Exhibition Talks

Event Details

Saturday

Various times

Sunday

Various times

Age

All ages

Venue

Various Venues

How to Attend

Drop in

Price

Free

Meet the exhibiting artists and hear a short talk with guest hosts. Each talk will last approximately 20 minutes.

A close-up of a mixer stirring thick, wet concrete in an orange container, with bubbles and lumps visible in the grey mixture.

Saturday 4th July

Practise makes Pigeons

Ben Hall in Conversation with Alex Zawadzki, Curator and Director of The Second Act Gallery, and representatives at Blackburn Museum &  Art Gallery.

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, Watercolour Gallery.
1.45pm


Poured Earth

Lewis Jones in Conversation with Rosy Greenlees, National Festival of Making Chair, and Tom Coughlin, Technical Manager at Darwen Terracotta.

Prism Contemporary
3pm


We Are Alloys

Hetain Patel in Conversation with Jane Millichip, Chief Executive Officer of BAFTA, hosted by Jamie Holman, artist and Board Member of National Festival of Making.

The Exchange
4pm

Sunday 5th July

Focus

Abigail Hampsey in Conversation with Claire Mander, Director of theCOLAB and National Festival of Making Board Member, and Elena Jackson, National Festival of Making Director & Programme Curator of Art in Manufacturing.

Blakey Moor Terrace
1.30pm


Canon

Penelope Payne in Conversation with Gillian Berry, Arts & Heritage Manager at Haworth Art Gallery, and Elena Jackson, National Festival of Making Director & Programme Curator of Art in Manufacturing.

29 Northgate This venue is accessed via  a step. A temporary ramp will be available.
2.30pm


VICKED

Alina Akbar in Conversation with Jamie Holman, Artist and National Festival of Making Board Member.

Barton St Yard, Behind Prism Contemporary
Access via Barton Street Carpark – restricted access due to single step and narrow doorways.