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Children of Unquiet, and Seawomen start in January in Honiton and Exmouth

Mike Perry's work, Bottles Grid x 15 - Credit: Mike Perry In the year that the UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Glasgow, Honiton’s Thelma Hulbert Gallery and East Devon District Council have launched Climate Conversations: a multi-site programme of exhibitions, events and activities. For the first time, the gallery, in the town’s Dowell Street, will present an exhibition across two towns - Honiton and Exmouth.  The arts can raise questions, find different perspectives and create new opportunities to help us understand and adapt to our changing planet.�...

Tim Dixon Engagement officer, Anna Aroussi outside Elmfield House - Credit: Archant A member of staff at Honiton’s Thelma Hulbert Gallery has received a prestigious accolade. Anna Aroussi, the gallery’s engagement officer, has been awarded the Marsh Award for dedication and excellence in gallery education. The 10th annual Marsh Awards celebrated the hard work and dedication of colleagues working within the sector of gallery, museum, and visual arts education. The awards are funded by the Marsh Christian Trust and run by Engage, the National Association for Gallery Education, whose mission...

Stills from Mikhail Karikis' Children of Unquiet (2013-14) - Credit: Mikhail Karikis This January, THG will dedicate its main gallery space to a film by acclaimed Greek-British artist Mikhail Karikis.  ‘Mikhail Karikis - Children of Unquiet (2013-14)’ was created with a group of forty-five children living in Devil’s Valley in Tuscany, a volcanic landscape and home to the world’s first geothermal power station.  The area has recently become depopulated following the automation of the process of generating energy.  In this film, children take over the empty spaces, recreating the noi...