We Gather features new work by five female artists of Black and Asian heritage living and working in the UK: Shaheen Ahmed, Lorna Hamilton-Brown, Omeima Mudawi-Rawlings, Francisca Onumah and Onome Otite.
Whilst their chosen materials and disciplines vary, their work shares a commitment to craft and its cultural value.
Birmingham-based artist Shaheen Ahmed’s work uses maps to reflect narratives of statelessness and disparagement.
East Sussex-based artist Lorna Hamilton-Brown, known for her subversive textile works, has created a knitted magazine cover, We Mek Magazine full of symbolism.
British-Sudanese textile artist Omeima Mudawi-Rawlings’s work explores themes of identity, communication, heritage, and womanhood and she will present a new light installation.
Ghanaian-born silversmith Francisca Onumah has created three emotive and figurative vessels that reflect family photographs and historical images of Ghanaian people in everyday life.
London-based artist Onome Otite has created a new textile work inspired by the support network between women.
We Gather grew out of Craft Expertise, the AHRC-funded UKRI/RCUK Innovation Fellowship led by Dr Karen Patel of Birmingham City University, in collaboration with Crafts Council, exploring racial inequality in craft.
Every Thursday at 11am there are designated limited tickets to those who identify as clinically vulnerable and have been shielding throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Please book this time slot and select a 'free shielders ticket' and let the gallery know if you will be accompanied by a carer: gallery@craftscouncil.org.uk
