Explore

Explore at Oriel Davies Gallery

The Explore workshop series at Oriel Davies will be led by 3 artists - Morag Colquhoun, Chris Oakley and Tanya Raabe. The workshops are taking place during May and relate in varying degrees to our current exhibitions, William Roberts and Sue Challis: But You Promised. Please follow the link to www.orieldavies.org if you’d like to know more about these exhibitions.

Morag Colquhoun’s practise addresses environmental issues through a variety of media, including video installation. She is an experienced artist/educator and is particularly interested in the quality of the individual participant’s experience in an arts workshop. Morag will be working with a small group of deaf and disabled individuals who have been recruited through Disability Arts Shropshire and Disability Arts Cymru. They will be making work in response to works in the exhibitions.
For further information about taking part in Morag’s workshops, please contact Clare Martin at Oriel Davies on 01686 625041 or email clare@orieldavies.org.

Chris Oakley is a UK based artist working with video and digital imaging. His concerns are focused on mediated experience in its many forms, including mainstream media, amateur photography, mass communications and augmented reality. Chris will be working with a group of sixth form pupils from Ysgol Cedewain, who have special needs, and also a group of adults with learning disabilities who attend local day centres. Both groups will make video portraits, either of individuals or the group, possibly incorporating animation.

Tanya Raabe is a professional disabled visual artist, making, exhibiting and touring work as well as devising and running practical arts workshops and projects. She is an expert in the field of disability and visual art and has fulfilled a variety of consultative roles in partnership with major organisations. Tanya will be working with the ‘Know Your World’ group of adults with learning disabilities from Coed Isaf day centre. She will take them ‘on a journey around the art gallery’, using photography and other media to create their responses.

We are currently devising ways in which work created during the Explore project can be shared and exhibited at Oriel Davies. Watch this space!