasing a small glimpse of the long history of Exeter Pride. Make sure you check out the original big Pride flag that's on display there with all it's cuts, marks and memories, there's a lot of history in the flag!"
We love seeing our community’s stories brought to life through such incredible talent. Don’t miss out on seeing this before Pride day!
@adamsgarratt@positivelightprojects@scotty.gillespie
#ExeterPride #BodiesBordersBecoming #QueerArt #PositiveLightProject #ExeterArtists #LGBTQCulture #VisibleAndProud #ArtAsProtest
Now open! Altered Images, a duo exhibition by textile artist Jonathan Price @price9382 and Janet Sainsbury @janetsainsbury
Reflecting on the crossovers and links between the individual practices of two artists who share a household, the exhibition explores what elements of each practice might be mutualistic and what might be seen as parasitic.
Recycled textile hangings incorporate found materials, new fabrics and discarded paint rags, the oil pallette influencing the depth and colours used in the piece; while oil paintings on Hessian echo the way light is both absorbed and reflected, and materials float or sink into the surfaces of the textile works.
The exhibition continues until 19th June and is viewable from Sidwell Street.
Artist @adamsgarratt is curating an exhibition titled Bodies Borders Becoming as part of @exeterpride . The show will be on display at EP Sidwell St @positivelightprojects
We chatted to Adam about his creative process when curating the exhibition: 'I love getting the work into the space and bring it all together. I like to think about a visitors journey through an exhibition and how the work might be revealed as they pass through.
You can read the full Q&A in our May publication feature by clicking the link in our bio 🔗
Bodies Borders Becoming is open from 6 - 9 May
Thanks all for coming last night to celebrate the opening of Altered Images by Jonathan Price and Janet Sainsbury!
The exhibition is now open and viewable 24/7 in our street facing window gallery until 19th June.
Opening next week: Bodies Borders Becoming | 6 -9 May
Bodies Borders Becoming is a queer exhibition by LGBTQ+ artists who live and work in Exeter. The exhibition explores themes of queer identity, intimacy and the act of making.
Curated by artist Adam Garratt, the exhibition features work from five artists, featuring textiles, sculpture and drawings, plus archive material from Exeter Pride.
Opening times:
6th & 7th open 13:30-17:30
8th & 9th open 11:00-17:30
Image: 'Skin Ego', 2020. Sam Godfrey
After a month off for Easter, we're back with a hum-dinger of a theme!
Deck of Cats will see us share out a set of vintage cat calendar cards and spend time creating exotic and wild landscapes for them to frolic in... or maybe just stare balefully out of...
As always, you can take away what you don’t use in the session if it all gets a bit too much (it always does)!
Collage Club is a hands-on, artist-led, craft evening and adult social space. Learn new techniques, styles and approaches in a stimulating, safe and sociable workshop environment, with cups of tea.
We provide scissors, accessible cutting tools, glue & mount board. You will want to bring your own craft knife, scalpel and cutting mat if you wish, for precision work.
Each workshop is themed, with specific materials provided (Inky Fingers has a zero-to-waste agenda and processes 100s of old books each year – capturing loads of amazing pictures and illustrations) and a rolling stock of high quality images to draw from. You’re welcome to bring additional materials to add into the mix.
Tuesday 5th May 6.30 - 9pm
£5-£10 Pay What You Can
Positive Light Projects, Sidwell St.
Check the full programme as it emerges via Linktree in our bio or our website. You can also book in for free via Eventbrite, but we take payment on the night - cash or card.
#AnalogueCollage #ScissorsAndGlue #CutAndPaste #CatCollage
Coming soon to Traction Project Space 👀
Altered Images: Jonathan Price and Janet Sainsbury
1st May - 19th June
Evening celebration: Friday 1st May, 5-7pm
Showing together for the first time, textile artist Jonathan Price and painter Janet Sainsbury use the exhibition to reflect on crossovers and links between the individual practices of two artists who share a household; what might be mutualistic and what might be seen as parasitic.
Jonathan’s recycled textile hangings incorporate found materials, new fabrics and most significantly for this exhibition, Janet’s discarded paint rags. The oil paint rags bring deeply saturated and suffused colours, altering the sense of depth and surface, and bringing an embodied sense of haptic intervention and history to the fore.
Painting on hessian represents a new strand in Janet’s practice. Using this rough textured material brings challenges; some globs of paint stay on the surface and some are absorbed into the open weave of the fabric. The effect finds echoes in Jonathan’s hangings where light is both absorbed and reflected, and materials float or sink into the surfaces of the work.
Traction is an artist-led project space developed by artist/curator Erika Cann. The street-facing window gallery is supported by @exeterphoenix and @positivelightprojects , and is situated within EP Sidwell St.
Join us to celebrate the opening of the exhibition on Friday 1st May, 5-7pm at Traction Project Space, 184 Sidwell St, Exeter, EX4 6RD
