💛Coming soon! 'Public S/Pacing' by #Helen Stratford ⁠

Launching on Wed 15 May, 6-8pm ⁠
Exhibition continues 16 May - 8 June ⁠

How do deeply personal worlds of pain and limited energy encounter spaces built around an expectation of able-bodiedness?⁠

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🌈our wonderful audio-visual billboard by Jameisha Prescod is there to view anytime outside our gallery on Eyre Lane. The piece is based on their film ‘On Black Pain’.

View the work at:
blocprojects.co.uk/exhibitions-ev…

🎤 Grief Karaoke ~ Sat 4th May 6-8pm

Is there a song that reminds you of something you’re losing or have already lost? Join us for Grief Karaoke & share that song in a supportive, life-affirming space.

Free and open to all. Just show up! Singers of all abilities welcome.

Content warning: grief, loss, bereavement

❤️‍🩹📡We are delighted to have taken part in an interview on BBC Radio Sheffield last week about our current show 'Grief must be Love with Nowhere to Go'!

You can listen to the interview on BBC Sounds at:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

💫 Coming soon! 'Public S/Pacing' by Helen Stratford ⁠
Launching on Wed 15 May, 6-8pm ⁠
Exhibition continues 16 May - 8 June

Please stay tuned for public events during the project!

💚 Tomorrow: Online conversation 'Access to Grief: Chris Alton, Emily Simpson & Jhinuk Sarkar' ⁠
Thu 18 Apr, 7-8:30pm ⁠
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Free and open to all. Join using the link below:
us02web.zoom.us/j/89783625073?…

Meeting ID: 897 8362 5073
Passcode: 786022

🧵Access to Grief: an online conversation with Jhinuk Sarkar, Chris Alton & Emily Simpson is this week! ⁠
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Thu 18th Apr, 7-8:30 pm ⁠
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This event is free & open to all. Please book using the link here:⁠
eventbrite.co.uk/e/863637181057

Grief must be Love with Nowhere to Go
Exhibiton open until 4 May

Free online conversation 'Access to Grief' - on grief-sharing and art practice: eventbrite.co.uk/e/863637181057/

And a karaoke event to close the show on 4 May too!

Access to Grief: Chris Alton, Emily Simpson & Jhinuk Sarkar
How to 'go public' with loss & bereavement
Thu 18 April, 7 - 8:30pm
Free & online via Zoom

Book here:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/access-to-gr…

New audio-visual billboard by Jameisha Prescod based on their film 'On Black Pain' -- on view anytime outside our gallery at Eyre Lane.

Find out more about it + listen to the audio here:
blocprojects.co.uk/exhibitions-ev…

On now until 4 May! 'Grief must be Love with Nowhere to Go' by Chris Alton & Emily Simpson. Thank you to Harry Meadley for the wonderful images.

We're open Wed-Sat 12-6pm.

blocprojects.co.uk/exhibitions-ev…

Come celebrate the launch of 2 projects with us on Thursday!

🌿'On Black Pain': by Jameisha Prescod⁠
❤️‍🩹'Grief must be Nowhere to Go': Chris Alton & Emily Simpson ⁠
Launch event: Thu 21 Mar⁠
Time: 6 - 8pm⁠

blocprojects.co.uk/exhibitions-ev…

blocprojects.co.uk/exhibitions-ev…

A fascinating visit to the local studies library to chat about community organising on Harcourt Rd in Sheffield, which also exists in Hong Kong!

A free workshop series, on again Sat 23 Mar. Email info[at]blocprojects.co.uk to join.

More info:
blocprojects.co.uk/exhibitions-ev…

Harcourt Road: Community Workshops

If you're local to Harcourt Road / Crookes in Sheffield and/or are part of a diaspora community, there's a free workshop (lunch provided) happening 16 & 23 Mar! Find out more below or email: [email protected]

blocprojects.co.uk/exhibitions-ev…

So proud of artists Chris Alton & Emily Simpson for all the love, vulnerability & hard graft they've put into this project.

On grief, love & loss but we promise you'll come away feeling held & sheltered.

Launch: Thu 21 Mar, 6-8pm
Open: 22 Mar - 4 May

blocprojects.co.uk/exhibitions-ev…

Workshops with C&G Artparment
Saturdays, 9 / 16 / 23 March
blocprojects.co.uk/exhibitions-ev…

If you live in/near Harcourt Road and are interested in getting involved, get in touch with us: [email protected]

#blocprojects #sheffield #contemporaryart #freeevent #hongkong #esea

Free artist-led tour on the final day of our show about the octopus on Saturday, 2 Mar, 2 - 3pm!⁠
eventbrite.co.uk/e/840031405547⁠
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An exquisite zine of research and speculative writing is available for purchase at the gallery. Hope to see you soon!

Beautiful new show on the life-affirming aspects of grief, launching Thu 21 Mar, 6-8pm! Opening then until 4 May. Featuring the research & works by Chris Alton & Emily Simpson

blocprojects.co.uk/exhibitions-ev…

Thank you to Jeanine Griffin for the past 6 years of guidance as Chair of our Board of Trustees! Welcome to Uthra Rajgopal to the role and also to our new Meanwhile Space & Membership Facilitator Thomas Griffiths.

#blocprojects #sheffield #fineart #contemporaryart #board

Artist-led Tour of 'As Small As Eyes'⁠
Sat 2 Mar, 2 - 3pm
with Mariette Moor, Krystle Patel & Orsola Zane.

⁠Booking is encouraged, walk-ins welcome if there's space:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/840031405547⁠

Find out how they came to love the octopus as method & collaborative process!