Watermark
Jan 28, 2023 ‐ Jun 3, 2023
This exhibition is dedicated to those around the world who are affected by flooding, rising sea levels and loss of habitat.
From January to June 2023 Meadow Arts, in partnership with five Worcester organisations, will explore water and flooding through a multi-site exhibition across the city. Watermark will reveal how artists have responded to the element of water, how they have picked the urgent concerns of rising levels, flooding, drought, and invite visitors to reflect on their own relationship with the element.
Worcestershire has a long history with flooding, from its main rivers, smaller watercourses, ditches and increasingly, from surface water. Worcester itself has always been subjected to flooding from the Severn and has coped with the occurrence in various ways over the centuries. Over the past 10 years however, this has become increasingly difficult to manage.
The exhibition will take place across five venues – Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, The Hive, St.Swithun’s, The Art House and the terraces of the University of Worcester’s City Campus. A showcase of artworks made by local children who have experienced flooding themselves and engaged with the exhibition will be on show at Worcester Cathedral during July.
Artists: Suky Best, Carolyn Black, Emma Critchley, Simon Faithfull, Gabriella Hirst, Hilary Jack, Naiza Khan, Tania Kovats, Sally Payen, Daniel Pryde-Jarman.
Join us for a series of talks with many of the artists throughout the exhibition, presented in partnership with the University of Worcester’s Fine Art department. Find out more here.